Education resource award finalists announced

Finalists in awards for outstanding education resource providers have been announced.

The New Zealand Content Counts Education Awards are designed to celebrate the quality and diversity of educational resources released in the past year by New Zealand companies.

While determining the finalists, the judges recognised the energy and effort invested by our local publishers into developing resources that support our teachers in their classroom. The judges further praised all entries for their usefulness in the classroom supporting teachers in their work.

This year’s finalists are:

Best Resource in Primary

• NZ Curriculum Mathematics – Connecting All Strands – Level 3B, Maryanne Tipler and contributing authors Susan Timperley and Jenny Holland, Caxton Education Ltd
  
• Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists. Issue 1, Issue 2, Special Anzac Issue, various authors, Editor – Charlotte Gibbs, Toitoi Media Ltd
• LEARNZ – virtual field trips, CORE Education

Best Resource in Secondary

• LEMMA: Mathematics tasks that promote higher order thinking, Caroline Yoon, NZCER Press
• Treaty of Waitangi – Te Tiriti O Waitangi Level 5 Learning, FJ Gibson, ESA Publication (NZ) Ltd
• Geography in focus: Teaching and learning in issues-based classrooms, Mike Taylor, NZCER Press

Best Resource in Te Reo Māori

• Whanau Fun Day on the Train, Auckland Transport, Kiwa Digital Ltd
• Te Huakore Te Muna O Te Whatu, Helen Pearse-Otene & Scotty Morrison (translation), Huia Publishers
• Hui E ! Term 1 2016, Various Authors, Huia Publishers
• Hu Kupu I Kore (board game and application iOS/Android), CORE Education Ltd
• Whakamiharo Mai, Rangi Matamua & Hemi Whaanga, Huia Publishers

Best Resource in Higher Education

• Coaching leadership: Building education leadership capacity through partnership (2nd ed.), Jan Robertson, NZCER Press
• Spectrum Disorder in Aotearoa New Zealand: Promising practices and interesting issues, Jill Bevan-Brown, NZCER Press
• Elwyn Richardson and the early world of creative education in New Zealand, Margaret MacDonald, NZCER Press

Best Resource for Export

• Key Links Poetry (USA), Jill Eggleton and Tracy Strudley, Global Education Systems
• Key links Afrikaans Language, Jill Eggleton and Tracy Strudley, Global Education Systems
• Key Words, Joy Cowley, Wendy Pye Publishing Ltd

Winners will be announced on Thursday, November 24.