A look at some factors in the selection and training of primary teachers, with some suggestions for a radical change in approach.
There is a growing number of students born in the various countries in Asia enrolling in New Zealand schools. These students include recent permanent residents as well as fee paying, exchange, and scholarship students. In order to help schools place these students within the New Zealand system, this article offers some basic information about the educational systems they may have experienced.
The most challenging problems for school leaders are that those which recur and display the characteristics of a leadership dilemma: with tension between a concern for organisational goals and a concern for collegial relationships. A critical competency in school leadership is the ability to manage such dilemmas. To do this, leaders must be able to recognise and articulate dilemmas, reflect critically on their own problem-solving beliefs and actions, and learn skills which enable them to apply strategies which result in positive, lasting solutions.
It is not always clear how the educational system can best alleviate the feelings of stress and pressure on young people, especially in their final year. Here the students have their say.
An American programme, based on the trial of manhood concept, that empowers sixth-graders educationally and gives them opportunities for growth.
Findings from a British anti-bullying programme which show the importance of approaching bullying as a set of relationships and the need to harness young people's natural development of empathy to combat bystander apathy.
Schools thinking of setting up information technology initiatives can learn from the experiences of Palmerston North Girls' High School.
Gender attitudes about technology are formed early, according to the results of this study, therefore affirmative action programmes need to include the very young.
