Research publications from our research teams.
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How does climate change and sustainability feature in primary and intermediate school classrooms and whole-school practices?
We asked teachers and principals a few questions about climate change and sustainability as part of the 2019 NZCER national survey of English-medium primary and intermediate schools.
Key findings are summarised in this infographic.
Findings include:
We asked teachers and principals a few questions about climate change and sustainability as part of the 2019 NZCER national survey of English-medium primary and intermediate schools. Below shows the summary of key findings, which can be downloaded as PDFs at the end of this page. The full written report is available here.
2019 was the third year that the Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey (TSP) was available for free use by schools. The questions in this survey draw on a strong body of evidence about effective practices. The TSP asks teachers and principals to rate how often a practice occurs or how well the practice is done.
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.
This research was commissioned by the New Zealand Productivity Commission to inform their examination of technology and the future of work in New Zealand. The main research question asks, in essence:
In what ways are secondary school subject-choice systems, and students’ subject choices, positioned to respond to future of work trends?
The following sub-questions provide more specific direction.
This research was commissioned by the New Zealand Productivity Commission to inform their examination of technology and the future of work in New Zealand. The main research question asks, in essence:
In what ways are secondary school subject-choice systems, and students’ subject choices, positioned to respond to future of work trends?
The following sub-questions provide more specific direction.
He rangahau i whakaritea mā Te Mātāwai, e Te Wāhanga - Te Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa, i te tau 2019
Te Wāhanga, on behalf of Oranga Tamariki, produced this report on the benefits of Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) in kura kaupapa Māori and kura ā-iwi (kura), using a kaupapa Māori approach.
The report made six recommendations for Oranga Tamariki to consider:
This report presents the findings from a research project on curriculum integration in New Zealand schools, carried out by NZCER in 2018–19.
The purpose of the research was to explore teachers’ rationales for curriculum integration; the approaches and practices used to integrate curriculum; and the learning opportunities such approaches provide for students.
