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What do New Zealand secondary school students think of History?
Starting from an analysis of the entry statistics for School Certificate, University Entrance and Scholarship examinations from...
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
During the last decade, we have heard a good deal about the need for curriculum change in the secondary schools. The Educational Development Conference reports, the Johnson Report, and the McCombs...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Base 6, an inquiry-based curriculum integration secondary programme, is now in its fifth year at Kuranui College in Greytown. This article summarises the data from the first three years of the...
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Based on a recent evaluation of environmental education in New Zealand schools, this article explores possibilities and challenges for involving secondary school students.
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
An examination of a multi-cultural school's community and how it operates, with suggestions for other schools seeking to build a culture of respect as well as promote academic success for all...
| Year published: 1999 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
St. Patrick's College, Campbelltown, NSW, teaches mathematics to the senior classes by bringing all the pupils together for lectures, followed by class-sized tutorials, not all compulsory....
| Year published: 1992 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
At what point is a school big enough? Some small schools provide a better range of subjects than big ones, but tiny schools will always be expensive to run.
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A very carefully run experiment in Ballarat High School shows definite benefits for schools like Ballarat H.S. These benefits, and critical comments, are detailed.
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Lab work is the unique feature of a science education. Most of the physical and biological sciences are essentially empirical - research is conducted, knowledge is produced and progress is made in...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How can education help to break down unnecessary sex-stereotyping of school subjects? The issue was much discussed in the 70s. The 'Catch 22' situation in the diagram was common and it was realised...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article