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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
Longitudinal study which asked: Does multiage grouping make a difference to the students in terms of their learning environment or their social adjustment?
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Social competencies have been highlighted in New Zealand's new curriculum documents, but what criteria do teachers of five-year-olds use when they think about social behaviours?
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Many years of patient research have discovered how new ideas get formed, embedded, and remembered at the 8- to 12-year-old level. The conclusions are vital for all teaching.
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
It was 40°C when I entered the large suburban primary school to observe three early childhood students on teaching practice. The principal directed me along a seemingly endless corridor to the junior...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Among the most serious obstacles to the growth of participatory methods of teaching are columns of desks in classrooms. While pupils are forced to sit looking at the backs of their fellows, with the...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Three volunteer teachers arranged home interviews for each pupil in their class, offering parents the choice of an interview at home or at school. As more than half the parents opted for a home visit...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
An Australian view about appropriate middle schooling principles and practices.
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
From Alan Duff’s original vision in 1992, the Books in Homes programme grew to reach 397 low-decile schools and 78,000 students by 2001, with well over a million books distributed. The evaluation was...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In 2006, we looked at how primary school were getting on with the planning and reporting requirements which came into place in 2003. Thank you to the 180 principals and 279 teachers who took part in...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article