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One does not win brownie points anymore for saying that New Zealand is undergoing profound change. New technology could bring about a global village culture, or a return to rural living, or a new...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
It is important to explore the relation between research and policy and this can be done by reviewing some of the findings of research which have focussed on transition from school. Although the...
| Year published: 1981 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
School improvement has been the dominant paradigm informing educational policy and practice for a generation. There is no doubt that it has had a significant impact on almost every aspect of...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research into primary teachers’ assessment and recording practices highlights three approaches to classroom assessment. These are analysed to show how they contribute to both formative and summative...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Homework is tradition that has survived waves of enthusiasm and of disenchantment. The famous report in the USA called A Nation at Risk, prescribed 'more homework' as one remedy for education's many...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set1988_1_015.pdf | Content type: Set article
If any trend could be said to grow even as we watch, it would be the move away from what has been called 'social promotion': the current increase in policies that permit the retention of young...
| Year published: 1988 | 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
International climate agreements say education can play a key role in responding to the global challenge of climate change. My team and I are currently carrying out research to help build a national...
| Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: Set2020_3_030.pdf | Content type: Set article
This item is about a major unfairness in the New Zealand school system. This unfairness persists year after year. It is built into the way in which young children are promoted out of the junior...
| Year published: 1988 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The effects of school administrative reforms in New Zealand have not been to promote equity but to promote inequity. Facts, figures and observations are linked to policy decisions.
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article