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Education
Thinking differently: distance learning in senior primary
As you design a virtual home programme consider whether there is an appropriate balance of screen and non-screen time. On…
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Education
5 ways to keep human connections when moving learning online due to coronavirus
It’s not realistic to think that instructors can rejig their face-to-face course into a fully robust online format in a…
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News
Answering questions about coronavirus? Here’s an expert round-up
What is it? Should schools close? How are other countries responding? What strategies are working? We share a round-up of…
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Teachers' Desk
You can do it! A ‘growth mindset’ helps us learn
When I teach, in both schools and university, I encourage students at the end of a teaching session to identify…
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Education
Neurodiverse learners need better equipped teachers
Our society is weakened by its neglect of neurodiverse learners.
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Education
“It ain’t what you do, it’s the way you do it.” Well, both”
So far, so good. But one thing we know from the initial introduction of NCEA, and from the 1990s and…
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Education
Teachers hope to end “near death” of arts in school
Visual arts, music, dance and drama, the life blood of a creative education have been systematically dismantled from schools.
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News
How to implement new digital technologies content
MoE shares its new "model process of steps for schools to follow in implementing the digital technologies curriculum content".
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News
How a year of trying to buy nothing made me a smarter shopper and a better teacher
It started as a New Year’s resolution driven by guilt and a touch of sibling rivalry – but by the…
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Administration
Where is the funding for support staff pay rise?
Schools are anxious about how they can afford the new rates and have called on the Ministry of Education to…
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Education
I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world
Explicit guidance and feedback from teachers is more effective in teaching students new content and skills than letting them discover…
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Teachers' Desk
Teacher-led research set to improve learner outcomes with $1.7 million
Projects explore mana as a wellbeing contributor, investigate the Digital Technologies curriculum, enhance Māori engagement through pedagogy, explore the relationship…
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Education
Op-Ed: How LGBT+ students can thrive at school
Bullying, and the stress it produces, is linked to the overall higher rates of mental health issues
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Industry Voices
Teacher aides welcome pay equity negotiations
"These negotiations will give us the opportunity to build on the offer last week of a Living Wage as the…
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Education
Voices from the Pacific – Lost in translation
What role as educators do we have in acknowledging the culture of our learners?
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Administration
Celebrating men in teaching
For every three female school teachers, there’s only one male teacher, and less than 5 percent of early childhood teachers…
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News
Case study: Cutting technology at Auroa School
“Our DPE program is based around the concept of reverse engineering, where we provide students with a variety of projects…
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Industry Voices
Future-proofing new leaders: overseas tour magic
To explore what tours are now possible and uncover how far ahead schools should plan, we interviewed two...
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Industry Voices
One teacher at a time – overcoming a crisis in STEM
Year 8 teacher Tina McKenzie has taught 12-year olds how to extract DNA from a tomato and how craft can…
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News
Why it’s important to teach the teachers
The government has long championed the idea of shaping teacher development to ensure it benefits students across priority learning areas...
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Education
More work needed on workload to fix teacher shortage
There is still likely to be a shortfall of 1,020 teachers in 2020
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News
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News
Curriculum design model attracts global interest
A new curriculum design model developed by the Knowledge and Education Research Unit (KERU) created considerable interest in Europe following…
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Education
MoE clarifies focus on digital technologies in schools
In her latest statement, Deputy Secretary Early Learning and Student Achievement Ellen MacGregor-Reid tried to clarify the MoE's position on…
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Education
Birthdates impact NCEA results for levels 1, 2, and 3
The finding is unique to New Zealand where primary school attendance typically starts as soon as a child turns five…
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