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Funding success for research aimed at improving outcomes for learners
7 December 2018
Two of our new research projects have won funding support from the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative.
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Help closer to home for teachers with struggling readers
3 December 2018
Teachers in West Auckland will have easier access to specialist training to help struggling readers with the opening of Colwill School’s Reading Recovery Subcentre last Friday (November 30).
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Intermediate school students discover compassion
28 November 2018
On World Compassion Day (28 November) bullying-prevention researcher Dr Mike Webster ponders: How can we develop a generation of young people who actively integrate compassion into their philosophy of life?
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Navigating Chinese students’ culture shock
28 November 2018
Culture shock is a real risk for anyone travelling to a foreign place, but there is also a kind of academic culture shock that can affect students who aren’t used to what’s expected of students in western countries, according to research by doctoral candidate Linda Yu.
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A message to Minister Hipkins for a brighter teaching future
27 November 2018
Until the Government addresses the status of the profession, teaching is likely to remain in crisis and we will continue to not have enough teachers to staff our schools, says Associate Professor Wayne Smith.
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More men in helping professions
27 November 2018
Ahead of International Men’s Day on Monday 19 November, a second-year social work student reflects why more men are needed in the social good sector.
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A harvest of awards for the University’s education researchers
26 November 2018
Several academics from the Faculty of Education and Social Work have been honoured with prestigious research awards at the New Zealand Research in Education (NZARE) Conference this week.
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The cost of our nation’s cultural heritage too high?
19 November 2018
Opinion: An Environment Court decision has paved the way for the destruction of the special cultural heritage landscape at Ihumaatao, near Māngere, exposing flaws in New Zealand’s heritage protection mechanisms.
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Champion for Pacific learners Dr Rae Si`ilata honoured
13 November 2018
Dr Rae Si`ilata, a lecturer in Biliteracy-Pasifika Education at the Faculty of Education and Social Work, is one of the recipients of the Pacific Education Award in this year’s SunPix Pacific Peoples Awards.
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Unique mentoring scheme gives hope to youth excluded from mainstream education
13 November 2018
As 16 young people marked their completion the Campus Connections Aotearoa programme, the difference the programme has made in their lives is evident.
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John Hattie: Too much discussion in the wrong places
6 November 2018
Professor of Education John Hattie returned to his old stomping ground on Monday night to challenge educators’ thinking around what really works in education.
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Laying a good foundation
5 November 2018
Students of the University of Auckland's preparation programme at Manukau celebrated the completion of their year of pre-University study.
