Building Research Capability

Theme contact person:

Jane Gilbert

NZCER's work in supporting others learn how to do research and evaluation, and helping to build a culture or platform for research in emerging educational sectors.

Research projects for: Building Research Capability

Project	Project leader(s)	Summary
Learning experiences outside the classroom (LEOTC) contract monitoring	Verena Watson	This project monitors and reports on the operation of LEOTC-funded services in New Zealand.
New Zealand Educational Theses Database	Beverley Thomson	An NZCER project team has developed a New Zealand Educational Theses database (NZET) to support researchers, educational practitioners and policy makers, especially BES researchers. The aim is to link to full text when possible.
Teaching and Learning Research Initiative	Diana Todd	The Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) is a research fund aimed to improve educational outcomes by linking educational research to practice.

Project

Project leader(s)

Summary

Learning experiences outside the classroom (LEOTC) contract monitoring

Verena Watson

This project monitors and reports on the operation of LEOTC-funded services in New Zealand.

New Zealand Educational Theses Database

Beverley Thomson

An NZCER project team has developed a New Zealand Educational Theses database (NZET) to support researchers, educational practitioners and policy makers, especially BES researchers. The aim is to link to full text when possible.

Teaching and Learning Research Initiative

Diana Todd

The Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) is a research fund aimed to improve educational outcomes by linking educational research to practice.

Recent research outputs for: Building Research Capability

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If "research" is the answer, what was the question?

Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins

This article, the fourth of a series about student research activities, examines the underlying reasons why it is important for students to have rich opportunities to carry out research-related activities. The author discusses the nature of research as enquiry, identifies some common themes in advocacy for future-focused education, and links them to the key competencies currently being introduced into the New Zealand curriculum.

Year published: 2006

publisher: NZCER Press

Publication type: Journal article

Building Research Capability, Implementing New Zealand Curriculum, Key Competencies, Rosemary Hipkins, Schooling for the future

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Information literacy and student research

Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins

The second of three articles on research as a student learning activity. Rosemary Hipkins explores the idea of "information literacy" and argues that different school subjects provide differences of context that students need to experience and learn to critique.

This article was incorporated into the NZCER Press book Learning to do research: Challenges for students and teachers.

Year published: 2005

publisher: NZCER Press

Publication type: Journal article

Building Research Capability, Rosemary Hipkins

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Students' experiences of "researching" in different subjects

Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins

While a wide variety of activities can contribute to students’ experiences of carrying out research, comments from secondary school students involved in the Learning Curves project suggest that many of them may conceptualise the process involving “information retrieval and repackaging”. Their experience may be that research is just another project, for which they are not taught the necessary skills.

Year published: 2005

publisher: NZCER Press

Publication type: Journal article

Building Research Capability, Rosemary Hipkins

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Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children's learning in early childhood settings: A best evidence synthesis

Author(s): Linda Mitchell and Pam Cubey

This best evidence synthesis is derived from research that provides strong evidence of linkages to learning opportunities, experiences, and outcomes for children.

An important focus of the work is professional development in support of educational practice that is inclusive of diverse children, families, and whänau. Specific emphasis is on evidence related to learning opportunities and outcomes through the provision of professional development for Mäori children, Pasifika children and children, from low socio-economic families.

Year published: 2003

publisher: Ministry of Education

Publication type: Literature review

Building Research Capability, Linda Mitchell, Pamela Cubey