High Level Executive Summary: Quality Teaching, Research and Development English Medium Settings Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 The Quality Teaching Research and Development Project (QTR&D) was funded by the Ministry of Education. The exploratory project was developed collaboratively between the ministry, university academics,…
Promoting quality research Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This report used data from the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluations to analyse the factors associated with the likelihood of university academics being promoted between…
Trends in fields of study of bachelors degree graduates in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This report looks at trends in the fields of specialisation of bachelors degree graduates in New Zealand over the period 2002 to 2006. It uses newly…
Connected Health ICT Research 2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 From 2007 to 2009, the Ministry of Health commissioned qualitative and quantitative research studies of the health sector’s ICT usage and requirements – the most extensive…
Māori Worldviews and Broadcasting Standards: What Should Be the Relationship? Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has written this paper in order to provide a platform for discussion surrounding the relationship between broadcasting standards and Maori worldviews…
Improving interventions to reduce violent offending by young people in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 18-23. Young people who commit violent offences damage their victims, the community, their families and themselves. This article summarises work undertaken…
Job Mobility and Wage Dynamics Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Matched employer-employee data research has found that workers’ wages are affected by the characteristics of the firms they work in, and that higher skilled workers tend…
Public Sector Financing of Research Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 These reports present statistics about planned public sector funding of researchrelated activities for 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09. The activities covered by the reports include: • The amounts allocated for…
Using a Framework of Māori Models for Health to Promote Health for Māori Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Keeping Up to Date’ aims to increase awareness of the reasons to use evidence in practice, to stimulate debate about evidence, and to encourage the health…
Paraprofessional Practice in ESOL Programmes: Part 1: Description and evaluation of paraprofessional practices in supporting initial reading programmes Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This document reports on the first part of a two year study on the practices of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) paraprofessionals working with…