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Technology students often have widely varying knowledge and skills, so making qualification credits accessible to all is a challenge for the teacher. This study focused on real-life contexts,...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article discusses the merits of using cancer as a context for teaching about social and ethical issues. It is based on part of a larger research project that investigated the teaching and...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A research project looking at Māori student participation and achievement in science and mathematics education examined four junior secondary school programmes that targeted Māori in these subject...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Based on a recent evaluation of environmental education in New Zealand schools, this article explores possibilities and challenges for involving secondary school students.
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The evaluation of the Numeracy Exploratory Study at Year 9 in secondary schools in 2001 showed that a programme for assessing, teaching, and reassessing numeracy was both necessary and effective for...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
To identify the specific needs of students with respect to literacy in the content areas, 21 students from Years 9-13 were interviewed about their views of themselves as readers and writers, and how...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
It is not always clear how the educational system can best alleviate the feelings of stress and pressure on young people, especially in their final year. Here the students have their say.
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Not everyone sees a classroom in the same light, as shown in this study of over 2,000 secondary students and their teachers. The questionnaire used is easy to administer and provides important...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Although many states in Australia have abolished corporate punishment, are teachers replacing authoritarian beliefs with democratic ones when dealing with classroom discipline?
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
When a school acknowledges its cross-cultural differences and reaches out to all parents, the students can achieve better academically. This success story comes with the warning that improved home/...
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article