If this book were a film, it would be rated M—with a caution that "some viewers may be disturbed by some scenes." In Catching the Knowledge Wave? Jane Gilbert takes apart many long-held ideas about ...

We have been receiving a number of questions this past week regarding the future of the Progressive Achievement Tests (PATs), so I'd like to take a moment to clarify our position. NZCER is the ...

This report looks at the role of digital technologies for learning in primary and intermediate schools. The report draws on data from the NZCER National Survey of Primary and Intermediate Schools, ...

•&&Relationships and interactions between teachers and students in the classroom are key to effective teaching of Māori students. •&&Effective teachers take a positive, nondeficit view of Māori ...

Student-centred curriculum integration is inclusive and future focused, enabling students to develop the competencies, values, knowledge, skills, and understandings espoused in The New Zealand ...

This report examines students’ attitudes towards science in Years 7 and 8, and looks at what it might mean for their interest and engagement with science in their later years of schooling. It was ...

This is the first thematic report from the NZCER National Survey of Primary and Intermediate Schools 2016 and explores the involvement of schools in the new Communities of Learning (CoL). The survey ...

Working theories form an overarching learning outcome interdependent with learning dispositions in Te Whāriki. Working theories encompass children’s embodied, communicative, and social efforts to ...

The national COVID-19 lockdown during school Term 1 and continuing in Term 2 2020, provided a unique context to investigate children’s experiences of informal, everyday learning in their household ...

Children enjoy play fighting and wrestling together. Rough and tumble play is common from pre-school years on. Does it lead on to violence? How can you tell it from fighting? Does it change as ...

Policy, research, and literature provide insights into pedagogies effective for Māori students. He Kakano, a professional learning and development project, aimed to empower Māori students to achieve ...

Early childhood curricula are designed to provide young children with a range of experiences and interactions in order to grow their knowledge, skills, and dispositions for learning. New Zealand early ...