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The teacher who completes the daily attendance sheet, the school secretary who collates and enters the 'data' into registers or computers, the programmer who's ensured that the computer will collect...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In 1984 I heard it claimed that, 'Teachers rarely report child abuse, partly because they lack knowledge of how to identify and report and partly because they are reluctant to get involved in legal...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Schools, according to the traditional view, prepare individuals for life in a society - as citizens, parents, workers, and moral agents. In recent years, however, some theorists have sought to limit...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
If any trend could be said to grow even as we watch, it would be the move away from what has been called 'social promotion': the current increase in policies that permit the retention of young...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This discipline strategy is designed for schools rather than single classes. A proper implementation process involving in-service training for all staff is recommended. The strategy requires...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
D o you agree with the following statements about poor farmers in India and Africa?
• They are poor through their own fault.
• They are poor because of the climate.
• They are poor because their...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
These days it is common to hear teachers speak about their concern over a lack of discipline shown by many students. Whether the issue of concern is disruptive behaviour, the defiance of authority,...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Developmental Dyslexia is a specific learning disability characterised by difficulty in learning to read. Some dyslexics also may have difficulty in learning to write, to spell and, sometimes, to...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Much of our current educational practice is based on the assumption that play is important to children - indeed that it is essential to their growth and development. We also assume that adults,...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Mid-year exams are looming, and Mr Davey has a paper to set for his senior maths class. Going to his classroom store cupboard he drags down a battered manilla folder labelled 'Exams', bulging with...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article