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Whakatere Tōmua, the NZCER newsletter | March 2023

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March 22, 2023

Whakatere Tōmua, the NZCER newsletter | March 2023

Filed under: virtual school — Michael K. Barbour @ 8:01 pm
Tags: cyber school, education, high school, New Zealand, NZCER, virtual school

The second of two items for my Kiwi readers. In particular I’d call out the book at the bottom entitled Ngā mātāpono kākano rua o te mahi ako tuihono / Bicultural principles of teaching and learning online (which I have a copy of and think quite highly of the work done in it).

Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou

Tēnā koutou katoa, and welcome to the latest edition of Whakatere Tōmua, the NZCER newsletter.

There has been plenty of interest in our rangahau in recent weeks, which has been heartening so see. Recent work has focused on the revitalisation of reo Māori and the impact of mana ōrite for Te Ao Haka (a subject built from mātauranga Māori), as well as ongoing work around the climate crisis and advising on elements of the Common Practice Model.

We’ve included most of our recent mahi below, and hope you enjoy reading about what we have been up to.

New resources and insights for Arts, Learning Languages and Technology

We are pleased to provide a series of new resources, findings and insights on some key areas of the New Zealand Curriculum.

This comes from the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA), a collaboration between NZCER and the University of Otago for the Ministry of Education.

These reports form some of our final outputs on this project before we commence work on its next iteration, the curriculum insights and progress study.

In this release, you will find:

  • Practical task exemplars for dance, drama, music, and the visual arts
  • An expansion to the Aronuitia te reo card-based resource for te reo Māori
  • Insights into the teaching and learning of technology

All resources can be found at the NMSSA website here, along with the findings outlined in the A3 poster below.

Sorted in Schools: Your input wanted (and win $100!)

Over the last three years, we have evaluated the Sorted in Schools programme – and we would love to hear from teachers who have used it.

It’s a quick survey, no more than 3-5 minutes to complete, and everyone who completes it will go in the draw to win $100.

Your contribution helps Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission to continue improving the programme by developing new resources and PLD. You can find it below!

Sorted in Schools: Teacher Survey 2023

NZCER in the media

Ko te kai a te rangatira, he kōrero

We have been thrilled to see so much interest in our work recently! From television interviews to kaimahi writing for other journals, there has been plenty for you all to digest in the last month.

Whakaata Māori: Interview with Nicola Bright

Our Kairangahau Matua Māori spoke with Neil Waka on Te Ao Tapatahi, about our Ngā whai painga o Te Ao Haka report for NZQA.

Pou Tiaki: Giving mana ōrite to Te Ao Haka benefits everyone, study finds

Some further coverage of Ngā whai painga o Te Ao Haka on Stuff.

Ako Journal: Let’s not forget who te reo Māori revitalisation is most important to

Nicola Bright’s article about the careful steps we must take on the path to reo Māori revitalisation.

Education Gazette: Supporting educators on their journey from New Zealand to Aotearoa

An excellent interview with Pania Te Maro and Robin Averill, editors of Ki te hoe! Education for Aotearoa.

Education HQ: Drawing on cultural knowledge to get more kids into science

An interview with Maurice M.W. Cheng from the University of Waikato, about his new research funded by the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative.

We currently have opportunities to join NZCER as Kairangahau Mātauranga! Click the image above for more information.

Model to address literacy, communication and maths

Several of our kaimahi were part of contributor groups for the new Common Practice Model – you can read about their work here.

TLRI: Expressions of Interest invited until May 1st

A reminder that Expressions of Interest applications for both Whatua Tū Aka and the Open pathway of the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative are invited until 5pm Monday, 1 May. You can find application details here.

And don’t forget to check out the recently published reports for some great examples of work the TLRI has supported to date!

Ngā mātāpono kākano rua o te mahi ako tuihono

Bicultural principles of teaching and learning online

“This is an exceptional read for anyone who is organising in the digital space”

Ako Journal, Summer 2023 book reviews

Available here via NZCER Press

Me mutu pea i konei – we look forward to sharing more with you all very soon.

Noho ora mai,

Te tīma o NZCER

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