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The widespread adoption of open-space education in the past decade resulted in considerable controversy about the effects of the acoustic environments of schools. While proponents of open education...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Even in the very first year at school a few pupils are disruptive. They are called 'disruptive', 'immature', 'aggressive', 'lacking in concentration' and 'hyperactive' and in moments of stress a lot...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In the United Kingdom, classroom seating with desks or tables arranged in rows is the norm in secondary schools. This was also the case in most primary schools until the sixties when a less formal...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The research on the effects of open plan classrooms on children's learning and behaviour is still very limited in scope. In particular, not enough studies have been done to enable us to generalize...
| Year published: 1976 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Schools considering hiring new teachers from other cultures could consider what sorts of perceptions student teachers (who have been learners in Asia) would have of New Zealand learning situations.
| Year published: 1998 | 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
At Dunedin Teachers College, all students who graduate with a B.Ed. degree are required to carry out an independent
research study as part of their programme. This study (known as Teaching Practice...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In The Confusing World of High School Reading (Part 1): What the Teacher Doesn't See I reported the results of a recent study which showed that teaching a class of high school pupils can be deceptive...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Once a day I try to state in short words what I think. The words I use are words of one pulse. The rest of the day I use words that are two~, three~, or six-pulse words ~ just the way school folks...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Is classroom interaction research worth the effort involved? Up till recently the main result of decades of work seemed to be that 'time on task' was the only thing you could be sure about: the more...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article