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During the COVID-19 pandemic, calls to protect children and young people have proliferated in educational contexts, consolidating safety as a core principle guiding an increasing number of decisions...
| Year published: 2022 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Curriculum Matters article The term constructivism is used very widely and somewhat loosely in education. In this article I aim to clarify the term, which can be used in relation to two quite different theories: one related to...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article The authors explore the notion of pedagogy in early childhood education, particularly the way it has become synonymous with provision of play-based programmes.
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can open up amazing possibilities for early childhood learning, extending children’s worlds and helping them to expand and explore their...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article This article is offered as a provocation for teachers, encouraging them to reflect on underlying assumptions about the ways in which resources for children’s learning are managed. The ...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article This article explores the shift from “essential skills” to “key competencies” in the school curriculum. Drawing on information gathered from teacher interviews and observations at a New Zealand...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article
This article is written in response to listening to teachers query the place of fun in learning. Students often express that learning should be fun but teachers are often unsure what they mean by...
| Year published: 2023 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Māori language education settings have resulted in teachers requiring efficient ways to identify the oral Māori language proficiency of students at the beginning of Māori-immersion schooling and...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article The conceptions teachers have about assessment are assumed to influence their practices and to be consistent with the jurisdictional and policy frameworks in which they work. This paper compares two...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article The introduction of a revised national curriculum for New Zealand has precipitated a subject-wide project to align requirements for high-stakes secondary school assessments (the National Certificate...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article