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The project outlined here was a major investment of the Schools Council, but there is no suggestion that such a project defines a wholly appropriate humanities or social studies curriculum for New...
| Year published: 1974 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Covers information on three topics: "Human development and relationships in the school curriculum", "Moral education in Ontario" and "Twenty years after—a long-term follow-up of the 1955 cohort of...
| Year published: 1974 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations is an independent body with a majority of teacher members. Its purpose is to undertake in England and Wales research and development work in...
| Year published: 1974 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Validity and reliability are two key ideas in assessment. In the last issue of set I looked at the concept of validity and how it might inform the assessment decisions we make as classroom...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2005_3_059.pdf | Content type: Set article
This article draws on a study of three New Zealand primary co-principalships to discuss some alternatives for re-ordering school organisational structures and power relationships. Some...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This is the second of two articles in this issue of set based on some of the major findings from the survey of classroom assessment practices in English and mathematics at Years 5, 7, and 9 carried...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Schools spend huge amounts of time producing school reports which are one of the main vehicles for communicating students’ progress to parents. The writers investigated a series of school reports and...
| Year published: 2003 | 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
Children learn a great deal from other children. The power of this learning from peers is easily seen. Children learn such things as playground games, the language of their friends, and social...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This item is about a major unfairness in the New Zealand school system. This unfairness persists year after year. It is built into the way in which young children are promoted out of the junior...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article