WMIER Research Reports

Access published research reports from Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER). Explore the downloadable reports detailing key findings and project outcomes.

Published 2015

Teaching & Learning in Cultural Diverse Early Childhood Settings

Authors: Linda Mitchell, Amanda Bateman, Amondi Ouko, Robyn Gerrity, Jacqui Lees, Karen Matata, Htwe Htwe Myint, Leanne Rapana, Amy Taunga, Wendy Xiao
Date Published: January 2015
Download the report Teaching & Learning in Cultural Diverse Early Childhood Settings (PDF - 2.6 MB)

Published 2013

The Ngahere Project

Authors: Janette Kelly and E. Jayne White with Marion Dekker, Julie Donald, Kathryn Hart, Fiona McKay, Lynley McMillan, Amy Mitchell-King and Gill Wright
Date Published: 2013
Download and read The Ngahere Project (PDF 2.5MB)

Transforming Disciplines: Emergent Learning and Threshold Concepts

Authors: Susan Groundwater-Smith
Date Published: December 2013 Download the report
Download the report Transforming Disciplines: Emergent Learning and Threshold Concepts - Conference Report (PDF 1.5MB)

Published 2012

Science in the New Zealand Curriculum e-in-science

Authors: Cathy Buntting
Date Published: 2012
Project: Science in the New Zealand Curriculum. Report commissioned by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research for the Ministry of Education.
Download the report Science in the New Zealand Curriculum e-in-science - Milestone 2: Scoping the possibilities. (PDF - 337.44KB) 

Science in the New Zealand Curriculum: e-in-science

Authors: Cathy Buntting, Bill MacIntyre, Garry Falloon, Graeme Cosslet, & Mike Forret
Date Published: 2012
Project: Science in the New Zealand Curriculum. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Download the report Science in the New Zealand Curriculum: e-in-science. (PDF - 557.8KB)

Published 2011

Augmenting primary teaching and learning science through ICT

Authors: Kathrin Otrel-Cass, Bronwen Cowie & Elaine Khoo Date 
Published: 2011
Project: SCIAnTICT - Science Classroom Investigations of the Affordances in Teaching with ICT
Download report: Augmenting primary teaching and learning science through ICT (PDF - 416.57 KB)

Core: a way to build pedagogical content knowledge for beginning teachers

Authors: Chris Eames, John Williams, Anne Hume & John Lockley
Date Published: 2011
Project: Promoting pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) development for early career secondary teachers
Download report: Core: a way to build pedagogical content knowledge for beginning teachers (PDF - 211.82 KB)

Culturally responsive pedagogy and assessment in primary science classrooms: Whakamana tamariki

Authors: Cowie, B., Otrel-Cass, K., Glynn, T., & Kara, H. et al. 
Date Published: 2011
Project: Linking culturally responsive teaching, learning and assessment to enhance the engagement of diverse students in primary science classroom
Download report: Culturally responsive pedagogy and assessment in primary science classrooms: Whakamana tamariki (PDF - 76.84 KB)

Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies 2

Authors: Rosemary Hipkins, Bronwen Cowie, Sally Boyd, Paul Keown & Clive McGee
Date Published: 2011
Project: New Zealand Curriculum Exploratory Studies 2009 to 2010
Download the report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies 2. Final Report to the Ministry of Education.

Exploring eLearning practices across the disciplines in a university environment

Authors: E Marcia Johnson, Bronwen Cowie & Elaine Khoo
Date Published: June 2011
Project: Exploring e-learning practices across the disciplines in a university environment
Download report Exploring eLearning practices across the disciplines in a university environment ( PDF - 197.02 KB)

Learning wisdom: Young children and teachers recognising the learning

Authors: Margaret Carr, Wendy Lee (Educational Leadership Project) & the Early Years Wisdom Group
Date Published: 2011
Project: Learning Wisdom
Download report Learning wisdom: Young children and teachers recognising the learning (PDF - 72.23 KB)

Locality-based evaluation of Pathways to the Future — Ngā Huarahi Arataki: Integrated report 2004, 2006 and 2009.

Authors: Linda Mitchell, Patricia Meagher-Lundberg, Diane Mara, Pam Cubey & Margaret Whitford
Date Published: 2011
Project: Evaluation of Pathways to the Future - Ngā Huarahi Arataki. A 10 year strategic plan for early childhood education. Report for the Ministry of Education, New Zealand.
Download the report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Locality-based evaluation of Pathways to the Future — Ngā Huarahi Arataki: Integrated report 2004, 2006 and 2009. (PDF - 1.4MB)

Statistics is boring ... because it makes you think!

Authors: Sashi Sharma, Phil Doyle, Viney Shandil & Semisi Talakia'atu
Date Published: 2011
Project: Developing secondary school students' understanding of statistical literacy in a data analysis environment
Download report Statistics is boring ... because it makes you think! (PDF - 227.06 KB)

Survey of Kindergarten Provision: Results of a 2010 Survey of New Zealand Kindergartens Inc. Kindergarten Associations

Authors: Claire Davison, Linda Mitchell and Mira Peter
Date Published: December 2011
Download report Survey of Kindergarten Provision (PDF - 739KB)

Published 2010

Literature Review: Transition from Early Childhood Education to School

Authors: Sally Peters Date
Date Published: 2010 
Project: Literature review: Transition from early childhood education to school
Download report from the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) website: Literature Review: Transition from Early Childhood Education to School. (PDF - 2.8MB)

Living in New Zealand: Congolese refugee families' aspirations for children and early childhood education
Authors: Linda Mitchell and Amondi Ouko Date
Published: August 2010

Te Puawaitanga: Partnerships with tamariki and whanau in bicultural early childhood care and education: Final Report

Authors: Jenny Ritchie & Cheryl Rau
Date Published: 2008
Project: Te Puawaitanga – partnerships with tamariki and whānau in bicultural early childhood care and education
Download the report Te Puawaitanga: Partnerships with tamariki and whanau in bicultural early childhood care and education: Final Report. (PDF - 2.19MB)

Published 2009

Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies

Authors: Bronwen Cowie, Rosemary Hipkins, Sally Boyd, Ally Bull, Paul Keown, Clive McGee, with Beverley Cooper, Jenny Ferrier-Kerr, Anne Hume, Anne McKim, Judy Moreland, Michele Morrison, Rachel Bolstad, Lorraine Spiller, Merilyn Taylor & Russell Yates
Date Published: 2009
Project: New Zealand Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies
Download the report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies. Final Report to the Ministry of Education.

Strengthening responsive and reciprocal relationships in a whanau tangata centre: An action research project

Authors: Jeanette Clarken-Phillips & Margaret Carr
Date Published: 2009
Project: Strengthening responsive and reciprocal relationships in a whānau tangata centre: An action research project
Download report Strengthening responsive and reciprocal relationships in a whanau tangata centre: An action research project (PDF - 465.04 KB)

Teaching literature in the multicultural classroom 

Authors: Terry Locke, Gail Cawkwell & Emilie Sila’ila’i with Alison Cleary, Willem de Beer, Sandy Harris, Elizabeth Lumby, David Riley, Janet Sturgess & Julie-Ann Thumath
Date Published: 2009
Project: Teaching literature in multicultural classrooms
Download report Teaching literature in the multicultural classroom (PDF - 67.48 KB)

Published 2008

Classroom InSITE project Understanding classroom interactions to enhance teaching and learning in science and technology in Years 1–8: Summary

Authors: Brownen Cowie, Judy Moreland, Alister Jones & Kathrin Otrel-Cass
Date Published: 2008
Project: The Classroom InSiTE Project 
Download report: Classroom InSITE project Understanding classroom interactions to enhance teaching and learning in science and technology in Years 1–8: Summary (PDF - 69.54 KB)

Key learning competencies across place and time: Kimihia te ara totika, hei oranga mo to ao: Final Report

Authors: Margaret Carr, Sally Peters, Keryn Davis et al.
Date Published: 2008
Project: Key learning competencies across place and time
Download report Key learning competencies across place and time: Kimihia te ara totika, hei oranga mo to ao. Final Report. (PDF - 1.25MB)

Pasifika teachers in secondary education: Issues, possibilities and strategies.

Authors: Tony Brown, Nesta Devine, Elsie Leslie, Margaret Paiti, Emilie Sila'ila'i, Sandra Umaki & Jay Williams
Date Published: 2008
Project: Pasifika teachers in secondary education: Issues, possibilities and strategies
Download the report Pasifika teachers in secondary education: Issues, possibilities and strategies. (PDF - 441.11KB)

Published 2007

Art of the matter the development and extension of ways of knowing in the arts: Summary

Authors: Deborah Fraser, Clare Henderson & Graham Price
Date Published: 2007
Project: Download the report Art of the matter the development and extension of ways of knowing in the arts.

Effective professional learning in physical activity

Authors: Kirsten Petrie, Alister Jones & Anne McKim
Date Published: March 2007
Project: Physical activity professional development evaluation
Download the report Evaluative research on the impact of effective professional learning in curricular and co-curricular physical activity in primary schools. Report for the Ministry of Education, New Zealand. (PDF - 1.3MB)

Research and development of classroom-based resources for bioethics education in New Zealand

Authors: Alister Jones, Anne McKim, Michael Reiss, Barbara Ryan, Cathy Buntting, Kathy Saunders, Rosemary De Luca & Lindsey O'Conner
Date Published: December 2007
Project: Bioethics education

Published 2006

Great Expectations: Enhancing learning and strengthening teaching in primary schools with diverse student populations through action research: Final Report.

Authors: Mary Hill, Jan Robertson, Rachel Allan, Therese Bakker, Darryl Connelly, Maureen Grimes, Lesley Murrihy & Mike Sutton
Date Published: 2006
Project: Great Expectations: Enhancing learning and strengthening teaching in primary schools with diverse student populations through action research
Download report Great Expectations: Enhancing learning and strengthening teaching in primary schools with diverse student populations through action research: Final Report. (PDF - 617KB)

Impact of Covid-19 on the early childhood education sector in Aotearoa New Zealand: Challenges and opportunities. Initial findings from a survey of managers.

Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in bicultural development in early childhood care and education: Final Report

Authors: Jenny Ritchie & Cheryl Rau
Date Published: 2006
Project: Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in Bicultural Development in Early Childhood Care and Education
Download report Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in bicultural development in early childhood care and education: Final Report. (PDF - 988.04KB)

Published 2005

LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika). Survey analysis: Quantitative dimensions (2005)

Authors: Stephen May, Johanne McCormish, Margaret Franken, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow and Ruth Kapoor
Date Published: February 2005
Project: LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika)
The LEAP professional learning resource and associated reports can be accessed from the Tāhūrangi – New Zealand Curriculum website.

LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika): Effective Language and Learning Strategies for Mainstream, Teaching Working with Bilingual Pasifika Students. Survey Analysis: Qualitative Dimensions

Authors: Stephen May, Johanne McCormish and Margaret Franken
Date Published: June, 2005
Project: LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika) 
The LEAP professional learning resource and associated reports can be accessed from the Tāhūrangi – New Zealand Curriculum website.

LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika): Literature Review

Authors: Margaret Franken, Stephen May & Johanne McCormish
Date Published: February, 2005 Project: LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika).
The LEAP professional learning resource and associated reports can be accessed from the Tāhūrangi – New Zealand Curriculum website.

Values in the New Zealand Curriculum: A Literature Review on Values in the Curriculum

Authors: Paul Keown, Lisa Parker & Sarah Tiakiwai
Date Published: July, 2005
Project: Values in the New Zealand curriculum
Download the report: Values in the New Zealand curriculum: A literature review on values in the curriculum. Report for the Ministry of Education, New Zealand. (PDF - 1.1MB)

Published 2004

Bilingual/Immersion Education: Indicators of Good Practice. Final Report to the Ministry of Education

Authors: Stephen May, Richard Hill and Sarah Tiakiwai Date
Published: 2004
Download this report from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website: Bilingual/Immersion Education: Indicators of Good Practice. Final Report to the Ministry of Education (PDF - 3.4MB)

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum

Authors: Clive McGee, Bronwen Cowie, Thelma Miller, Peggy Lee, Louise Milne, Kerry Earl, Ariana Donaghy & Alister Jones
Date Published: March 2004
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Review of Whanau Literacy Projects. Final Report to the Tertiary Education Commission

Authors: Stephen May, Richard Hill & Ariana Donaghy
Date Published: March, 2004

The impact of information and communication technology upon schools

Authors: Clive McGee, Ariana Donaghy & Russell Yates
Date Published: March 2004

Published 2003

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Curriculum Implementation: English, Languages, Science and Social Studies

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow and Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: February 2003
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Curriculum Implementation: English, Languages, Science and Social Studies

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow and Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: February 2003
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Curriculum Implementation: General Curriculum, the Arts and Health and Physical Education

Authors: Clive McGee, Ann Harlow, Thelma Miller, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Alister Jones & Ariana Donaghy
Date Published: August 2003
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Online Teaching and Learning: A study of teacher education students' experiences

Authors: Ariana Donaghy, Clive McGee, Bill Ussher & Russell Yates
Date Published: April 2003

Secondary Literacy Initiative Evaluation Project: Literacy Literature Review

Authors: Noeline Wright, John Smyth, Stephen May and David Whitehead
Date Published: December, 2003

Published 2002

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Milestone 3: Report on the development of the second round of questionnaires: English, Languages, Science and Social Studies

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver, Karen MacKenzie, Sarah Tiakiwai, Catherine Lang, Peggy Lee & Guy Spurr 
Date Published: June 2002
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Implementing Mathematics in the New Zealand National Curriculum

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: November 2002
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Implementing Technology in the New Zealand National Curriculum

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: November 2002
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Teachers' Experiences in Implementing the New Zealand National Curriculum

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: November 2002
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.
Authors: Clive McGee & Ariana Donaghy
Date Published: November 2002

Implementing National Curriculum in Kura and Mainstream Units: Teachers' Experiences in Te Reo Maori, Pangarau and Across the Curriculum

Authors: Russell Bishop & Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai
Date Published: November, 2002

Māori research ethics

Authors: Kiri Powick
Date Published: December 2002

Teachers' Experiences in Curriculum Implementation: General Curriculum, Mathematics and Technology

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver, Sarah Tiakiwai & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: April, 2002

Published 2001

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Milestone 1: Report on national teacher focus groups

Authors: Clive McGee, Bronwen Cowie, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Thelma Miller & Karen MacKenzie
Date Published: December 2001
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Milestone 2: Report on the first round of questionnaires: General, Mathematics, Technology, Maori Medium

Authors: Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Russell Bishop, Bronwen Cowie, Mary Hill, Thelma Miller, Ann Harlow, Debbie Oliver, Karen MacKenzie & Christina Cram
Date Published: December 2001
Project: Curriculum Stocktake: National School Sampling Study. Case Studies of Schools: Implementation of National Curriculum.
This, and other associated reports, are available to download from the Ministry of Education's Education Counts website.

Published 2000

Research on Learning, Curriculum and Teachers' Roles

Authors: Clive McGee & Clare Penlington
Date Published: 2000/2001

Primary Teacher Education for Graduates: Development and Review of the new programme

Authors: Clive McGee, Judith McGee, Clare Penlington & Debbie Oliver
Date Published: August, 2000