Innovative pathways from school: Taking the first step Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 The Innovative Pathways from School study was designed to address an information gap about the programmes that support “at-risk” students at low-decile secondary schools to make…
Initial Teacher Education: A Summary of Four Studies Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 Until the 1990s, New Zealand teachers completed their initial teacher education in one of a small number of specialist colleges of education. The deregulation of teacher…
Literature Review and Synthesis: Online Communities of Practice Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This literature review and synthesis aims at developing a knowledge base to inform the Ministry of Education on how to develop, implement, and maintain online communities…
The Social Report 2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 The Social Report has four key aims: to report on social indicators that complement existing economic and environmental indicators; to compare New Zealand with other countries; to contribute to…
Staying in Science Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This research, undertaken by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), was funded by the Ministry of Research Science and Technology (MoRST) and used to…
Staying in Science 2 : Transition to tertiary study from the perspectives of New Zealand Year 13 science students Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This report identifies and discusses the many interwoven factors that impact on students’ decision making with regard to the ongoing study of sciences, both in the…
NEMP Administration as Information and Communication Technology Professional Development: the ICT Experience of Teacher Administrators Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 The National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) provides a professional development opportunity for practising teachers who work for a period of six weeks as administrators for NEMP.…
Creating digital age learners through school ICT projects: What can the Tech Angels project teach us? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This article surveys recent work on school ICT projects. It looks at the ideas that are informing this work and surveys some of the strategies being…
Pedagogy in Practice Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005 This research study of how literacy, numeracy and language (LNL)1 teachers actually teach is the first of its kind in New Zealand , and one of…
Pasifika Achievement: Engagement and Choice Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005 The benefits of secondary school qualifications are numerous. Achieving at school and gaining secondary qualifications gives students a strong foundation for life-long learning. It also improves…