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File photo. Photo: 123RF Some teachers and parents don't like the open-plan classroom blocks known as modern or flexible learning environments and independent post-occupancy assessments of the buildings have relied heavily on staff and student surveys. Now the ministry will use electronic equipment to monitor new builds and provide hard data on their performance. The principal of a recently-constructed school, Heath McNeil from Ormiston Primary School in Auckland, said electronic monitoring was a good move. "These are large commercial buildings and we need to know how they're performing for...

Luck, timing, and a deadly virus: How Hawke's Bay's teaching shortage solved itself 4 Feb, 2021 09:42 PM 8 minutes to read Covid-19 has caused huge upheaval for education in Hawke's Bay, but it's also eased one of its biggest problems. Shannon Johnstone reports. Teacher Richard Fenwick knew he and his family wanted to come back from Zimbabwe to Hawke's Bay. Life, and the timing of a deadly virus, nearly got in his way over the course of a chaotic seven-day journey to get home. Hastings Girls' High School teacher Richard Fenwick returned to Hawke's Bay from Zimbabwe where hi...

National Party's Paul Goldsmith slams Aotearoa NZ Histories curriculum as 'lacking in balance' 3 Feb, 2021 02:43 AM 8 minutes to read Koro Nicholas of Tauranga Moana plays the pūkāea (trumpet) at the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Ruapekapeka last month; students will now learn about the battle. Photo / Peter de Graaf. Koro Nicholas of Tauranga Moana plays the pūkāea (trumpet) at the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Ruapekapeka last month; students will now learn about the battle. Photo / Peter de Graaf. New Zealand's first draft plan to teach our own history in schools has been sla...

If nothing was done the cost to society would be "astronomical", harming people's ability to distinguish facts from lies and fuelling irrational beliefs such as the anti-vax movement, Duggan said. "With the power of social media now it's so easy for people to put semi-truths or false truths out there. "And if we have lost the ability to be a little bit cynical and to question things then we're in deep trouble." Duggan said she did not know why the MoE was not doing more to stop the decline. Association of Primary Science Educators national coordinator Sandy Jackson said she would love to see ...

Photo: 123RF The Principals Federation says achievement in maths and science in particular should be ringing alarm bells and schools need more direction on what they should be teaching and the best ways to teach it. In a letter to the secretary for education, Iona Holsted, the federation's president, Perry Rush, said New Zealand's falling scores had not provoked an urgent response and the lack of "thought leadership" was a serious weakness. Holsted responded with a letter that said the Ministry of Education (MOE) was already working on the problems the federation raised and schools already ha...