Outdoor education up a creek without a paddle
Update: 2025-09-12
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An overhaul of the secondary education curriculum will likely see outdoor education become a vocational subject, and critics say the change risks loss to New Zealand's identity and industry
Changes to the secondary school curriculum will likely mean outdoor education becomes a vocational path, but feedback from across industries suggests the ministry can't see the woods for the trees
Guests:
- Fiona McDonald - Education Outdoors New Zealand chief executive
- Claire Amos - Albany Senior High School principal
- Rob MacLean - ED nurse and former director of Outward Bound
Learn More:
- Education Outdoors NZ petition to Stop the Government taking away Outdoor Education
- RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritson's report on Tourism and outdoor education teachers opposing the NCEA subject change
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