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Current national and international research indicates the summer break can negatively affect students’ reading achievement. To counter this effect, our primary school with a range of students worked...
| Year published: 2017 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2017_1_029.pdf | Content type: Set article
Despite policies recommending schools collaborate with whānau and Māori communities, and research that indicates why these connections are important, what remains less obvious is how these...
| Year published: 2015 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In this interview set asks Keri Facer, author of Learning Futures: Education, Technology, and Social Change (2011), about her ideas and what keeps her optimistic about the future...
| Year published: 2014 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2014_1_003.pdf | Content type: Set article
Literacy and numeracy are high-stakes, and we do our students a disservice if we do not grow their capabilities in these areas. However, we also do them an immense disservice if we ignore...
| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Media headlines ensure that we are constantly reminded of the presence of bullying in our schools. This article draws on responses to a national survey on barriers to student learning. The strategies...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2011_3_017.pdf | Content type: Set article
When one student was personally touched by the 2009 Samoan tsunami, Omanu School in the Bay of Plenty launched an aid project that galvanised students into learning that was integrated across many...
| Year published: 2010 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The notion of “kanohi ki te kanohi” contact between boards of trustees, teachers and Māori whānau is explored as a simple yet effective mode for developing genuine partnership between schools and...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Service is a fundamental value for the teaching of Pacific-heritage learners. This article describes educators’ perspectives of the value of service, one of the values foundational to Tapasā....
| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This article tells the contrasting stories of two Auckland secondary school principals who faced different challenges in leading their schools through a number of COVID-19-related lockdowns. It...
| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Climate change is described as the defining issue of our time. There are many climate-change teaching resources that cover the science of climate change and actions to make a difference. However,...
| Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set2020_3_018.pdf | Content type: Set article