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Associate Professor, school of educational studies, massey university j.a.clark@massey.ac.nz The Metro article on ‘Best schools in Auckland’ (Wilson level of thinking to embrace more intrinsic academic values 2012) is a timely reminder of some of the dangers of constructing such as a love of learning, the ability to challenge conventional and using league tables to […]
In 2008–2009 I conducted doctoral research into how students about seventy transcribed thirty minute interviews. The ten renegotiate their membership of the school following a stand- students attended a range of schools from area, intermediate, down event. The study investigated the six months following year 7–13 and full secondary. Most of the students were rural […]
Reading Recovery and Beyond James W. Chapman and Keith T. Greaney Massey University Institute of Education When Reading Recovery (RR) was introduced throughout New Zealand in the mid-1980s it was seen as an innovative programme. It forms a significant part of the literacy fabric in around two-thirds of New Zealand primary schools. Criticism of the programme […]
Does New Zealand Have a Long Tail of School Underachievement? Getting to the Truth of the Matter A/Prof John Clark School of Educational Studies, Massey University, Palmerston North – j.a.clark@massey.ac.nz Politicians, policy makers, teachers and academics alike often make reference to New Zealand having a long tail of school underachievement. For example, the ACT party […]
WHAT CAN PISA TELL US ABOUT NC Warwick B. Elley Summary This article outlines some implications of the latest PISA surveys for New Zealand education. Firstly, it explains why we need to take note of the PISA scores, in the face of numerous criticisms. Next, it identifies a clear pattern in the results. All nations […]
SHOULD WE USE COGNITIVE ENHANCERS TO RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT? A CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL Associate Professor John A Clark School of Educational Studies, Massey University, Palmerston North – j.a.clark@massey.ac.nz According to the American Academy of Child and fix this vexing problem. To be taken with a free school breakfast Adolescent Psychiatry, “There is evidence that the use […]
Enacting High Expectations for all Students Dr Christine Rubie-Davies PhD, Associate Professor, School of Learning Development & Professional Practice Teacher Expectation and Student Achievement Teacher Expectation and Student Achievement We frequently hear cries from policy makers and those within the Ministry of Education that teachers need to have high expectations for all their students. This implies […]
An Update A/Prof John Clark School of Educational Studies, Massey University, Palmerston North The September 2013 issue of the New Zealand Principal published my article on ‘Should we use cognitive enhancers to raise student achievement’. This was a controversial proposal and may have drawn the response, ‘No thanks’. In some ways, this would be a […]
Teachers Do Not Have the Greatest Within-School Impact on Student Achievement A/Prof John Clark School of Educational Studies, Massey University, Palmerston North – j.a.clark@massey.ac.nz There is a widely held view that teachers have the greatest watching what a child is performing in physical education. At the within-school impact on student achievement. It is an idea […]
“Schools are the first port of call for gifted education in What’s Happening for Gifted Students in New Zealand New Zealand and should be offering the most comprehensive Schools? approaches to meeting the needs of gifted learners,” says Dr Research conducted just over a decade ago (Riley, Bevan-Brown, Tracy Riley, Associate Professor at Massey University […]
NZ Leads the World in Goal P Eileen Piggot-Irvine Formerly Director NZ Principal and Leadership Centre Currently Professor of Leadership in Canada but from August on half in Canada: half NZ I have quoted in my recent book (Piggot-Irvine, 2015) that despite the strong rationale for goal pursuit in schools provided by many authors, Conzemius and […]
School of Educational Studies, Massey University, Palmerston North Newspapers and popular magazines regularly publish the brain and its influence on school achievement. So, if we are to items about the brain and what we can do to maximise our gain a deeper appreciation of how school achievement relates to cognitive ability. Often these are directed […]
