Reports :: University of Waikato

Art of the matter the development and extension of ways of knowing in the arts: Summary

Authors: Deborah Fraser, Clare Henderson & Graham Price
Date Published: 2007
Project:

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Augmenting primary teaching and learning science through ICT

Authors: Kathrin Otrel-Cass, Bronwen Cowie & Elaine Khoo
Date Published: 2011
Project: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/wmier/projects/sciantict

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Bilingual/Immersion Education: Indicators of Good Practice. Final Report to the Ministry of Education

Authors: Stephen May, Richard Hill and Sarah Tiakiwai
Date Published: 2004
Download this report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Bilingual/Immersion Education: Indicators of Good Practice. Final Report to the Ministry of Education (PDF - 3.4MB)

Classroom InSITE project Understanding classroom interactions to enhance teaching and learning in science and technology in Years 1–8: Summary

Authors: Brownen Cowie, Judy Moreland, Alister Jones & Kathrin Otrel-Cass
Date Published: 2008
Project: classroom-insite-project

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Core: a way to build pedagogical content knowledge for beginning teachers

Authors: Chris Eames, John Williams, Anne Hume & John Lockley
Date Published: 2011
Project: Promoting pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) development for early career secondary teachers

Download report from the TLRI website: Core: a way to build pedagogical content knowledge for beginning teachers (PDF - 211.82 KB)

Culturally responsive pedagogy and assessment in primary science classrooms: Whakamana tamariki

Authors: Cowie, B., Otrel-Cass, K., Glynn, T., & Kara, H. et al.
Date Published: 2011
Project: Linking culturally responsive teaching, learning and assessment to enhance the engagement of diverse students in primary science classroom

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Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies 2

Authors: Rosemary Hipkins, Bronwen Cowie, Sally Boyd, Paul Keown & Clive McGee
Date Published: 2011
Project: New Zealand Curriculum Exploratory Studies 2009 to 2010

Download the report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Curriculum Implementation Exploratory
Studies 2. Final Report to the Ministry of Education.

Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies

Authors: Bronwen Cowie, Rosemary Hipkins, Sally Boyd, Ally Bull, Paul Keown, Clive McGee, with Beverley Cooper, Jenny Ferrier-Kerr, Anne Hume, Anne McKim, Judy Moreland, Michele Morrison, Rachel Bolstad, Lorraine Spiller, Merilyn Taylor & Russell Yates
Date Published: 2009
Project: New Zealand Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies

Download the report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies. Final Report to the Ministry of Education.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

Authors: Clive McGee, Bronwen Cowie, Thelma Miller, Peggy Lee, Louise Milne, Kerry Earl, Ariana Donaghy & Alister Jones
Date Published: March, 2004
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Milestone 1: Report on national teacher focus groups

Authors: Clive McGee, Bronwen Cowie, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Thelma Miller & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: December, 2001
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Milestone 2: Report on the first round of questionnaires: General, Mathematics, Technology, Maori Medium

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver, Karen MacKenzie & Christina Cram
Date Published: December, 2001
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Milestone 3: Report on the development of the second round of questionnaires: English, Languages, Science and Social Studies

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver, Karen MacKenzie, Sarah Tiakiwai, Catherine Lang, Peggy Lee & Guy Spurr
Date Published: June, 2002
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Curriculum Implementation: English, Languages, Science and Social Studies

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow and Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: February, 2003
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Curriculum Implementation: General Curriculum, the Arts and Health and Physical Education

Authors: Clive McGee, Ann Harlow, Thelma Miller, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Alister Jones & Ariana Donaghy
Date Published: August, 2003
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Implementing Mathematics in the New Zealand National Curriculum

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: November, 2002
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Implementing Technology in the New Zealand National Curriculum

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Implementing the New Zealand National Curriculum

Authors: Clive McGee & Ariana Donaghy
Date Published: November 2002

Effective professional learning in physical activity

Authors: Kirsten Petrie, Alister Jones & Anne McKim
Date Published: March 2007
Project: Physical activity professional development evaluation

Download the report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Evaluative research on the impact of effective professional learning in curricular and co-curricular physical activity in primary schools. Report for the Ministry of Education, New Zealand. (PDF - 1.3MB)

Exploring eLearning practices across the disciplines in a university environment

Authors: E Marcia Johnson, Bronwen Cowie & Elaine Khoo
Date Published: June 2011
Project: Exploring e-learning practices across the disciplines in a university environment

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Great Expectations: Enhancing learning and strengthening teaching in primary schools with diverse student populations through action research: Final Report.

Authors: Mary Hill, Jan Robertson, Rachel Allan, Therese Bakker, Darryl Connelly, Maureen Grimes, Lesley Murrihy & Mike Sutton
Date Published: 2006
Project: Great Expectations: Enhancing learning and strengthening teaching in primary schools with diverse student populations through action research

Download report from the TLRI website: Great Expectations: Enhancing learning and strengthening teaching in primary schools with diverse student populations through action research: Final Report. (PDF - 617KB)

Impact of Covid-19 on the early childhood education sector in Aotearoa New Zealand: Challenges and opportunities. Initial findings from a survey of managers

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Implementing National Curriculum in Kura and Mainstream Units: Teachers' Experiences in Te Reo Maori, Pangarau and Across the Curriculum

Authors: Russell Bishop & Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
Date Published: November, 2002

Key learning competencies across place and time: Kimihia te ara totika, hei oranga mo to ao: Final Report

Authors: Margaret Carr, Sally Peters, Keryn Davis et al.
Date Published: 2008
Project: Key learning competencies across place and time

Download report from the TLRI website: Key learning competencies across place and time: Kimihia te ara totika, hei oranga mo to ao. Final Report. (PDF - 1.25MB)

LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika). Survey analysis: Quantitative dimensions (2005)

Authors: Stephen May, Johanne McCormish, Margaret Franken, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow and Ruth Kapoor
Date Published: February, 2005
Project: LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika)

The LEAP professional learning resource and associated reports can be accessed on the LEAP website located on Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) website.

LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika): Effective Language and Learning Strategies for Mainstream, Teaching Working with Bilingual Pasifika Students. Survey Analysis: Qualitative Dimensions

Authors: Stephen May, Johanne McCormish and Margaret Franken
Date Published: June, 2005
Project: LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika)

The LEAP professional learning resource and associated reports can be accessed on the LEAP website located on Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) website.

LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika): Literature Review

Authors: Margaret Franken, Stephen May & Johanne McCormish
Date Published: February, 2005
Project: LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika)

The LEAP professional learning resource and associated reports can be accessed on the LEAP website located on Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) website.

Learning wisdom: Young children and teachers recognising the learning

Authors: Margaret Carr, Wendy Lee (Educational Leadership Project) & the Early Years Wisdom Group
Date Published: 2011
Project: Learning Wisdom

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Literature Review: Transition from Early Childhood Education to School

Authors: Sally Peters
Date Published: 2010
Project: Literature review: Transition from early childhood education to school

Download report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Literature Review: Transition from Early Childhood Education to School. (PDF - 2.8MB)

Living in New Zealand: Congolese refugee families' aspirations for children and early childhood education

Authors: Linda Mitchell and Amondi Ouko
Date Published: August 2010

Locality-based evaluation of Pathways to the Future — Ngā Huarahi Arataki: Integrated report 2004, 2006 and 2009.

Authors: Linda Mitchell, Patricia Meagher-Lundberg, Diane Mara, Pam Cubey & Margaret Whitford
Date Published: 2011
Project: Evaluation of Pathways to the Future - Ngā Huarahi Arataki. A 10 year strategic plan for early childhood education

Download the report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Locality-based evaluation of Pathways to the Future — Ngā Huarahi Arataki: Integrated report 2004, 2006 and 2009. Report for the Ministry of Education, New Zealand. (PDF - 1.4MB)

Māori research ethics

Authors: Kiri Powick
Date Published: December 2002

Online Teaching and Learning: A study of teacher education students' experiences

Authors: Ariana Donaghy, Clive McGee, Bill Ussher & Russell Yates
Date Published: April 2003

Pasifika teachers in secondary education: Issues, possibilities and strategies.

Authors: Tony Brown, Nesta Devine, Elsie Leslie, Margaret Paiti, Emilie Sila'ila'i, Sandra Umaki & Jay Williams
Date Published: 2008
Project: Pasifika teachers in secondary education: Issues, possibilities and strategies

Download the report from the TLRI website: Pasifika teachers in secondary education: Issues, possibilities and strategies. (PDF - 441.11KB)

Primary Teacher Education for Graduates: Development and Review of the new programme

Authors: Clive McGee, Judith McGee, Clare Penlington & Debbie Oliver
Date Published: August, 2000

Research and development of classroom-based resources for bioethics education in New Zealand

Authors: Alister Jones, Anne McKim, Michael Reiss, Barbara Ryan, Cathy Buntting, Kathy Saunders, Rosemary De Luca & Lindsey O'Conner
Date Published: December 2007
Project: Bioethics education

Research on Learning, Curriculum and Teachers' Roles

Authors: Clive McGee & Clare Penlington
Date Published: 2000/2001

Review of Whanau Literacy Projects. Final Report to the Tertiary Education Commission

Authors: Stephen May, Richard Hill & Ariana Donaghy
Date Published: March, 2004

Science in the New Zealand Curriculum e-in-science

Authors: Cathy Buntting
Date Published: 2012
Project: Science in the New Zealand Curriculum

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Buntting, C. (2012). Science in the New Zealand Curriculum e-in-science - Milestone 2: Scoping the possibilities. Report commissioned by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research for the Ministry of Education. (PDF - 337.44KB)

Science in the New Zealand Curriculum: e-in-science

Authors: Cathy Buntting, Bill MacIntyre, Garry Falloon, Graeme Cosslet, & Mike Forret
Date Published: 2012
Project: Science in the New Zealand Curriculum

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Buntting, C. with MacIntyre, B., Falloon, G., Cosslett, G., & Forret, M. (2012). Science in the New Zealand Curriculum: e-in-science. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education. (PDF - 557.8KB)

Secondary Literacy Initiative Evaluation Project: Literacy Literature Review

Authors: Noeline Wright, John Smyth, Stephen May and David Whitehead
Date Published: December, 2003

Statistics is boring ... because it makes you think!

Authors: Sashi Sharma, Phil Doyle, Viney Shandil & Semisi Talakia'atu
Date Published: 2011
Project: Developing secondary school students' understanding of statistical literacy in a data analysis environment

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Strengthening responsive and reciprocal relationships in a whanau tangata centre: An action research project

Authors: Jeanette Clarken-Phillips & Margaret Carr
Date Published: 2009
Project: Strengthening responsive and reciprocal relationships in a whānau tangata centre: An action research project

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Survey of Kindergarten Provision: Results of a 2010 Survey of New Zealand Kindergartens Inc. Kindergarten Associations

Authors: Claire Davison, Linda Mitchell and Mira Peter
Date Published: December 2011
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Te Puawaitanga: Partnerships with tamariki and whanau in bicultural early childhood care and education: Final Report

Authors: Jenny Ritchie & Cheryl Rau
Date Published: 2008
Project: Te Puawaitanga – partnerships with tamariki and whānau in bicultural early childhood care and education

Download the report from the TLRI website: Te Puawaitanga: Partnerships with tamariki and whanau in bicultural early childhood care and education: Final Report. (PDF - 2.19MB)

Teachers' Experiences in Curriculum Implementation: General Curriculum, Mathematics and Technology

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver, Sarah Tiakiwai & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: April, 2002

Teaching & Learning in Cultural Diverse Early Childhood Settings

Authors: Linda Mitchell, Amanda Bateman, Amondi Ouko, Robyn Gerrity, Jacqui Lees, Karen Matata, Htwe Htwe Myint, Leanne Rapana, Amy Taunga, Wendy Xiao
Date Published: January 2015

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Teaching literature in the multicultural classroom

Authors: Terry Locke, Gail Cawkwell & Emilie Sila’ila’i with Alison Cleary, Willem de Beer, Sandy Harris, Elizabeth Lumby, David Riley, Janet Sturgess & Julie-Ann Thumath
Date Published: 2009
Project: Teaching literature in multicultural classrooms

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The impact of information and communication technology upon schools

Authors: Clive McGee, Ariana Donaghy & Russell Yates
Date Published: March 2004

The Ngahere Project

Authors: Janette Kelly and E. Jayne White
with Marion Dekker, Julie Donald, Kathryn Hart, Fiona McKay, Lynley McMillan, Amy Mitchell-King and Gill Wright
Date Published: 2013
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Transforming Disciplines: Emergent Learning and Threshold Concepts

Authors: Susan Groundwater-Smith
Date Published: December 2013
Download the report Transforming Disciplines: Emergent Learning and Threshold Concepts - Conference Report (PDF 1.5MB)

Transition to secondary school: Scoping the issues and research directions

Authors: Clive McGee, Richard Ward, Joan Gibbons & Ann Harlow
Date Published: July, 2002

Values in the New Zealand Curriculum: A Literature Review on Values in the Curriculum

Authors: Paul Keown, Lisa Parker & Sarah Tiakiwai
Date Published: July, 2005
Project: Values in the New Zealand curriculum

Download the report: Values in the New Zealand curriculum: A literature review on values in the curriculum. Report for the Ministry of Education, New Zealand. (PDF - 1.1MB)

Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in bicultural development in early childhood care and education: Final Report

Authors: Jenny Ritchie & Cheryl Rau
Date Published: 2006
Project: Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in Bicultural Development in Early Childhood Care and Education

Download report from the TLRI website: Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in bicultural development in early childhood care and education: Final Report. (PDF - 988.04KB)

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