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Impact of NCEA on the English Curriculum

Impact of NCEA on the English Curriculum. Research & Presentation by Lisa Kim. English Curriculum.

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Impact of NCEA on the English Curriculum

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  1. Impact of NCEA on the English Curriculum Research & Presentation by Lisa Kim

  2. English Curriculum • English is the study, use and enjoyment of the English language and literature, communicated orally, visually and in writing, for a range of purposes and audiences and in a variety of text forms. (The New Zealand Curriculum)

  3. What is NCEA? • National Certificates of Educational Achievement = national qualification for senior secondary school students (ie. Year 11 ~13) • Replaced School Certificate, Sixth Form Certificate and Bursary in 2002 • Focus on students’ performance in wider range of competencies and skills

  4. Positive aspects of NCEA • Internal assessments – less able students have more chance of achieving because learning/assessing are together (c.f School Cert) • Students are given marks on own performance and are not compared with others • Range of Achievement Standards = more opportunity for students to show competency in areas they do well

  5. Negative aspects of NCEA • Good students only do what gives them credits while poor students get credits through repetition (c.f “students learn to deconstruct and critically interrogate texts”) • Choice of film/novel/poem restricted because the “right” text is needed for students to prepare for NCEA • Lessons tend to get “boring” due to focus on preparation for NCEA (eg. Focus on essays) • Waste of teaching time due to internal assessments Examples

  6. This is what students say… Year 11 & 12 students at Villa Maria who are sitting NCEA English exams

  7. I put the same amount of effort into all achievement standards

  8. Reasons for “no” • Time limit – too many essays to write in 3 hours (5 achievement standards) • Unfamiliar texts are difficult to prepare for • Enjoy some topics more than others • Some topics are easier than others (focus on topics students are most comfortable with)

  9. Teachers focus on NCEA achievement rather than students’ understanding of texts Students who answered “some” explained that it depended on the teacher – some teachers were NCEA focussed while others sometimes even “sidetracked” to show other related aspects

  10. Problems you will face in schools as a beginner teacher • Choice of texts (especially with the changes in NCEA assessments in 2011) • Motivating students to do more than necessary – sole purpose is not to get credits • NCEA-focussed lesson plans (What is your purpose of teaching English? What do you want your students to learn?) Changes to NCEA Achievement Standards in English

  11. References Hall, Cedric. (2004) NCEA: Problems and a Way Forward. http://education.waikato.ac.nz/contracts/certstudies/English/CSEngandNCEA/Criticalpdfs/HallNCEAProbs&Solutions.pdf. Accessed 25 Oct 2010.  Hames, Martin. (2002) The Crisis in New Zealand Schools. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press Ltd.  Hipkins, Rosemary. (2007) Taking the Pulse of NCEA. Wellington: NZCER.  Locke, Terry. (2007) Resisting Qualifications Reforms in New Zealand. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.  Ministry of Education. (2007) The New Zealand Curriculum. Wellington: Learning Media Limited.  NZQA (2010) http://www.nzqa.govt.nz. Accessed 27 Oct 2010.  Sunday Star Times. (2008) Markers worried pupils studying 'dark' films. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/680504. Accessed 18 Sept 2010.  Thomas, Steve. (2007) Fixing the NCEA: Ongoing problems, current reforms and proposed changes. http://www.maxim.org.nz/files/pdf/policy_paper_ncea_reforms.pdf. Accessed 25 Oct 2010.

  12. Texts that enabled students to give successful answers (Short stories & poems) War poets, Robert Frost, Hone Tuwhare, Maya Angelou, Ted Hughes, Katherine Mansfield, Fleur Adcock (Novels) Tomorrow When the War Began, Looking for Alibrandi, I Am Not Esther, Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird (Films) The Truman Show, Remember the Titans, Billy Elliot, Bend It Like Beckham, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Dead Poets Society, Rabbit Proof Fence, Gallipoli

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