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This article explores what a group of Years 11 and 13 students think about history, how they talk about it and what they are interested in studying. It suggests that being aware of student interests...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | 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
This companion article reports initial findings of a case study of longer learning periods in one school. It examines whether teachers perceive longer lessons to make a difference to teaching...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Practical Research for Education, 38, October 2007, pp. 29–33 (reprinted with permission)
This piece demonstrates authentic research in practice.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: Practical Research for Education | Content type: Set article
How do students understand concepts in school history curriculum and assessment documentation?
"Switched-on" history teachers tap into students' conceptual understandings, promote conversations...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A sample of students who achieved Scholarship identified their teacher as the most important factor influencing their success. Arguably, this research has implications for all teachers aiming to...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article explores how the key competency thinking links with 21st century views of teaching and learning.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article presents evidence of the first activity in a sequence of history pedagogy Thinking About History that engaged learners in connecting to their pasts as a way into history.
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Students' perspectives on teacher questioning are discussed as a component of formative assessment in a Year 13 chemistry class at a large coeducational urban New Zealand high school. The authors...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article summarises the key features of the transition support, offered to students at seven low-decile schools, which impacted on their career decision making and postschool destinations. ...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article