Television has been in New Zealand living rooms for over 15 years, and many children now spend more time watching the screen than they spend in school. We go to considerable lengths to assess the effects of schooling on our children. Can we also assess the effects of television?

Growing public support for scientific medical research has been one of the most gratifying  developments in New Zealand since World War II. Such research has, in its turn, led to a greater sophistication in a medical profession no longer willing to limit its activity to mere service. And nowhere is ...

PAT : Mathematics

What can be done with the results?

Is it possible to teach and do research at the same time? The work of a number of Christ church teachers strongly suggests that it is. In this report, John Church, Lecturer in Education at the University of Canterbury, outlines the research accomplishments of some of the teachers who have ...

Non Standard English and Comprehension / Writing Skills Improved by English Grammar Instruction? / Language Through TV / Learn to Read - When? / Foreign Language in Primary School

'If we ignore or hold constant differences of personal endowment and life history it is the interaction of homes and schools that is the key to educability.'
Floud 1956

In this bulletin Colin Cowie, Test Advisory Officer, NZCER outlines some of the research relating to the broad topic of home-school ...

Teachers cannot continue to be efficient in the classroom unless parents -and society -take a much firmer hand in training children in morals, ethics and good manners.

Emphasis on the spoken word in our English programmes has strengthened considerably over the last decade. The National English Syllabus Committee reflects the change by recommending that more attention be given to the teaching and evaluation of speaking skills. Although much research has been undertaken to clarify problems of reliability ...

What was it like to be in kindergarten in the early days? Over many years NZCER has been interested in recording the atmosphere and style of our educational institutions in former times. For this reason we are delighted to publish the reminiscences of Miss Edna (Ted) Scott, a much loved ...