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Play-based learning in an Aotearoa New Zealand classroom: Child, parent, teacher and school leader perspectives

This case study explores child, parent, teacher, and school-leader perspectives of a play-based learning (Pb-L) approach in one new-entrant classroom. Data were gathered through focus groups,...

| Year published: 2018 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

It's a 'we' thing: Five principles of collaborative teaching, with implications for school leadership

Increasingly, teachers are expected to collaborate because of recognised learning gains for diverse students and a variety of professional benefits. Policy directives globally and in New Zealand...

| Year published: 2020 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Building capacity for climate-change education in Aotearoa New Zealand schools

The government of Aotearoa New Zealand has recognised the gravity of climate change by adopting a Climate Emergency declaration, passing the Zero Carbon Act (2019), and asking the Climate Change...

| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

School leadership through COVID-19: A tale of two Auckland secondary school principals

This article tells the contrasting stories of two Auckland secondary school principals who faced different challenges in leading their schools through a number of COVID-19-related lockdowns. It...

| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article

Professional learning in mathematics

Late in 2022 Julie Roberts and Jonathan Fisher caught up with Rob Proffitt-White to find out about the recent professional learning workshops he ran with teachers and school leaders around New...

| Year published: 2023 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text:

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Perceptions of the effectiveness of feedback: School leaders’ perspectives

Feedback on students’ written assignments has been deemed critical for improvement. Although teachers’ and students’ views on feedback have been examined, school leaders’ perceptions of what...

| Year published: 2013 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Assessment Matters article

Working towards wellbeing rests on whanaungatanga and partnerships

The education system is in a period of significant change. Wellbeing is an increasing priority as schools reintegrate students after COVID-19 lockdowns and climate-related disasters. A large-scale...