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The booklet developed by the Mangere Home and School Project to help parents help their own children.
| Year published: 1979 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article This is one teacher’s story of how connecting her science teaching to the cultural background of her Māori students increased their motivation and enthusiasm. By linking a topic on forest ecology...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article These days, everyone has a mobile phone, even if they might not have a landline. Vardon School recognised the potential for texting to be an effective way to give parents regular feedback on their...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Many students in an Auckland primary school were able to decode adequately, but still had difficulty in understanding what they read. A modified reciprocal reading programme was shown to improve...
| Year published: 2004 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Kaupapa Māori principles have the power to transform the educational experience of Māori students in mainstream classrooms. For example, tino rangatiratanga requires both children and parents to...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Classroom teachers report on their success with the Māori version of the highly proclaimed Pause Prompt Praise reading tutoring programme. In a surprise result, student tutors improved their reading...
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Ngā Kete Kōrero (The Language Baskets), a national research study commissioned by the Ministry of Māori Development Te Puni Kōkiri in 1993, has provided comprehensive information about the...
| Year published: 2001 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article When a teacher let her Years 4 and 5 class chose their own science topic to study, they settled on—what else?—farting. This article shows how letting students pursue their own interests led them to...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article When their funds of knowledge and experiences from home and the community are connected to their school learning, students' learning is supported. In this study teachers used "home learning books" to...
| Year published: 2011 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article