New Zealand
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Health & Safety
The psychology of lockdown suggests sticking to rules gets harder the longer it continues
New Zealanders will eventually emerge from the level 4 lockdown, but it may be into a brave new world. It’s…
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Education
Why it’s time for New Zealanders to learn more about their own country’s history
Each generation reinterprets the same facts, remembers new ones and forgets others. Teaching history at school, even to primary school…
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Administration
Curriculum design model attracts global interest
A new curriculum design model developed by the Knowledge and Education Research Unit (KERU) created considerable interest in Europe following…
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Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom
Volcanic delights for virtual field trippers
Thousands of New Zealand students are taking a peek into active volcanic craters without having to leave the safety of…
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Events
Funding returns for gifted learners
“As a nation we are famously comfortable with the promotion of sporting and performance arts prowess, however when it comes…
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Administration
What do I say? “Dead, dying, death.”
We received all your questions, so let’s talk about student suicide: how to respond, how to prevent and how to…
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Education
Proud Auckland principal as student tops New Zealand
"He gives his time freely, tutoring younger students at lunchtime, too. He really is an all-round high achiever," said principal…
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Education
Why aren’t we teaching NZ history?
The History Teachers' Association claims we lag behind most other countries in one particular aspect: we do not, in any…
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Education
More than half of mental disorders begin in teenage years
We have the highest youth suicide rate in the world, with numbers continuing to rise in recent years. What should…
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Administration
STRIKE DAY: first educators’ strike in 24 years
29,000 primary teachers, principals and their supporters take to the streets in public events
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