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This article uses Wenger’s (1998) theory of communities of practice as a framework to describe the complexities of moderation processes when these processes are intended to support teacher learning...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
What are the features of a positive work environment for early career teachers? This article examines this question through interviews with secondary school early career science teachers. Findings...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article critiques a recent professional development course for history teachers that explored how students could use memorials and heritage sites to engage with the concept of significance and...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2011_2_026.pdf | Content type: Set article
Starting teaching in a new country and a new culture is like being a beginning teacher again. If you come from a Confucian culture where teachers are automatically respected, the New Zealand...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set 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
Amid calls for more male teachers in primary schools, a representative sample of primary school principals gave their thoughts about the need for more "male role models" and listed the personal...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Constructive developmental theory examines and describes the way people grow and change over the course of their lives.
The author looks at New Zealand schools and discusses:
the special...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article looks at restorative practices as a tool to reduce bullying in schools and emphasises the importance of healing broken relationships, particularly between students causing harm and their...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2007_1_031.pdf | Content type: Set article
The connecting role of playfulness in young children’s communication is explored with a specific focus on children’s playful narratives. Such narratives are useful frameworks for teachers’...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
Measurement scales allow raw test scores to be converted to locations on an equal-interval scale. This article outlines how these work, how they are numbered and how they relate to...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article