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set2008_3_02.pdf Contemporary understandings about health education underpin one school's response to student and community need by ensuring consistency across the school system and using external providers to...
Student-centred curriculum positions students firmly at the centre of their learning. The democratic teaching pedagogy underpinning this approach involves co-constructed learning with students and...
Awatapu College's new Te Pikinga programme supports senior Māori students to realise their potential for tertiary studies. It aims to broaden students' options, encourage their engagement with...
Memorising a large repertoire of basic facts takes a significant cognitive load off the brain, allowing greater focus on the mathematics being explored. Neill outlines the benefits of having...
Feedback is a key component of assessment for learning. This study explored whether a sample of students in Years 3–6 understood their teachers' feedback. The results showed some mismatch between...
Interviews with primary teachers revealed questions of control of operational curricula. Schools hold significant power over curricula through their organisation, planning, and assessment...
This article explores how the key competency thinking links with 21st century views of teaching and learning.
This article focuses on planning as a strategy for enhancing teacher pedagogical content knowledge.
Here, the focus is on ways to build continuity, coherence, and connections in learning over time.
This article illustrates the potential of using multiple means to help express and develop ideas.
These days we are keen to make the most of our test data, particularly when it comes to informing next steps for teaching and learning. Sometimes we may examine how students have responded to...