How are  secondary schools responding to climate change?

In 2020 we surveyed a sample of English-medium secondary schools to find out how climate change and sustainability feature in classroom teaching and learning, and whole-school practices.

The findings suggest that whole-school approaches and responses to climate change and sustainability—advocated for in the international literature—are not common in secondary schools. While students in most schools have learning opportunities relating to climate change ...

How can education in Aotearoa New Zealand respond to climate change?

This report, part of our wider education and climate change project, outlines findings from 17 in-depth interviews with individuals with a range of viewpoints about climate change and the role of education. Five priority perspectives are covered: youth (aged 16–25); educators; Māori; Pacific New Zealanders; and people with an academic, education system, or policy perspective. 

Key findings are: 

• Education offers an important opportunity for diverse children and young people to engage in positive, solutions-focused climate learning and action.  
• Interviewees shared local examples ...

The ELP is designed to provide a robust picture of how school’s teachers perceive the effectiveness of the school’s educational leadership to in key aspects that are most likely to have an impact on teaching and learning.

It covers nine key aspect scales of school educational leadership:

• Goal Setting
• Strategic Resourcing
• Curriculum Quality
• Quality of Teaching
• Promoting and Participating in Teacher Learning and Development (Teacher Learning)
• Safe and Orderly Environment
• Educationally Powerful ...

The Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) asked the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to provide an overview of the research literature on barriers and supports for women to succeed in secondary school leadership. The PPTA plan to use this review to help shape future work to address gender-based inequities. The Gender Pay Gap and Pay Equity Taskforce | Te Rōpū Mahi Rerekētanga Utu Ira Tangata me te Whakaōrite ...

An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement (the Observation Survey) is used widely in NZ schools to assess progress in early literacy learning, and also to identify children who need additional help to make appropriate progress with reading and writing after one year at school.

NZCER was contracted by The Marie Clay Literacy Trust (MCLT) to update the New Zealand norms, and to produce achievement information for the Observation ...

Every 3 years NZCER surveys principals, teachers, trustees, and parents at a random sample of Englishmedium primary schools to provide a national picture of what is happening in teaching and learning. This allows comparisons and tracking of how things change over time. Here are many of the main findings from the 2019 survey. 

They show many positive things occurring in primary schools, along with gains in key areas. They also ...

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: 

1. Increase funding and resources for SWiS in kura kaupapa Māori and kura ā-iwi 
2. Make sure that all SWiS workers who go into kura have te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori 
3. Extend kaupapa Māori practices to English-medium schools 
4. Review Oranga Tamariki systems and ...

A report prepared for Te Mātāwai by Te Wāhanga–New Zealand Council for Educational Research l NZCER, 2020.

Te Wāhanga—NZCER was commissioned by Te Mātāwai to undertake an exploratory research project into rangatahi exposure to, and use of, te reo Māori. We used a kaupapa Māori mixed-methods research approach. The study involved 19 rangatahi, aged between 13 and 23 years, from four regions. The study took place from January 2019 ...

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 infographics available in the downloads section.

Findings include:

• Many principals and teachers think climate change will have moderate to major impacts in ...

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.

This 2019 aggregate report provides graphs of the frequencies for the items in each of the ...