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NZCER's Educational policy; structure and systems work

Policy research projects

Exploring learning-partnerships using Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) longitudinal data

Project leader(s): Elliot Lawes
Policy Early childhood

Teaching and School Practices Survey Tool (TSP)

Project leader(s): Cathy Wylie, Heleen Visser, Sue McDowall
Policy School governance and management Education leadership practices

National Survey

Project leader(s): Cathy Wylie
Policy School governance and management Longitudinal projects

Recent Policy research publications

Opportunities for education in a changing climate: Themes from key informant interviews

Author(s): Rachel Bolstad

How can education in Aotearoa New Zealand respond to climate change? 

Policy Schooling for the future
Research report - 2020

Educational Leadership Practices Survey

Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Jacky Burgon, Hilary Ferral, Edith Hodgen
Policy School governance and management Education leadership practices
Research report - 2011

Women becoming secondary school leaders: Barriers, supports, and enablers Report

Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Jo MacDonald, Renee Tuifagalele

The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to provide an overview of the research literature on barriers and supports for women to succeed in secondary school leadership.

Policy School governance and management Education leadership practices
Literature review - 2020

Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey 2018: Summary report

Author(s): Cathy Wylie, Sue McDowall, and Hilary Ferral

The Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey tool (TSP) was available for free school use for the second consecutive year in 2018. It was used by 265 schools that wanted an evidence base for understanding and developing their practices for the benefit of students. 

This report gives the aggregate picture for those schools. Compared with the national school picture, schools using the TSP included fewer small, rural, decile 1–2 schools, and schools with high Māori enrolment. 

There is considerable variability between schools, but overall, school characteristics did not seem to be playing a strong role. This suggests that aspects that are challenging require system-wide support.

Policy School governance and management Education leadership practices
Research summary - 2019

Secondary schools in 2018: Findings from the NZCER national survey

Author(s): Linda Bonne and Jo MacDonald
Policy School governance and management Families and communities
Research report - 2019

Recent Policy journal articles from NZCER Press

Solving summer slide: Strategies and suggestions
Literacy Policy
Journal issue: set 2015: no 1
The successful inclusion of pregnant and mothering students in New Zealand schools
Policy School governance and management Student health and wellbeing
Journal issue: set 2015: no 1
Te reo Māori in classrooms: Current policy, future practice
Policy Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Māori and education
Journal issue: set 2014: no. 3
Early childhood teachers’ perspectives on, and experiences of, multicultural education
Policy Early childhood
Journal issue: Early Childhood Folio vol. 18 no. 1 (2014)
“We know what to say—do we know what to do?” Confronting the disconnection between legislation, policy, and practices for inclusion of young children with disabilities
Policy Student engagement Early childhood
Journal issue: Early Childhood Folio vol. 18 no. 1 (2014)

Recent Policy books from NZCER Press


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$39.95
Changing our secondary schools

A powerful critique of two decades of educational reform in New Zealand, from an educator who was deeply involved. It is also a provocative call for action.

Bali Haque has been both a secondary school principal required to implement reform and a senior public servant in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) tasked with pushing...

Policy National Standards NCEA


$25.00
Set 40th Anniversary Collection

To celebrate 40 years of set: Research Information for Teachers, NZCER Press has published a collection of  16 articles selected from the many hundreds that have been published over the years. Selected by guest editor Marie Cameron, this is not a “best of” compilation but is a collection of some of the articles that have stood out for...

Literacy Policy School governance and management Schooling for the future National Standards NCEA Education leadership practices Maths education Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies

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$55.00
The Discovery of Early Childhood (2nd ed.)

The second edition of  Discovery updates, expands and illustrates Helen May’s foundation book on the discovery of new and often radical ideas concerning the care and education of young children in institutions established outside of the family home.

Policy Early childhood

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$39.95
Vital connections: Why we need more than self-managing schools

What was the real effect of the radical Tomorrow’s Schools reforms? Has New Zealand’s school system improved as a result? What changes are needed now to meet our expectations of schools?

This is the definitive and compelling story of New Zealand school self management over more than two decades. Cathy Wylie explores the paths taken and...

Policy School governance and management National Standards NCEA

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$44.95
Critic and Conscience - Essays on Education in Memory of John Codd and Roy Nash

This book honours the work of John Codd and Roy Nash, who made important contributions to educational scholarship and to education policy and practice in this country and internationally. Launching the book at an event at Massey University in July, vice chancellor Steve Maharey made the comment that the best way to honour their work now was for...

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