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The magic box

How television can help with reading instruction.

Violence in schools: principals' perspectives

Practical solutions from the principal of a Victorian school who questioned 33 other principals.

Goals and school motivation: Aboriginal and Navajo Perspectives

A study of the motivational goals of indigenous minority students with implications for schools.

Family Violence and Children: How schools can respond

Children in violent homes are often very isolated from support outside the home. School can be one place where their need for help or protection is identified. How should teachers respond?

The Dynamics of support Circles

Support circles for inclusion students help everyone in the classroom.

The Phonic Debate Revisited

An overview of the issues in the whole language versus phonics debate.

Not The Class Novel: A different reading program

Secondary school students develop new reading strategies and a positive attitude toward reading through an effective literature circle.

Learning Styles and Learning Outcomes. Based on Kolb's Learning Style Inventory

Recognising that students have different learning styles is the first step towards planning programs which accomodate these differences.

Multi-age grouping

The principal of Mangere Central School describes his school's transition to multi-age grouping and gives advice for other schools contemplating a change in class structures.

Co-operative Small Groups in Mathematics: The Perceptions and Involvement of Intermediate Students

How high and low achieving students view small-group work, and its effect on their performance.