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Schools do not create jobs. They do create school leavers. However, there is no reason why they should create school-leavers who do not have the practical know how to participate competently in life...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
One of the disturbing things about 'common sense' is that just about every situation has a bit of folklore to back it up. On the subject of internal assessment you can choose between 'learning from...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What is work experience for? The main goal may be to make students more employable, or it may be to teach students about the community in which they live. It may be to help students to become more...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Validity and reliability are two key ideas in assessment. In the last issue of set I looked at the concept of validity and how it might inform the assessment decisions we make as classroom...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2005_3_059.pdf | Content type: Set article
Young people are worried about the impacts that climate change will have on their lives. Educators need learning programmes that can help students to manage these dark emotions and become more...
| Year published: 2020 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
This paper condenses our conclusions from an extensive review of published evidence concerning teaching strategies used with children with learning difficulties. The review was carried out in 1999–...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
What are the essential elements to motivate students and bring about positive outcomes for all? This article briefly explores some of the conceptual models developed to help teachers work with young...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The ancient Greeks urged the student: 'Know thyself At the beginning of this century, John Dewey talked of 'reflective self-awareness'; today, we invoke metacognition. All refer to a concept that has...
| Year published: 1987 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
White haired, white coated, mixing chemicals in a mad desire to rule the world - why does this stereotype exist, persist, and can it be changed in school?
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set1988_2_004.pdf | Content type: Set article
Therese: Because, you know, Maoris are considered to be pretty dumb, you know. I've always had this strong desire to be a criminal defence lawyer, but that's a pretty high class job!
R.S.: And...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article