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Minister Wayne Mapp speech - Read the transcript of the speech given by Wayne Mapp, Minister of Research, Science and Technology and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education. (Scroll down to view Speech to the Education Leaders' Forum at the Waiariki Institute of Technology, Rotorua on 15 October 2009.)
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Cynthia Shaw - Teachers Council - Cynthia Shaw of the New Zealand Teachers Council outlines the latest developments.
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JoAnn Kuchera-Morin tours the AlloSphere - JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demonstratess the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ... and detect previously unseen patterns that could lead to new discoveries.
Composer JoAnn Kuchera-Morin is the director of the Centre for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) at UC Santa Barbara. Find out more about JoAnn Kuchera-Morin.
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McKinsey & Company report - How the world's best-performing school systems come out on top.
McKinsey & Company (2007)
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Do we value education? - This timely article by Bruce Ritchie, Principal, Massey High, is based on his recent Wolf Fisher experiences in Finland.
"My experiences on a recent educational study tour to the USA, England and Finland ...lead me to question the value we place on education. ..I would like to focus on Finland as a country not much bigger than New Zealand (5.2 million) and a country which forty years ago was poor educationally and economically. However, it is now one of the stronger economies in the OECD and the top performing education nation in the world as measured by the OECD Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA). How did they do this and what can we learn?"
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Stuart Middleton: Complacency kills students' dreams - "...All of this paints a foreboding picture for the 15- to 19-year-old age group. It is my view that we must focus on this level and work back down into the education system to see that young people arrive at the age of 15 equipped to continue.
This includes access to early childhood education, engagement of families in schools, secure levels of literacy and numeracy, and so on. But it also requires something more. New Zealand is the only OECD country that withdraws the entitlement to free education training from young people when they leave the compulsory school sector.
Other countries continue to provide free training for vocational education and training. It is imperative that students continue to receive free education and training regardless of where that is obtained..."
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Day One Themes - At the end of Day 1, Geoff Pearman identified 5 themes that he had heard emerging through the day. See also the video of Geoff's presentation.
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Interwrite Personal Response Clickers - Experiences of these clickers at the forum provided a brief ligh-hearted idea of how they can used in similar situations to gain or gauge peoples' opinions or views. Cricket clickers are suitable for teaching, reviewing material as well as formative and summative assessment in classrooms and lecture theatres with 20 to 2000 people. Details and costings available from Sitech Systems Ltd 0800 100 607.
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The World is Flat - The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century is a best-selling book by Thomas L. Friedman analyzing the progress of globalization with an emphasis on the early 21st century. (Wikipedia article)
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Ministry of Education - Executive briefings - Periodically the SMS team runs Executive Briefings and seminars for education sector group representatives, accredited SMS vendors and suppliers of a range of related technologies.
The last event was held at the James Cook Hotel in Wellington on 20 November 2006. The next event is likely to take place in mid to late 2007.
This page contains links to, and downloads of, presentation material from seminars held in August/September 2006, and Executive Briefings held in April and November 2006. It is designed for participants to review and refresh themselves on the topics covered, but other readers are also welcome. For more details about any of the initiatives covered please contact the SMS project team to be put in contact with the speaker.
Please note, the podcast files (in the downloads section below) open with Quicktime (free from http://www.apple.com/quicktime) or Itunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/).
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School Leadership and Student Outcomes - School Leadership and Student Outcomes: Identifying What Works and Why
This Monograph is the ACEL William Walker Oration for 2007, delivered on October 11, 2007 at the national conference of the ACEL, by Professor Viviane Robinson, University of Auckland. Professor Robinson acknowledges the financial support of the Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis programme of the New Zealand Ministry of Education
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School Leadership: Best Evidence Synthesis - School leadership examined
The next Best Evidence Synthesis concentrates on school leadership. KATE TRINGHAM provides a preview of what's in it
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Hot Topics from ELF - At the end of the Forum participants worked in four groups to identify outstanding 'Hot Topics' that had emerged. This document has the topics as reported from the groups.
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Education Employment Linkages - A research programme on education employment linkages, funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. A collaboration between AERU research unit at Lincoln University, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, and He Pārekereke at Victoria University of Wellington.
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School2.0 - A graphical overview of the components of the school2.0 system
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ELF Thursday discussion feedback - PDF file of screen shots of group key points. This is a picture file of each of three group's feedback
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Map of Future Forces - Links to an interactive map that matches six categories of "change drivers" with five key areas of activity where major trends are revealed from different perspectives. Within this matrix are a range of click-able 'hotspots', 'dilemmas' and 'trends', each of which is linked to a discussion forum where readers are adding their own perspectives, thoughts and opinions.
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National Library of New Zealand - Small ppt supporting the discussion on resources available through the National Library Service
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Experimentarium for children - Added: September 18, 2007
From: transformationlab
In 7 years we are going to build a wh... In 7 years we are going to build a whole new library on the harbour in Aarhus. We would like to hear from children what they would like to do in such a new place.
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The New Zealand Curriculum: Draft 2006–2007 - Developing the draft curriculum
So far, more than 15 000 students, teachers, principals, advisers, and academics have contributed to developing the draft New Zealand curriculum, building on the recommendations from the New Zealand Curriculum Stocktake Report, published in April 2003.
People have contributed by participating in working groups, providing input online, or taking part in focus groups. The draft revision of the curriculum has been enriched by the knowledge, experience, and different perspectives of all those involved. The participatory process has also led to the creation or growth of professional communities and the forging of new connections between groups. For example, the revision of the social sciences curriculum brought together people from the disciplines of history, economics, geography, social studies, and classics.
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CORE Education's Centre4 Portal - Centre4 has been established to offer a greater degree of connectivity between New Zealand online educational communities. more information...
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Educational Research in New Zealand context - Information about research and evaluation work undertaken and commissioned by the Ministry of Education.
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Education Statistics of NZ 2006 - The information in this volume relates to the 2006 academic year. It covers early childhood education, primary and secondary school education. The General tables include some tertiary information.
Author:The Data Management and Analysis Division, Ministry of Education
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Education Counts on edCentre - If you are looking for information to do with educational statistics and research in New Zealand, you have come to the right place. Education Counts is your first point of contact and a 'one-stop shop' for information relating to education in New Zealand
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