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Secondary Education and Research in New Zealand 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Robyn Baker 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2002,1(1-2):51-63
Through the 1990s the secondary sector was a site of considerable change as the Government sought to ensure that the curriculum
and associated assessment practices were designed to meet student needs and the long-term goals of New Zealand society. The
new regime aimed to promote student achievement and in particular to attain more equitable educational outcomes for all New
Zealand students. These were policy rather than practice driven initiatives that linked somewhat tenuously to research based
evidence. This paper begins by giving an overview of the secondary sector in New Zealand and these educational reforms. The
overview sets the context for the following section that describes links between educational research, policy and practice
during this time. Key issues within the sector are highlighted and some of the ways research has been used to monitor changes
and inform policy are identified. It is argued that much of the research over the past decade has been small scale and short
term and while this has served the immediate policy agenda it has provided only fragmentary evidence to inform longer term
goals such as improving student performance. The paper concludes by discussing some of the current initiatives that might
contribute to improving the interface between research and policy/practice in secondary education.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Angelika Anderson David R. Thomas Dennis W. Moore Bridget Kool 《Learning Environments Research》2008,11(3):245-256
School improvement initiatives are needed to better meet the needs of underprivileged students, to reduce underachievement
and to break a continuing cycle of disadvantage. This article describes part of a school improvement initiative in New Zealand
that provided additional funding for school nurse and social worker services in nine secondary schools with the most disadvantaged
students in New Zealand. It describes the nature and delivery of services provided by the social workers in these schools.
In addition, the article reports changes over time in staff and student views about school climate including a comparison
with non-participating schools of similar socioeconomic status. The findings indicated that school climate is a useful intermediate
measure of the effectiveness of school improvement initiatives. There were significant improvements in staff views about school
climate over time, with staff views about school climate becoming more favourable on scales measuring Improvements in the
Last 12 Months and Support for Ethnic Diversity compared to eight non-participating schools. Student views were more favourable
on scales measuring Satisfaction with School, Support for Achievement and Support for Ethnic Diversity, compared to the non-participating
schools. 相似文献
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Kwok-Wing Lai 《Distance Education》2017,38(3):321-335
A supportive online learning environment entails teachers using effective pedagogical practices to meet the needs of their students and developing a positive teacher–student relationship to foster learner motivation and engagement. This paper reports a study investigating how 32 secondary teachers in New Zealand taught their online distance classes and how they related to their students. These classes were administered by NetNZ, an online distance education community. An online survey conducted in 2016 found that NetNZ teachers used inquiry-based practices including flipped learning and knowledge-building pedagogies to support agency, autonomy, collaboration, and community development. They also used synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies to overcome barriers of relationship building in online settings. NetNZ was unique in delivering distance education in the New Zealand context in that it used a community approach to encourage a more active participation of its member schools and teachers in delivering distance courses to secondary students. 相似文献
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Mary Hill 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2002,1(1-2):113-125
As a result of the changes to school administration and curriculum in New Zealand over the last ten years, primary teachers
have had to make significant changes to their assessment practices. This paper briefly reviews literature relating to the
competing discourses of assessment that underpin teachers' practices and describes how the changes to New Zealand education
have provoked a reconsideration of the balance between formative and summative assessment. It then reports findings from a
qualitative investigation into how some primary teachers have attempted to accommodate these competing discourses and the
effects these have had on their teaching practice. These results are discussed in light of the research literature and suggestions
for changing national and school policies and practices to prioritise assessment for better learning over accountability conclude
the paper.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Bronwen Cowie Alister Jones Kathrin Otrel-Cass 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2011,9(2):347-366
International assessment data paints a complex picture of the engagement and achievement of New Zealand students in science.
New Zealand was second only to Finland in the top achievers group in PISA 2006, but it also has one of the widest spreads
in student achievement, particularly in relation to Mori and Pasifika students. Thus, the challenges faced by New Zealand
students, teachers, schools and policy makers resonate with those from elsewhere. New Zealand has a strong research and development
tradition around student ideas in science education, but recently, there has been increased recognition at the policy and
practice level of the importance of both engagement and participation linked to student identity. A sociocultural orientation
to identity has the potential to generate new ways of thinking about and responding to the challenge of engaging students
in science. This orientation involves considering classrooms as sites for students working through the development and performance
of science-related identities, or not. In this paper, three suggestions from long-term research studies are made for ways
forward in addressing the challenge of increasing student engagement and participation through an expansion of the possibilities
for students to express and develop science-related identities. These are reconceptualising assessment, the inclusion of student
funds of knowledge and strategies for breaching the classroom walls. 相似文献
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Gavin T.L. Brown Gerrit H.F. Hirschfeld 《Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice》2008,15(1):3-17
Students conceive of assessment in at least four major ways (i.e., assessment makes students accountable; assessment is irrelevant because it is bad or unfair; assessment improves the quality of learning; and assessment is enjoyable). A study in New Zealand of 3469 secondary school students’ conceptions of assessment used a self‐report inventory and scores from a standardised curriculum‐based assessment of reading comprehension. Four inter‐correlated conceptions based on 11 items were found with good psychometric properties. A path‐model linking the four correlated conceptions with student achievement in reading, while taking into account student ethnicity, student sex, and student year, had good psychometric properties. The conception that assessment makes students accountable loaded positively on achievement while the three other conceptions (i.e., assessment makes schools accountable, assessment is enjoyable, and assessment is ignored) had negative loadings on achievement. These findings are consistent with self‐regulation and formative assessment theories, such that students who conceive of assessment as a means of taking responsibility for their learning (i.e., assessment makes me accountable) will demonstrate increased educational outcomes. 相似文献
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Teachers’ understandings of feedback probably influence the type and quality of feedback that they provide. The beliefs of 518 New Zealand practicing teachers about feedback were evaluated with the Teachers’ Conceptions of Feedback (TCoF) inventory and related to practices these teachers considered to be feedback. Nine feedback factors and four practices factors were found and models were statistically invariant between primary and secondary teachers. New Zealand teachers’ understandings of feedback were strongly focused on improving learning instead of enhancing student well-being. Similar factors are expected in other contexts, though agreement rates should reflect local policy priorities and cultural values. 相似文献
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Karen Nicholas 《Education 3-13》2017,45(1):68-82
The steepest decline in achievement in New Zealand primary schools occurs in Years 7 and 8, with the greatest decline in the subject area of mathematics. The cohort that achieves at the lowest level in New Zealand schools is Pasifika. This study considers the views of those stakeholders involved in the teaching of these children. It seeks to uncover the positive steps being taken to advantage this group and the difficulties principals, teachers and parents face to improve achievement. One-to-one interviews were used to elicit advice and information to provide evidence of best teaching practices for Pasifika students 相似文献
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Gavin T.L. Brown S. Earl Irving Elizabeth R. Peterson Gerrit H.F. Hirschfeld 《Learning and Instruction》2009,19(2):97-111
This study aimed to investigate how students' conceptions of assessment relate to one another, how students define assessment, and how student conceptions of assessment relate to their definitions of assessment. A nationally representative sample of New Zealand secondary students (N = 705) responded to a 45-item Conceptions of Assessment inventory and a list of 12 assessment practices. Well-fitting measurement models were found. The more students agreed that assessment was to help them improve the more they associated assessment with teacher-controlled practices. Further, the more students perceived assessment as irrelevant the more they defined it as interactive–informal practices. Thus, more student-oriented practices were conceived as creating a positive social environment that was irrelevant to learning. 相似文献
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随着世界经济一体化进程的不断推进,新的就职环境向年轻人提出了自主进行生涯规化的更高要求。新西兰就业中心通过制定一套从中等教育阶段到高等教育阶段完整的生涯教育评估标准,为中学生提供了系统、具有可操作性的生涯规划指南。该标准以学生的生涯管理能力为核心,以领导力、信息系统、项目与服务为依托,形成了以学生为中心、关注弱势群体、强调多方参与的特点。本文通过对这些标准的研究,以期对我国教育部门制定生涯教育的政筻以及中学开展生涯教育提供一定的借镜。 相似文献
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Louisa Allen 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2005,26(4):491-504
The notion of ‘the school’ as a set of institutional processes and practices that shape the possibilities of educational research forms the focus of this article. It is argued that the discursive and material practices that render schools agencies of cultural reproduction also have effects for what research can be undertaken in them and how. With reference to a series of ‘episodes’ that occurred during research about young people and sexuality in New Zealand, evidence for how schools shape research endeavours is provided. These examples present a complex picture of the way in which schools simultaneously police and are regulated by symbolic boundaries of gender and sexuality. How school disciplinary power works to effect what it is possible to claim about the voluntary nature of student research participation is also explored. It is argued that through the powerful discursive and material practices that occur in schools, these institutions can impede research that attempts to transgress dominant meanings about gender and sexuality. 相似文献
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Anne S. Hynds Rawiri Hindle Catherine Savage Luanna H. Meyer Wally Penetito Christine Sleeter 《The Teacher Educator》2013,48(3):230-249
There is a dearth of empirical evidence that examines the impact of teacher professional development for culturally responsive pedagogies, particularly on Indigenous student achievement and teacher practices. Te Kotahitanga was a large-scale professional development initiative for culturally responsive practices for secondary teachers in New Zealand. To study its impact, we used a mixed-methods research approach to gather and analyze data on student achievement outcomes, classroom practices, and perceptions of teachers and students. While results suggested positive changes associated with the program, findings also highlighted ongoing challenges associated with transforming practice for Indigenous Māori students. Specific challenges of analysis are highlighted, along with recommendations for further research and development work in secondary schools. 相似文献
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Wendy Lerner Lym 《Community College Journal of Research & Practice》2013,37(11):1053-1056
This article describes how one community college and region service center developed a collaborative of secondary and post-secondary English/Language Arts educational professionals to promote college readiness. Challenged by state mandates to test college readiness and by concerns about student performance in high school and college English classes, the collaborative examined standards and testing practices, high school and college cultures, college placement policies, course content, assessment practices, syllabi and sample assignments, and college preparation programs. The results of the two-year collaboration include a list of nine specific practices that educators can use to enhance students’ success in college Composition I. In addition, the collaborative implemented these recommendations in several area high schools. 相似文献
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Gavin T. L. Brown 《教育心理学》2011,31(6):731-748
How students understand, feel about and respond to assessment might contribute significantly to learning behaviour and academic achievement. This paper reviews studies that have used a relatively new self-reported survey questionnaire (Students’ Conceptions of Assessment – SCoA) about student perceptions and understandings of assessment. Confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modelling results have shown, consistent with self-regulation theory, that the SCoA inventory has meaningful relations with academic performance among New Zealand high school students. Further, German, Hong Kong, American, and New Zealand studies have shown that the SCoA has relations to motivational constructs (e.g. effort, learning strategies, interest, self-efficacy and anxiety) that are also consistent with self-regulation. The SCoA inventory extends our understanding of how student conceptions of assessment are an integral part of self-regulation and provide a warrant for use in research studies investigating test-taker responses to assessment practices and innovations at both university and high school levels. 相似文献
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Judy M. Parr Helen S. Timperley 《Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice》2008,15(1):57-71
Despite assessment being viewed as integral to practice, there are questions about schools’ preparedness to engage in this process. Data from three studies conducted in New Zealand primary schools explore whether use of student achievement data is part of the professional canon or skill set. (1) When implementing new literacy materials, evidence of need did not necessarily inform choice nor was achievement data used to make decisions about effectiveness of materials or use. (2) When a classroom initiative designed to achieve literacy goals was implemented, few schools collected evidence adequate for its evaluation. In both cases, practitioners appeared to hold a theory about acceptable evidence at variance with current policy expectations. Further, they may have lacked necessary skills. (3) Teachers, with practice, learned to interpret data accurately but this skill did not relate to student progress. A high level of pedagogical content knowledge may be needed to relate achievement information to teaching practice. 相似文献
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Roseanna Bourke John O’Neill Judith Loveridge 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2018,45(1):33-50
Classroom assessment practices are greatly influenced by national and local policies on assessment. Typically, these include accountability requirements for schools to evidence and report their students’ learning in the form of specific learning outcomes, calibrated against national benchmark standards of achievement and progression. An implication for teachers is that their understanding of children’s learning is influenced by an official curriculum that is more likely to be weighted towards particular policy priorities, and desired learning outcomes. This means the knowledge, skills and understanding that children develop outside school are less likely to be included in classroom assessment measures or judgments about desirable progress and achievement. This article explores what happens to teachers’ thinking when they learn about their children’s informal learning outside school and begin to relate to learners in a different way. The findings reported here from a New Zealand three-year longitudinal study identified possibilities for teachers to assess expanded conceptions of children’s learning within the classroom, even though the pressures of assessment against National Standards were ever present. We argue that teachers engaging with knowledge of their students’ informal learning act as a catalyst to rethink and re-conceptualise learning more broadly. Incorporating a strong student voice component in assessment, together with a focus on ipsative assessment, enables teachers to mitigate some of the unintended educational consequences of assessment accountability policies and practices. 相似文献
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S. Earl Irving Lois R. Harris Elizabeth R. Peterson 《Asia Pacific Education Review》2011,12(3):413-426
Within the Asia-Pacific community, the New Zealand Ministry of Education has been one of few educational authorities to adopt an Assessment for Learning (AfL) framework and actively promote formative uses of assessment. This paper reports the results of a qualitative study in which eleven New Zealand secondary teachers in two focus groups discussed their conceptions of assessment and feedback. These data were examined to see how teachers defined and understood assessment and feedback processes to identify how these conceptions related to AfL perspectives on assessment. Categorical analysis of these data found teachers identified three types of assessment (formative, classroom teacher–controlled summative and external summative) with three distinct purposes (improvement, reporting and compliance, irrelevance). Feedback was seen as being about learning, grades and marks, or behaviour and effort; these types served the same purposes as assessment with the addition of an encouragement purpose. This study showed that although these New Zealand teachers appeared committed to AfL, there was still disagreement amongst teachers as to what practices could be deemed formative and how to best implement these types of assessment. Additionally, even in this relatively low-stakes environment, they noted tension between improvement and accountability purposes for assessment. 相似文献
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Richard Harker 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2000,21(2):203-218
This paper explores the gender differences in achievements at a variety of levels in secondary schools in New Zealand. Gender differences are shown in relation to English, mathematics and science, but the pattern is not consistent across year levels in the senior school. The relative achievements of girls in single-sex and coeducational schools are explored in detail, with careful controls for the student population differences at the two types of school. When such controls are exercised, the apparent differences between the two types of school reduce to non-significance. Data from a longitudinal study of 37 schools and from the Ministry of Education national database are used. 相似文献
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Jef C. Verhoeven Geert Devos 《Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice》2005,12(3):255-274
Based on a survey among 1274 secondary school teachers in Flanders (Belgium), this paper describes the relationship between the assessment practices and forms of assessment policy (testing culture or assessment culture) and between forms of general school policy (student‐oriented or achievement‐oriented) and forms of assessment policy that teachers experience. Reviewing teachers’ attitudes towards assessment policy, it is clear that teachers are not convinced that most schools have a clear concept of an assessment policy. This is the case even though about 82% of the teachers claim to know what the vision of the school on assessment is. The main characteristics of the assessment process lead us to conclude that teachers still live in the testing culture. Although the testing culture exerts a very strong influence over schools, the school policy shows an opening towards an assessment culture. Indeed, a student‐oriented policy is more present than an achievement‐oriented policy. This distinction is important because a student‐oriented policy might bring teachers closer to an assessment culture. Our data show that teachers have a different opinion about this depending on the education sector in which they work and the subject they teach. 相似文献