BES Case Study 5: Use mathematical tools to explore student's thinking about mathematics Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 The best evidence syntheses (BESs) bring together research evidence about ‘what works’ for diverse (all) learners in education. Recent BESs each include a number of cases…
Teacher Professional Learning and Development: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration (BES) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Although New Zealand students typically achieve well in OECD surveys, disparities in student achievement are amongst the greatest in the OECD. Of particular concern is the…
Teaching and Learning in Middle Schooling: A Review of the Literature Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2007 This paper is a summary of a review of literature carried out in 2007 for the Ministry of Education by Dinham and Rowe of the Australian…
A Study of In-school Facilitation in Two Teacher Professional Development Programmes Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2007 This report evaluates the in-school facilitation component of two projects, Te Kauhua and Te Kotahitanga. Both projects have the specific aim of improving Māori student achievement…
From Targeting Problems to Tailoring Potential: The Wairoa West Cluster Schools Success Strategy Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2007 This report summarises the changes in schooling practice in a group of remote rural schools, with a combined roll of approximately 120 students constituting the Wairoa…
School Governance: An Overview Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2007 In New Zealand schools, boards of trustees have overall responsibility for the successful performance of their school and for fostering student achievement. Since the implementation of…
An Evaluation of Ministry of Education Funded Early Childhood Education Professional Development Programmes 2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2007 The Ministry of Education commissioned this evaluation of the effectiveness of professional development (PD) in early childhood education. The purpose of the evaluation was to explore how…
Review of the Specialist Classroom Teacher Pilot Last Publication Date: 06 Jul 2007 The purpose of this report is to summarise and discuss data gathered during a review of the pilot of the Specialist Classroom Teacher (SCT) role, which…
The Teaching of Writing: Good Practice in Years 4 and 8 Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2007 English in the New Zealand Curriculum is one of seven curriculum statements covering the essential learning areas of the New Zealand curriculum. Writing is one of…
School Staffing Improvements: Evaluation of the impact of additional teaching staff provided through the School Staffing Review Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2007 This evaluation was carried out by the Education Review Office under contract to the Ministry of Education in 2004. The School Staffing Review Group reported to the…
