Immersion education plays a distinct role in language and cultural revitalisation of Māori and other indigenous peoples.

This book summarises research findings on the benefits of immersion education for Māori, their whānau, and their communities.

This project in six early childhood education centres combined professional development with action research to support ways in which teachers, and parents and whänau worked together to enhance children’s learning and wellbeing. 

Where partnerships with parents developed, consciously formulated actions and strategies created a welcoming environment. Parents identified affective factors as the most important characteristic of a good early childhood education service.

Centres devised unique ways to integrate action between ...

This is a report of the first year of a study that is following a group of 57 “promising” primary and secondary teachers from their third to their seventh years of teaching, in order to understand more about their experiences in the early years of their careers.

Our sample comprises 20 males and 37 females; two thirds had worked in other occupations before becoming teachers.

Teacher educators, and principals or ...

Te Rerenga ā te Pīrere (The Flight of the Fledgling) is a longitudinal study of 111 kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori students. This project is perhaps one of the first in-depth research projects of children in kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori, their educational and social environments, and their learning. This is the report for the first year of the study.

Te Rerenga ā te Pīrere tracks the development ...

Te Hiringa i Te Mahara is a professional development programme for Mäori secondary teachers. The aim of this research was to evaluate the contribution of Te Hiringa i Te Mahara to the following four objectives:

1. Demonstrable reduction in workload-related stress experienced by Mäori secondary teachers who have participated in Te Hiringa i Te Mahara.
2. Positive changes in the way Mäori secondary teachers view themselves and their capabilities.
3. Building professional capability ...

This is the second major thematic report drawing on findings from our 2006 NZCER National Survey of Secondary Schools. It analysed the responses given by parents, trustees, teachers and principals, to questions in the survey related to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA).

The report found strong levels of support for NCEA among principals (89 percent) and teachers (60 percent). The views of parents towards NCEA were characterised by ...

The focus of this report is on the implementation of the Ministry of Health's Fruit in Schools (FiS) initiative.  FiS has two main parts: 

1. Students in low-decile schools are given a free piece of fruit a day.
2. Schools are encouraged to use a Health Promoting Schools approach to address four health priority areas: healthy eating; physical activity; sun protection; and smokefree.

The first phase of FiS began in late 2005 ...

This report summarises the findings from the first year of the Healthy Futures evaluation of the Ministry of Health’s Fruit in Schools (FiS) initiative. This report draws together the perspectives of key stakeholders to inform policy and practice, and contribute to the ongoing development of FiS.

How do New Zealand schools make substantial changes?  Why do schools feel the need to change?  Do they change simply in reaction to outside pressure, or as a result of their own values?  Does change become an everyday practice or does it need heroic effort?  What kind of change is sustainable over time?  How important are government provision and accountability frameworks?

A significant research report, Sustaining School Improvement: Ten primary ...

How do New Zealand schools make substantial changes?  Why do schools feel the need to change?  Do they change simply in reaction to outside pressure, or as a result of their own values?  Does change become an everyday practice or does it need heroic effort?  What kind of change is sustainable over time?  How important are government provision and accountability frameworks?

A significant research report, Sustaining School Improvement: Ten primary ...