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Author(s): John Huria
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Author(s): Shona Waterhouse

Currently it is not mandatory for New Zealand high schools to have written policies on how they will respond to their pregnant and mothering students, despite education being a crucial factor in...

Author(s): Louise Turner and Laura Tse

Summer learning loss suggests that that students’ learning achievement drops over the summer holidays when they are not at school, especially those from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The purpose...

Author(s): Tracy Riley, Carola Sampson, Vanessa White, Janna Wardman, and Deborah Walker

Gifted students are often grouped by ability, across a continuum of inclusive education provisions, in order to facilitate learning with like-minded peers. The literature on like-mindedness is...

Author(s): Manu Faaea-Semeatu

The current schooling system finds it difficult to truly engage Pasifika learners and bring out their inner giftedness. While Pasifika giftedness is recognised by Pasifika parents, families, and...

Author(s): Nadine Ballam

Competition appears to have become increasingly discouraged in educational settings in New Zealand in recent years, with a push towards “protecting” our children from being constantly compared...

Author(s): Delia Baskerville and Dayle Anderson

This article describes findings from a study concerning students’ experiences of being in-role as atmospheric scientists and discusses how these experiences facilitated learning about the Nature...

Author(s): Susan Arrowsmith and Bronwyn E. Wood

An integrated curriculum has not been a strong tradition within secondary schools. However, since the promotion of curriculum integration in the 2007 New Zealand curriculum, a growing number of...

Author(s): Sandy Robbins and Rosemary Hipkins

The science education team at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) has designed two new online student surveys, one for Years 0–4 and one for Years 5–10. They have just been...

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