This report analyses and discusses findings from a study of training programmes at six different workplaces, across four different industry sectors, around the country. Our research team visited each workplace, observed training sessions or training-related activities, and interviewed a range of people who were participating in the training, or leading and supporting the training programme and trainees. The research was funded by the Tertiary Education Commission and conducted by NZCER ...

Published in: Education Links (the radical education dossier), 65 (Spring: Blurred Boundaries and Educational Change), 12-17.

The purpose of this paper is to sketch a picture of young people’s experiences and thoughts about their schooling, identities, and future career opportunities. It’s basically the result of some thinking I’ve been doing as NZCER begins a new longitudinal project in transition. And transition is currently a hot topic – the government have just allocated millions to a Training and Education Package, covering a number of transition initiatives.

The ...

Competent Children, Competent Learners is a longitudinal study which began in 1993 and follows the progress of a sample of around 500 New Zealand young people from early childhood education through schooling and beyond. This report focuses on what students at age 16 thought about leaving school, what their biggest concerns and most anticipated opportunities were, what they saw as the most likely barriers to having the kind of life ...

This report investigates opportunities for professional learning when teachers work together to moderate their judgements of students’ work. It draws together key themes from previous research projects that have documented teacher interactions during moderation conversations. Teachers are required to report against National Standards and this is intended to be an effective lever to increase student achievement levels. Moderation conversations that provide rich professional learning about possible avenues for lifting achievement ...

This booklet is a summary of the key ideas from a literature review of New Zealand and international research about ways to create a caring and safe school climate that addresses bullying behaviours. Download is listed below.

In the New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies Chapman, Greaney and Tunmer (2007) criticise a recent study of Reading Recovery (RR) carried out by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research for the New Zealand Ministry of Education (McDowall, Boyd, Hodgen & van Vliet, 2005) largely because it 'failed to examine the most important question, which is: are the specific procedures and instmctional strategies of the RR programme more effective ...

In 2009, Ministry of Education designated literacy as the overarching theme for the e-Ieaming teacher fellowship programme. Teachers were invited to submit plans for class-based inquiries with a literacy focus and to provide evidence of their expertise in literacy as well as in e-Iearning. This marked a shift from earlier fellowships, where teachers chose their own topics of inquiry.

The 2009 e-fellowship programme also included a research component, which involved ...

If literacy learning needs to change for the 21st century, when students need to deal with new formats, such as blogs, sound clips and YouTube, what does this mean in practice in the classroom? Sue McDowall's article gives a possible framework for thinking about multimodal literacy skills and shows how it relates to real examples of student learning.

Free download: Literacy teaching and learning for the 21st century

The Regional Enterprise Clusters initiative (2007-2009) aimed to embed an enterprising culture within clusters of schools based on the characteristics unique to their individual communities. Below are four project summaries:

• Why is Education for Enterprise (E4E) relevant for New Zealand schools?
• What are students saying about Education for Enterprise (E4E)
• How can businesses and communities support Education for Enterprise (E4E)?
• Why does Education for Enterprise (E4E) require cross-sector collaboration and ...