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Longitudinal projects

NZCER's Longitudinal projects work

Recent Longitudinal projects research publications

Author(s): Linda Bonne

Making a place in the world: Experiences of those who took less conventional paths from school is the latest report from the NZCER longitudinal study Competent Learners that has followed young New Zealanders from their final months in early childhood education to age 26. This research aimed to find out how those who leave school early or take less conventional paths from school build their adult lives and find or make their place in the world.

Research report - 2020
The primary school curriculum: Assimilation, adaptation, transformation
Author(s): Jacky Burgon, Rosemary Hipkins and Edith Hodgen

The latest report from the NZCER national survey series looks at how the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) is being implemented in the country's primary and intermediate schools. The primary school curriculum: Assimilation, adaptation, transformation draws on data from our 2010 survey to explore differences across the sector in terms of progress on curriclum implementation, three years on from the publication of the NZC in 2007. Issues covered in the report include: how confident principals and teachers are with the curriculum, which aspects they view as most important, the professional learning teachers are doing and the challenges of creating a curriculum to meet the learning needs of all students.

Research report - 2012
Author(s): Lesley Patterson

This research report is based on interviews with 29 of the 401 young people in the larger Competent Learners @ 20 report. That study
found that many young people have a relatively smooth transition from school to tertiary education. This report focuses on those who experienced a more problematic transition. Some of the students had left school early, while other had experienced unemployment or had become mothers.

Research report - 2011
Forming Adulthood Past, Present and Future in the Experiences and Views of the Competent Learners @ 20
Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Edith Hodgen

This report marks the latest stage in the longitudinal study Competent Learners, which began in 1993. It looks at the pathways taken by 401 of the study participants as they left school and moved into further study, work or other options. It explores the role of school experiences and performance play and looks at what the young people are gaining from current study and employment.

Research report - 2011
Six years old and competent
Author(s): Cathy Wylie with Anne Else
Book - 1998
Five years old and competent
Author(s): Cathy Wylie
Book - 1996
Twelve Years Old and Competent
Author(s): Cathy Wylie
Book - 2004
National survey of secondary schools 2003
Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins with Edith Hodgen

Research report - 2004
Author(s): Linda Mitchell and Keren Brooking
Research report - 2007
Competent children at 10: Families, early education, and schools
Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Jean Thompson and Cathy Lythe
Research report - 2001
Author(s): Anne Meade and Pamela Cubey in association with Kerslake Hendricks and Cathy Wylie
Research report - 1995
Author(s): Anne Hendricks and Anne Meade in conjunction with Cathy Wylie
Research report - 1993
Competent children at 8: Families, early education, and schools
Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Jean Thompson and Cathy Lythe
Research report - 1999
Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Jean Thompson, Anne Kerslake Hendricks
Research report - 1996
Competent children at 12
Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Jean Thompson, Edith Hodgen, Hilary Ferral, Cathy Lythe, and Tineke Fijn
Research report - 2004
NZCER 2010 Primary & Intermediate Schools National Survey
Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Edith Hodgen

Research report - 2010
The Evolving NCEA
Author(s): Rosemary Hipkins

Research report - 2010
Author(s): Cathy Wylie

Research report - 2010