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As we know, a pessimist is someone who sees the glass of wine as half empty while the optimist is someone who sees it as half full. The pessimistic perspective with its emphasis on problems, often...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: CM2007_3_001.pdf | Content type: Curriculum Matters article
In this article Penni Cushman reviews several studies that have surveyed male school-leavers and practising male teachers on their attitudes towards teaching as a career and their experiences in the...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This New Zealand study proposes that the ethos and culture of schools can be a major protective factor in helping children to cope with violent and traumatic events. Implications for teachers are...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The quality of teacher feedback to students has a considerable impact on student achievement. This research evaluates the quality of feedback given to primary students during numeracy lessons...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A substantial number of teachers working in Auckland’s poor urban primary schools are highly successful in their practice. They have an expertise that takes children to their academic and personal...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article examines the changes that 12 primary, intermediate and secondary schools made to the way they planned and organised professional development, and evaluates the experience of four of the...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Teachers can find themselves isolated in the busy life of schools. This climate is not conducive to effective appraisal and professional growth. Here are some specific strategies that school leaders...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
With the focus in mathematics teaching moving away from the mastery of skills and facts towards the understanding and making sense of mathematics, it is not always appropriate to "test" knowledge at...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Using outstanding teachers of primary school composite classes researchers have developed a series of maxims which could be useful for other teachers.
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A code of silence is broken. Here are the health problems that are not often talked about in the staffroom.
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article