Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children's learning in early childhood settings: A best evidence synthesis Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2003 This best evidence synthesis is derived from research that provides strong evidence of linkages to learning opportunities, experiences, and outcomes for children. An important focus of the…
Evaluation of professional development to support the arts in the New Zealand curriculum Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 Report on an evaluation of how the professional development, offered on a national basis to schools over a two-year period commencing 2001, supported the initial implementation…
Classroom Assessment Practices in English and Mathematics at Years 5, 7, and 9 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 This research reports on the assessment practices of teachers in New Zealand classrooms including: the assessment tools and strategies that are being used why particular assessments are used which…
Commonsense, trust and science: How patterns of beliefs and attitudes to science pose challenges for effective communication Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 Report on an investigation into what the public thinks, knows, and feels about science. The research involved a telephone survey of 800 members of the New Zealand public, and small-scale…
Literature review for the evaluation of the digital opportunities projects Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This literature review is focused on international and New Zealand evaluations of "technology-rich" information and communication technologies (ICT) initiatives in schools from 1990 onwards. This review is…
Sustaining school improvement: Ten primary schools' journeys Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 How do New Zealand schools make substantial changes? Why do schools feel the need to change? Do they change simply in reaction to outside pressure, or…
Māori parents and education/Ko ngā mātua Māori me te mātauranga Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1999 This study was carried out to identify the aspirations and concerns of Maori parents/whanau regarding their children’s education, identify issues of Maori parents’/whanau participation and non-participation…
Transition to school from Pacific Islands early childhood services Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1999 This small-scale, exploratory study was designed to include around 6 families from each of 5 ethnic groups (Cook Islands, Niue, Samoan, Tokelauan, and Tongan). The intention…
Ten years on: How schools view educational reform Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998 This report gives the findings of the sixth survey on the impact of New Zealand education reforms since 1989, and compares them with earlier findings. Principals,…
Childcare / Early Childhood Education in a Labour Market Context in Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 1997 This study describes maternal labour market participation and childcare use in Australia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, in the context of government support for childcare, and…
