Online teaching and learning using multimedia: How has the ...

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New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER). Klopfer, E. (2008). Augmented learning: Research and design of mobile educational games. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Klopfer, E., Osterweil, S., Groff, J., and Haas, ...

An international perspective on New Zealand

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A recent study by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research estimated 37% of new Kiwi teachers left teaching within the first three years. In addition to doctors and teachers, New Zealand also loses a large proportion ...

Why “participating and contributing”?

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Shifting Thinking
The 2012 Shifting Thinking Workshop is based around the overarching theme of “participating and contributing”. Why? Those of you from the school sector will recognise “participating and contributing” as one of the key competencies from the New Zealand Curriculum. Here’s what the NZC (p. 13) has to say: Participating and contributing This competency is about being [...]

Q+A: Interview with Hekia Parata, Education Minister - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Departmental advice on the risks of charter schools includes, “poor teachers, ill-defined standards, unclear curriculum”, but those are risks in all schools. Minister won't say if she will look at cutting front line teaching jobs if it would raise ...

Q+A -Panel Discussion in response to Parata - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
It's nothing to do with class size. Schools, whether it's charter, private, whatever – they're just in the end bricks and mortar, and it all depends on the teacher. PAUL If the teacher can inspire you, you will go ahead. DEBORAH We all know about a ...

Catherine Delahunty questions the Minister of Education on class ...

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Hon CRAIG FOSS: I am proud that this Government has open and transparent goals for 85 percent of New Zealanders to achieve National Certificate of Educational Achievement level 2. That is somewhat of an increase on ...

Q+A: Transcript of Shane Taurima interview with Hekia Parata - TVNZ

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TVNZ
We need to have more of our young people leaving school with the basic qualification of NCEA 2. We've seen progress over the last three years, since 2008. We have raised NCEA 2 achievement levels across the board, and for Maori and Pasifika.

Evidence completed in Waitangi Tribunal Kohanga inquiry - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
She also told the Tribunal that in western society quality of education is set by government, which tends to implement regulations such as class size, teacher professional development and whether surroundings are safe for children.

Dame Susan Devoy: More talk on class sizes - The Bay of Plenty Times

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The Bay of Plenty Times
National standards have been introduced to improve the performance of students, and in schools those same standards need to be applied in rewarding and retaining excellent teachers. A teacher who can engage, inspire and encourage children to become ...

Minister light on charter school details - Mahuta - Voxy

Newstalk ZB

URL: Minister light on charter school details - Mahuta Voxy "International evidence tells us that the outcomes from charter schools are varied across schools, inconsistent in terms of student achievement, and - in several instances - heavily dependent on the level of private enterprise funding for the outcomes ...

Govt to look at paying more to top teachers - TVNZ

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TVNZ
The Government says it wants to look at ways of rewarding top teachers, to keep them in the classroom and prevent them moving on to more lucrative administration roles. Speaking this morning on TV ONE's QA, Minister of Education Hekia Parata said that ...

What makes a good teacher? - Stuff.co.nz (blog)

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Stuff.co.nz (blog)
With the introduction of NCEA in particular far to many schools have changed their focus towards getting results that look good on paper rather than results that mean great outcomes for the student. Like so many Public Services the Education Sector ...

Rewards for quality teachers - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Performance pay for teachers will be developed by the Government, with secondary principals told by Education Minister Hekia Parata to start "sorting the wheat from the chaff". Figures obtained by The Dominion Post show millions of dollars are already ...

NZQA gives a 'pass' to school failing checks - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
By Andrew Laxon A school for international students has passed its educational performance check by NZQA even though it had failed 15 of 16 checks on its marking standards. Photo / Thinkstock A school for international students which failed 15 of 16 ...

Schools train up to help prevent youth suicides - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Teacher and school counsellor training in suicide prevention has become as important as first aid training as schools attempt to deal with a growing tide of youth self-harm. Lifeline Aotearoa has begun training staff at schools in Auckland and the ...

Mental illness on rise in children - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Wellington's Central Regional Health School is so concerned with the dramatic increase in pupils with mental illnesses on its roll that it has called a conference with principals from mainstream primary schools. This month, the school, which caters for ...

Some secondary school principals get bonus - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
"Concurrence" for principals must be approved by the Education Ministry before it can be paid by a school board. It can be paid for additional duties, such as running a boarding house or to cover "sensitive payments" like Koru Club membership or home ...

PETER MEECHAM/Fairfax NZ - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: PETER MEECHAM/Fairfax NZ Stuff.co.nz The results mirror a recent survey in Australia that showed three-quarters of primary school-aged kids thought cotton socks came from animals. The Australian study, commissioned by the Primary Industries Education Foundation, was more scientific than ...

Use of childcare growing - Stuff.co.nz

3News NZ

URL: Use of childcare growing Stuff.co.nz The finding, released today, was from Now We Are Born, the second report from Auckland University's Growing Up in New Zealand study. Growing Up in New Zealand follows 7000 children, about 2000 of whom are from the greater Waikato, from before they were ...

John Langley: Business tools can help education

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Derision for speech given to business circle is unfair, writes Dr John Langley, chief executive of Cognition Education Auckland. On Tuesday the Secretary to the Treasury, Gabriel Makhlouf, gave a speech to the Transtasman Business...

Early-childhood staff to choose between pay raise or better working conditions

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Early-childhood staff at ABC centres across New Zealand must choose between taking a pay raise, or having their wages cut for better working conditions.Staff were expecting a two per cent pay increase this year, but have instead...

“…High school students today are reading books intended for ...

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High school students today are reading books intended for children with reading levels far below those appropriate for teens – according to a recent report..” Posted on 25/3/2012 by admin. “..A compilation of the top 40 books teens in grades ...

Sione's book in class of its own - The Dominion Post

The Dominion Post

URL: Sione's book in class of its own The Dominion Post BY NICOLA RUSSELL A proud primary school is celebrating the multicultural personal journey of its students, which will hopefully make it safer for pupils around New Zealand to get to and from school. A group of 9 to 10-year-old students from Fruitvale ...

Smutty gossip on Facebook worries parent - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Smutty gossip on Facebook worries parent Stuff.co.nz Taranaki high school students are mimicking a popular TV programme by posting smutty rumours and bullying messages on Facebook. Hundreds of Taranaki high school students are mimicking a popular TV programme by posting smutty rumours and bullying ...

Minister praises Student Central as campus heart - Voxy

Voxy

URL: Minister praises Student Central as campus heart Voxy Students need space outside the lecture theatres where they can meet their friends, access services, have space to study, and as we used to say in the eighties, 'just hang out'. "Excellent facilities can have a strong impact on student achievement," he ...

Brains and Businesses delivering bonus for Dunedin - Voxy

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Voxy
With 70 students working in 44 different locations, the demand for the scheme was strong, and half of the students who took part have been offered on-going work in term time. Almost 90% of the organisations say they would be keen to take on a student ...

Beach Busters: Time for kids to love our beaches - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
A mobile education station has been launched by the Sustainable Coastlines charity to take its message on the road. The customised shipping container serves as a multi-purpose educational unit and has a giant screen for projecting images and for ...

Piano teacher plays final tune for school she loves - Manawatu Standard

Manawatu Standard

URL: Piano teacher plays final tune for school she loves Manawatu Standard Twenty-seven years later, she has retired from teaching at the school. "I found it so wonderful to hear the boys sing I realised what a special place this was right from the first day," said Mrs Williamson – or Whaea Roz as she is known to the students ...