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Monday, May 30, 2011
Update on Educational podcasts
URL: Update on Educational podcasts
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If you want to read up on the first year of this debacle the, this survey published by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in 2010 has some fascinating graphs which show that many Boards of Trustees ... Jet Man Does a Loop! ...
Ten years on NCEA still confuses - TVNZ
URL: Ten years on NCEA still confuses
NOTE: Features new book from NZCER Press "Understanding NCEA"
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Auckland University has released a book to explain the NCEA education system nearly a decade since we first began using it. Although the NCEA is nearly ten years through since its inception, confusion still reigns and people are still struggling to ...
Auckland University has released a book to explain the NCEA education system nearly a decade since we first began using it. Although the NCEA is nearly ten years through since its inception, confusion still reigns and people are still struggling to ...
Shortlist announced for first schools PPP
URL: Shortlist announced for first schools PPP
Associate Minister of Education Rodney Hide today announced the three high quality private consortia, shortlisted by the Ministry of Education, for the first school property public private partnership (PPP) in New Zealand. Expressions of interest were called for in April and, following a robust selection process, the following consortia have been selected to proceed to the next stage of the tendering process...
Plans to increase education access - Newstalk ZB
 Newstalk ZB | Newstalk ZB The Government wants to increase the number of children accessing Early Childhood Education from lower socio-economic communities. That is what Minister of Education Anne Tolley told the Early Childhood Council's annual conference which underway in ... Children missing out on early educationStuff.co.nz Early childhood sector seen as easy target for budget cutsRadio New Zealand Let Funding Follow The ChildScoop.co.nz (press release) all 20 news articles » |
Research debunks Maori abuse - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Research debunks Maori abuse
NOTE: A new parenting programme targeted at Maori tells them they are inherently loving and nurturing caregivers and family violence has arisen only because of European missionaries.
The Office of the Children's Commissioner is releasing its "Maori Parenting" report on Thursday in a bid to curb violence.
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The researchers suggested abuse arose only after Maori were introduced to corporal punishment in missionary-run classrooms. Te Kahui Mana Ririki, the child advocacy group which commissioned the research, has reported a reduction in child abuse after ...
The researchers suggested abuse arose only after Maori were introduced to corporal punishment in missionary-run classrooms. Te Kahui Mana Ririki, the child advocacy group which commissioned the research, has reported a reduction in child abuse after ...
The Office of the Children's Commissioner is releasing its "Maori Parenting" report on Thursday in a bid to curb violence.
It's the learning that matters, not where - The Dominion Post
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: It's the learning that matters, not where The Dominion Post Do parents fight to retain the schools at which they and their parents were educated or do they accept the mounting evidence that pupils perform better in schools that have critical mass. The latest schools to hear the fateful knock on the door are ... |
Editorial: Applause for school reports - Hawke's Bay Today
 Hawke's Bay Today | URL: Editorial: Applause for school reports Hawke's Bay Today These reports and pictures came from students at Waimarama School, who went out into their village and tracked down stories of escape, bravery, and community bonding in the face of a true natural disaster. The torrential rain, flooding and slips that ... |
Ian Fletcher: work has been a passion - The Bay of Plenty Times
 The Bay of Plenty Times | URL: Ian Fletcher: work has been a passion The Bay of Plenty Times A representative from the Ministry of Education, invited guests, parents, staff and students celebrated Mr Fletcher's contribution to the school after he retired at the end of Term 1. Mr Fletcher said his passion for teaching had not faltered in his 32 ... |
Lack of sleep for children key factor in obesity - New Zealand Herald
 Myjoyonline.com | URL: Lack of sleep for children key factor in obesity New Zealand Herald The long-term Otago University study is following nearly 250 children born in Dunedin in 2001 and 2002. A paper in the British Medical Journal says the study found that each additional hour of sleep a night between ages 3 and 5 was linked to a reduced ... |
Terror toddlers in kindy 'gangs' - Stuff.co.nz
 3News NZ | URL: Terror toddlers in kindy 'gangs' Stuff.co.nz It helped his mother develop parenting techniques and the boy went back to kindergarten and on to school. Though increasing aggression was a problem in low socio-economic areas, it was not confined there. Another three-year-old boy from an "excellent ... |
Germ Spread in Schools Need to be Addressed - TopNews New Zealand
 The Daily Post | URL: Germ Spread in Schools Need to be Addressed TopNews New Zealand According to reports, students across the country fight with the effects of cold and wet winter every year, as the school environment is known to be filled with germs. Even cold and flu viruses are said to become very rampant if preventative measures ... |
Students vote for reading hero - Wanganui Chronicle
 Wanganui Chronicle | URL: Students vote for reading hero Wanganui Chronicle Mrs Vanderschantz was named one of the 20 winners this week and her students are all thrilled. Feeling overcome yesterday, Mrs Vanderschantz said winning was more about her keen and eager students than her. "They are the ones that are so good and are ... |
Student support group beats bullying - Wanganui Chronicle
 Wanganui Chronicle | URL: Student support group beats bullying Wanganui Chronicle Photo / Tracey Grant 240511wctgbullying01 Student members of the Wanganui Collegiate Peer Support Committee say the best way to ensure a bullying-free school is to keep all communication channels open. Every student is encouraged to talk often with the ... |
Hastings students serve hot choc for Fair Trade - Hawke's Bay Today
 Hawke's Bay Today | URL: Hastings students serve hot choc for Fair Trade Hawke's Bay Today The Hastings Girls' High School humanities and social studies teacher, Regina Carroll, said the event was organised by her Year 11 class for an NCEA assessment. "One achievement standard we are doing this year is to participate in social justice or ... |
School e-watse recycling programme extended to Wellington - Computerworld New Zealand
 Computerworld New Zealand | URL: School e-watse recycling programme extended to Wellington Computerworld New Zealand By Comptuerworld Staff | Auckland | Friday, 27 May, 2011 Technology leasing specialist Equico launched its Equico Eco initiative in Wellington yesterday, expanding the school e-waste recycling programme from Auckland. ... |
Dale Williams: youth in Otorohanga
URL: Dale Williams: youth in Otorohanga
Mayor of Otorohanga, which has had great success in recent years with its youth programmes, minimising youth offending and unemployment.
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