Research and publications

This area includes links to mainly New Zealand research and publications which have particular relevance to teachers and other professionals.

New Zealand universities and research organisations are major contributors to the national research community. All schools have access to the EPIC database which provides access to major education research databases where this material can be found.

• Assessment

  Research pertaining to assessment, including a range of reports from classroom-based research, can be accessed through this area.

• Best Evidence Synthesis (BES)

  The Best Evidence Synthesis iterations are a collaborative knowledge-building strategy designed to strengthen the evidence base that informs education policy and practice in New Zealand.

• Education Counts

  For information to do with educational statistics and research in New Zealand. Education Counts is a first point of contact for information relating to education in New Zealand.

• Education Counts: Publications

  This link to the Education Counts website provides access to a large number of Ministry research publications and publications with a data or quantitative information focus. These include areas such as schooling statistics, curriculum publications, and a literature review and synthesis of online communities of practice.

• Education Counts: Research

  For information about research and evaluation work undertaken and commissioned by the Ministry of Education, visit this area on Education Counts.

• Education Review Office (ERO)

  ERO publishes national reports on current education practice.

• Evaluation of the Senior Subject Adviser Pilot Initiative 2007

  This report is an evaluation of the Senior Subject Adviser (SSA) Pilot which operated in 2007. The SSA Pilot initiative ran from 22 January to 22 December 2007.

• Information and communication technologies (ICT)

  Visit this area for information about current ICT research and evaluation work being undertaken and commissioned by the Ministry of Education, and international links.

• Literacy and numeracy

  This area provides links to research that has informed the Ministry's Literacy and Numeracy strategy, and evaluations of programmes that have operated under the strategy.

• Media studies

  The links to current research about pedagogy and research about different aspects of media studies education.

• Ministry of Education

  This area provides access to published research on education issues.

• New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE)

  NZARE aims to foster excellence in educational research in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

• New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)

  NZCER is an independent, educational research organisation that provides educators, students, parents, policy makers, and the public with research, analysis, and advice.

• New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) – References

  This links to an extensive list of online references which informed the development, and supports the implementation, of the New Zealand Curriculum.

• Pānui/Publications in Māori education

  For publications in Māori education, visit this area on the Ministry of Education website.

• Te Kauhua Māori in Mainstream

  Report and findings from Te Kauhua project. This project explored professional development approaches that would enable teachers to improve outcomes for Māori students and work more effectively with Māori whānau.

• Te Kotahitanga

  Reports from Te Kotahitanga project, which sought to investigate how to improve the educational achievement of Māori students in mainstream secondary school classrooms, are found here.

• Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI)

  TLRI aims to build knowledge through partnership research about teaching and learning.

• Technology

  An area where teachers and technology practitioners can access research, keynote addresses, and other pages on the teaching and learning of technology.

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