The role and place of Māori people as the indigenous people of this land has influenced the culturally centred development of evaluation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Within this article the cultural value ...

Lifting student attendance, as well as understanding the drivers for non-attendance through data, are government priorities ...

Children’s citizenship in early childhood education and care is the root of democracy, equity, and sustainability. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Whāriki has a strong aspiration for children as competent ...

Kaupapa Māori principals have the power to transform the educational experience of Māori students in mainstream classrooms. For example, 'tino rangatiratanga' requires both children and parents to be ...

A growing number of 2 year olds are now attending early childhood education (ECE) services nationally and internationally. However, New Zealand has been slow to address the specialist provision and ...

New Zealand's new school curriculum, which will become mandatory from 2010, will require schools to offer a second-language programme as a curriculum entitlement for students in Years 7-10. This ...

This article considers the potential of the recently “refreshed” Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood curriculum Te Whāriki, focusing on how the document responds to three serious concerns: the ...

All workers in New Zealand can expect to have their rights to health implemented in their workplaces. For early childhood teachers, health risks extend to the children they care for, as well as their ...

This study, conducted in partnership with Hutt City Kindergartens, explores story sharing - a critical aspect of early literacy development. We studied the naturalistic story interactions of tamariki ...

This article analyses research literature and policy texts to investigate the extent to which culturally responsive education policies can improve Māori achievement in schools. It presents a snapshot ...

Teachers’ pedagogical knowledge is often evident in mantra-like phrases that act as shortcut explanations for professional actions, or as principles of practice. Five key mantras for good practice in ...

Real improvement cannot come from anywhere other than within schools themselves. Within is a complex web of values and beliefs, norms, social and power relationships and emotions. Changing schools is ...