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It’s normal for children approaching adolescence to experiment with sexual behaviour. With a small proportion of children, though, this behaviour is inappropriate or even disturbing. This study...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article | Year published: 2009 | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: 
ECFolio_13_2009_001.pdf | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article These days, everyone has a mobile phone, even if they might not have a landline. Vardon School recognised the potential for texting to be an effective way to give parents regular feedback on their...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Teachers are keen to adopt new ICTs to support student learning. This article looks at one example—interactive whiteboards. Skilfully used by the teacher, sequences of magnified images wowed students...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article A group of Waikato University researchers watched as a Year 6 class experimented with Scratch, a child-oriented programming language. The software is designed for children to explore programming—it...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Key messages:
The need to identify students’ language, phonic and alphabet knowledge early on, and to systematically teach those skills in the early years.
Schools need more support from...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article At the beginning of 2005, Red Beach School staff and community began a re-visioning process. We took the time to ask such questions as “What do we believe our school stands for?” Four years down the...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Assumptions about disability play a key role in how disabled students are treated at school. Using a case study as a focus, Bernadette Macartney argues that every child has the right to be viewed...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Years 7–8 Asian students identified preferred follow-up activities to guided reading and a preference for reading fiction. Barriers to their engagement and achievement included compulsory reading...
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article | Year published: 2008 | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: ECFolio_12_2008_001.pdf | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article