PM announces Education Initiative with India

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John Key | Prime Minister
Prime Minister John Key announced today an agreement between India and New Zealand to progress a joint Prime Ministerial Education Initiative between the two countries. The New Zealand-India Education Initiative is a jointly-funded programme to enhance bilateral cooperation in higher education, research, and skills development. There will also be a focus on building knowledge and awareness among young business leaders from both countries through scholarships and internships in each other’s business schools and industrial enterprises...

Assignment 2 – The framework « nadesagoundar

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New Zealand Council for Educational Research. (2004). Critical Success Factors and Effective Pedagogy for e-learning in Tertiary Education: Background paper for ITP New Zealand. ...

Assignment Two: Framework | 1cheng

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Bransford (2000 cited in New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2004, p. 20) suggested that a learner-centred environment include “teachers who are aware that learners construct their own meanings, beginning with ...

Liberal vocationalism as new vocationalism: Meeting the challenges ...

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The world has moved away from Industrial Age and shifted to Knowledge Age (New Zealand Council for Educational Research, [NZCER] 2010). In comparison to the 20th Century according to Schröttner (2010), the 21st Century ..."

School Boards to deliver No to National Standards - Logo

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Press Release – Boards Taking Action. Groups of boards from primary schools around New Zealand will defy the Government's National Standards policy and hand-deliver their school charters without National Standards ...

Give us back our money or get back to work —

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Via the tipline – that shabby bunch of socialists, the NZPF, aided and abetted by Labour's NZEI buddies, will be protesting at Ministry of Education offices against National Standards on Friday.

leading and learning: The need fo new thinking in an age of ...

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Leaders with survival skills minimize the consequences of wrong headed polices like National Standards because they have been unconsciously been conditioned to comply. Ironically it is during times of dramatic change ...

School principals back criticism of ministry | Otago Daily Times ...

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"The ministry did a fantastic job working alongside the profession in developing and trialing New Zealand's world class curriculum and then along came National Standards which completely undermines it," he said. ...

Schools across NZ join forces - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
Representatives from the 17 Otago and 16 Southland primary schools are expected to gather outside the Ministry of Education offices in Moray Pl, Dunedin and in Forth St, Invercargill at 10am to hand-deliver their school charters without National ...

School Boards to deliver No to National Standards - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Groups of boards from primary schools around New Zealand will defy the Government's National Standards policy and hand-deliver their school charters without National Standards targets to Ministry of Education regional offices on Friday July 1 at 10am. ...

West Auckland scores first rural broadband hook-up

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Trio of schools get connected as Telecom-Vodafone consortium kicks of the government's $300 million rural broadband initiative...

NZ-India education funding 'on small side'

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The Government’s education initiative with India is a good start for closer academic ties but funding is on the small side according to an Auckland University spokesperson.

Open Polytechnic welcomes new Council members

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The Open Polytechnic Council has appointed two new community representatives to Council.

Roll drops could mean funding cuts for ChCh schools

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Schools in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch have lost hundreds of students since the February earthquake, and they are now expecting to lose even more.

Computers in Homes Graduation - Tui Glen School, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt

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Tariana Turia | Community and Voluntary Sector
I was delighted to accept the invitation of Di Das from Computers in Homes and your school principal, Philip Benson, and to join with the community of Tui Glen in celebrating this very important event. It is particularly pleasing to have the support of Te Turuma Koraunui marae, and the representation of Hutt City councilors, Gwen McDonald and Angus Finlayson...

Education Ministry Gets Poor Report

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B Curriculum and National Standards B Early Childhood Education B Provision of Special Education Services C Vision, Strategy and Purpose C Leadership and Governance C Engagement with Staff C Efficiency ...

Poor rating for Education Ministry | Stuff.co.nz

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"We would characterise the implementation of national standards as an example of politicians riding roughshod over schools, evidence and commonsense rather than admire it as an example of expedient policy as the [review] ...

School principals back criticism of ministry - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The Principals' Federation says the Ministry of Education has been under-serving the sector for some time. File photo / Thinkstock School principals are backing a review report which identified serious problems within the Ministry of Education. ...

School principals back criticism of ministry

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School principals are backing a review report which identified serious problems within the Ministry of Education.Leadership, Maori education and the ministry's ability to deliver on a range of goals were questioned in the report,...

Hide sees need for specialist schools - The Southland Times

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The Southland Times
In October last year, after a year-long review into special schools, Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide announced special schools would not be closed but mainstream schools would need to work harder to include special needs students. ...

Plummeting school rolls spark call for new zones - The Press

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URL: Plummeting school rolls spark call for new zones The Press Shirley Boys High School principal John Laurenson says there could be "huge implications" for school enrolment zones. Banks Avenue Primary School Principal Murray Edlin fars losing a quarter of his pupils. Christchurch primary schools near condemned ...

New head of Treasury appointed

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A new head of the Treasury has been appointed to replace John Whitehead.

Virtual reality could be the future teacher - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Virtual reality could be the future teacher Stuff.co.nz Pupils could be downloading their own teacher hologram in the classroom of the future, as technology changes how they learn. The Education Ministry's magazine has speculated on its vision of the future, which could see pupils who "barely need to engage ...

Kids being dropped off at school early

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How early is too early for children to be dropped off at school?

A natural ability for numbers - Manawatu Standard

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URL: A natural ability for numbers Manawatu Standard Gifted mathematics and science pupil Edward Chen of Ross Intermediate, who is studying level 2 NCEA maths in year 7. Edward Chen is 10 and his best school subject is calculus. The Palmerston North boy likes writing computer programs in Java, ...

Boys shine at problem solving - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Boys shine at problem solving Stuff.co.nz The college sent three teams to the Future Problem Solving Programme International conference at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse in the United States, held from June 9 to 12. Competing against more than 2000 students with 70 teams from around the ...

School Patrols Parade Through The City This Friday - Voxy

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Voxy
To celebrate the efforts of school patrols to improve road safety around their schools, about 1150 children, representing over half of all Wellington primary schools, will march through the city in the annual Orange Day street parade on Friday 1 July. ...

The danger of National's Standards!

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As the weeks go by, and as the pressure to implement the “national standards” (better phrased as 'National's standards”) is increased, I've been noting, with growing concern, what seems to be an increasingly tacit acceptance of the ...

Education Ministry gets a F - Stuff.co.nz

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The report, which calls for "substantial changes to [ministry] practices", cites low achievement of Maori, Pasifika, poor and special needs pupils, and states that more 14 to 18-year-olds have "disengaged" from the education system than in comparable ...

Poor rating for Education Ministry - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
The report, which calls for "substantial changes to [ministry] practices", cites low achievement of Maori, Pasifika, poor and special needs pupils, and states that more 14 to 18-year-olds have "disengaged" from the education system than in comparable ...

Drugs, abuse among child-centre complaints - Stuff.co.nz

URL: Drugs, abuse among child-centre complaints
Stuff.co.nz
New Zealand Educational Institute ECE spokeswoman Hayley Whitaker described some of the complaints as "abhorrent". She said she would be surprised if complaints had been made against registered teachers and the numbers highlighted the need for a fully ...

The internet's most celebrated lawyer

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Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University law professor, is one of the founders of the alternative copywright licensing body Creative Commons. Professor Lessig is now on a mission to clean up American politics, through a project called FixCongressFirst.org. He is speaking at the NetHui internet conference, which runs from 29 June to 1 July in Auckland.

Deadline for “School is Cool” competition extended

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Due to popular demand and a request from principals, the deadline for Education Aotearoa’s School Is Cool competition has been extended two weeks until July 15.

Musselburgh School wins silver award - Otago Daily Times

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URL: Musselburgh School wins silver award Otago Daily Times Year 5 Musselburgh School pupil Monique Growendale (10) celebrates after her school was the first in Otago to receive an EnviroSchools silver award. Photo by Peter McIntosh. It is not often a silver award is classed as a first, but Musselburgh School ...

Future of Chch schools still undecided - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Students from the worst damaged schools in Christchurch are still travelling to other schools for their classes, but many of their families are likely to move permanently to other areas. Photo / Geoff Sloan Decisions on the future of the ...

A creative "family of learning" at Aramoho School - Wanganui Chronicle

Wanganui Chronicle

URL: A creative "family of learning" at Aramoho School Wanganui Chronicle They enjoy a huge outside playground ringed with mature trees and large, light, airy classrooms. They have teachers and principal Henry Ngapo who care about every one of them. Education reporter Lin Ferguson visited Aramoho School last week. ...

NZC Update 10 - Engaging with families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

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This Update focuses on partnerships between schools and diverse families and communities. It builds on Update 1 (September 2010), which focused on engaging with whānau and Māori communities.
NZC Update issue 10 (PDF, 1,011 KB)

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Insight: National Standards

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Insight investigates primay school National Standards...

I think someone needs to explain *National* Standards ...

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The New Zealand Educational Institute has put out a press release today complaining about the Ministry of Education enforcing the National Standards that were brought into Primary Schools. I would have thought members of ...

Critics hit out at 'child farms' - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Even before the July 1 change, three companies have signalled to the Education Ministry they're keen to boost their centre sizes three-fold. But critics are dubbing the big centres "child farms", as a survey finds 9 out of 10 parents and teachers ...

College plans on hold - Times Online - Auckland

Times Online - Auckland

URL: College plans on hold Times Online - Auckland Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the construction of Thurston Place College has been “put on hold” to allow full consultation with neighbouring schools and local residents. The decision comes in the face of fierce opposition from members of ...

'Misinformation and malice' puts Bucklands Beach school on hold - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: 'Misinformation and malice' puts Bucklands Beach school on hold 3News NZ A controversial college for teenagers in Child, Youth and Family care in the Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach has been put on hold. Thurston Place College's development was halted after parents of pupils at local schools raised ...

Transfield to hire up to 450 people - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Government-backed training organisation Infratrain said it was ready to help people get skilled-up for that part of the project. Chief executive Philip Aldridge warned UFB network builders would be competing for construction workers from the same pool ...

Waikato appoints new Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Waikato appoints new Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scoop.co.nz (press release) His former positions have included Research Fellow at King's College London, and Directorships of Waikato University Research Centres. He is an Adjunct Professor at Kasetsart University in Thailand, and an Honorary Professor at Hong Kong Institute of ...

Schools in eastern suburbs face 50% drop in rolls - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Schools in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch face a drop in enrolments, and staff cuts, as thousands of residents leave their quake-damaged homes. February's earthquake has already has an impact on school rolls, with some cut by up to 40%. ...

Co-location To Improve Outlook For Education In Northland - Voxy

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Voxy
A co-location and educational partnership has been formed between Te W?nanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) and NorthTec to enhance students' participation in tertiary education in the region. The partnership offers a new approach to the ongoing educational needs ...

Hub `first light' in health education - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
The $9.8 million project is a partnership between Counties Manukau District Health Board, Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Institute of Technology, AUT University and Auckland University. Medicine, health and nursing students will rotate through the ...

New vision classroom in a flash - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
The need for a new classroom at Patoka School was the inspiration behind ground-breaking "classrooms of the future" built by Hastings company Cottages New Zealand. Cottages New Zealand managing director John Roil said Patoka School wanted little ...

Girls make a beeline for top in US - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Girls make a beeline for top in US Stuff.co.nz Principal Fraser Smith said the students had no idea what to expect from the competition. "They are kids from a decile one school who have never been on a plane before." Ayvran Mackie, Teina Snowden, Manaaki Jakobs TePaa and Annaleah Cassidy-Taylor ...

Rotorua students fight suicide problem - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

URL: Rotorua students fight suicide problem The Daily Post PREVENTION: Rotorua Girls' High School student Mamaeroa Merito, left, 16, and Rotorua Boys' High student Jordi Webber, 17, have launched two initiatives to help combat suicide among youth. Photo / Andrew Warner 220611aw15 Two Rotorua youths have ...

Robbing Peter to pay Paul or meeting a need? - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Robbing Peter to pay Paul or meeting a need? Stuff.co.nz This year the automotive engineering student is technically still enrolled at Naenae College although she's there only on Tuesday and Thursday nights when she has kapa haka practice. Hune, a 17-year-old with a "real obsession" for cruiser motorbikes, ...

Reading really does compute with these pupils - Southland Times

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Southland Times
A new computer-based learning programme which uses gaming controls has pupils at Longford Intermediate, in Gore, turning on to reading like never before. Southland's only intermediate has introduced the Lexia program this term and it has received great ...

Genius teens offer clever exhast emissions fix - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Albany Senior High School (ASHS) Year-13 students Alec Wang (left) and Jun Bing were chosen as semi-finalists in the inaugural Google Global Science Fair. Photo / Supplied Two North Shore City high-school students have caught the attention of the ...

Franchised maths tutoring a winner - Waikato Times

Waikato Times

URL: Franchised maths tutoring a winner Waikato Times No problem: Tutor Lesley Ashman helps student Ashley McWhannell, 13, through games and activities to learn essential skills. Photo: DONNA WALSH When funding for her rural school dried up during the early 2000s, Tokoroa principal Kathy Redwood was ...

Proper consultation on new school

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley says construction of a proposed new school on the site of the former Waimokoia residential school in Auckland has been put on hold to allow proper consultation to take place with neighbouring schools and the wider community.
Thurston Place College was due to open in January 2012, to cater for thirty students under the care and protection of Child, Youth and Family.
“I’m disappointed that the Ministry of Education did not carry out sufficient consultation,” says Mrs Tolley.

Computer network will supercharge research

URL Computer network will supercharge research:
Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
The launch of the NeSI network of high-performance computers tomorrow will keep New Zealand researchers at the cutting edge of science, says Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp.
“The NeSI supercomputers will give our researchers an unprecedented ability to turn massive volumes of data into meaningful information," Dr Mapp said.
“This will enable more accurate and higher-quality research, leading to discoveries and insights that will benefit our economy, environment and society."

Canterbury earthquakes: general information and land information for schools

Canterbury earthquakes: general information and land information for schools: "
Visit this page for general advice to schools following the June 13 earthquakes in Canterbury.
Go to earthquake advisory page
See also CERA land information announcements

Tussle over national standards escalating - Newstalk ZB

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The tussle over the introduction of national standards between the Ministry of Education and schools is escalating. The primary teachers union is accusing the government of stepping up its bullying of schools to force them to comply. ...

Principal@ Saint Paul's: National Standards @ Saint Paul's

Principal@ Saint Paul's: National Standards @ Saint Paul's:
"National standards has been a significant issue across the world with a lot of countries discarding them as detrimental to fruitful outcomes for children and the nation. Without too much in-depth explanation I have ..."

National Standards and What Education is 'Really' About

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"In the following podcast, Juliet Bonnay talks with Des Mann, founding principal of Green Bay High School in Auckland, New Zealand about some alternatives to National Standards and what education is “really about anyway. ..."

How long can principals ignore the dire warnings about the ...

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"Maybe there is third some principals actually believe in the idea of imposed National Standards - I know of one principal in Whakatane who has said as much - at least he is showing leadership! Thankfully there are some principals and ..."

July National Symposium Update "Leading Student to Success"

July National Symposium Update "Leading Student to Success":
Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced the Keynote Speakers for the National Symposium, “Developing Pathways: Leading Students to Success” which will take place on July 18 and 19 at MIT’s campus in Otara, Auckland.

School fight videos alarm principals

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Several videos of organised high school fights have emerged this week, sending principals reeling.

National eScience Infrastrucutre launched - Computerworld New Zealand

URL National eScience Infrastrucutre launched - Computerworld New Zealand:

	Computerworld New Zealand By Computerworld Staff | Auckland | Friday, 24 June, 2011 The project, known as NeSI, will link supercomputers at the University of Auckland, Canterbury University, the University of Otago, NIWA, AgResearch and Landcare Research. ...

Ski company's college of knowledge upskills staff - Scene Queenstown

URL Ski company's college of knowledge upskills staff - Scene Queenstown: "

Scene Queenstown

Scene Queenstown The operators of Coronet Peak and The Remarkables are in their fourth year of running NZSki University – an internal education system that provides staff with a range of free qualifications. Working with industry training organisation Skills Active, ...

LinkedIn: NZ men are savvier networkers than women

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A survey by LinkedIn, which claims 350,000 local members finds that, overall, men are “savvier” at professional networking.

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Address to Association of Integrated Schools Conference

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Rodney Hide | Education
Good morning and thank you for inviting me to speak at your conference today. It’s great to be here today. I believe the best education systems are those where parents have a genuine choice of schools. And a diverse range to choose from. High quality integrated schools make an important contribution to this diversity. Parents value the range of educational programmes on offer at your schools – particularly the religious or philosophical values and aspirations that underpin them. ... read more

Hide: Association of Integrated Schools Conference - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
I believe the best education systems are those where parents have a genuine choice of schools. And a diverse range to choose from. High quality integrated schools make an important contribution to this diversity. Parents value the range of educational ...

Hone Harawira's outburst stuns hui - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Mr Davis received loud applause when he outlined Labour's desire to scrap National Standards. He spoke of how "demoralising" that kind of system was for school staff. Instead, a system which measured the rate of progress would be fairer for teachers ... and more »

Govt bullying schools into standards - NZEI - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
The Government is employing a previously unused legal provision to bully schools into using national standards, an education union says. Education Minister Anne Tolley said most schools were getting on with implementing the ... Government Steps Up National Standards Bullying    all 3 news articles »

Launch of He Toki ki te Rika M?ori Trade Training programme - Voxy

Voxy

URL: Launch of He Toki ki te Rika Maori Trade Training programme Voxy He Toki ki te Rika - a Maori Trade Training Centre - will help ensure Maori share in meaningful training and job opportunities arising from both the Canterbury Recovery and wider workforce development. This initiative builds on Te Puni Kokiri's, ... and more »

Launch of He Toki ki te Rika Māori Trade Training programme

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Pita Sharples | Education
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Me mihi hoki ki nga iwi maha o Nga Pakihi Whakatekateka o Waitaha, o Otautahi, e hemanawa nei, e whakamomori nei i nga ru whenua, e ngaueue nei o koutou kainga, e koropupu nei te wai i te whenua. Ka nui te aroha ki nga whanau e raruraru ana, ka nui te mihi hoki ki to koutou maia .... read more

Taxpayer money 'wasted' on training - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
A large proportion of $58 million in taxpayers' money was wasted on industry training that failed to yield any qualifications in 2009, Tertiary Minister Steven Joyce has revealed. Some of the waste was on funding for "phantom trainees", ...

No credits to show for $58m of training courses - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Tens of millions of taxpayer dollars have gone into Industry Training Organisation courses on which no credits were achieved. In 2009, $57.8 million was poured into training and assessment, with "no evidence of credit achievement", Tertiary Minister ... and more »

Ammunition in the fight against gender pay discrimination

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is welcoming proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act, saying it will give thousands of low paid women some welcome ammunition in the fight for pay and employment equity.

Court of Appeal tells polytechnics to start negotiating

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The Court of Appeal ruled today that five polytechnics must bargain site-based collective agreements with their staff members who are union members. The five polytechnics - NorthTec, Unitec, Wintec, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and Whitireia - had refused ...

Wintec extends its educational reach

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The worldwide head of the Sikh community visits Hamilton tomorrow to sign an educational agreement with Wintec.

Longitudinal study of graduates - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Longitudinal study of graduates Otago Daily Times New Zealand university graduates will be the focus of a world-first comprehensive study, which aims to determine the ongoing effects of how university education shapes and influences lives. ...

Thinking big: Principles to guide vision and curriculum

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Stonefields School opened its doors to students this year. With this new start came the opportunity to try new approaches to curriculum design. The leadership team discuss the process of developing a set of guiding principles. These principles prepare the way for working with their community to develop their school vision.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/School-stories/Thinking-big

School battle steps up - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
More than 400 people turned up to work on tactics that could overturn the Ministry of Education's plan to build the special needs facility on the doorstep of Pigeon Mountain Primary School, Bucklands Beach Intermediate and nearby Macleans College. ...

Revolution in education is coming to Wanganui - Wanganui Chronicle

Wanganui Chronicle

URL: Revolution in education is coming to Wanganui Wanganui Chronicle ULTRA-Fast Broadband will transform the way we educate our children, and in anticipation of the installation of UFB fibre cables in October, the internal networks and cabling of Wanganui secondary schools were among the first to be upgraded. ...

Smart call on game about food - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Smart call on game about food Otago Daily Times Prof Baranowksi, of the Children's Nutrition Research Centre at the Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas, and her husband, Prof Tom Baranowski, also of the centre, have long been involved in helping develop video games that gently but ...

Digital students tell tales online - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: Digital students tell tales online Auckland stuff.co.nz LESS PAPER: Bailey Road School room 13 students, clockwise from back left: Macane Marychurch, Vatrina Crabbe, Monalisa Kabir and Camilla Teiho enjoy creating their stories digitally. Instead of bringing home hand-written and illustrated stories kids ...

College's response to attack disgusts victim's mother - New Zealand Herald

URL: College's response to attack disgusts victim's mother
New Zealand Herald
A teacher and three students were assaulted during an attack involving seven teenagers at Tauranga Girls' College - and the mother of one victim is "disgusted" at how the school has handled the incident. Year 13 student Fay Baylis, 17, ... and more »

Waikato school fights online - Waikato Times

Waikato Times

URL: Waikato school fights online Waikato Times Waikato school students are participating in organised fights which are being filmed and seen by thousands on line and via cellphone. Several videos of organised high school fights have emerged this week sending principals reeling. ... and more »

After-school care may close - Northland Independent Community

Northland Independent Community

URL: After-school care may close Northland Independent Community Working parents with children enrolled in after-school care may have to consider their options or jobs if the programme closes. The programme being run in Dargaville by Family Link Daycare Centre is considering closing next month if it can't get more ...

Parents asked to cover $3m deficit - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Parents asked to cover $3m deficit Stuff.co.nz The kindergartens would also ask for a voluntary contribution of 50 cents an hour for each hour of their 20 hours' entitlement, which gives parents 20 hours of free early childhood education for children between three and five. ... and more »

Education and innovation in South Auckland health

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Tony Ryall | Health
Health Minister Tony Ryall welcomes an initiative which is bringing the health and education sectors together to jointly address South Auckland’s health workforce needs. Counties Manukau DHB has partnered with local tertiary education providers to establish a ‘Centre for Health System Improvement and Innovation’ – named Ko Awatea. The centre officially opened today in the grounds of Middlemore Hospital, where National MP Dr Paul Hutchison spoke on behalf of Health Minister Tony Ryall. ... read more

Awards mark passion of academic staff - Otago Daily Times

Otago Daily Times

URL: Awards mark passion of academic staff Otago Daily Times University of Otago Teaching Excellence Awards recipients (from left) Associate Prof Craig Rodger, Dr James Maclaurin and Tony Zaharic. Photo by Jane Dawber. Three University of Otago academic staff who aim to spark ...

Leadership Training for Businesses and Nonprofit Execs - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Leadership Training for Businesses and Nonprofit Execs
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... to improve the leadership skills of senior executives of business and government organisations in Australia and New Zealand; and a two and a half day Nonprofit Leader Workshop to provide skills training for leaders of charitable organisations. ...

Telco training critical, says union - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Telco training critical, says union
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The government urgently needs a plan for telecommunications training and keeping relevant skills in New Zealand, says the union representing telco workers. The EPMU, the country's largest private sector union, is concerned that without an adequate ... and more »

College's new block opens - Auckland stuff.co.nz

Auckland stuff.co.nz

URL: College's new block opens Auckland stuff.co.nz OPENING DAY: Avondale College principal Brent Lewis with Prime Minister John Key at the opening of the school's new maths and physics building on June 10. The first stage in a multi-million dollar rebuilding programme at Avondale College has been ...

Schools review ball policies following King's death - Otago Daily Times

URL: Schools review ball policies following King's death
Otago Daily Times
Schools around the country are reviewing their policies around school balls following the death of King's College student David Gaynor after his school's ball earlier this month. The college is reportedly considering phasing out school balls in favour ...

Tu Tangata Festival 2011

URL: Tu Tangata Festival 2011
"The festival is in its 33rd year and it’s still considered the biggest, little Wellington schools Pacific festival. The quality of the performances is second to none, so even though the festival is still two months away all participating schools ..."

A School That Says If You Bring Litter To School, You Take It Home Again - Voxy

URL: A School That Says If You Bring Litter To School, You Take It Home Again
Voxy
... Starship Hospital's Phones for Rewards Schools Appeal, where old phones are collected and sent to Auckland in return for rewards that provide participating schools with funds for educational equipment. Nikola presents a trophy at every whole school ... and more »

Boarding school's fees drop - Wanganui Chronicle

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Wanganui Chronicle
Prestigious New Zealand boarding school Wanganui Collegiate will reduce its fees by between $4000 and $5000 from next year. The new fee structure was announced this week as the Collegiate board continued negotiations with Education Minister Anne Tolley ...

Support for secondary teachers

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced two professional support days for secondary school teachers, to assist with planning and preparation for the implementation of the new curriculum-aligned NCEA standards. “Teachers began working on the phasing-in of the new curriculum-aligned standards in early 2010, and this extra support will be valuable,” says Mrs Tolley...

Teacher only days to ease NCEA standards - New Zealand Herald

New Zealand Herald

URL: Teacher only days to ease NCEA standards New Zealand Herald Two teacher-only days have been put aside to help secondary schools with implementing new NCEA standards. Education Minister Anne Tolley said one day would take place by the end of next month and the other in the fourth term, with schools to decide the ...

NZ poor children excel in OECD test - Radio New Zealand

URL: NZ poor children excel in OECD test
Radio New Zealand
He and other educators say good teaching and the NCEA contributed to the good result. Some Asian nations did much better than New Zealand, but educators say their schools are so different it would be difficult to copy them. Assessment expert, Associate ...

Group Of Schools Wins An Exporter Of The Year Award - Voxy

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Voxy
ACG provides a clear educational philosophy focussing on the individual. Students are encouraged to develop a passion for learning with the focus on excellence. It is this vision for education that gives the ACG a strong sense of purpose and drives ...

School of the Week: Rangiuru School - The Bay of Plenty Times

The Bay of Plenty Times

URL: School of the Week: Rangiuru School The Bay of Plenty Times Students at Rangiuru School. Photo / Katie Cox. A little white bichon frise stretches out on the carpet below principal Tom Paekau's feet. The air outside is nippy but inside the principal's office, the heaters are on and it's warm and inviting. ...

Kronic use worries schools

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Despite an impending law change to restrict the sale of synthetic cannabis, Waikato principals are worried about the impact products such as Kronic are having on students.

Use It or Lose It « Adult Literacy Assessment, Advice, Tuition

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A recent article (Auckland Herald May 6) quotes Dr Karen Vaughan, senior researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, speaking at 'the Industry Training Federation's annual Vocational Education and Training Forum held ...

leading and learning: Who needs the new Ministry SAPS?; the ...

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Did you consider the way national standards is just the first step towards much more radical anti-teacher change? Did you consider the way any right-wing change in education always ends up harming economically ...

National Standards in NZ Education – a teacher's response ...

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Will National Standards do anything to improve practice? Or will our world class practices be put under threat? National Standards have been forced on New Zealand schools, starting in 2010, and without any trial to see ...

leading and learning: Time for moral courage -will the real ...

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Those schools that have stood out from national standards – yes their numbers will reduce in the face of a brutal use of political power, but those that remain are witnesses for all schools who oppose national standards ...

NZEI urges teachers and parents to have their say on future of ECE

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is urging teachers and parents to have their say on a report which is likely to serve as the government's blueprint for the future of early childhood education.

New ECE services an important catch up

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The news from the Minister of Education that investment of $9.5million is going into new provision in South Auckland for bilingual early childhood education services has been welcomed by COMET. “The need for these services has never been more urgent,” ...

School benefits from cheaper laptops, netbooks - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Principal Prue Kelly said as of last year the school required all year 9 students to have netbooks and within a few years all pupils would be using them. The donated netbooks and laptops from the trust were given to those students whose families could ...

Maori students offered choice in campus careers open day - Manawatu Standard

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Manawatu Standard
Among those looking at possible careers was Hato Paora College student Jordan Pahina. The 14-year-old said medicine was among the options he was looking at. "I think I want to be a doctor," he said. The expo gave Jordan a chance he said to learn what ...

Science gets the thumbs up - Marlborough Express

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Marlborough Express
Ernest Rutherford and William Pickering did not think it was dull, and neither it seems do Marlborough Boys' College students. Boys' college students say science is cool, despite a Massey University study showing the number of university science ...

2011 Attendance Survey and Christchurch schools

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Participation in the 2011 Attendance Survey. Questions and answers for all state schools including Christchurch City

More prosecutions urged to halt truancy - The Dominion Post

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The Dominion Post
The principal of a school involved in a truancy prosecution against a Porirua great-grandmother wants to see more such cases in an effort to nip primary school truancy in the bud. A 72-year-old woman is being prosecuted by one school, with the support ...

Violence in more than half of NZ workplaces - survey - TVNZ

Massey News (press release)

URL: Violence in more than half of NZ workplaces - survey TVNZ The Massey University survey of 96 organisations found nearly a fifth of the 2466 cases reported involved physical injury and 175 cases led to lost time and/or hospitalisation. This accounted for a total of 572 lost working days directly attributable ...

Bully victim's mother considers suing school - TVNZ

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TVNZ
In New Zealand, school boards are required by the Education Ministry to provide a safe physical and emotional environment for students, and could potentially be held liable for any failure to do so, the newspaper reported. While the Australian case did ...

Police probe bullies' attack on schoolgirl - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Police are investigating an attack on a Rangitoto College schoolgirl who was beaten by two students as she tried to catch a bus home. It is understood the 15-year-old had a drink thrown on her earlier in the week and was threatened ...

Student suspended over attack - Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB
The male teacher at Southern Cross School in Mangere was monitoring the halls at lunchtime on Friday when a male senior student attacked him. Principal Robin Staples says the student has been suspended ahead of the school's Board of Trustees meeting ...

Students give YouTube assignment an A pass - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Universities are turning to the digital world and YouTube in an effort to engage students increasingly uninterested in traditional teaching methods. Waikato University senior economics lecturer Michael Cameron gave his first-year economics students the ...

Time to recognise those who support teaching and learning

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Pink balloons, flouro t-shirts, candles, cakes, forums, lunches, dinners, and MP visits will all feature as schools and communities celebrate Support Staff Day this Wednesday (15th June).

Building of world-class creative classroom supported

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Art collectors and 40 of New Zealand’s leading contemporary artists have donated over 60 works to help raise funds for a new Creative and Performing Arts Centre, currently under construction at Scots College in Miramar, Wellington. “The support ...

Principals to get lesson on dodgy perks

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Parliament's powerful watchdog has hit out against unlawful perks being paid to secondary school principals.

Government invests $9.5 million in new ECE services

URL: Government invests $9.5 million in new ECE services
Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the Government is investing $9.5 million in property funding to build eight new early childhood education services. 440 new places for children will be created in areas of high need in South and East Auckland, as the Government targets increased participation for Maori, Pasifika and children from lower socio-economic backgrounds...

Better financial literacy good for the economy

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Bill English | Finance
Improving New Zealanders’ knowledge of personal financial issues will help contribute to a healthier economy based on more savings and less debt, Finance Minister Bill English says. “Better financial literacy is not only good for the economy – it also helps individual New Zealanders make better decisions about their own personal finances,” he said today in launching the New Zealand Centre for Personal Financial Education in Wellington...

Ads speak to parents of overseas student borrowers

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Peter Dunne | Revenue
An advertising campaign has been launched this week to get parents of overseas-based student loan borrowers to remind them to repay their loans, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today. The advertisements build on the success of the Government initiative which has recovered $2 million in outstanding student loan debt from borrowers in Australia in the last six months, Mr Dunne said. “Often for young people who have gone overseas, it is a case of out of sight, out of mind and they stop paying off their student loans or are very slow to do so...

The Muritai School Newsletter ~ The Bird's Eye View: 16 June

URL: The Muritai School Newsletter ~ The Bird's Eye View: 16 June
NATIONAL STANDARDS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS! Muritai has made good progress with the recently introduced Ministry of Education developed National Standards for Reading, Writing and Mathematics. ...

Massey starts longterm probe of financial literacy - National Business Review

URL: Massey starts longterm probe of financial literacy
National Business Review
Massey University researchers are starting a 20-year longitudinal study of 300 young people in a bid to work out why many New Zealanders struggle with their personal finances. The participants -- aged between 18 and 20 years -- will be initially ...

Govt to invest $9.5 into new ECE services - TVNZ

URL: Govt to invest $9.5 into new ECE services
TVNZ
Tolley says the extra places will give more children the benefits of a quality early childhood education before they start school. "This is part of the $91.8 million participation programme announced in Budget 2010, to establish an additional 3500 ECE ...

Targeted ECE projects welcome but cuts cancel out benefits

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The government continues to mask the effects of its cuts to early childhood education and mislead the public about how much it is investing,” says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.

Funding for Auckland childcare centres

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Eight new early childhood centres for 440 children will be built in South and East Auckland with $9.5 million set aside by the Government in last year's Budget.

NCEA pass rates 'will be affected' - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
The Principal of Avonside Girls' High School in Christchurch says the ongoing earthquakes will have a huge effect on NCEA results this year. The school is having to share the site of Burnside High School because of quake damage to its buildings. ...

Quake impact on schooling

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What impact are the earthquakes having on secondary students' education? Lynn Freeman talks to Principal of Avonside Girls High School, Sue Hume, and NZQA Deputy Chief Executive, Bali Haque. We also hear from John Bangma, President of the Canterbury Primary Principals' Association, on how primary students are coping.

New Technology with Sarah Putt

URL: New Technology with Sarah Putt
Discusses the Ultra Fast Broadband network, the 2001 Catching the Knowledge Wave conference, and IT governance.

SIT Chch attracting students - Southland Times

URL: SIT Chch attracting students
Southland Times
Chief executive Penny Simmonds said student numbers were up on last year, but warned this could be misleading as last year's numbers had been down while it was building a new campus and there had been a delayed start. There was increased interest in ...

Rosie the cow spreads the word about dairying - The Daily Post

URL: Rosie the cow spreads the word about dairying
The Daily Post
As an internet-based educational programme for primary school students, it includes a website with teaching units, digital texts and digital learning objects. "The education website will use digital story books and games with a dairying context for ...

Growing tall poppies: future NZ leaders need opportunities

URL: Growing tall poppies: future NZ leaders need opportunities
Gifted children in New Zealand are falling through the cracks and without the proper support these potential New Zealand leaders may use their intelligence for the worse as opposed to the better.

Literacy class out for staff - Wanganui Chronicle

URL: Literacy class out for staff
Wanganui Chronicle
Spotless training manager Barbara Gaston developed and managed the 20-week course for the Whanganui and MidCentral district health boards. This joint venture between the company and the government-funded Workplace Literacy Fund enabled adult students ...

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 21

URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 21
WITT-less polytechnic gang face growing opposition A petition calling on the chief executives of Whitireia, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, NorthTec, Unitec and Wintec to start negotiating with their staff is drawing a steady stream of signatures since ...

UCOL hosts Kia Māia – a careers expo with a difference

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UCOL’s Atrium will be abuzz on Friday as it hosts the Kia Māia Careers Expo. Kia Māia is an Expo with a difference as it presents Maori training opportunities to the Maori community and whanau.

Debate on NZ Teachers Council - Te Ururoa Flavell - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Members will understand then that the Māori Party has been interested in looking at the progress achieved by the Teachers Council with a particular focus on Māori education. Despite some positive trends educational indicators for Māori generally ...

Wellbeing advice

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MoE
How you can support staff, children and young people after the earthquake. Wellbeing seminars available...

Teachers and parents urged to have their say on ECE future

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa is urging teachers and parents to have their say on a report which is likely to serve as the government’s blueprint for the future of early childhood education.

NCEA exams

URL: NCEA exams
Are some NCEA exams too focused on getting students to meet certain criteria, rather than testing their knowledge and understanding of a subject?

Technology concept challenge for high school students - Computerworld New Zealand

Computerworld New Zealand

URL: Technology concept challenge for high school students Computerworld New Zealand By Computerworld Staff | Auckland | Wednesday, 15 June, 2011 The department of Information Science at Otago University's School of Business will hold the 2011 Otago Technology Innovation Challenge this month, in which senior high school students ...

Time to recognise those who support teaching and learning

URL: Time to recognise those who support teaching and learning
Pink balloons, flouro t-shirts, candles, cakes, forums, lunches, dinners, and MP visits will all feature as schools and communities celebrate Support Staff Day this Wednesday (15th June).

Academics tired of research fund game-playing

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Academics are unhappy with the tactics universities are using to prepare for a high-stakes assessment of their research next year.