The Aboriginal concept of shame was found to be a significant classroom factor affecting Koori students' classroom responses.

The reading debate seems to moving away from the entrenched positions of "us" versus "them" towards a continuum of process. Teachers in this research were asked to assess three different reading errors, to see if their reactions to the errors reflected their theoretical orientations to the reading process

Children can be encouraged to maintain and develop their proficiency in Māori in a classroom where it is not the language of instruction. This research has implications for the promotion of Māori in New Zealand classrooms as well as the promotion of minority languages elsewhere.

Six key school and teacher characteristics have been identified as having a significant influence on the music education of Australian state school children.

Food technology in New Zealand's new technology curriculum is more than cooking and food handling. Here are some practical ways of implementing and assessing food technology.

The Australian National Statement on Mathematics has proposed that "all people need to develop a good sense of number". What is this number sense, which can be elusive yet empowering?

Civics education is currently "flavour of the month" in Australia, as schools come to grips with a new curriculum, Discovering Democracy. Can schools overcome student apathy regarding politics?

Questions and responses that provide a starting point for professionals who are beginning to grapple with the meaning of inclusive school programmes. Reprinted from Phi Delta Kappan, October, 1996, pp. 150–156.

A matrix for professional development that shows how to do a needs analysis and survey.

The principal health education writer of the Draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum shares the theoretical background that underpins the document, and explains the process involved in developing a new curriculum.