The problem of transfer of learning has been an enduring one.  

On transfer explores the learning and transfer experiences of learners enrolled in a Bachelor of Business degree with a distance education institution.  Such a degree is designed for practical application, and those who enrol in the degree expect to be able to use or transfer what they learn to new and different contexts. 

Learning to transfer has ...

This research was designed to provide evaluative data to the Ministry of Education on models which would enhance further programmes for developing liaison between schools and Pacific Islands parents.

This was planned to be the final report in the New Zealand Council for Educational Research’s series of national surveys monitoring the impact of the Tomorrow’s Schools reforms, which began in 1989. These reforms shifted substantial financial and administrative responsibilities from the former Department of Education and Education Boards to staff and trustees at individual schools. The aim of the series has been to describe the experiences of people in ...

The end of the beginning

The material presented in this report comes from NZCER’s third annual survey of people’s experience at school level of the radical Tomorrow’s Schools reforms of educational administration, which began in 1989. Separate questionnaires were sent to principals, trustees, and teachers at 239 schools nationwide, and to parents at 226 of these schools in mind October 1991.

This report aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the way the Tomorrow’s Schools reforms were felt at Primary and Intermediate school level in October – November 1990, eighteen months after board of  trustees were first elected, and towards the end of the first year of school responsibility for managing and spending operational grants. Material for the report comes from postal surveys of trustees, principals and teachers at 239 schools ...

From 1973 to 1979, Dr Richard Benton and his team interviewed 6,470 Māori families throughout the North Island of New Zealand. A total of 6,916 household heads took part in the survey, supplying extensive information about their knowledge of the language, their use of it in a variety of situations, and their attitudes and experiences related to the language. In addition, they contributed information about the age, iwi and hapū ...

In January 1989, Cathy Wylie developed the idea of an annual national survey over the next three years to see how primary and intermediate schools were faring through the radical changes to the administration of New Zealand's Schools, Tomorrow's Schools. 

The Māori Language in Ngapuke

Author: Lee Smith
Year published: 1983
Bulletin number: 69
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Taupō and Waitahanui

Author: Lee Smith
Year published: 1983
Bulletin number: 76
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Tūrangi

Author: Paula Martin
Year published: 1986
Bulletin number: 109
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Taumarunui and district

Author: Paula Martin
Year published: 1986
Bulletin ...

This area includes: Wellington, Wairarapa, Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatu and Horowhenua.

The Māori Language in Waverley

Author: Richard Benton
Year published: 1988
Bulletin number: 1
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Ōtaki, Manakau, Kuku, and Poroutawhao

Author: Richard Benton
Year published: 1982
Bulletin number: 2
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Porirua and District

Author: Lee Smith
Year published: 1982
Bulletin number: 6
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER ...

The Māori Language in Te Hāpua, Te Kao and Ngataki

Author: Lee Smith
Year published: 1983
Bulletin number: 25
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Panguru and Rangi Point

Author: Lee Smith
Year published: 1983
Bulletin number: 28
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Kaeo and Omaunu

Author: Lee Smith
Year published: 1982
Bulletin number: 34
ISSN: 0113-3063
Publisher: NZCER

The Māori Language in Rural Whangaroa ...