Explaining the Understand-Know-Do (UKD) structure of Te Mātaiaho the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum

This paper outlines the background to the New Zealand Curriculum Refresh and in particular the structure of the learning areas. It explains some of the reasons why a curriculum refresh was needed and describes how the Understand – Know – Do [UKD] structure was developed. It gives further explanation about how this structure is understood and enacted within the curriculum refresh.