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At the beginning of 2005, Red Beach School staff and community began a re-visioning process. We took the time to ask such questions as “What do we believe our school stands for?” Four years down the...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The water cycle is an important context for school science, but the uncritical use of diagrams to simplify ideas may lead to misconceptions. Incorporating learning about how representations such as...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2008_2_010.pdf | Content type: Set article
As we know, a pessimist is someone who sees the glass of wine as half empty while the optimist is someone who sees it as half full. The pessimistic perspective with its emphasis on problems, often...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Reading Recovery is offered in most New Zealand schools, yet recent research shows that low-decile schools are less likely to offer it.
This article explores reasons for the lower uptake of...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Nineteen broad areas of essential learning about New Zealand society are identified in the social studies curriculum. The authors consider what aspects of these are assessed in the 2001 NEMP...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Leadership coaching with a professional partner assists leaders to be reflective in action, on action and for future action, resulting in knowledgeable practice.
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
We know that children learn better when they are supported during new learning by someone who is more expert than they are. At a multi-cultural school in one of the five most “at risk” areas in...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This summary of an extensive literature review highlights the different ways in which peers influence learning, and describes classroom approaches that maximise these peer effects. Learning is...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The authors look at the differences between the primary, intermediate/middle and secondary “islands” in the educational “sea”, the structural reasons for their separateness, the impact of this on...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Today's educational leaders are faced with the task of solving complex problems. The author suggests that if principals understand how they have learnt educational management, what they have learnt,...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article