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Here are the voices of 50 women who are seldom heard – working class mothers – commenting on their own schooling and that of their children.
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A primary school invited parents to be more than just teachers' aides; parents with particular skills came and taught. Some were more successful than others, but teachers' fears of...
| Year published: 1991 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Nine out of ten children change from one school to another as they go from primary to secondary school. There is much discontinuity at the divide for the children, reinforced by the way in which the...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
During 1979-80 we were invited to work in three middle schools (with 8- to 13-year-olds) to clarify what counts as progress in writing. We decided to select, with the teachers, three or four children...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Open plan education began in New Zealand primary schools about 1970 when keen groups of teachers who wished to work in teams helped get conventional classroom blocks modified. Also the new minimum...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Several years ago I compiled a 'starter' list of books that I had read to children and we had enjoyed together. This year, conscious that many exciting childrens' books have been published recently,...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Starting the year on the 'right foot' is the key to effective classroom discipline. Obviously, of course, naturally - now tell us something new. Well, what's new is that a school can indeed design an...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Spelling research is making good progress. Two of the areas it is finding very fruitful are:
1 an examination of the words children write - and subsequently misspell;
2 investigation of how we...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
One of the key elements in reciprocal teaching is getting the children to 'be the teacher' for a while. This research found great gains in reading for the children who tried the...
| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature and understanding of online talk in a New Zealand primary-school context. This research consisted of a small-scale case study of the #...
| Year published: 2022 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article