URL: Researching the future of education and community engagement: “hard fun”?
For many years some of us at NZCER have been chipping away at the gnarly question of what it might take to achieve deep levels of community and public engagement with education – not just for the purposes of engaging the community in debates around the perceived educational issues of today, but to start to [...]
Monday, September 3, 2012
Flutura blog: References to my comments
URL: Flutura blog: References to my comments
Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Epstein, A. S. (2003). How planning and reflection develop young children's thinking skills. Young Children, 58(5), 28-36. Ministry of Education. (1995). Technology ...
Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Epstein, A. S. (2003). How planning and reflection develop young children's thinking skills. Young Children, 58(5), 28-36. Ministry of Education. (1995). Technology ...
Kays blog: Reference list for all reflections
URL: Kays blog: Reference list for all reflections
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2008). Foundations of early childhood education: Teaching children in a diverse society (4th ed.). Boston, United States of ...
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2008). Foundations of early childhood education: Teaching children in a diverse society (4th ed.). Boston, United States of ...
More evidence Government on wrong track over education
URL: More evidence Government on wrong track over education
A recently-released report on education once again indicates how the Government's education policy will be damaging to our public education system, especially for those students who are struggling.
A recently-released report on education once again indicates how the Government's education policy will be damaging to our public education system, especially for those students who are struggling.
An alternative charter - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: An alternative charter Stuff.co.nz So he believes himself perfectly placed to run the first charter schools in New Zealand - and surprisingly, given the right-wing genesis of charter (or "partnership") schools, his partner in this enterprise is the former Labour minister John Tamihere ... |
Principals praise ERO report - Voxy
URL: Principals praise ERO report
Voxy
'The reforms also bring a sharp focus for a narrow two subject curriculum, rather than support a rich broad curriculum and national standards introduce a summative form of assessment to be used for school accountability rather than for identifying ...
Voxy
'The reforms also bring a sharp focus for a narrow two subject curriculum, rather than support a rich broad curriculum and national standards introduce a summative form of assessment to be used for school accountability rather than for identifying ...
ERO - 'a biased political weapon for the govt' - Voxy
URL: ERO - 'a biased political weapon for the govt'
Voxy
It seems clear the report is part of government plans to "soften up" parents to see public schools in a negative light and so support the government's destructive drive for performance pay for teachers, national standards, league tables and charter ...
Voxy
It seems clear the report is part of government plans to "soften up" parents to see public schools in a negative light and so support the government's destructive drive for performance pay for teachers, national standards, league tables and charter ...
ERO – a biased political weapon for the government - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
URL: ERO – a biased political weapon for the government
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
It seems clear the report is part of government plans to “soften up” parents to see public schools in a negative light and so support the government's destructive drive for performance pay for teachers, national standards, league tables and charter ...
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
It seems clear the report is part of government plans to “soften up” parents to see public schools in a negative light and so support the government's destructive drive for performance pay for teachers, national standards, league tables and charter ...
Teachers matter, not wealth - Wairarapa Times-Age
URL: Teachers matter, not wealth
Wairarapa Times-Age
... Education would publish achievement data on the ministry's 'Education Counts' website. The site will not rank schools in league-table fashion but will show achievement data in regions and how individual schools are performing against national ...
Wairarapa Times-Age
... Education would publish achievement data on the ministry's 'Education Counts' website. The site will not rank schools in league-table fashion but will show achievement data in regions and how individual schools are performing against national ...
Bollard pushes financial teaching - New Zealand Herald
URL: Bollard pushes financial teaching
New Zealand Herald
Otahuhu College and Onehunga High School are two schools already embracing the idea and working to ensure students are financially savvy when they graduate. Both Auckland schools teach a 12-week course to year 10 students (14- to 15-year-olds) on ...
New Zealand Herald
Otahuhu College and Onehunga High School are two schools already embracing the idea and working to ensure students are financially savvy when they graduate. Both Auckland schools teach a 12-week course to year 10 students (14- to 15-year-olds) on ...
Money Week urges kiwis to sort out their finances - Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
URL: Money Week urges kiwis to sort out their finances
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
During Money Week free financial education activities will be undertaken by a range of organisations across the country, including money management, investment seminars and competitions for school children. Money Week runs from .... I think this ...
Yahoo!Xtra New Zealand News
During Money Week free financial education activities will be undertaken by a range of organisations across the country, including money management, investment seminars and competitions for school children. Money Week runs from .... I think this ...
Rob Strathdee – Learning for the Labour Market
URL: Rob Strathdee – Learning for the Labour Market
Rob Strathdee says more can be done to reduce the influence of social background on educational achievement. Professor Strathdee, Head of the School of Education Policy and Implementation at Victoria University, talks to Chris about the connection between education and the labour market, and what needs to change to allow education to help deliver the promise of social mobility. He delivers his inaugural lecture, 'Social Class, economic change and the competition for advancement through education', on 4 September and it is open to the public.
Rob Strathdee says more can be done to reduce the influence of social background on educational achievement. Professor Strathdee, Head of the School of Education Policy and Implementation at Victoria University, talks to Chris about the connection between education and the labour market, and what needs to change to allow education to help deliver the promise of social mobility. He delivers his inaugural lecture, 'Social Class, economic change and the competition for advancement through education', on 4 September and it is open to the public.
Living Standards, Inequality—Prime Minister's Statements - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Living Standards, Inequality—Prime Minister's Statements
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
One of them, for example, is that in 5 years' time we expect 85 percent of 18-year-olds to have National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) level 2 or its equivalent, up from 68 percent now. ..... Phil Twyford: Has any assessment been done ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
One of them, for example, is that in 5 years' time we expect 85 percent of 18-year-olds to have National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) level 2 or its equivalent, up from 68 percent now. ..... Phil Twyford: Has any assessment been done ...
Janet McAllister: Holes in Gluckman's scatter gun rant - New Zealand Herald
URL: Janet McAllister: Holes in Gluckman's scatter gun rant
New Zealand Herald
It's no coincidence that in science education we have a "long tail". Back in Mt Eden, he pointed to us media ... In schools, "we don't teach philosophy," he said, apparently unaware it is an increasingly popular NCEA subject. "Where are our public ...
New Zealand Herald
It's no coincidence that in science education we have a "long tail". Back in Mt Eden, he pointed to us media ... In schools, "we don't teach philosophy," he said, apparently unaware it is an increasingly popular NCEA subject. "Where are our public ...
Principals' sabbatical reports recently added
URL: Principals' sabbatical reports recently added:
Principals' sabbatical reports added in August look at the following...
Principals' sabbatical reports added in August look at the following...
Report suggests mandatory Maori in Auckland schools - TVNZ
 Newstalk ZB | URL: Report suggests mandatory Maori in Auckland schools TVNZ A new report is proposing the Maori language should be compulsory in all Auckland schools. The suggestion is part of a raft of changes the Maori Statutory Board want to see in New Zealand's biggest city that could cost more than $30 million a year. |
Maori ask Auckland mayor to support push for compulsory Te Reo
URL: Maori ask Auckland mayor to support push for compulsory Te Reo
Maori leaders in Auckland say the city's Mayor should be supporting a drive to make Te Reo compulsory in schools.
Maori leaders in Auckland say the city's Mayor should be supporting a drive to make Te Reo compulsory in schools.
A cautionary tale - National Business Review
URL: A cautionary tale
National Business Review
Education minister Hekia Parata assured him the policy would stay. Learning ... It worked. According to a secret UMR report found by Max Key at Oh Calcutta!, 81% of New Zealanders thought his father planned to sell the schools, 78% were opposed, and 0 ...
National Business Review
Education minister Hekia Parata assured him the policy would stay. Learning ... It worked. According to a secret UMR report found by Max Key at Oh Calcutta!, 81% of New Zealanders thought his father planned to sell the schools, 78% were opposed, and 0 ...
Enterprise partnerships needed to fight skills shortage - Computerworld New Zealand
URL: Enterprise partnerships needed to fight skills shortage
Computerworld New Zealand
Tertiary education institute Unitec is hoping that its recently announced partnership with IBM to run a delivery centre in Auckland, will go some way to solving local IT skills shortages. The centre, which is due to open in February 2013, ... Once the ...
Computerworld New Zealand
Tertiary education institute Unitec is hoping that its recently announced partnership with IBM to run a delivery centre in Auckland, will go some way to solving local IT skills shortages. The centre, which is due to open in February 2013, ... Once the ...
From the ground up - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: From the ground up Otago Daily Times But for many years she has also played a leading role inside and outside the university, arguing for new ways of thinking on a range of subjects including science, history, business and education. In her Reeves lecture she argued that we need to stop ... |
Literacy advocate who helped at-risk boys dies
URL: Literacy advocate who helped at-risk boys dies
Graham Crawshaw, a radical educationist who spent years teaching reading skills to at-risk boys, has died.The 81-year-old (right) was best known for the Reading for Rascals programme he ran with his wife, Joan Crawshaw, at the 14ha...
Graham Crawshaw, a radical educationist who spent years teaching reading skills to at-risk boys, has died.The 81-year-old (right) was best known for the Reading for Rascals programme he ran with his wife, Joan Crawshaw, at the 14ha...
Ideas for 2 September 2012
URL: Ideas for 2 September 2012
Epuni Primary School's Common Unity Project aims to produce enough fruit and vegetables to feed not only the school's 110 pupils but their families as well. It's a classic example of what's been called Asset Based Community Development - or ABC Development.
Epuni Primary School's Common Unity Project aims to produce enough fruit and vegetables to feed not only the school's 110 pupils but their families as well. It's a classic example of what's been called Asset Based Community Development - or ABC Development.
'McKenzie Residential School saved my life' - Stuff.co.nz
URL: 'McKenzie Residential School saved my life'
Stuff.co.nz
But now Keegan, 16, is excelling at Matatipu, Halswell Residential College's satellite class based at Hillmorton High School. He also works at a local cafe. He chose to attend Matatipu after graduating from Halswell Residential College last year ...
Stuff.co.nz
But now Keegan, 16, is excelling at Matatipu, Halswell Residential College's satellite class based at Hillmorton High School. He also works at a local cafe. He chose to attend Matatipu after graduating from Halswell Residential College last year ...
Nobel laureates show students science of the future - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Nobel laureates show students science of the future New Zealand Herald Participants included 235 students from 20 countries. Two of the Nobel laureates and almost all the other scientists were Israeli. Many of the participants termed the experience "life-changing". Said physics student Michael McLeod, 19: "We learn from ... |
Men in our classrooms - Timaru Herald
 Timaru Herald | URL: Men in our classrooms Timaru Herald In general terms, men are more likely to be found teaching at secondary school level, rather than at primary schools or in early childhood education. Reports ... A 2004 research paper by educational consultant Ian Livingstone looked at the decline. He ... |
Special schools' closure plan angers - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Special schools' closure plan angers Stuff.co.nz Primary school teachers say the Government's plan to close two of New Zealand's four residential special schools will force children with severe intellectual disabilities and behavioural issues back into mainstream education and put pressure on schools ... |
Kaumatua now proud NMIT students - Voxy
URL: Kaumatua now proud NMIT students
Voxy
NMIT's Director of Maori Education Takuta 'Doc' Ferris says Te Tari Maori established the kaumatua class this year after Ngati Koata approached NMIT for help in developing Te Reo and tikanga M?ori for their iwi. "At first we thought about offering the ...
Voxy
NMIT's Director of Maori Education Takuta 'Doc' Ferris says Te Tari Maori established the kaumatua class this year after Ngati Koata approached NMIT for help in developing Te Reo and tikanga M?ori for their iwi. "At first we thought about offering the ...
Enrolments high stakes for Christchurch schools
URL: Enrolments high stakes for Christchurch schools
The annual competition for enrolments among Christchurch secondary schools may be turning into a battle for survival.
The annual competition for enrolments among Christchurch secondary schools may be turning into a battle for survival.
School defends suicide debate
URL: School defends suicide debate
A school which screened a documentary detailing how a bullied schoolboy killed himself has defended showing the controversial clip.Epsom Girls Grammar showed the American 20/20 documentary Bully Boy in a compulsory health class...
A school which screened a documentary detailing how a bullied schoolboy killed himself has defended showing the controversial clip.Epsom Girls Grammar showed the American 20/20 documentary Bully Boy in a compulsory health class...
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