Curriculum

The role and value of school libraries.

Priorities and guidelines for developing a school-wide literacy policy.

Research-based strategies for encouraging boys to read for enjoyment.

The importance of literacy is promoting a wide range of outcomes in education and beyond

Research-based strategies for encouraging boys to read for enjoyment.

Why reading for pleasure is so beneficial for teenagers' learning and wellbeing, and what the research says about getting them to read more.

How to build on early writing instruction in the middle and upper primary years

An introduction to the essential components of early writing instruction

An overview of music as an academic subject and its place in the curriculum.

Music in the New Zealand curriculum and the changes to how it has been taught and assessed.

A guide to the key principles of teaching music in primary school.

Developing effective schoolwide programmes for supporting RSE in secondary school.

A guide to understanding what differentiates 'sex education' from 'Relationships and Sexuality Education' (RSE), and why it is so important in schools.

Guidance for consulting with the community and implementing an RSE curriculum in primary schools.

How to support students who need to make accelerated progress in literacy.

The importance of literacy teaching and learning across all curriculum areas at secondary school, and strategies for taking a cross-curricular approach.

Evidence-based approaches and strategies for teaching and learning maths.

Why maths is so important, and how to choose effective approaches to teaching and learning.

The importance of literacy is promoting a wide range of outcomes in education and beyond

An overview of the key theories that describe how children develop the language and cognitive skills that underpin the process of reading and writing

Understanding what to measure and how and why to measure it when evaluating students’ learning in early reading and writing

An overview of the key principles in teaching early reading

Key considerations for teaching music in secondary schools.

A brief history of curriculum integration, the theory underpinning it, and the key principles to bear in mind when implementing it.

Associate Professor Bronwyn Wood explores why and how social studies should be taught using the well-established concept-led approach.

Michelle McKinlay shares her insights into supporting ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) students in English medium classrooms.

This webinar explores how we position and understand the role of knowledge within education and schooling and how this links to the design, development, and implementation of the curriculum.

Dr And Pasley discusses why all children deserve to be affirmed for who they are and how gender affirmation might become a space where teachers and students can unpack differences in the classroom and support all children to explore how they want to be in the world

Daisy Christodoulou discusses how comparative judgement can help schools improve students’ writing.

Teachers from Pupuke kāhui ako discuss their work to improve the continuity and coherence of literacy learning from early childhood education to Year 13.

Teacher Jeanette Breen discusses what is most important for students to learn in their writing journey from Primary to Secondary

Professor Emerita Naomi Baron from American University talks about the research into digital technologies and writing, and to share insights from her newest book

Christine Counsell explores questions and ideas related to curriculum thinking and curriculum design.

A panel discussion exploring the key ideas, questions, and recommendations raised in our 2023 report on curriculum design in schools

Associate Professor Jodie Hunter shares insights from her extensive classroom-based research into the use of culturally responsive approaches to teaching and learning mathematics in primary school.

Emma Nahna joins us for a follow-up webinar to explore in more detail strategies teachers can employ to support oral language development across the primary school years.

Professor Emerita Naomi Baron of American University discusses the extensive research from the past decade that has explored the nature and impact of reading digitally.

Speech language therapist and literacy consultant Emma Nahna talks about the fundamental importance of oral language as part a broad, rich literacy programme.

Dr Christine Braid shares her vast knowledge and expertise around the processes involved in learning to read and write.

Dr Helen Walls, classroom practitioner and researcher, presents the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of writing instruction, including the re-evaluation of some widely-accepted practices.

The perilous state of literacy in New Zealand – The Education Hub launches its latest report with a panel discussion.

Exploring the importance of relationships and sexuality education (RSE) in primary and secondary schools.

A discussion on the principles you can use to work out the form of your lessons, and mathematics and statistics programmes more broadly.

Discover how two teachers used real-world problems drawn from their local community to engage students in collaborative problem-solving.

Trudi Browne and Nic Rickard from Burnside School present this webinar, and discuss how a collaborative, whole school approach to oral language professional learning led to significant changes in ākonga oral communication confidence and competence.

Key insights from a webinar with Michelle McKinlay from the University of Auckland.

Key insights from a webinar with Dr Ampersand Pasley.

Key insights from a webinar with Professors John Morgan and David Lambert.

Key insights from the webinar with Professor Emerita Naomi Baron of American University on the impact of digital tools on how we write.

Key insights from the webinar with the leaders of the Pupuke Kahui Āko.

The key insights from our webinar with Professor Naomi Baron on the research into reading print versus digital texts.

An innovative but highly reliable approach to marking writing.

Why a knowledge-rich curriculum is essential for all students.

Key insights from the webinar with Professor Jodie Hunter on effective, culturally responsive maths teaching in primary school.

The key insights from our webinar with Professor Naomi Baron on the research into reading print versus digital texts.

Powerful practices for building oral language capability from our webinar with speech language therapist Emma Nahna

Chris Duggan from The House of Science shares insights from their work into promoting the teaching and learning of science in primary and intermediate schools

Hear from the teachers and students involved in the Te Waka STEM Innovation Hub at Tauhara College

Teachers from Burnside Primary share the findings of their multi-year focus on supporting and improving oral language in the early primary years

Key insights from our webinar with Irene Anderson and Jennifer Glenn on teaching reading and writing across subject areas in secondary schools.

A summary of some of the key insight's from Helen Wall's highly informative webinar on teaching writing

A summary of the key insights from the webinar on primary school mathematics, with Fiona Ell and Lisa Darragh

A report summarising the two-year Te Waka STEM Innovation Hub project at Tauhara College in Taupō.

A written report discussing the work being done at Burnside Primary School with a focus to develop students’ confidence and competence to communicate through a school-wide initiative to improve the teaching of oral language.