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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"New Zealand Primary schools"”.
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Investigating children's participation in decision-making in New Zealand primary schools: Participation, pathways and potential.
… small body of research or literature focuses on primary school children’s participation in decision-making and there appears to be little published in the New Zealand context. This thesis addresses this knowledge gap by examining children’s participation in decision-making in two New Zealand …
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Exploring the beliefs and practices of first year teachers of literacy in New Zealand primary schools
… challenges for first-year teachers at the primary level as they strive to address the diverse social and cultural backgrounds of their students, the requirements of educational policy and the demands of national assessment regimes. This journey is further complicated by the need to develop …
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Exploring teacher transition in New Zealand primary schools: The impact of changing class levels on teacher professional learning
… from teaching in one class level to another in New Zealand primary schools. Of particular interest is learning more about how teachers’ perceptions of transition are developed, the outcomes that are generated for them and other stakeholders, how teachers negotiate transition, and the role of …
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Evaluation of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers in New Zealand
… to be confident and competent to deliver EE in schools. This study sought to examine the preparedness of PSTs to teach EE in New Zealand primary schools, after completing a compulsory EE paper in their first year of a three-year teacher education programme, in a New Zealand public university. …
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Statutory intervention: perceptions of New Zealand primary school principals and their experiences
Each year, a small number of New Zealand schools are identified as underperforming and require external leadership assistance, usually from the Ministry of Education. This support is implemented through a statutory intervention mechanism aimed to address underpinning issues such as governance and …
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Working in Wonderland: Teachers’ Reactions to Innovative Learning Environments
… educational systems to undertake major changes. Schools in New Zealand, Australia and abroad are being pushed to transition from traditional models of teaching and learning to Innovative Learning Environments (ILEs). For this change to occur, many classroom teachers will need to adapt how, where …
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Judging What They Do: Formal, Informal, and Self Appraisal of New Zealand (Rural) Primary School Principals
As in other western market economies, New Zealand government education policy reflects neoliberal economic thinking, neo-conservative ideals and practices of an audit culture. New Zealand’s self-managing schools’ policy, introduced in 1989, changed significantly the complexity of school principals’ …