Research publications from our research teams.
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This paper illustrates the the evolution of the key competencies as The New Zealand Curriculum was developed, using the visual models that supported thinking at different stages of the curriculum project.
The types of evidence and processes used to support their development are also summarised.
The second paper from this research is 2 How the key competencies evolved over time: Insights from the research.
This paper analyses a series of research projects to describe how understandings about key competencies have developed over the decade since The New Zealand Curriculum was published.
The first paper from this research is 1 How the key competencies were developed: The evidence base.
This report describes a study that analysed Wellbeing@School student and teacher survey data from 400 New Zealand schools and produced an infographic summary. It provides the methodological details behind the infographic and also extends the findings.
In late 2017 an evaluation of Engineering Education to Employment (Engineering e2e) was undertaken by New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) Chief Researcher Karen Vaughan. This was a high-level review of documentation and 16 interviews with Steering Group members and initiative or project leaders asking about the ways in which Engineering e2e acted as a systems integrator and what can be learned from this. This is a summary of its findings.
Report prepared for the Tertiary Education Commission and the Engineering e2e Steering Group.
This report presents the findings from the research undertaken to explore the use of Fire and Emergency New Zealand's fire safety education programmes in schools, kura, and early childhood education (ECE) centres including kōhanga reo.
This report presents the findings from an exploratory investigation of the impacts of the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI).
The investigation sought evidence of the extent to which TLRI is meeting its three core aims:
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has been a prominent innovator of approaches to education for school-age students in New Zealand. This report explains their approach and reports on three case studies that illustrate how it plays out in schools.
The report is available on NZTA's education portal.
