This paper puts forward a proposal for reviewing the role and purpose of standards in the context of national curriculum and assessment reform more generally. It seeks to commence the much-needed ...

From its foundation in 2004, Alfriston College has sought to be a school for the 2lst century. Extensive research and reflection by the foundation staff have resulted in a number of different ...

Ambitious mathematics teaching involves skilled ways of eliciting and responding to each and every student in the class so that they learn worthwhile mathematics and come to view themselves as ...

This article explores the pedagogy of New Zealand early childhood teachers who have consciously adopted ideas from the early childhood programme of the Italian city of Reggio Emilia. It follows the ...

This article analyses research literature and policy texts to investigate the extent to which culturally responsive education policies can improve Māori achievement in schools. It presents a snapshot ...

The findings of a recent Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) project. Researchers used a collaborative whakawhānaungatanga approach to explore how early childhood educators in settings ...

There is a strong case for building inclusive relationships with families in order to support academic success for Pacific secondary students. In this article, I review literature which considers the ...

A research project looking at Māori student participation and achievement in science and mathematics education examined four junior secondary school programmes that targeted Māori in these subject ...

This is the first in a series of interviews with researchers whose work has made a difference in the area of early years education. Sarah Boyd interviews University of Waikato Emeritus Professor Jane ...

Currently, the Mäori word hauora is translated in New Zealand curricula as health and wellbeing or as health and physical education for Mäori-medium education. "Hauora, wellbeing" is also an ...

Views the recent revision of a national writing assessment tool, e-asTTle : Writing (2012), from theoretical, design and implementation, and practice perspectives. Considers it in relation to the ...

•&&Relationships and interactions between teachers and students in the classroom are key to effective teaching of Māori students. •&&Effective teachers take a positive, nondeficit view of Māori ...