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Ethics is a valuable way to approach science in primary school because grappling with ethical issues engages students. Focusing on ethics encourages students to extend their understanding of...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
There’s a lot that primary school teachers can do to help develop their students’ science learning. This article sets out straightforward possibilities, including encouraging students to observe the...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A lot of emphasis is currently placed on the need for principals to be instructional leaders or leaders of learning. In the study of the instructional leadership of secondary principals reported in...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2012_1_002.pdf | Content type: Set article
This article uses Wenger’s (1998) theory of communities of practice as a framework to describe the complexities of moderation processes when these processes are intended to support teacher learning...
| Year published: 2012 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
The first year of teaching is a critical stage in a teacher's professional life. Many beginning teachers are employed in short-term positions, but we know very little about how employment status...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How can teachers support students' additive thinking? This article focuses on the study of a lesson designed to teach the equal additions strategy for subtraction, in which many teachers, despite...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Given the recent movement toward standards-based education there is a heightened need for teacher competency in the area of assessment and evaluation. However, despite demands for teacher assessment...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
In a world where schools are accountable for ensuring that all of their students are academically well prepared to enter “the knowledge society”, using assessment in the service of learning is a...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article
Letting go of traditional “one-sided” teaching practices and moving towards power sharing and learning with students can be a daunting and challenging process. This article describes one...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
ITE programmes are currently in transition, facing changes in society and societal expectations, changing concepts about knowledge and its uses, changing roles for teachers and changes to teaching...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article