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.

In term 2, 2017, four teachers at Hutt Central School initiated an inquiry into games across their Year 5/6 syndicate. The inquiry spiralled into a variety of learning opportunities, taking slightly different directions across the four classrooms and continuing to 'run in the background' for the rest of the year.

This case study describes why and how the syndicate chose to sustain a focus on games and game design in ...

This report outlines findings from a literature review of trends in assessment policy and practice, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry).

The primary purpose of this report is to inform the Ministry as it considers updating its position on assessment, last articulated in the position paper titled Assessment (Schooling Sector) 2011 (Ministry of Education, 2011).

The authors use 'assessment capability' as a point of reference. The idea ...

Tautokona te reo: The wellbeing of te reo Māori in kura and schools

He wāhanga tēnei rangahau o ngā mahi whakahou, whakaora hoki i te reo Māori, ā, e rua ōna whāinga poto. Te whāinga poto tuatahi (me tana pātai matua) o te rangahau he tūhura i ngā āhuatanga e tautoko ana i te ora o te reo Māori i roto i ngā kura me ngā kura auraki. Te whāinga ...

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 study used data collected through the Wellbeing@School student and teacher surveys to give schools practical ideas about ways to enhance students’ wellbeing and decrease aggressive and bullying behaviours.  The study's findings are summarised in the Making a difference to student wellbeing infographic report. The methodology and detailed findings are presented in Making a difference to student wellbeing—a data exploration. 

New Zealand students face challenges to their social and ...

Report prepared for the Tertiary Education Commission and the Engineering e2e Steering Group.

Engineering e2e (education-to-employment) is a programme designed to increase the number of engineers in New Zealand. It was established in 2014 by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in response to Government concerns about the possible economic impact of a forecasted engineer shortfall, especially for technicians and technologists (NEEP Project Governing Group, 2010). The evaluation of Engineering e2e ...

This report presented 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. 

The purpose of this evaluation was to help Fire & Emergency NZ understand: how it can increase uptake of its fire safety education programmes (English medium and Māori medium); how the programmes are implemented; how ...