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Public understanding of education

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NZCER's Public understanding of education work

Research projects for: Public understanding of education

Project Project leader(s) Summary
Changing minds Ally Bull, Rachel Bolstad

This project aims to identify and work through some of the key messages and ideas about schooling and the future of education that are available in the public sphere.

Research outputs for: Public understanding of education

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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.

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Science and the general public in 2005
2005
AC Neilson and NZCER for MoRST
Research report

This survey investigated public attitudes and beliefs about science. 

The project built on previous research carried by ACNielson in consultation with NZCER. AC Nielson carried out a repeat of the 2002 survey:
Commonsense, trust and science: How patterns of beliefs and attitudes to science pose challenges for effective communication

We found a very similar pattern of responses, with the level of interest in any branch of science linked to perceptions of its usefulness.

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Catching the Knowledge Wave? The Knowledge Society: what does it mean for education?
Jane Gilbert
2003
NZCER Press
Journal article

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.
 

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The too hard basket? Closing the gap between parents and teachers
Cathy Wylie
1994
NZCER Press
Journal article

Listening to parents and teachers and then working on ways to close the gap between their widely differing expectations.