Primary & Secondary Education
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This section needs contributors with experience in NZ schools, curriculum development, or education policy. Edit this page to help build it out.
Context
Today's primary school students will enter a workforce fundamentally shaped by AI. Our curriculum needs to prepare them — not just with technical skills, but with the critical thinking, creativity, and adaptability that will matter most.
Key areas to explore
- Curriculum reform — What should change in the NZ Curriculum for an AI era?
- AI literacy — Teaching all students to understand, use, and think critically about AI
- Computational thinking — Beyond "learn to code" — systems thinking and problem decomposition
- Uniquely human skills — Creativity, empathy, collaboration, and ethical reasoning
- Teacher preparation — How to support teachers in using and teaching about AI
- Equity — Ensuring all schools, including low-decile and rural, have access to AI education
Questions for contributors
- What should AI literacy look like at primary vs secondary level?
- How do we train teachers who may be unfamiliar with AI themselves?
- What international models of AI education are most relevant for NZ?