Diving In and Exploring Curricular Frameworks: The New Zealand Marine Studies Centre Programme

Abstract

The New Zealand Marine Studies Centre has developed a programme for secondary gifted and talented students offering hands-on science in the real world. These programmes are designed to include elements of the Enrichment Triad Model (ETM), specifically the three types of enrichment, and, to a lesser degree, some aspects of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM). By applying the principles of the curricular models to the real-world context of marine studies, gifted and talented students are encouraged to know, think, act, and feel like a scientist working with a team. The transferability of the principles of enrichment teaching and learning in different settings, for different populations of students, and across different delivery models requires continual evaluation and dissemination.