Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced five appointments to the Education New Zealand board. Charles Finny has been reappointed as the Board Chair for an eighteen-month term. Mr Finny was the inaugural Chair of the Education New Zealand board and has been an effective contributor since Education New Zealand was established in 2011. Through his reappointment Education New Zealand will continue to benefit from his knowledge and experience in the international education sector and Education New Zealand’s business. ...
NCEA excellence and merit endorsements more than double
Nearly half of all students successful at NCEA level one got a merit or excellence 'endorsement' last year. ... The proportion of pupils getting NCEA excellence endorsements has more than doubled at every level since 2010. A doubling ..... Victoria University school of education senior lecturer Michael Johnston said the shift towards internal assessment in NCEA in recent years had seen an increase in endorsement rates, because students typically did better at internal ...
Does NCEA tell employers what they need to know?
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced five appointments to the Education New Zealand board. Charles Finny has been reappointed as the Board Chair for an eighteen-month term. Mr Finny was the inaugural Chair of the Education New Zealand board and has been an effective contributor since Education New Zealand was established in 2011. Through his reappointment Education New Zealand will continue to benefit from his knowledge and experience in the international education sector and Education New Zealand’s business. ...
NCEA excellence and merit endorsements more than double
Nearly half of all students successful at NCEA level one got a merit or excellence 'endorsement' last year. ... The proportion of pupils getting NCEA excellence endorsements has more than doubled at every level since 2010. A doubling ..... Victoria University school of education senior lecturer Michael Johnston said the shift towards internal assessment in NCEA in recent years had seen an increase in endorsement rates, because students typically did better at internal ...
Does NCEA tell employers what they need to know?
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He says he doesn't pay much attention to NCEA grades on CVs, instead looking for work experience. "We find that practical knowledge is much better than book knowledge. If they are just out of school then it is a bit relevant, but I'd rather know if...
NCEA by the numbers: Are boys closing gaps?
NCEA 'eliminates the competition young men enjoy'
NCEA is better suited to girls, two boys' school principals believe.
NCEA giveth and it taketh away
He says he doesn't pay much attention to NCEA grades on CVs, instead looking for work experience. "We find that practical knowledge is much better than book knowledge. If they are just out of school then it is a bit relevant, but I'd rather know if...
NCEA by the numbers: Are boys closing gaps?
NCEA 'eliminates the competition young men enjoy'
NCEA is better suited to girls, two boys' school principals believe.
NCEA giveth and it taketh away
Stuff.co.nz
On a participation-based measure - which counts only the students who have attempted enough credits to pass - the NCEA level one pass rate has more than doubled since 2008 to 78.1 per cent. But Crawford eschews this measure. "Our big focus is on roll ...
A student's perspective of NCEA
Stuff.co.nz
There are two types of NCEA assessment: Unit standards, where a candidate can only achieve or not achieve, and achievement standards, where a candidate can not achieve, achieve, achieve with merit, or achieve with excellence. Most standards at school ...
Top scholars look back at NCEA
On a participation-based measure - which counts only the students who have attempted enough credits to pass - the NCEA level one pass rate has more than doubled since 2008 to 78.1 per cent. But Crawford eschews this measure. "Our big focus is on roll ...
A student's perspective of NCEA
Stuff.co.nz
There are two types of NCEA assessment: Unit standards, where a candidate can only achieve or not achieve, and achievement standards, where a candidate can not achieve, achieve, achieve with merit, or achieve with excellence. Most standards at school ...
Top scholars look back at NCEA
Stuff.co.nz
... generally the only high school level qualification making it onto their CVs. "There's definitely a value in scarcity," says Emanuel. "But I don't think employers are that sensitive to that fine of a distinction. These were always broad brushes ...
Improving school: We're not fiddling the figures
Stuff.co.nz
There are 1200 students on the roll, and 48 percent are Pasifika and 48 percent are Maori. Count again, though, this time including students who withdrew from courses before assessment time, and the pass rates aren't as glowing. The pass rates at ...
Data Manipulation Function of Target Setting
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
'Then they become the measure of a school's performance and reported as such,' she says. 'The problems are just the same with national standards assessments at the primary levels,' she said. 'They are dangerous, misleading and unhelpful to children's ...
Peter Hughes: Special ed services revamp shaped by feedback
... generally the only high school level qualification making it onto their CVs. "There's definitely a value in scarcity," says Emanuel. "But I don't think employers are that sensitive to that fine of a distinction. These were always broad brushes ...
Improving school: We're not fiddling the figures
Stuff.co.nz
There are 1200 students on the roll, and 48 percent are Pasifika and 48 percent are Maori. Count again, though, this time including students who withdrew from courses before assessment time, and the pass rates aren't as glowing. The pass rates at ...
Data Manipulation Function of Target Setting
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
'Then they become the measure of a school's performance and reported as such,' she says. 'The problems are just the same with national standards assessments at the primary levels,' she said. 'They are dangerous, misleading and unhelpful to children's ...
Peter Hughes: Special ed services revamp shaped by feedback
Just over 25 years ago, schools were for the first time required to enrol all children who came through their doors, including those with special needs.It was a radical new vision. Until that rewrite of the Education Act in 1989,...
If the public was asked to choose the most worthy use of their taxation, children in need of special education would probably be at or near the top of the list. These are children born with neurological disabilities of various degrees...
A breakdown of government spending has revealed a $6.6 million underspend on special education so far this financial year.The Herald reported earlier this week that a $1.2 billion Government surplus in the 11 months to May was...
Specially-trained teachers needed for violent children
Specially-trained teachers needed for violent children
Designated staff members should be specially trained to restrain violent and unruly pupils, a leading secondary school principal says.A taskforce is compiling guidelines for teachers and school staff when dealing with a child whose...
New weapon in battle against learning disorders
There is hope parents and teachers could soon have access to a revolutionary new learning tool for adjusting children's brains before learning disorders are diagnosed.
No Government money for teacher pay rises in four years
No Government money for teacher pay rises in four years The Early Childhood Council (ECC) has today (10 July 2015) expressed ‘frustration’ that the Government has paid no money for education and care centre teacher pay increases in four years. ...
Compulsory test cracks down on student dishonesty
Stuff.co.nz
The university's online academic integrity course was made compulsory for all students this year, making Auckland the only tertiary institution in New Zealand where such a test is mandatory. Students who do not complete the test face having their ...
Bill Sole: NZ needs more apprentices
Once again the universities are the big winners in the Budget. Unfortunately, despite international research increasingly pointing to the value of workplace training and apprenticeships, the 2015 Budget failed to increase the inflation-adjusted...
Schools as the hub of the community
US educator and researcher Pedro Noguera, whose work has largely focussed on poor children, and why they have poor educational outcomes. He says that under privileged children can be locked into patterns of poverty if they don't receive a rich education. He contends that low expectations can also lead to low outcomes, and that there is no point in repeatedly assessing children if that data is not going to be used to intervene. Professor Noguera says schools need to become community hubs, serving whole families, and he's studied examples of this in a range of communities experiencing hardship in the United States.
Looking for Details on $175 Million Lost From Education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealand First's Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin wants to know the details of the government's underspending on education. “The government has explained that the underspend includes $27 million on salaries, but fails to point to anything else.
Gambling a problem among New Zealand high school students
Stuff.co.nz
More education in schools would also help prevent young people developing unhealthy gambling habits, she said. The Problem Gambling Foundation ran public health campaigns with young ... The study found those at the most risk of developing unhealthy ...
Māori student experience days align with Matariki
Massey News (press release)
Māori student recruitment advisers Tania Jahnke and Te Aue Addison Te-Whare kicked off their Māori student university experience days last week in an effort to align them around Matariki celebrations, which are themed on planning for the future and new ...
Bible in Schools programme under review
3News NZ
The first one is to consult us and school principals next week, about some draft guidelines to reduce the pain caused by bible in schools." Mr Hines says law change is still a priority, with the group looking at making a complaint to the Human Rights ...
Initiative aims to inspire pupils' reading
Otago Daily Times Online
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti school pupil Tumai Joseph Campbell (8) receives his book from Community Assessment Rehabilitation Associates representative Siobhan McKinley last Friday. Photo by Gregor Richardson.
Older student numbers plummet
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... 2015, 7:24 am. Press Release: NZ Union of Students Associations and Grey Power ... The national student union NZUSA and Grey Power say a crash in the number of older New Zealanders studying shows the Government's discriminatory cuts to student ...
A case for the School of Music
Stuff.co.nz
Our beloved school of music has the answers, and our collective responsibility lies not only in the musical education of generations to come, but in the preservation of Nelson's architectural heritage, now more than ever with the accumulating tilt slab ...
Compulsory test cracks down on student dishonesty
Stuff.co.nz
The university's online academic integrity course was made compulsory for all students this year, making Auckland the only tertiary institution in New Zealand where such a test is mandatory. Students who do not complete the test face having their ...
Bill Sole: NZ needs more apprentices
Once again the universities are the big winners in the Budget. Unfortunately, despite international research increasingly pointing to the value of workplace training and apprenticeships, the 2015 Budget failed to increase the inflation-adjusted...
Schools as the hub of the community
US educator and researcher Pedro Noguera, whose work has largely focussed on poor children, and why they have poor educational outcomes. He says that under privileged children can be locked into patterns of poverty if they don't receive a rich education. He contends that low expectations can also lead to low outcomes, and that there is no point in repeatedly assessing children if that data is not going to be used to intervene. Professor Noguera says schools need to become community hubs, serving whole families, and he's studied examples of this in a range of communities experiencing hardship in the United States.
Looking for Details on $175 Million Lost From Education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
New Zealand First's Education Spokesperson Tracey Martin wants to know the details of the government's underspending on education. “The government has explained that the underspend includes $27 million on salaries, but fails to point to anything else.
Gambling a problem among New Zealand high school students
Stuff.co.nz
More education in schools would also help prevent young people developing unhealthy gambling habits, she said. The Problem Gambling Foundation ran public health campaigns with young ... The study found those at the most risk of developing unhealthy ...
Māori student experience days align with Matariki
Massey News (press release)
Māori student recruitment advisers Tania Jahnke and Te Aue Addison Te-Whare kicked off their Māori student university experience days last week in an effort to align them around Matariki celebrations, which are themed on planning for the future and new ...
Bible in Schools programme under review
3News NZ
The first one is to consult us and school principals next week, about some draft guidelines to reduce the pain caused by bible in schools." Mr Hines says law change is still a priority, with the group looking at making a complaint to the Human Rights ...
Initiative aims to inspire pupils' reading
Otago Daily Times Online
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepoti school pupil Tumai Joseph Campbell (8) receives his book from Community Assessment Rehabilitation Associates representative Siobhan McKinley last Friday. Photo by Gregor Richardson.
Older student numbers plummet
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... 2015, 7:24 am. Press Release: NZ Union of Students Associations and Grey Power ... The national student union NZUSA and Grey Power say a crash in the number of older New Zealanders studying shows the Government's discriminatory cuts to student ...
A case for the School of Music
Stuff.co.nz
Our beloved school of music has the answers, and our collective responsibility lies not only in the musical education of generations to come, but in the preservation of Nelson's architectural heritage, now more than ever with the accumulating tilt slab ...
Taranaki high schools' senior students failing final year
Stuff.co.nz
Three Taranaki high schools rate among the country's best in NCEA results - but for the rest of them it's a matter of "can do better." Fairfax's latest School Report, which details academic results for every school where the National Standards or the ...
Suggested Montessori programme cuts criticised
A proposal to stop teaching parts of AUT University's Bachelor of Education is under fire.
Students learning savvy cash skills
Stuff.co.nz
Three Taranaki high schools rate among the country's best in NCEA results - but for the rest of them it's a matter of "can do better." Fairfax's latest School Report, which details academic results for every school where the National Standards or the ...
Suggested Montessori programme cuts criticised
A proposal to stop teaching parts of AUT University's Bachelor of Education is under fire.
Students learning savvy cash skills
Auckland stuff.co.nz
YMCA Auckland is on a mission to teach students about cash management through its Money Savvy programme. The course promotes economic independence by teaching the students how to save and reach financial goals. Budgeting, savings, needs and ...
YMCA Auckland is on a mission to teach students about cash management through its Money Savvy programme. The course promotes economic independence by teaching the students how to save and reach financial goals. Budgeting, savings, needs and ...
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