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This paper draws on the insights gained from documenting the journeys undertaken by six Normal Schools as they integrated the new Key Competencies (KCs) framework from the draft revised curriculum...
| Year published: 2006 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication *Ako is a Māori Language term for both teaching and learning
This paper reports findings from the Teachers of Promise (ToP) project currently underway in New Zealand that seeks to...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication Being a “question asker” is an unfamiliar role to many students yet within a 21st century learning framework this is a competency they need to develop. In traditional assessment events students are...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication
This conference paper overviews the nature of the ARBs and other standardized tests available within New Zealand for school-based and formative uses.
The levels-based structure of the...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication
Average literacy and numeracy performance among children from low-income homes is lower than others. But some children perform as well as their peers from more advantaged homes.
This paper...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication
This paper uses the assessment and qualification reforms in the senior secondary school as a case study of change. To provide the context of the paper the first section presents an overview of the...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication
This paper explores ways school subjects could change to meet students' learning needs for meaningful participation in the "knowledge society".
Drawing on selected findings of...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication
This paper advocates for clearer distinctions to be drawn between school science and scientists’ science, particularly with respect to the investigative processes that typify each.
It...
| Year published: 2002 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication
This paper provides an overview of the first seven years of the Competent Children study.
It covers the origins and purpose of the study, the nature of the sample data, and some of the...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER | Content type: Research publication
In common with many other countries, the New Zealand Government’s priorities include building an education system to equip its school leavers with 21st century skills, by focusing effort on...
| Year published: 2007 | Publication type: Conference paper | Publisher: NZCER and University of Canterbury College of Education | Content type: Research publication