NZCER submitted feedback on the Government's Emissions Reduction Plan in November 2021.

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Ko tā te rangahau o Manaakitia ngā tamariki kia ora ai | Te hāpai i te waiora o te ākonga, he whakapuaki i ngā ariā me ngā kōrero a ngā kura tuatahi me ngā kura takawaenga e ono e tohu ana i ngā whakaritenga papai, otirā, e waihanga ana, e whakamahi ana hoki i ngā aronga e whakatairanga ai i te waiora o ...

Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories is being incorporated into The New Zealand Curriculum, and Te Takanga o te Wā is being incorporated into Te Marautanga o Aotearoa with the intent that schools and kura will implement this new curriculum content from 2022. 

Draft curriculum documents for Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Te Takanga o te Wā were released for public feedback on 3 February 2021. The Ministry of Education wanted to ...

In 2021, NZCER was contracted by the Ministry of Education to analyse and report the findings from the public engagement about the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories in The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Takanga o Te Wā in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.

People gave feedback about the draft curriculum content in the following ways:

• general online survey (4,323 people)
• ākonga/learners online survey (168 people)
• submissions (488 submissions) 
• over 90 workshops ...

This small exploratory study was carried out in 2021 by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. The project is part of a wider suite of six studies commissioned by the National Library as part of their Communities of Readers initiative. This initiative foregrounds the benefits of reading for pleasure and the equitable distribution of these benefits ...

This New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) research project explored the ways five diverse secondary schools shaped their timetables to support innovation in teaching and learning. The timetable is often a taken-for-granted presence in schools, even though it plays an important role in how teaching and learning are experienced. This report identifies key factors that schools may find useful to consider when making changes to their timetable.  

This ...

Nā Te Wāhanga o te Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa tēnei arotakenga mātātuhi i whakaputa, hei tautoko i ngā kura tuatahi o te ara reo Pākehā e rapu huarahi ana ki te whakapakari i ā rātou hōtaka whakaako, i ā rātou hōtaka ako hoki o te reo Māori.

Ka whakamāramahia ki te pūrongo nei, kia whai aronga rautaki ngā kura tuatahi o te ara reo Pākehā mō te whakaako me te ...

The national COVID-19 lockdown during school Term 1 and continuing in Term 2 2020,  provided a unique context to investigate children’s experiences of informal, everyday learning in their household bubble. In Terms 3 and 4, 178 children in Years 4–8 from 10 primary schools agreed to participate in a group art-making activity and an individual interview about their experiences.  

This report documents children’s accounts of the multiple ways in which they negotiated the novel experience ...

Around 600 schools have used the free, research-based Teaching, School and Leadership Practices (TSP) survey since it was first offered in  2017.  This brief report is based on interviews with 10 principals who’ve used TSP three years in a row. The report shows the principals find it informs their own development and appraisal, identifies priorities for change, allows them to check trends over time, and whether change was happening at a sustainable pace ...

NZCER submitted feedback on the Climate Change Commission's draft advice to the New Zealand Government, released February 2021.