This article draws on research among very experienced secondary teachers in New Zealand to show that a prolonged period of neo-liberal education policies can have a lasting effect on teachers' memories of their own radical past. Despite the existence in the 1970s and 1980s of an emerging consensus among secondary teachers that the traditional…

This paper proposes the idea that in smaller countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, computer-assisted education may be creating an era of neo-colonialism in education. The paper discusses the problems of attempting to develop and maintain intellectual and cultural independence in an age of high technology. In countries such as Australia…

The Educational Development Conference was established in 1972 as a national program directed at gathering public opinion for planning educational policies in New Zealand. The following aspects of the organization of the program are discussed: initial organization, regional committees, publicity, information materials, formation of groups,…

The Numeracy Development Project (New Zealand), now into its third year of implementation, spans years 1 to 10 of schools. By the conclusion of 2001, the project had involved approximately 3,300 teachers and 64,000 students. The Number Framework forms the core of the project program by providing teachers with a knowledge of how students acquire…

Issues in educating pupils with profound disabilities are discussed, examining policy, curriculum, research on teaching methods, and influence of behavioral psychology methods. Evaluation of educational outcomes is also examined, focusing on Project MESH (Model Education for Severely Handicapped Learners), a project based at the University of…

Introduces this special issue on the provision of integrated, comprehensive educational services for preschool children, focusing on advances in this area in Denmark, Spain, and New Zealand, and the lack of such services on a national scale in the United Kingdom. (MDM)

Interviews with members of three school boards in New Zealand highlight their reactions to the impact of educational restructuring, which included goals of social equity and cultural inclusiveness. Many members thought that standards were high and they supported equity policies. (SK)

Analyzes three aspects of reform in New Zealand elementary-secondary education since 1989: curriculum changes, a new assessment program, and changes in qualifications in senior secondary education. Highlights the influences of other countries in reform and discusses the emphasis on learning outcomes. (SK)

Describes New Zealand's school reform as a possible model for the United States. New Zealand abolished its central education bureaucracy and turned over the running of each school to locally elected boards of trustees dominated by parents. Parents also have the right to choose which school their children will attend. Positive and negative effects…

This article introduces the issue of articles on research assessments and rankings. It focuses on the British Research Assessment Exercises (RAEs) and New Zealand's Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF). It contrasts these with systems that are not tied to funding formulas and emphasise quality enhancement rather than quality assurance. It…

Edited by three authorities in the field, this "Handbook" presents contributions from experts across the world who report the cutting-edge of international research. It is ground-breaking in its holistic, evidence-informed account that aims to synthesize key messages for policy and practice in English, language and literacy teaching. A…

A common strategy employed by wealthy industrial nations for dealing with short-term skill deficits is to recruit internationally; such was the case, around the millennium, when a teacher supply crisis occurred in the United Kingdom (UK). That immediate crisis is now over; yet irrespective of peaks and troughs, international teacher migration is…

This comparative study of private education in Australia and New Zealand attempts to provide detailed information about the role, status, size, and prospects of the independent educational sector in each of the two countries and to show how it related to such information about other western democracies. The section of the report that concerns…

The purpose of this study is to move beyond debates about income-contingency or non-income contingency as a means of loan repayment and focus on the specific nature of the debt burden facing students in different countries. In particular, it will explore how much students in different countries owe in student loan debt, the conditions governing…

States that the evolution of special education policy that has taken place in the last decade in New Zealand reflects the coalescence of several paradigm shifts. Notes an international shift away from categorizing students in terms of disabilities. Examines tensions inherent in these paradigm shifts and interactions among them. (BT)