Whaia te iti Kahurangi stems from the first iwi-Ministry of Education partnership, with Te Rünanga o Ngāti Porou. Whaia te iti Kahurangi began in 1998 with the contracting of Gardiner Parata Ltd to provide a framework for change management, to address the issues raised by ERO in its 1997 report on the quality of education received by Ngāti Porou East Coast students. They organised community consultations about the future of ...

This paper has two main purposes. The first is to provide an overview of the literature to anchor the development of the Wellbeing@School website and tools in up-to-date evidence and practice. The second purpose is to act as a reference document from which content for the website can be developed. 

It is not intended that the content of this paper will be presented on the Wellbeing@School website in its current ...

This research builds on an earlier NEMP probe study which found that many teachers do not appear to actively teach students the key objectives of the "Developing Scientific Skills and Attitudes" strand of Science in the New Zealand Curriculum (Gilmore, 2001). The project sought to develop rich descriptions of children’s investigative actions, and to analyse these findings in the light of research literature that describes children’s actual and potential investigative ...

This report analyses the available statistical material on changes in the proportion of women at different levels of the teaching profession in a set of OECD countries. It shows whether these changes affected women's access to principalships, teachers' pay and conditions.

This report was published in Geneva by the ILO Sectoral Activities Programme as Working Paper A100 20499 999.

This small-scale, exploratory study was designed to include around 6 families from each of 5 ethnic groups (Cook Islands, Niue, Samoan, Tokelauan, and Tongan). The intention was to provide an account of the experiences of children, parents, and teachers focusing on language and other aspects of children's move from Pacific Islands early childhood centres into English-language primary schools.

The report includes a literature review.  It outlines key issues that emerged and gives suggestions ...

Wilton Playcentre was designated as a Centre of Innovation in 2003.

This report focuses on the findings from baseline and final phase data collection, and 2½ years of action research. The research was undertaken by Wilton Playcentre parents, with the assistance of the research associates.

This report draws on the narratives of 86 young men and women (in pathways dominated by their own — or the opposite — sex). The findings help to explain why many trades-related occupations continue to be heavily gender segregated despite today’s emphasis on equal opportunities, individual choice, and limitless possibilities.

Across a range of decision making contexts (family, friends, school, and the trades), gender stereotypes and discourses have a major ...

This working paper is a snapshot of my thinking on a small exploratory project called Thinking Together to Become 21st Century Teachers. This project is part of a much larger programme of work at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) that is investigating the nature and demands of teaching in the 21st century, looking in particular at how people educated to work in 20th century schools can change ...

This book reviews New Zealand and international literature to explore the notion of "school-based curriculum development" (SBCD).

Key features of SBCD include:

• it involves school staff making decisions about programmes of learning for their students
• collaborative decision-making processes are involved
• it represents an alternative to "top-down" or centralised curriculum decision-making.

In practice, SBCD can range from individual teachers interpreting and adapting existing curricula, to whole staff working together ...

This case study report is one component of the final report from the Healthy Futures study. Healthy Futures is the evaluation of the Ministry of Health’s Fruit in Schools (FiS) initiative. This evaluation was conducted by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research and Health Outcomes International. This case study report summarises the findings from the 2008 case studies, and presents the stories from six FiS schools.