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The value of speaking with a regional accent is something which is subject to fashion: today, an accent tends to be valued as a mark of individuality in an increasingly mono-cultural and...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In 1973 the Department of University Extension, Massey University, commenced a 2 year part-time correspondence course leading to the award of certificates in early childhood education or...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Once upon a time the animals decided they must do something decisive if they were ever to solve the problems created by the growing complexity of their society. They set up a working party and, in...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Specific learning disability (SLD) is one of the most discussed and studied topics in the field of educational psychology; at the same time, it is easily one of the most confused of questions, the...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In recent years there has been a veritable explosion in the range of instructional materials produced for classroom use: reading laboratories, spelling laboratories, study skill schemes,...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Family day-care (child-minding in private homes) is probably the most widespread form of day-care in New Zealand and it is possibly the one which has been with us the longest. It is not subject to...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Finding a way to predict a parent's potential for child abuse or neglect is now a real possibility. Researchers at the University of Washington, Seattle, have had encouraging success in...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Advocates of progressive teaching methods claim that these foster the social and emotional development of children without in any way hindering their academic progress. Critics of the 'new...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In recent years an increasing number of teachers have found the "Cioze Procedure" an asset in their reading programmes. Some use it for assessing the level of their students' reading...
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In 1951, the World Health Organisation published a report by John Bowlby entitled Maternal Care and Mental Health. In that report Bowlby reviewed a variety of research studies concerning children...
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article