Public understanding of education

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Engaging with difference: Using the arts and the community to help children connect with others

Ruth Reynolds and Sue Lane

Curriculum Matters 6 : 2010

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In an attempt to develop tolerance and acceptance of other cultural groups, teacher educators from the University of Newcastle worked with members of the local African community to develop a creative arts programme for young school children. The process of engaging with the African cultures, the school teachers and students, and different aspects of the creative arts led us in directions, through an action research cycle, that we could not have anticipated.

Address at the launch of The Hidden Lives of Learners, by Graham Nuthall

Rt Hon Helen Clark, Prime Minister

set 2007: no. 2

It’s a great pleasure for me to launch The Hidden Lives of Learners, a book which distils and clearly expresses the fruits of Professor Graham Nuthall’s outstanding academic career.

Over half a century Graham Nuthall pioneered research into how students learn, how teachers teach, and what happens between a student and a teacher.

Report back on the first NZCER national survey of early childhood education services: 2003–2004

NZCER

Early Childhood Folio 11 (2007)

In late 2003–early 2004, NZCER researchers surveyed early childhood services around the country, talking to parents, managers, and teachers about all aspects of what was being provided.

Students take the lead: moving towards student-led conferences

Robyn Fox

set 2006: no. 1

This article explores the perceptions of parents/caregivers, teachers, and students in an intermediate school about the success of this approach to reporting on learning.

Catching the Knowledge Wave? The Knowledge Society: what does it mean for education?

Jane Gilbert

set 2003: no. 3

Recently we have been hearing a great deal about something called the “knowledge society”. What is all this about, and why hasn’t there been much discussion of the educational implications of participation in this “new” society? Jane Gilbert explores some of the issues.

Theoretical approaches to transition

Sally Peters

set 2003: no. 3

With a focus on dispositions and affordances, Sally Peters considers some of the dominant theoretical ideas about transition, including maturational readiness, “filling the gaps”, scaffolding the process, and looking at the big picture.

This is school…where people come to learn for school: What children need to know when they start school

Sue Dockett and Sarah Simpson

set 2003: no. 3

Beginning formal schooling is a time of change and challenge for children, families, and educators. This article focuses on one approach by the Starting School Research Project to engage first-year students as co-researchers in a study of what they think students new to school should know.

Inclusionary early childhood centre policy and procedures: An examination of policies and enrolment protocols

Alexandra C.Gunn

Early Childhood Folio 6 (2002)

The ideal that early childhood centres in Aotearoa/New Zealand are places where children and families “belong” raises questions for families who are in the process of looking for a centre to “belong” to. What image of inclusion with regard to disability, ethnicity, and diverse family structures do early childhood centre policies, enrolment forms, and documents portray?

What’s news in education?

Harvey McQueen

set 2002: no. 3

Harvey McQueen reflects on the media’s lack of interest in good news in education, in light of the imminent election of four teachers to the Teachers Council. Looking at the bigger picture, he notes the widening of the learning gap at a time of rapid technological advances in education; the need for a long-term vision of the purpose and direction of education; and the need to value our teachers more highly.

Responses to questions teachers and administrators frequently ask about inclusive school programmes

James McLeskey and Nancy L. Waldron

set 1998: no. 2

Questions and responses that provide a starting point for professionals who are beginning to grapple with the meaning of inclusive school programmes. Reprinted from Phi Delta Kappan, October, 1996, pp. 150–156.