NZCER were commissioned by Ministry of Social Development to analyse data from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort of over 5,000 mothers. We used data from when children were in their final months at an early learning service (ELS), and after their first year at school, to identify variables which were indicative of strong partnerships.

The report gives a national picture of maternal views of some aspects of parent-educator ...

Investigating how climate change connects with the places we live, learn, and work can inspire climate solutions based on localised thinking. Connecting culture to place highlights opportunities for culturally-sustaining climate responses. This briefing is part of a series. Other topics include:

• Climate change: What can schools do?
• Learning and career pathways for a low-carbon future
• Leadership and school-wide climate response
• Climate justice: Why does it matter?

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This briefing discusses education's role in supporting and inspiring learners on career pathways to a low-carbon future. This briefing is part of a series. Other topics include:

• Climate change: What can schools do?
• Leadership and school-wide climate responses
• Connecting climate change with place and culture
• Climate justice: Why does it matter?

Download the briefing from the link below. You can find additional reports and articles on our climate project page.

School leadership, and school-wide approaches, play a key role in effective climate change response. These ideas will also be useful for early learning centres, tertiary education settings, and community learning spaces. This briefing is part of a series. Other topics include:

• Climate change: What can schools do?
• Learning and career pathways for a low-carbon future
• Connecting climate change with place and culture
• Climate justice: Why does it matter?

Download the ...

What can schools do about climate change? This briefing provides some starting point suggestions for schools, based on our research into systemic educational response to climate change. These ideas will also be useful for early learning centres, tertiary education settings, and community learning space. This briefing is part of a series. Other topics include:

• Leadership and school-wide responses
• Learning and career pathways for a low-carbon future
• Connecting climate change with ...

He rangahau i whakaritea mā Te Mātāwai, e Te Wāhanga - Te Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa, i te tau 2019

I tonoa Te Wāhanga—Te Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa e Te Mātāwai, ki te whakahaere i tētahi arotakenga tuhituhi, hei tautuhi i ngā whakaritenga papai e pā ana ki te whakarauoratanga reo i te taumata tonu o te pū harakeke (arā, o te whānau me ngā hapori), me te whakarato ...

A report prepared for Te Mātāwai by Te Wāhanga–New Zealand Council for Educational Research l NZCER, 2018.

Te Mātāwai commissioned Te Wāhanga—NZCER to collect information to create an evidence base of Māori-language revitalisation efforts happening in homes and communities.

A bilingual online survey was the primary means used to collect information about Māori-language revitalisation activities that happened in 2016 or 2017 including wānanga reo, meet-ups for coffee and kōrero ...

How are  secondary schools responding to climate change?

In 2020 we surveyed a sample of English-medium secondary schools to find out how climate change and sustainability feature in classroom teaching and learning, and whole-school practices.

The findings suggest that whole-school approaches and responses to climate change and sustainability—advocated for in the international literature—are not common in secondary schools. While students in most schools have learning opportunities relating to climate change ...

How can education in Aotearoa New Zealand respond to climate change?

This report, part of our wider education and climate change project, outlines findings from 17 in-depth interviews with individuals with a range of viewpoints about climate change and the role of education. Five priority perspectives are covered: youth (aged 16–25); educators; Māori; Pacific New Zealanders; and people with an academic, education system, or policy perspective. 

Key findings are: 

• Education offers an important opportunity for diverse children and young people to engage in positive, solutions-focused climate learning and action.  
• Interviewees shared local examples ...

The ELP is designed to provide a robust picture of how school’s teachers perceive the effectiveness of the school’s educational leadership to in key aspects that are most likely to have an impact on teaching and learning.

It covers nine key aspect scales of school educational leadership:

• Goal Setting
• Strategic Resourcing
• Curriculum Quality
• Quality of Teaching
• Promoting and Participating in Teacher Learning and Development (Teacher Learning)
• Safe and Orderly Environment
• Educationally Powerful ...