NZCER is conducting online surveys to explore perceptions and use of generative AI in New Zealand primary schools. We are ...

Effective Leadership in Early Childhood Services and Primary School Education in Aotearoa New Zealand offers a collection of chapters examining effective leadership within specific contexts or sectors ...

Building a future-oriented science education system in New Zealand: How are we doing? Research publication 2013 Building a science curriculum with an effective nature of science component Research ...

Capabilities for living and lifelong learning: What's science got to do with it? Research publication 2015 Rethinking professional learning and development in primary science Research publication 2014 ...

The importance of high expectations is widely recognised in Aotearoa New Zealand. Although much is known about the importance of teacher expectations, far less attention has been paid to the concept ...

In-service training for drug education front line professionals, and that includes teachers, has been greatly assisted by the publication of this material. What it is and how to get it.

This article examines the different outcomes that have emerged in the framing of knowledge for senior secondary school subjects through the process of aligning curriculum and assessment. By tracing ...

The aim of this project is to explore early literacy practices in family homes and diverse early childhood education (ECE) settings for children aged 2-5 years. Specifically, we want to build a ...

Traditional sole-teacher classrooms are being replaced by large, open, flexible learning environments in New Zealand schools. Teacher collaboration within these shared teaching and learning spaces ...

What makes one student successful in his or her first year of university study, and another struggle or fail? First year students were followed, questioned, and the results point to things both the ...

The quality of early childhood education and care fundamentally depends on teachers’ wise practice. However, the environments in which that education and care occur can influence, inform, and shape ...

Will today’s curriculum prepare secondary school students for life in the 21st century? Rachel Bolstad and Jane Gilbert propose radical new models for schooling that challenge long-held ideas about ...