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 ...

The NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016 included a number of questions that asked specifically about matters related to Pasifika students, Pasifika families, or Pasifika cultural activities at school. We have brought the responses to these questions together for researchers working in Pasifika education.

A literature review prepared for the Teaching Council that you can read on their website.

Questions the review is addressing: 

1. What are the features of high quality practica that have a positive impact on outcomes for student teachers?

2. What are the features of high quality theory and practice integration within other parts of the ITE programme (course work) that have a positive impact on outcomes for student ...

This report presents baseline and implementation data gathered from a range of Play.sport stakeholders during 2016. The report aims to assist Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ) and other decision-makers to consider what the data suggests might be next steps for the initiative.

This formative focus is appropriate for Play.sport as the initiative uses an emergent model, and is in the first year of development.

A book chapter written for Student Perspectives on School. Informing Inclusive Practice.

This chapter provides an overview of the My FRIENDS Youth Resilience programme, then presents student data from the programme evaluation to understand what young people learned, valued and used from the programme. The chapter also explores how Māori and Pacific students experienced the programme, and how gender differences influenced student involvement in the programme. 

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This report looks at parent and whānau views of, and involvement with, their children’s schooling as part of a comprehensive national picture of what was happening in primary and intermediate schools in 2016.

The parent and whānau survey comprised mostly closed-response questions, but also asked for comments about three aspects: learning with digital technology, National Standards, and their child’s schooling in general.

We invited principals at a subset of 36 schools in the national ...

Ākonga Māori (Māori students) should be able to have good educational experiences that recognise and support their identity, reo Māori, and culture in any school they attend, as well as their learning.

The 2016 national survey shows increased awareness and attention to incorporating tikanga Māori and te reo Māori into English-medium schools to better support the identity, wellbeing, and achievement of ākonga Māori. 

The survey was conducted from August to early September 2016 ...

The big picture vision of The New Zealand Curriculum says it is important to foster students' dispositions to learn and contribute as active members of society. The key competencies directly support this vision.  This paper looks at what happens when teachers design rich tasks to draw on all aspects of the key competencies.

Ka whānau mai te reo: Kei tua o te kura—Understanding how tertiary education organisations are supporting the transitions of reo Māori learners and speakers completes the series of research reports looking at the transitions between education organisations, from pre-school to tertiary.

Ka whānau mai te reo: Kei tua o te kura focuses on whānau experiences of reo Māori education in tertiary settings, with a specific focus on wānanga. The report ...