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Publication type: Research report
7 June 2011
Publication type: Research report
How well Māori children do at school is strongly linked with how well parents and children relate to school staff.
Māori parents want their children to have a better education than they had, and have a strong wish to be involved in their child's schooling, concludes Māori parents and education.
But Māori parents need more guidance on how best to support their children's education at home, and how to access information or services to help them give that support.
2 June 2011
Publication type: Research report
A learning story is a documented account of a child's learning event. These stories are structured around five key behaviours: taking an interest, being involved, persisting with difficulty, expressing a point of view or a feeling, and taking responsibility. A teaching story, on the other hand, is about evaluating practice.
2 June 2011
Publication type: Book chapter
Book chapter in: The information literate school community: Best practice. Henri, J. and Bonanno, K. (Eds.), p. 55-74. Wagga Wagga: Charles Sturt University, Centre for Information Studies, 1999.
14 June 2011
Publication type: Book
The third stage of the Competent Children project looked at what might be making a difference to children's competency scores at age 8. The analysis included some things children experienced at this age, such as the type of school they went to, their out-of-school activities, and their reading at home. It also included some experiences from the time before they started school, and from the time they were 6, such as their early childhood education, or their family's income at age 5, the amount of television they watched, and their access to a computer at home.
13 June 2011
Publication type: Research report
This report gives the findings of the sixth survey on the impact of New Zealand education reforms since 1989, and compares them with earlier findings. Principals, trustees, parents, and teachers from a new sample of 350 schools answered comprehensive questionnaires about the impact of the reforms. Some major findings are summarised below.
Overall, while the reforms brought some positive gains, these came at a cost and were unequally spread.
8 June 2011
Publication type: Literature review
Literature review of recent international research.
Recent research on class size and teacher-pupil ratios can inform policy and practice. Many studies on the impact of class size, and of teacher-student ratios, have concentrated on children's first years at school.
During the 1980s, the research investigated class size and:
8 June 2011
Publication type: Research report
This report informs the Ministry of Education's research programme into the Special Education 2000 provisions.
It is based on the results of interviews with a range of Māori organisations, iwi, and whänau on special education issues for Māori.
7 June 2011
Publication type: Occasional paper
Useful checklist for parents.
7 June 2011
Publication type: Occasional paper
Useful checklist for parents.
What Makes a Good School?
There's no single recipe for a good school. Research overseas identifies these major ingredients:
« A clear focus on learning and achievement.
All learning time is used for learning. Classrooms are calm, and students are attentive.
Lessons start on time, and there are no interruptions.
« High expectations of every student to achieve.
7 June 2011