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Teaching strategies that work - Mathematics

Published: 20 Feb 2018

This Education Review Office (ERO) report is one of a series of reports on teaching strategies that work. It features strategies and approaches that we observed in 40 primary schools selected from across New Zealand. These schools came from a database of 129 schools, all with rolls of 200 or more, in which the proportion of students in the upper primary years (Years 5 to 8) achieving at or above the national standard had increased. In each case achievement levels were also above average for the decile.

Audience:: Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Engagement; Achievement; Mathematics; National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA); Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Student feedback: promoting teacher learning

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At McAuley High School, leaders and teachers actively model learning behaviour for the students including eliciting student feedback on a regular basis

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Feedback; Professional development; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Student feedback: observing the teacher

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At Otumoetai Intermediate School, Student Learning Leaders learn how to undertake structured classroom observations focused on teaching and learning. The students and staff discuss the process and its impact.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Feedback; Leadership; Evaluation indicators; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Identity

Published: 04 Sep 2017

Māori educators and a Māori student draw from their own experiences to discuss the concept of identity and the central role schools play in the identity development of Māori students.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Identity; Māori; Equitable outcomes; Evaluation indicators; Culture; Language; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Stewardship: informed decision making

Published: 04 Sep 2017

At Manurewa Central School, the relationship between the principal and trustees is described in terms of how trust and confidence is built through effective listening and transparent reporting, interrogation and discussion of information.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Improvement; Stewardship; Decision making; Evaluation; Video; Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua

Mathematics in Years 4 to 8 Developing a Responsive Curriculum

Published: 01 Feb 2013

This report is one of a series of evaluations ERO has undertaken on how schools are working with the National Standards within The New Zealand Curriculum. In this evaluation ERO used the mathematics learning area and associated standards to look at what schools were doing to raise the achievement of students in Years 4 to 8.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Mathematics; Curriculum; Raising achievement; Achievement

Ngā Whakangungu Kāwanatanga mā ngā Poari Whakahaere me ngā Whānau i roto i ngā Kura - Governance Training for Boards of Trustees and Whānau in Kura

Published: 22 Feb 2011

This national report focuses on the relevance and usefulness of governance training provided for boards of trustees and whānau in kura, and the extent to which this training has contributed to improvements in the quality of governance. In order to understand the context for kura governance, the report also provides an overview of effective governance practices identified generally throughout the schooling sector.

Audience:: Education; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Governance; Māori parents and whanau; Kura

Governance Training for Boards of Trustees and Whānau in Kura

Published: 22 Feb 2011

Audience:: Education; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Governance; Māori parents and whanau; Kura

Hauhaketia Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Kia Puāwai Ai: Unearth Our Ancestral Treasures So that We May Prosper

Published: 31 Dec 2017

Evaluation insights by the ERO, alongside contributions from the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust and kōhanga reo whānau inform the findings of this report, which highlights effective practice in kōhanga reo, specifically the support children need to grow and thrive through a quality immersion pathway.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Best practice; Māori immersion; Māori-medium