In the New Zealand Herald lecturer in primary teacher education at the University of Auckland, Dr Fiona Ell, reflects on […]
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Schools shouldn’t skimp on science – Editorial
The editorial in today’s Dominion Post focuses on the issue of science education in New Zealand secondary schools, following the […]
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A segment on today’s Nine to Noon on Radio New Zealand examines the issue of science teaching in primary schools […]
Continue readingNew York Times on NZ’s education exportation
An article by journalist Liz Gooch in the Asia/Pacific section of today’s New York Times examines New Zealand’s efforts to […]
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American researchers who say gender equity and other sociocultural factors — not national income, school type, or religion — determine […]
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Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, today released his much-awaited report on the state of science […]
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Rebecca Todd writes in The Press about new research from Canterbury University showing that children with asthma are more likely […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA:Cellphones could become classroom tools
A new pilot programme underway in Auckland could see teachers switch from banning cell phones in classrooms, to making them […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Smoke dope and become one, study warns
Jarrod Booker writes in the New Zealand Herald about research from the University of Otago showing that people who start […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Rock solid grounding in the study of life
Angela McCarthy writes in the New Zealand Herald about the study of geology, and the careers that geology graduates have […]
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