Innovation Policies and Funding in New Zealand: How Effective Are They? Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011 The following papers present results from evaluations of publicly-funded R&D assistance provided to New Zealand firms. Below you will find: Innovation Policies and Funding in New Zealand: How…
Taking a "future focus" in education—what does it mean? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 This working paper describes some of the ideas underpinning NZCER’s Future-Focused Issues (FFI) project. There is a variety of ways to interpret what it means to…
Primary science education for the 21st century: How, what, why? Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 This paper grew out of work NZCER’s science education team did for the Prime Minister’s Science Advisor. That work, entitled Inspired by Science, was published as…
Impact of the New Zealand Science System Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 This report identifies the impacts of the New Zealand science system, and the inputs and outputs that lead to these impacts. As a policy advice agency, the…
How can tertiary education deliver better value to the economy? Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 This paper asks how tertiary education can deliver better value to the economy. It is based on a presentation given at the New Zealand conference of…
Mental health and addiction funding: Mechanisms to support recovery Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 New Zealand has a population of 4.3 million and, based on the New Zealand Mental Health Survey, 4.7% of people will experience severe mental health or…
Industry Training stocks and flows... and the effects of the economic downturn Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 This paper examines the new starts, terminations and other exits in industry training, looking at the relationship between industry training take-up and the business cycle. Because…
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) 2006/07 Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2010 The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) measures trends in mathematics and science achievement at the fourth and eighth grades (Years 5 and 9)…
Digital Information Literacy: Supported Development of Capability in Tertiary Environments Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2010 This report describes a project to explore what digital information literacy is and how it could be most effectively applied in tertiary education. It provides an…
Laptops for Teachers: An evaluation of the TELA scheme in schools (Years 1 to 3) Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 The purpose of this evaluation is to investigate the impacts of the Laptops for Teachers Scheme: TELA (referred to from here as the TELA scheme) on…