Ka Hikitia in Action
Ka Hikitia in Action showcases the critical role parents, whānau and communities play in helping their children to learn. It illustrates that Māori educational success can be achieved when communities, iwi, schools, early learning centres, or the Ministry work in collaboration – mahi tahi.
If you are interested in teaching second language learning of three Asian languages you now have access to a $10 million contestable fund to support you. The three languages to be funded are Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Korean. To be considered for funding, you need to register your interest by 20 November, 2014. If the school is considered eligible, you will be invited to submit a proposal by late February next year.
Primary teachers have had to lump National Standards, a policy that has broad public support, although there remain the dangers of teachers teaching to tests at the expense of the development of learning and thinking and of important activities like art ...
A new school-based programme is in the process of being set up here by Victoria University's Accent Learning, which trains educators. The KiVa programme started in Finland, and has since been adapted for schools in the Netherlands, Wales, Italy, Estonia and Belgium - where there have been big reductions in the number of bullying incidents. One of the KiVA developers Professor Christina Salmivalli is in Wellington to train educators who to use and implement the anti bullying programme.
Ten secondary school students are being awarded nearly $40,000 each to study at the University of Waikato.
The Best 100 Science Experiments project aims to build up a bank of 100 teacher and student friendly experiments for the classroom. Last year's successful experiments are available to view and download from The Learning Hub at www.macdiarmid.ac.nz.
This October 22-24 the Maple T.A. User Summit in Amsterdam is being held, and online education will take centre stage. Discussions will revolve about trends and evolutions in e-learning, and the future of online testing and assessment will be a primary ...
The ENZ Regional Partnership Fund grant will enable the implementation of Grow Rotorua's Education Initiative which focuses on doubling the economic value of international education in the Rotorua district by 2019. This is in line with the government's ...
Helping teachers and children engage with science
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The Best 100 Science Experiments project aims to build up a bank of 100 teacher and student friendly experiments for the classroom. Last year's successful experiments are available to view and download from The Learning Hub at www.macdiarmid.ac.nz.
Campus nightmare: female students on the rise of sexual ...
“The privatisation of bits of higher education is a long-running trend that has gathered pace with student fees,” Phipps adds, “so the idea of student as customer has become the norm, and what that does is put students in ...Online education to be focus of Amsterdam summit
Techday NZThis October 22-24 the Maple T.A. User Summit in Amsterdam is being held, and online education will take centre stage. Discussions will revolve about trends and evolutions in e-learning, and the future of online testing and assessment will be a primary ...
$240000 grant to boost international education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The ENZ Regional Partnership Fund grant will enable the implementation of Grow Rotorua's Education Initiative which focuses on doubling the economic value of international education in the Rotorua district by 2019. This is in line with the government's ...
Marae-Based Learning Introduce Maori to Building Trad
A joint initiative launched this year by EIT and iwi is proving an unqualified success in providing Māori trades training on local marae. The first phase in the scheme – a 19-week, full-time, Level 2 construction programme which was based on Hastings’ ...
Making clear that it's serious about its foray into education software, Google has pushed out a set of enhancements for its Classroom app, barely two months after its release. The Classroom upgrade also comes a week after rival Microsoft launched a ...
Waitaki Boys' High School's commissioner has taken the first step towards resolving issues at the school. Nicola Hornsey, who visited the school on the day of her appointment to the role on October 10, will prepare a scoping report and action plan to ...
Serious allegations have been made by Toni Waho, a board member of the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust board against Tina Olsen-Ratana, the co-chair of the National Trust Board itself. In a statement of claim from Mr Waho presented in the High Court, ...
Waho fights for Te Kohanga Reo board spot
Google wastes no time refining Classroom
PCWorld.co.nzMaking clear that it's serious about its foray into education software, Google has pushed out a set of enhancements for its Classroom app, barely two months after its release. The Classroom upgrade also comes a week after rival Microsoft launched a ...
First step at troubled school
Stuff.co.nzWaitaki Boys' High School's commissioner has taken the first step towards resolving issues at the school. Nicola Hornsey, who visited the school on the day of her appointment to the role on October 10, will prepare a scoping report and action plan to ...
Serious allegations made by Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board Member ...
Māori TelevisionSerious allegations have been made by Toni Waho, a board member of the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust board against Tina Olsen-Ratana, the co-chair of the National Trust Board itself. In a statement of claim from Mr Waho presented in the High Court, ...
Waho fights for Te Kohanga Reo board spot
A world first for the University of Auckland
A world first dual Masters agreement between the University of Auckland and Beijing Dance Academy was signed this week in Beijing, China. In front of 50 of the world’s leading dance educators, Professor Diane Brand, Dean of the National Institute of ...
South Auckland school children complain to council about liquor stores
School children in South Auckland have taken it upon themselves to officially lobby authorities to turn down plans for an off-licence near their school.
The project offers both schoolwide and classroom-based programmes for promoting academic integrity in secondary schools. Now Dr Stephens, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education's School of Learning, Development and Professional Practise, is the ...
As principal of the Catholic integrated girls' school for the past 10 years, Miles has contributed greatly to the high academic achievement of young Maori and Pacific women. More than 90 per cent of students at the decile one school now achieve NCEA ...
MOOC on Academic Integrity will help students avoid cheating
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The project offers both schoolwide and classroom-based programmes for promoting academic integrity in secondary schools. Now Dr Stephens, a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education's School of Learning, Development and Professional Practise, is the ...
Principal surprised by social enterprise award
Stuff.co.nzAs principal of the Catholic integrated girls' school for the past 10 years, Miles has contributed greatly to the high academic achievement of young Maori and Pacific women. More than 90 per cent of students at the decile one school now achieve NCEA ...
Future of filling the gaps to be explored
A Lincoln University planning expert sees the temporary and transitional projects which caught the public’s imagination in central city spaces post-earthquakes becoming a permanent part of Christchurch.
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