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Secondary principals’ perspectives from the 2025 national survey Uiuinga ā-Motu o ngā Kura

This first report from the 2025 National Survey of Secondary Schools provides a snapshot of secondary principals' ...
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NZCER expands PAT Tuhituhi | Writing to Year 3-4 – paper-based and free for Term 3!

The New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) is pleased to announce the launch of PAT Tuhituhi Te Pihinga – a ...
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Hei whakaarotanga: Engaging with models of health and wellbeing that draw on mātauranga Māori

How can schools and organisations in Aotearoa measure wellbeing? And how can models of health and wellbeing that draw on mātauranga Māori help them do this? Hei whakaarotanga: Engaging with models of ...
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Assessment of student teachers on practicum: Building and promoting self-regulatory practices

The role the visiting lecturer plays in promoting and supporting student teacher learning on practicum is an important one in initial teacher education (ITE). The practicum experience is a challenging ...
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Marae ā-kura: Tracing the birth of marae in schools

Marae a-kura (school marae) have been part of the New Zealand educational landscape for nearly 30 years. Marae a-kura began amidst the wider kaupapa of cultural regeneration; they are also a response ...
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Elwyn Richardson and the early world of creative education in New Zealand

From a one-roomed school in the remote Far North of New Zealand, Elwyn Richardson became a radical and internationally-renowned teacher. This is his story and it is as inspirational and timely for ...