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Curriculum is a hotly contested notion, yet it is a relatively new concept in educational thought. Pratt (1980) claims that it was only during the 20th century that attempts were made to describe...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: CM2009_5_001.pdf | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
One of the most obvious changes brought about by the curriculum reforms of the 1990s was the inclusion of technology as one of the seven areas of learning. The perceived impact of this ‘new’ area is...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Students' attitudes to computers are shown to change after having access to one computer per two students in the class. However, the benefits of unlimited access can be limited by inadequate...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The old adage, 'It's not what you know but who you know ... ', has more often been used to explain success in business than success in education. One educational indicator of who you know, 'The old...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Australian schools and teachers have been experiencing a tremendous "climate of change" over the past few years. This survey looked at how much teachers knew about the "key" competencies approach...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The effects of school administrative reforms in New Zealand have not been to promote equity but to promote inequity. Facts, figures and observations are linked to policy decisions.
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In this article Cathy Wylie, a chief researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, provides an account of New Zealand’s education system from the introduction of self-managing...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2013_1_045.pdf | Content type: Set article
Despite thousands of words in curriculum reviews and plenty of new ideas we still have teachers out front, work on the blackboard, children in rows, uniforms, examinations . . .
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| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Nairn, K., Higgins, J., & Sligo, J. (2012). Children of Rogernomics: A neoliberal generation leaves school. Otago University Press. Reviewed by Jennifer Tatebe
Kalantzis, M., & Cope,...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article