set 1998: no. 2

An Australian view about appropriate middle schooling principles and practices.

There are differences between schools in terms of location, size, growth rates, and characteristics of their student populations. Are any of these characteristics related to the learning and teaching that goes on?

A successful conflict-resolution programme which has helped one Australian secondary school to create a positive school climate.

By identifying issues that impact on student achievement in low decile schools with high ratios of Pacific Island and Maori students schools can improve the learning opportunities for these students.

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?