caa a22 4500 463246659 CHVBK 20180405153328.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10763-006-9032-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10763-006-9032-0 Upper Secondary School Physical Science Curricula in New Zealand after the National Qualifications Framework Reforms [Elektronische Daten] [Barend Vlaardingerbroek, T. Taylor] The recent structural reforms in New Zealand education have given schools and teachers unprecedented freedom in curricular design and delivery. Using official educational award statistics for 2004 and data arising from a study of 23 schools' upper secondary science curricula in the same year, this study represents an early monitoring of the impact of the reforms on upper secondary enrolments and course compilations in the physical sciences using biology as a reference point. Enrolments in physics and chemistry courses relative to biology did not appear to have changed, but there had been an expansion of physical science education through combined science programmes in years 12 and 13, although the profile of physical science in these tended to be low. Teachers exhibited a strong liking for highly focussed laboratory-based internally assessed modules, and it is recommended that curriculum designers provide a greater variety of internally-assessed modules specifically targeting unconventional physical science programmes. National Science Council, Taiwan, 2007 chemistry education nationallicence internal assessment nationallicence National qualifications framework nationallicence physics education nationallicence standards-based assessment nationallicence Vlaardingerbroek Barend Department of Education, American University of Beirut, Fisk Hall, Bliss St., 1107-2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut Taylor T. Department of Education, American University of Beirut, Fisk Hall, Bliss St., 1107-2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2(2007-06-01), 263-280 1571-0068 5:2<263 2007 5 10763 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-006-9032-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-006-9032-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vlaardingerbroek Barend Department of Education, American University of Beirut, Fisk Hall, Bliss St., 1107-2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taylor T. Department of Education, American University of Beirut, Fisk Hall, Bliss St., 1107-2020, Beirut, Lebanon aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2(2007-06-01), 263-280 1571-0068 5:2<263 2007 5 10763 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer