Focused on AI use at years 5-8 in Aotearoa primary schools, the report covers ākonga and kaiako pratice, including use of AI ...

Discusses a professional development resource that challenges and supports school leadership teams to listen to their Māori communities in order to begin to develop relational and culturally ...

Ngā whai painga o Te Ao Haka: The positive impacts of Te Ao Haka for ākonga, whānau, and kaiako is a kaupapa Māori research study from Te Wāhanga. It set out to understand what benefits and changes ...

In the 70s the chainsaws were busy opening up separate classrooms; in the 80s some walls were rebuilt. But open-plan as a philosophy is still highly regarded.

Early childhood education is a critical cultural and social space where children learn to live with and alongside others. Yet the education system in Aotearoa New Zealand is rarely responsive to queer ...

The multicultural nature of early childhood services in New Zealand is highlighted by the statistical reality that 22 percent of children are Māori, 7 percent are Pasifika, and 11 percent are Asian ...

Early childhood education (ECE) in Aotearoa New Zealand is facing a period of significant review and reform. Recent proposals affecting teacher qualifications, regulation, funding structures, and the ...

We also released a huge number of updates for our assessments: including whānau reporting and item-level reporting for PATs, ...

Supporting vulnerable students, having too much asked of their school and recruiting quality teachers are among the biggest issues facing secondary schools in Aotearoa, new NZCER research has found.

When I wrote the first blog post in this series about uncertainty, I had students in mind. I set out to explore the challenge of helping students learn to “be” in uncertainty, given the volatile, ...

Pou reo are critical to reo Māori development in English-medium schools. Our recent findings report, He reo ka tipu i ngā kura, explores the role of Māori and non-Māori pou reo across Aotearoa. The ...

We want to hear what you think about AI! NZCER is conducting online surveys to explore perceptions and use of generative AI in New Zealand primary schools. We are inviting Year 5–8 teachers and ...