When the nations of the world, after the shattering experience of the first world war established the League of Nations they attempted also to establish standards nations would pledge to live by...
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FOSSIC (For Observing Study Skills In Children) has been devised to help the classroom teacher assess how well a child is studying - in school, and at home.
If we wish to understand the feelings of people and to involve them in organisations such as the PTA, and get them along to our schools it is helpful to think of these situations as being...
'The more TV that children watch, the worse they will do at school, particularly when it comes to reading.' That is one popular belief. Another is that, for children who have difficulty with...
There is a considerable difference in attitude to secondary school assessment both within and between various groups in the community. In recent years the community has become increasingly...
The renewed interest in bilingual education which began in other countries in the mid 1960s has developed only slowly in New Zealand. In 1976 the Marshall Committee expressed the view that the...
Neville Bennett's controversial research into primary teaching styles unearthed one informal teacher who obtained higher learning gains for her children then any other teacher in the sample. E.C...
In 1973 Robert Havighurst, an eminent American anthropologist and educator who had worked in New Zealand previously, spent a few months talking to New Zealand educators and visiting secondary...
Youth Unemployment: A review of the situation in New Zealand.
One Hundred Early School Leavers: An in-depth longitudinal study of 100 early school leavers, 1974 to 1977 by Carol Cameron...
A school which wishes to do more than make an intelligent guess at how well it is preparing its pupils for their working lives, and the transition to work, may find many of the questions Carol...
Author Index - Authors are listed alphabetically on pages 2 and 3, with references given to the numerical list, pages 6 to 16.
Subject Index - Subjects are listed alphabetically on pages...
Alcohol use is a fact in our society, and so are the alcohol-related problems that it creates. The economic and social costs involved - pressure on hospital and medical services, loss of...