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Check out this US site, which offers a set of checklists and guidelines for teachers of foreign languages to senior students. The set includes guidelines for linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical competence.
http://www.globalteachinglearning.com/profdev/preservice.shtml
30-04-2006
Read the recently published TIMSS-02/03 reports, which are the third in a cycle of studies designed to measure trends in science and mathematics achievement at the middle primary level (year 5) and lower secondary level (year 9). These reports can be downloaded in PDF and Word format.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=10189&am
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20-04-2006
Primary and secondary ESOL and mainstream teachers, subscribe to join a moderated email discussion on how to gather useful information on your ESOL learners and how to use this information in planning effective teaching and learning. ‘Knowing your learners – their language background, their language proficiency, their experiential background’ will take place 14 May until 15 June 2006. Subscribe online, or contact Margaret Kitchen: mkitchen@unitec.ac.nz
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/esol/workshop/
19-04-2006
Read about the experiences of schools that have received funding from the Learning Languages Funding Pool. These case studies include examples of programme development, useful resources and learning activities, professional development, and community involvement, and can also be accessed from the button on the right-hand navigation bar on this page.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/language/school-stories/
14-04-2006
Use this Sharpening the Focus to see what support is available to schools and teachers in addressing physical activity for students.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/governance/sharpening/issue10_e.php
13-04-2006
Skylight have developed five sets of 50 wallet-sized leaflets in response to requests from young people and youth sector professionals for support information that can be given discreetly to teens.
http://www.skylight.org.nz/resource_catalogue.php?p=871
13-04-2006
Download this free study guide which is aimed at secondary school students. (The movie has an ‘M’ rating and is recommended for audiences 15 years and over). The kit includes activities that are based on the achievement objectives in the New Zealand English curriculum, as well as a discussion guide on the issues of film copyright, authorship and the impact of movie piracy.
http://www.sioneswedding.co.nz/teachingkit.pdf
13-04-2006
Download a Teacher's Tool Kit from the Australian Communications and Media Authority. This website provides to help students understand their rights and responsibilities, and manage their personal finances in relation to telecommunications. It includes cross curricula lesson plans for students using mobile phones, fixed lines, and the Internet.
http://toolkit.acma.gov.au/
12-04-2006
Marc Prensky, author of Digital Game-Based Learning, discusses 'Twitch Speed'- a phenomenon of the digital age. Prensky argues that students do not suffer from short attention spans, but actually have developed through games to expect faster delivery of content.
http://www.games2train.com/site/html/article.html
12-04-2006
Read Jamie McKenzie’s article from the March 2006 issue of The Question Mark to see how teachers can develop the questioning powers of students. Jamie currently has several days during the week of 12 June available for schools in NZ or clusters of schools to schedule workshops. If your school or cluster would like to reserve a day with Jamie, you can contact him at mckenzie@fno.org.
http://questioning.org/mar06/teachingq.html
12-04-2006
Read this report about the Ministry of Education's Literacy Strategy, Literacy Professional Development Project. The project is for students in years 1-6 and/or years 7-8. The focus is on increasing the effectiveness of literacy practices in schools either in reading comprehension or writing.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=11102&am
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12-04-2006
Stimulate the minds of all those budding young clothing designers in your class by exploring the fashion collections of the Zambesi fashion house, New Zealand. The designer collections can be used to stimulate ideas for classroom units on materials technology and production and process technology.
http://www.zambesi.co.nz/
12-04-2006
Explore this Radio New Zealand series, on the stories and issues around things New Zealanders use and consume. The programme Digital Life, also part of the show, looks at the way technology is changing the way we live, think, and act. Contains archived sound recordings of the programme.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/thiswayup/
12-04-2006
Explore this educational site, which focuses on dairy production and biosynthesis, grading and defects, chemistry and physics, microbiology, and dairy processing.
http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/home.html
12-04-2006
Download the Answers and Teachers' Notes for the four new books in the Figure It Out series. These are 'Proportional Reasoning' (level 3+), 'Proportional Reasoning' (levels 3–4) - Books 1 and 2, and 'Geometry and Measurement' (Years 7–8). The student books may also be ordered from this link.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/maths/curriculum/figure/index_e.php
11-04-2006
Use this information for workshops being offered to principals, board of trustees, and teachers from all schools to learn about the Schooling Strategy 2005-2010: Making a Difference for all Students and how it can be used to focus thinking and guide school planning.
http://www.nzei.org.nz/schoolingstrategy.htm
11-04-2006
Enjoy this collection of poetry from contemporary New Zealand poets, selected by Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters. The 2005 selection includes poetry by Fiona Farrell, Karlo Mila, Sonja Yelich, and Anne Kennedy, as well as that of newcomers to the list in 2005 such as Michele Amas, Angela Andrews, and Stephanie de Montalk.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/modernletters/bnzp/index.html
07-04-2006
Explore this new 'Key Collection' which offers advice and guidance for schools developing new or improved facilities for programmes based on The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum. The information has been developed from the collected experiences of more than 60 New Zealand schools and many performing arts education specialists.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/arts/facilities/
04-04-2006
Read the latest research in the longitudinal Competent Children, Competent Learners project which, since 1993, has tracked the development of a group of children from near five years old and in early childhood education through into secondary school.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=11105&am
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03-04-2006
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