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Families and communities

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NZCER's Families and communities work

Research projects for: Families and communities

Project Project leader(s) Summary
Competent Children, Competent Learners Cathy Wylie

This longitudinal NZCER project tracks the development of a group of children from near 5 through school. It analyses the impact of different experiences and resources on a range of competencies, and what can help narrow the gaps between children. The age-20 phase of the research has been completed and the findings shared with policy advisers and others interested in how young New Zealanders develop through their education and how well they are supported. The researchers hope to do a further phase of the study.
Engagement of Youth in Literacy, Language and Numeracy

exploring the engagement, recruitment, retention and support of youth in Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLN) skills development.

Recent research outputs for: Families and communities

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Kia Puāwaitia Ngā Tūmanako
Jessica Hutchings, Alex Barnes, Katrina Taupo, Nicola Bright with Leonie Pihama and Jenny Lee
2012
NZCER
Research summary

This is a summary of the research report Kia Puāwaitia Ngā Tūmanako: Critical Issues for Whānau in Māori Education.

The report presents the findings of a research project which asked whānau about the issues they wanted to see addressed in Māori education. The summary contains the key messages from the project, the methodology and an overview of the comments from whanau made during kōrero ā-whānau and wānanga.

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Science community engagement with schools
Ally Bull with Rachel Bolstad and Lorraine Spiller
2012
NZCER
Working paper

This report documents the first phase of a project looking at school–science community engagement initiatives. It was carried out for the Ministry of Education as part of the Science community engagement project, which is part of a wider programme of work on science in the curriculum.

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What role might research play in supporting future-oriented community engagement with education?
Rachel Bolstad
2012
NZCER
Working paper

This working paper was written as part of a 2010-11 project called Changing Minds, which was funded by NZCER's purchase agreement. The paper discusses NZCER’s research in the broad area of future-focused public and community engagement with education. It questions our role as researchers, asking whether we should be in the business of knowledge building, or using our research knowledge to actively support and sustain change. In the past we have done a bit of both, with varying degrees of success.

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Forming Adulthood Past, Present and Future in the Experiences and Views of the Competent Learners @ 20
Cathy Wylie and Edith Hodgen
2011
Ministry of Education
Research report

This is the main report from the age-20 phase of the longitudinal Competent Learners study.

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From community engagement in education to public engagement with education
Ally Bull
2011
NZCER
Working paper

This paper discusses the relationship between schools and their communities. It explores the purpose of different school-community initiatives and discusses the case for a wider public engagement in education for the purpose of rethinking how schools meet the needs of all learners in the 21st century. It was written as part of a 2009-11 NZCER purchase agreement project called Families and communities engagement in education (FACE).

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Tracks to Adulthood Post-school experiences of 21-year-olds: The qualitative component of Competent Learners @ 20
Lesley Patterson
2011
Ministry of Education
Research report

This report explores the transition to adulthood of 29 young people selected from the large sample of the Competent Learners @ 20 longitudinal study. That study found many young people had a relatively smooth transition from school to tertiary education. The transition to adulthood of young people who had not followed this well-lit path is the focus of this report. Some left school early (by age 17); others completed Year 13 but did not go on to tertiary study.

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Better than a professional? Students as co-contributors to educational design
Josie Roberts and Rachel Bolstad
2010
NZCER
Research report

NZCER’s Families and Communities Engagement (FACE) project is investigating ideas and practices involved in bringing together teachers, families, local communities and students to contribute to collective conversations and decisions about education.

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Competent Learners on the Edge of Adulthood: A summary of key findings from the Competent Learners @ 16 project
Cathy Wylie, Edith Hodgen, Rosemary Hipkins, & Karen Vaughan
2009
NZCER, for the Ministry of Education
Research report

The Competent Children, Competent Learners project is a longitudinal study which focuses on a group of about 500 young people from the greater Wellington region (Wellington, Hutt, Kapiti, and Wairarapa). It is funded by the Ministry of Education and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

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Student Perspectives on Leaving School, Pathways, and Careers (A Report from the Competent Learners Project)
Karen Vaughan
2008
Ministry of Education
Research report

Competent Children, Competent Learners is a longitudinal study which began in 1993 and follows the progress of a sample of around 500 New Zealand young people from early childhood education through schooling and beyond.

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Early childhood education and young adult competencies at age 16. Technical report 2 from the age-16 phase of the longitudinal Competent Children, Competent Learners study
Edith Hodgen
2007
Research report

This is the second technical report from the Competent Learners @16 project. It examines the associations between early childhood education experience and young people's competency levels. It finds some aspects of early childhood education still have a statistically visible contribution, 11 years on.

Read more about the Competent children, competent learners project