Review of Teachers’ Council to begin

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Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the chair and members of the committee that will review the role and functions of the New Zealand Teachers’ Council as part of the Government’s programme of work to lift student achievement. “The goal is to ensure that the Teachers’ Council is a strong, professional body that will set and enforce high standards, promote effective teaching practice, develop the professional community of teachers, and lead public discussion on education issues,” Ms Parata says...

GPs gather for education convention - New Zealand Doctor Online

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This is followed by keynote address from New Zealand Council for Educational Research senrior researcher Karen Vaughan and several workshops. Other speakers include GPs Liza Lack, Sam Murton, John McMenamin and Bruce Arroll. The conference ...

A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR EFFECTIVE DISTANCE LEARNING ...

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Critical Success Factors and Effective Pedagogy fore-learning in Tertiary Education, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Available: http://ww.hpcnet.org/cgibin/global/a_bus_card.cgi?siteID=179462. Brown, A. & Voltz, B. (2005).

Metro magazine school rankings 'crude' - Stuff.co.nz

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While state schools must give priority to local students, a state-integrated school can give preference to Catholic students from a wider catchment area. Thrupp said this effectively means ... Schools are compared against other schools in their deciles ...

Union angered as schools release figures - Stuff.co.nz

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But some schools have already released figures showing how many of their students are meeting the standards and what they're doing to improve achievement. The Dominion Post has asked schools across the Wellington region to release the information they ...

Student teacher representatives question mixed messages - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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... teach in New Zealand's classrooms higher and higher (to Masters degree or level 9), while at the same time National Standards could work in the opposition direction – 'dumbing down' teaching towards a narrower and narrower focus on minimal ...

Review of Teachers' Council to begin | infonews.co.nz New ...

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Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced the chair and members of the committee that will review the role and functions of the New Zealand Teachers' Council as part of the Government's programme of work to lift student achievement. “The goal is to ensure that the Teachers' ... “This Government is determined to lift student achievement, and we know that quality teaching has the biggest in-school impact on achievement,” Ms Parata says. “Strong professional leadership ...

Teacher puzzled over ministry reply - SunLive

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“The secretary accepted the recommendations of the working party on class size, especially regarding recommendations about big schools, while knowing the Ministry of Education was working on the class cuts agenda.” He says sending the response to the ...

Struggling students pushed to take soft subjects - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Struggling students pushed to take soft subjects Stuff.co.nz Education Minister Hekia Parata cited government research in May that raised concerns about a mismatch between Pacific Island student ambitions and the subjects they chose. Research by mentoring group I Have a Dream, which followed pupils from an ...

Immersion school fills gap - The Nelson Mail

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Kura board of trustees member Dayveen Stephens said the kura came off the back of the kohanga reo movement, started about 27 years ago, and its opening was a sign of a shift in community attitudes in recent years. The driving force was a revitalisation ...

New kura prepares to open doors - Nelson Mail

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URL: New kura prepares to open doors Nelson Mail This makes the class size debate look a bit silly. Lucky students, I wonder if my children could go there - they want to learn maori? Mel #1 04:00 pm Jul 12 2012. This is such a fantastic initiative for Whakatu and Te Tau Ihu. Good luck for Saturday to ...

Schools told to go easy on student expulsions

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The Principal Youth Court judge is asking Board of Trustees members to think very carefully before expelling or excluding students.

New school for 1500 Queenstown kids

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A new school for about 1500 Queenstown pupils will be built on 8ha of land the Ministry of Education has bought at Frankton from Remarkables Park Ltd, but the ministry says the school is not expected to open until at least 2017.The...

School's out - forever: Shuttered classes revisited - New Zealand Herald

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URL: School's out - forever: Shuttered classes revisited New Zealand Herald But as the final hip-hip hooray faded they remembered their 106-year-old school would be dead before his next big day rolled round. It was 2004 and Labour's education minister Trevor Mallard was culling fading schools so money paying for empty ...