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A number of NZCER staff contribute to our blogs and we link to and draw on external expertise. We hope it is a useful source of information, ideas and support about NZCER's work and wider educational and assessment issues. We welcome your questions and comments.

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One of the questions that we, and the teachers we work with on the Games for learning project, are fascinated by, is what makes games so engaging.

Date posted: 3 October 2016

By Rose Hipkins

Date posted: 29 September 2016

By Rachel Bolstad

Not all Games for learning teachers started out as gamers.  Today we're going to look at another trajectory followed by some of the game-using teachers in our study: The play-based learning advocates. 

Date posted: 15 September 2016

When I reflect on educational aims at the school level, I think of the key competencies in the curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007).

Date posted: 8 September 2016

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