Student engagement

Student engagement

NZCER's Student engagement work.

Student engagement is a critical educational theme - if a student is not engaged then they... and other initiatives will be ineffective...

Student engagement research projects

Games for Tuia

Enabling youth to tell place-based stories through games for Tuia 250 Commemorations

Project leader(s): Rachel Bolstad

Games for learning Student engagement

PB4L School-Wide is a framework that involved school leaders, teachers, students and support staff in building consistent approaches to behaviour to enable academic and social success for all students.

Project leader(s): Sally Boyd

Student engagement Student health and wellbeing

Recent Student engagement research publications

Playing for Peace: Complex role-play gaming in high school history

Author(s): Rachel Bolstad

Schooling for the future Student engagement

Research report - 2017

I enjoy school now - Outcomes from the Check and Connect trials in New Zealand

Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Rachel Felgate

This is an evaluation of the Check and Connect programme, which was part of the Ministry of Education's Positive Behaviour for Learning strategy.

Student engagement

Research report - 2016

New Zealand Students’ Mathematics-Related Beliefs and Attitudes: Recent Evidence

Author(s): Linda Bonne

This article examines five studies to identify patterns in New Zealand students’ mathematics-related beliefs and attitudes, and their relationships with achievement. The article is available here.

Maths education Student engagement

Journal article - 2016

"It's who we are" Stories of practice and change from PB4L School-Wide Schools

Author(s): Sally Boyd, Alex Hotere-Barnes, Lesieli Tongati’o and Jo MacDonald

This report summarises the findings from case studies of seven schools that are part of the Positive Behaviour for Learning School-Wide (PB4L-SW) initiative.

Student engagement Student health and wellbeing

Research report - 2015

Findings from the first phase of the evaluation of PB4L School-Wide

Author(s):

This summary outlines key findings from the first phase of an evaluation of Positive Behaviour for Learning School-Wide (PB4L-SW). This evaluation is being conducted over 2013-2015 by NZCER for the Ministry of Education.

Student engagement Student health and wellbeing

Research summary - 2014

Recent Student engagement books from NZCER Press

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$44.95

Connecting Curriculum, Linking Learning

Teachers and principals know that students learn best when involved, challenged and inspired. An integrated curriculum offers teachers the tools to engage, extend and enthuse students. Connecting Curriculum, Linking Learning bridges a gap in the literature on curriculum integration. Based on current New Zealand classroom research, this book...

Curriculum and assessment Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Student engagement

soft cover
$44.95

Responsive Pedagogy

This book sets out the theory and practice of a range of restorative approaches and shows they can work in schools and early childhood education settings. The editors have drawn together educators and researchers who are experts in their field and who care deeply about students and teachers.

Student engagement Student health and wellbeing

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$39.95

The Chameleonic Learner: Learning and self-assessment in context

The Chameleonic Learner delves into the learner’s world: how they conceptualise learning, how self-assessment works and why context matters. Young people’s voices are clearly heard alongside the theory and practice of learning and self-assessment.

Student engagement

soft cover
$35.95

Motivating Literacy Learners in Today's World

This is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how to motivate children in reading, writing and oral language. It includes chapters on phonological awareness, strategies for Maori, Pasifika and Asian students, and support for students with dyslexia.

Literacy Student engagement

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$44.95

Hidden Lives of Learners

Still a compulsory read for all educators!

The Hidden Lives of Learners takes the reader deep into the hitherto undiscovered world of the learner. It explores the three worlds which together shape a student’s learning – the public world of the teacher, the highly influential world of peers, and the student’s...

Student engagement

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