New Zealand is a small country with largely a
unified literacy-based approach to the teaching of reading. Since the publication of a
Newsweek article on international literacy rates (2 Dec 1991), there has been global
interest in the New Zealand junior classroom. Many countries are interested in recreating
in their schools a similar climate of common practice that occurs in the New Zealand
junior classroom. While there are many opportunities to learn about the philosophy that
underpins the literacy based approach to the teaching of reading, this program gives you
an opportunity to experience at first hand that common teaching practice in a top quality
New Zealand classroom assisted by a top quality New Zealand teacher of reading.
For several weeks you will observe and participate in the
program at work in its natural environment. By spending most of your time based at one
school, with one teacher, you will build a professional relationship that allows you to go
beyond a superficial overview and see the program and the New Zealand education system as
they really are. Regular interaction with other program participants will give you
comparisons with other schools. You will then return to your school with a realistic
vision of what can be achieved. You also have the choice to live with a New Zealand host
family to gain an understanding of who we are as a people, and how this influences our
attitudes to reading. Successful completion of the program gains you credits towards your
Graduate Continuing Studies.
Previous participants on the New Zealand
Reading Safari program have been impressed by:
- the depth of the experience
- the warmth of the welcome
- the variety of practical strategies
- the degree of literacy
- the variety and quality of the books
and have returned to their schools with:
- specific ideas and strategies
- greater understanding of some of the
subtleties of New Zealand culture expressed in our books
- their ideas and personal vision affirmed
- resolve to be agents for change
- a plan for specific objectives for action
COLIN EADE is an educationist and teacher
who has for many years managed his own consultancy business. His clients cover a wide
range of private and public sector organisations. He is a trained counsellor and trainer
with interests in education, overseas travellers, and group facilitation.
e-mail: interead@ihug.co.nz
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New Zealand is a small country with largely a
unified literacy-based approach to the teaching of reading. Since the publication of a
Newsweek article on international literacy rates (2 Dec 1991), there has been global
interest in the New Zealand junior classroom. Many countries are interested in recreating
in their schools a similar climate of common practice that occurs in the New Zealand
junior classroom. While there are many opportunities to learn about the philosophy that
underpins the literacy based approach to the teaching of reading, this program gives you
an opportunity to experience at first hand that common teaching practice in a top quality
New Zealand classroom assisted by a top quality New Zealand teacher of reading.