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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 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 How long should a young person continue at school? Should they remain and risk educational failure or should they leave and risk unemployment? Every year in New Zealand thousands of young people face...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article The development of the educational system has been checked or deflected from time to time as the result of crises in the country's economy. What parts of the system were especially affected and to...
| Year published: 1983 | 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 This year marks the centenary of the birth of Dr C.E. Beeby in 1902. Dr McDonald explores some themes from his life and career and relates his reform of education in New Zealand to aspects of her own...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
set2002_2_025.pdf | Content type: Set article Issues of grouping and streaming are still hotly debated by teachers and administrators. Many are moved to turn to the research workers, and ask the simple question - Should we stream our children...
| Year published: 1984 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article The assertion above was made, not in 1976, but over 40 years ago, in a review of the research on ability grouping published in 1932. Are we any further ahead today? Issues of grouping and streaming...
| Year published: 1976 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set1976_2_014.pdf | Content type: Set article Secondary schools can be organized in a variety of ways. A whanau organization subdivides a large school into largely self-contained units or whanaus to gain the social advantages of a small school...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article