pedagogy

Industry voices

Sarah Te OneTuesday, March 10, 2020
849

Children’s agency, a champion, and a model for advocacy

There is unprecedented interest in two big ideas: child agency and child voice. What facilitates a rights-based learning setting? What…
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Teachers' Desk

School NewsTuesday, March 10, 2020
340

You can do it! A ‘growth mindset’ helps us learn

When I teach, in both schools and university, I encourage students at the end of a teaching session to identify…
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News

School NewsTuesday, January 28, 2020
641

How a year of trying to buy nothing made me a smarter shopper and a better teacher

It started as a New Year’s resolution driven by guilt and a touch of sibling rivalry – but by the…
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Op-ed

School NewsTuesday, January 21, 2020
848

Knowledge is a process of discovery: how constructivism changed education

Constructivism is an education philosophy, not a learning method. So while it encourages students to take more ownership of their…
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Education

School NewsTuesday, January 21, 2020
589

I had an idea in the 1980s and to my surprise, it changed education around the world

Explicit guidance and feedback from teachers is more effective in teaching students new content and skills than letting them discover…
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Education

CORE EducationTuesday, November 26, 2019
540

Voices from the Pacific – Lost in translation

What role as educators do we have in acknowledging the culture of our learners?
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Education

CORE EducationMonday, November 18, 2019
479

Zero budget gamification of online learning

I suggest that gamification is not only about points, leaderboards, and badges. It may simply be about the language we…
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Education

CORE EducationMonday, November 4, 2019
356

Appreciative inquiry: Searching for the best in people

The cycle of appreciative inquiry supports the individual/team/organisation to discover what strengths, talents and positives already exist and build upon…
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News

Ministry of EducationTuesday, April 2, 2019
726

Self-directed play inspires rich learning

“Play that is open-ended nurtures so much more of a child’s holistic learning than instructional, teacher-driven activity for this age…
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Administration

Derek WenmothTuesday, December 4, 2018
1 838

If you don’t lead with small data, you’ll be led by Big Data

Pasi’s key warning here is “Don’t confuse correlation with causation”. Just because the data can be construed to reveal certain…
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The global research on education effectiveness is now stronger than ever, with more than 1.5 million books and articles on how to teach, how to manage schools, how to design curricula, and how to progress students best in their learning. Good times indeed.
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STAEDTLER NZ Artists of the Year Competition

STAEDTLER have been part of Kiwis lives for over 60 years, providing the educational & creative tools children are using to build their skills across many disciplines.
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Making User Friendly Resources even more user friendly!

As teachers we know the scenario. You’re looking for more material on a subject so you can give your students a better understanding of a topic you’re teaching.
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Prioritising wellbeing with Pause Breathe Smile

The last two years have tested students and teachers alike. Now it is more important than ever to prioritise staff wellbeing, children wellbeing AND our own personal wellbeing.
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From curious to empowered: A teacher’s journey to her Masters

Jamie Leckie is a New Entrants Teacher at Coromandel Area School, and completed The Mind Lab’s Postgraduate Certificate in Digital & Collaborative Learning, then continued on with her Master of Contemporary Education.
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Samsung Solve for Tomorrow – Back to inspire more Kiwi kids to change the world for good

Many Kiwis have a desire to change the world in some way. Whether it’s a little thing like picking a piece of plastic out of the ocean, or in a big way, like increasing equality, protecting the environment against climate change or even curing cancer.
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SALTO leads the way in electronic access control

Security is a high priority for schools. They have a duty of care to provide a safe working and learning environment for staff and students and need to protect valuable school assets, such as IT and sports equipment…
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Celebrating 30 years of creating exceptional sportsfields and green spaces

As New Zealand’s largest parks and turf management specialists, Recreational Services are proudly responsible for more than 11,299 parks and reserves across the Aotearoa landscape today.
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Dee Dawson
No, entries can be both through the school or an individual....
Margaret Huria
Does this competition have to be entered through the school...
Bridget Lamphee
Yes as long as it included all Education collectives and not...
Hilton Ayrey
I get nervous when I hear these sorts of comments ... “Unive...
Trudy Pankhurst
I would like to know if the 1 year teacher programmes coinci...
Lala
I totally agree. There is so much to learn and apply. I am p...
Bruce McDonald
Although these sentiments are welcome, our system needs to m...
campbell ngata
why has it taken so long to do anything about it? ask any ma...
Raiha Huata
Kia ora mai rā, Do you have any STEM programmes which are in...
Rana Huata
Very keen on learning about STEM...