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ECE / LATEST UPDATES

Culturally responsive pedagogy in ECE

Mana-inspired leadership for bicultural teaching and learning in ECE

December 10, 2020

Key insights from ECE leader Deanna Niha on bicultural practice and leadership

Outdoor spaces in ECE

Promoting children’s risky play in outdoor learning environments

December 2, 2020

The characteristics and benefits of risky play, and how to design spaces and programmes to promote it.

Building effective teams

ECE webinar: Bicultural leadership and practice in ECE

November 30, 2020

This session with Deanna Niha, from an ECE centre in Whangarei, discusses how her centre approaches bilingual and bicultural education and leadership

Outdoor spaces in ECE

Outdoor learning environments in ECE

November 26, 2020

Designing outdoor spaces in ECE that support children’s opportunities to learn and develop through many kinds of outdoor play.

SCHOOLS / LATEST UPDATES

Philosophical approaches

Dewey’s educational philosophy

January 18, 2021

An introduction to the key principles underpinning John Dewey’s philosophy of education

Science of learning

What teachers should know about knowledge and learning

January 18, 2021

Key ideas from the cognitive science literature for teachers at the start of a new school year.

Executive function

Executive function in secondary school

January 12, 2021

How to support and promote essential executive function skills in secondary school classrooms.

Teacher wellbeing

Preventing burnout among principals

December 17, 2020

Specific advice on avoiding and dealing with burnout among principals and school leaders

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Science of learning

What teachers should know about knowledge and learning

January 18, 2021

Key ideas from the cognitive science literature for teachers at the start of a new school year.

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Key insights on homework from Cathy Vatterott

November 18, 2020

Useful guidelines on whether or not to set homework, how much to set, and how to design high quality homework tasks.

Insight

Problems of practice: The teaching and learning priorities of New Zealand school teachers

November 18, 2020

Summary of Education Hub research on what New Zealand teachers consider to be their greatest teaching and learning challenges.

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Executive function

A short introduction to executive function

November 30, 2020

The key things you need to know about what executive function is and how to support it in children.

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Christine Rubie-Davies

Professor
Graeme Aitken

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Helen Timperley

Professor
Gavin Brown

Associate Professor
Matt McCrudden

Associate Professor
Hunter Gehlbach

Dr
Aaron Wilson

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