Outdoor education up a creek without a paddle

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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