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Careful analysis of where school leavers go reveals that many who have the ability to benefit from a university education do not get one. They are mainly children from lower-class...
| Year published: 1992 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Transition from school to work is pretty haphazard in Australia and New Zealand; in Japan it is highly organised. We have young people unemployed, exams of doubtful educational worth, and a...
| Year published: 1992 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Those who think that the education system should be fostering the competencies that make for enterprise are correct. However, the barriers that need to be overcome are surprising. This...
| Year published: 1992 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article A Planning Council economist sees market forces, plus education, as the only route to well paid, sustainable, full employment. Professor Snook says the figures don't back up the dogma...
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article The stress on 'getting your qualifications' has become such a dogma that in New Zealand secondary pupils recently received a personal letter from the Minister of Education encouraging them to stay on...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article No matter what we might like, home and school are held apart by lots of things. For example, by the fact that school is, in most cases, not just across the road. Or by the fact that school takes...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Teachers and pupils see school work quite differently. Quality counts for teachers, but most children just want to finish. We can help by uncovering skills which are already enjoyed without the drive...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article 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 Philip, a fourth former in a Wellington high school, was not very keen on writing. He thought little of his own writing ability, tended to write very slowly and was of the view that his difficulties...
| Year published: 1986 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article I wanted to know what beginning readers thought about the full stop , and so, with Gay Way Red Book 5 open at the ready, and at the risk of sounding like a less than popular quiz show, I asked 15...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article