In 2010 the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) commissioned the Nielson Company to conduct a repeat of two previous surveys of public attitudes to science. Rosemary Hipkins was asked to provide a commentary on the findings. She wrote an article for New Zealand Science Review.

Article: Public attitudes to science: rethinking outreach activities [ PDF]

Project: For more about the MoRST project go to: Public attitudes to science ...

Findings from the NZCER National Survey of Secondary Schools 2009

This report draws on data from the three-yearly NZCER National Survey of Secondary Schools, with a particular focus on new data gathered in the 2009 survey round. We asked principals, teachers, trustees, and parents to respond to a set of statements about the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). The findings show support for the qualification has consolidated since 2006 ...

This report draws on data from the NZCER National Survey of Secondary Schools 2009. The final version of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) was released in late 2007 and the survey carried out in 2009 so the findings are a snapshot of the thinking and changes in practices that had occurred to that time. The report focuses mainly on secondary teachers and their views of curriculum change. It explores their ...

In this article, we draw on current research to argue that there is a need to think carefully about what community engagement might mean in a future-focused curriculum. This is important if schools are to lay the foundations now for tomorrow’s interactions with community.

This report analyses principal vacancies advertised in the Education Gazette in 2008 and 2009. It also draws on information from a 2008 survey of boards of trustees about appointments, and on data from recent NZCER national surveys of primary and secondary schools. This includes data from the 2009 National Survey of Secondary Schools.

This report presents the findings of a research project on literacy teaching and learning in e-Learning contexts carried out by CORE Education and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the Ministry of Education in 2009.

Report can be viewed and downloaded from: www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ict/77144

This report presents the findings of a research project which explored how the key competencies described in The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) might be integrated with the teaching of reading in the middle years of primary school (Years 3–6). The project involved researchers supporting teachers to conceptualise key competencies more deeply and design and implement reading programmes which integrate the competencies.

The project was funded by the ...

The purpose of this overview is to give providers a sense of the overall trends, themes, and range of practices and approaches we have observed across LEOTC providers since taking up the monitoring role in July 2009. Below, we describe the range of practices and approaches providers take with regards to the day-to-day matters of running an LEOTC contract (for example, booking and planning systems, class visit procedures, post-visit evaluations ...

This is a report on findings from a survey of 33 Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) and five focus groups with 19 ITO representatives – the second phase of a three-phase project entitled ITO Workplace Assessment Structures and Systems.

The overall purpose of the project is to explore the different models of workplace assessment used around the world and by ITOs in New Zealand, and to consider the kinds of arrangements ...

Report of the Phase Two survey data prepared for SPELD NZ

This report presents the findings from an evaluation which began in 2009 on the impact of SPELD in New Zealand, and is the second phase of the larger study. This phase has involved surveying key groups of participants about their perceptions of SPELD. The groups involved are SPELD teachers, RTLBs and school staff from across New Zealand.