Stewart GTEames CHipkins RCheng MMWBirdsall SBuntting CCarpendale JEdwards RHunt DSwanson C2024-10-202024-10-202024-10-02Stewart GT, Eames C, Hipkins R, Cheng MMW, Birdsall S, Buntting C, Carpendale J, Edwards R, Hunt D, Swanson C. (2024). What’s the Future for Science in the New Zealand Curriculum?. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. Latest Articles.0028-8276https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71770This commentary article considers the current contentious debates over the national school science curriculum in Aoteaora New Zealand. The co-authors of this commentary are members of a group of science teacher educators and science education researchers who met recently to discuss concerns over aspects of these debates in the context of a wider political contest over the control and direction of education policy.(c) 2024 The Author/sCC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Curriculum PolicyKnowledge-Rich CurriculumPISAScience EducationScientific LiteracyJournal article10.1007/s40841-024-00345-32199-4714journal-article