Quality Teaching: How an Evidence-Based Approach Can Help Last Publication Date: 24 May 2005 This is a keynote address to the Australian Curriculum Studies Association Forum "Quality teachers: Quality teaching - Creating a new agenda for action by practitioners, researchers and…
Review of New Zealand Longitudinal Studies Last Publication Date: 01 May 2005 Longitudinal data provides the opportunity to study the evolution of New Zealand families and to determine the impact of family background and circumstances on child development…
Student decision making by prospective tertiary students, a review of existing New Zealand and overseas literature Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2005 This report reviews and synthesises research literature on decision-making by prospective students on whether, where and what to study at a tertiary level. The report is…
Intergenerational and Interfamilial Transfers of Wealth and Housing Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2005 This report has been commissioned by the Centre for Housing Research, Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ). The report brings together current information and research on intergenerational and…
Outcome / impact evaluation of Family Start Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2005 The Outcome/Impact Evaluation report contrasts national prevalence statistics available for factors such as smoking and breastfeeding with the outcomes reported for Family Start clients. These should…
Income of Student Loan Scheme Borrowers Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2005 This report provides new information on the impacts of the Student Loan Scheme by looking at the income of those who used the Scheme between 1997…
34 VOICES: New Zealand Business and Worker Interviews on Sick Leave and Parental Leave Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 The purpose of 34 Voices: New Zealand Business and Worker Interviews on Sick Leave and Parental Leave is to gain insights into work-leave from those who…
Local measures of the ability of working households to become home owners in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 New Zealand has a strong culture of home ownership. Its internationally high rates of ownership were fuelled between the Second World War and the late 1980s,…
Reading Recovery in New Zealand: Uptake, implementation, and outcomes, especially in relation to Maori and Pasifika students Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This research project evaluated Reading Recovery, an early intervention for students making limited progress in reading and writing after their first year at school. The study…
Report on Secondary Teacher Workload Study Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This research, carried out by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in 2004, looks at the hours worked, the kinds of work performed and the…