set 2007: no. 2

set 2007: no. 2

Set: Research Information for Teachers is constantly evolving as we bring you articles that address contemporary issues in education and touch on the areas that concern you. We are committed to making new research accessible to you. This commitment is shared by our authors who see set as one of their key means of making their findings available to teachers.

A series in which we ask a leading researcher to distil three key ideas from their work over the years.

Anne Smith has whipped across the Tasman to look after sick grandchildren in Melbourne when set catches up with her. The practical and personal has always been right up there, informing her research into children’s issues and her strong advocacy on their behalf. She is Emeritus Professor of the Children’s Issues Centre at the University of Otago, where she was director… Read more

Bullying of Years 5–8 students on the school bus is examined and strategies for prevention are suggested.

Out-of-school programmes for gifted and talented students in New Zealand were surveyed as a part of a continuum of approaches to meeting students' unique needs.

Students participated in a cross-discipline drama and visual-art research project based on a story of a young Cook Island girl making the transition from island life to living in Auckland. This article explores how drama can provide a rich sensory, emotional, and physical context that stimulates visual-art making.

A literacy project aimed to raise the reading achievement of Māori students was conducted using Ripene Āwhina ki te Pānui Pukapuka (RĀPP), a tape-assisted reading resource for students learning to read in te reo Māori.

Teachers in a Māori-medium immersion bilingual unit explored teaching Māori bilingual students how to transfer their literacy skills in their first language (English) to become literate in Māori.

A group of trainee teachers was surveyed to find out if there were gaps in their knowledge of key linguistic ideas for teaching reading and spelling, and if these could be reduced through lectures as part of their coursework.

It’s a great pleasure for me to launch The Hidden Lives of Learners, a book which distils and clearly expresses the fruits of Professor Graham Nuthall’s outstanding academic career.

Over half a century Graham Nuthall pioneered research into how students learn, how teachers teach, and what happens between a student and a teacher.

Graham realised how little we knew about what characterises good teaching and good learning. He looked at learning from students’… Read more

This is an account of Red Beach Primary School's experience in using the power of student voice to record development of the students as lifelong learners and to guide decision making.