Internationalisation key to student success
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and EmploymentThe growing need to internationalise the world’s universities to properly equip today’s students for our globalised world was highlighted by Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce at the FAUBAI international education conference in Cuiabá, Brazil, today. Mr Joyce provided a New Zealand perspective on the Brazilian Association for International Education conference themes of partnerships, equity and internationalisation. ...
Event recognises International education links
Louise Upston | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Louise Upston has tonight highlighted the importance of Chinese international students in Christchurch. Speaking this evening’s opening ceremony for Cultural China – Splendid Sichuan at the Air Force Museum in Wigram, Ms Upston recognised the passionate interest the Sichuan and Christchurch regions share. ...
The study aimed to gauge the state of mobile technology adoption in the classroom and the importance of mobility and digital tools in education. “Surprisingly, the study found that far from being reluctant to admit mobile devices to classrooms ...
He said some schools or students may not have received or fully understood the changes, but the Ministry of Education and schools were already working on ensuring it did not happen again. Figures from Universities New Zealand show 70 per cent of ...
The Ministry of Education has released the last of a series of videos containing guidance for deaf youth and others involved in their education. The Ministry of Education last year held a National Deaf Youth Hui, bringing together deaf youth aged 12 ...
The seminar will take teachers and educators through a creative process that will help them design for better results in the classroom and equip students to be shapers of knowledge as opposed to passive learners. At the event educators will learn about ...
"I, Too. Am Auckland" is a video study highlighting the offensive slurs and discrimination Maori and Pacific Island students experience. They collated stories from 40 students detailing their sometimes shocking experiences of discrimination. Sarah ...
The focus at Wesley Intermediate is to improve the board's responsibilities in student achievement, overseeing the quality and design of the curriculum and as an employer. Assistant principal Lou Reddy says being the staff representative on the board ...
Earlier this year after an inquiry, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi was cleared of any mismanagement of funds which saw them repay $5.9 million to the Tertiary Education Commission. Doherty says, “We addressed the issue and why it happened and to ...
Digitisations means educators need to adapt teaching styles
Educators NZThe study aimed to gauge the state of mobile technology adoption in the classroom and the importance of mobility and digital tools in education. “Surprisingly, the study found that far from being reluctant to admit mobile devices to classrooms ...
Strong Māori response to UE change
Radio New ZealandHe said some schools or students may not have received or fully understood the changes, but the Ministry of Education and schools were already working on ensuring it did not happen again. Figures from Universities New Zealand show 70 per cent of ...
Fewer pupils learning language
The percentage of students learning a second language in New Zealand secondary schools has dropped to its lowest in over 80 years.Last year, just one in five students, or 20.3 per cent, were enrolled to study a second language -...Martin East: Monolingualism - inflexible, insensitive and arrogant
Lincoln Tan makes an important, and worrying, assertion when he writes that the percentage of students learning an additional language in New Zealand's secondary schoolsMinistry videos to help deaf education
Educators NZThe Ministry of Education has released the last of a series of videos containing guidance for deaf youth and others involved in their education. The Ministry of Education last year held a National Deaf Youth Hui, bringing together deaf youth aged 12 ...
Problem solving in a modern world
Educators NZThe seminar will take teachers and educators through a creative process that will help them design for better results in the classroom and equip students to be shapers of knowledge as opposed to passive learners. At the event educators will learn about ...
NZ universities rank in world’s top 100 in subject rankings
New Zealand’s universities rank amongst the best in the world with all eight universities making the top 100 in at least one subject according to an international report released today.Massey University gains high placings in world subject rankings
Massey University has received a top honour, with three of its subjects being ranked in the world's top 100.Otago becomes first NZ university to make top 10 in world list
Otago University has ranked eighth in the world for its Dentistry course - the highest-ranked subject from any New Zealand university in the latest world university rankings.University students take a stand against racism
3News NZ"I, Too. Am Auckland" is a video study highlighting the offensive slurs and discrimination Maori and Pacific Island students experience. They collated stories from 40 students detailing their sometimes shocking experiences of discrimination. Sarah ...
Teaching our youngest: Getting care right isn't child's play
It's 11am on a Thursday at Mt Albert Playcentre and a toddler has just covered most of herself in red paint. Another child is splashing happily at the wet area playing "cafes", while nearby, a mum reads a book with her child at an...Editorial: Baby needs at odds with older tots' learning
Our investigation of early childhood education last week found a problem that invites an obvious solution. A frazzled teacher told us she was ready to quit over working conditions so intense she felt she could not give the children...School's doors were never closing
Auckland stuff.co.nzThe focus at Wesley Intermediate is to improve the board's responsibilities in student achievement, overseeing the quality and design of the curriculum and as an employer. Assistant principal Lou Reddy says being the staff representative on the board ...
Awanuiārangi welcome new CEO
Māori TelevisionEarlier this year after an inquiry, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi was cleared of any mismanagement of funds which saw them repay $5.9 million to the Tertiary Education Commission. Doherty says, “We addressed the issue and why it happened and to ...
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa celebrate 30 years
Māori Television
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa held their 30th Anniversary in Te Awamutu, with a student a part of the first intake, to a current student who still sees the values it was built on. Celebrating three decades of a Māori led institution that is built on Māori values.
Liz Gordon, co-convenor of the Quality Public Education Coalition, today released information stemming from three years of research into what kind of education was taking place at the community's Gloriavale Christian Community School. In a statement ...
Gloriavale Christian Community School: What does it teach?
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa held their 30th Anniversary in Te Awamutu, with a student a part of the first intake, to a current student who still sees the values it was built on. Celebrating three decades of a Māori led institution that is built on Māori values.
Gloriavale - what exactly is being taught in school?
Educators NZLiz Gordon, co-convenor of the Quality Public Education Coalition, today released information stemming from three years of research into what kind of education was taking place at the community's Gloriavale Christian Community School. In a statement ...
Gloriavale Christian Community School: What does it teach?
Salisbury School fears end as roll drops to nine
Teaching kids to care about the environment
Stuff.co.nzNewbury Primary School teacher and leader in the enviroschool, Scott Higginson, and Horizon Environmental educator, Helen Thomas, show off the school's weta hotel, which is part of its successful enviro schools curriculum.
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