This article describes a study in which a mirror was held up to the complexities of classroom interactions across cultures. Both the teachers and Pasifika students were able to discuss what they saw. The study found that teachers looking for, and acting according to “Pasifika ways of learning” may ...

This article discusses some findings from recent studies on the mental health of young people. It then uses findings from an evaluation of Travellers—an early intervention programme for secondary school students (generally in Year 9) who are having difficulty coping with life events and transitions —to show how this programme ...

Juliet Twist of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research responds to a question from Juliet Pendleton of Pt Chevalier School: "Given that the move towards purpose-based teaching for writing seems to mean a heavier reliance on ‘just in time’ teaching, will children still make steady progress towards achieving National ...

In term 3, 2012, 22 teacher-assessors collected data from 5,000 children in 200 schools around the country. The information they collected will inform the education community in New Zealand about how our learners are achieving in science and writing. This endeavour marks the beginning of a new national monitoring ...

Middle-level leaders in schools have a critical role in mentoring teachers as they work with the teaching-as-inquiry process. One-to-one interactions and professional conversations with each teacher largely determine the quality of inquiry, both for an individual teacher and on a school-wide basis. In this article, an experienced senior secondary school ...

In recent times a lot of attention has been focused on the importance of content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge for teachers of reading. This article presents the argument that while these forms of knowledge are essential, being an effective teacher of reading is as much about who you ...

This is the first of two articles about student inquiry and curriculum integration. These articles aim to help educators to consider the ideas about learning that underpin different integrated and inquiry approaches and their fit with ideas in The New Zealand Curriculum. This first article (Part A) defines student ...

This article presents three lessons from the legacy of past examples of curriculum integration (CI) in Aotearoa New Zealand, with the aim of helping teachers who wish to use CI to support inquiry learning pedagogies. These lessons reflect an innovative vitality that has long been characteristic of New Zealand teachers ...

Connecting Curriculum; Connecting Learning was a 2-year research project conducted by the authors in conjunction with eight teachers across five primary schools in New Zealand. This article describes three case studies from this research project that used Mantle of the Expert—an inquiry-learning approach that incorporates drama. This teacher- and ...