This article explores how schools and educators can create learning environments that foster the innate mana of students. Mana is a concept that comes from a Māori worldview and refers to a person’s ...

This research report draws together findings from new data and more than 10 years of research on current practice and futures-thinking in education. It was commissioned by the Ministry of Education to ...

Learning about controversial historical issues is an essential feature of citizenship education in democratic societies, but in New Zealand, the high-autonomy national curriculum leaves it up to ...

Aotearoa New Zealand is experiencing a rise in challenging student behaviour in classrooms. Managing such behaviour has become one of the most demanding aspects of teachers’ work, and is frequently ...

Janine Simpson is NZCER's Kaituki Ratonga Aromatawai | Team Lead Assessment Services. She has worked in primary education as a classroom teacher, school leader, and mathematics facilitator. Learning ...

Multiple motivation factors work together to influence how students learn and achieve. Motivation can be enhanced by instruction that supports learning-related expectancies of success and strengthens ...

From 2005?8 Mangere Bridge Kindergarten carried out a Centre of Innovation research project exploring the transition between early childhood education and school. Three teacher researchers, supported ...

Alcock, S., & Haggerty, M. (2013). Recent policy developments and the “schoolification” of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Early ...

This year, the Ministry of Education expects schools to include five common components in reporting to parents and whānau. These are: Progress Descriptors for reading, writing and maths a visual ...

Emergent learning refers to the unplanned and unexpected learning that can occur through student engagement with complex curricular tasks. In this article, we explore expanded conceptions and ...

Freire, P. (1974). The banking concept in education. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 1. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.1476 ...