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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 A group of Waikato University researchers watched as a Year 6 class experimented with Scratch, a child-oriented programming language. The software is designed for children to explore programming—it...
| Year published: 2009 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article This article focuses on planning as a strategy for enhancing teacher pedagogical content knowledge.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Here, the focus is on ways to build continuity, coherence, and connections in learning over time.
| Year published: 2008 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article This article illustrates the potential of using multiple means to help express and develop ideas.
| Year published: 2008 | 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