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If you believe that hitting children is right and proper and probably good for them, that it stiffens the moral fibre, gives them a taste of what life is an about, and so on, then no amount of...
| Year published: 1982 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Directions for Assessment in New Zealand (DANZ), published in March 2009, was written to provide strategic advice to the Ministry of Education to guide and inform the design of new and improved...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Commentary | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Miles Barker analyses the development of The New Zealand Curriculum from the point of view of preservice teacher education. He presents 20 challenges that he believes the new curriculum poses for...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
The authors argue the case for teachers to engage in and make use of research. Drawing on their experiences as consultants working in English schools they show how the "research-engaged" school can...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Earlier this year 225 primary, intermediate and secondary schools took part in a national consultation on the draft national exemplars. Schools effectively trialled the exemplars and provided...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research into primary teachers’ assessment and recording practices highlights three approaches to classroom assessment. These are analysed to show how they contribute to both formative and summative...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Society accepts violent behaviour and it is modelled in homes, schools and streets. This accepting and modelling is the major cause of violent crime. This is no longer supposition but fact, supported...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The findings reported here suggest that while teacher research can be worthwhile professional development, if it is to be a realistic option robust support systems need to be put in place for...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The focus section of this issue of set is a collection of articles that discuss various aspects of key competency development in the early primary school years. These articles were selected from a...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Central to New Zealand National Standards is the concept of overall teacher judgements (OTJs). This paper examines the concepts of OTJs and standards through international literature and experiences...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article