University of Waikato Professor Margaret Carr has won the prestigious McKenzie research award. This is the fourth consecutive year that a University of Waikato researcher has won this award.

The McKenzie Award recognises NZARE (NZ Association for Research in Education)http://www.nzare.org.nz members who have made a significant contribution to educational research over an extended period of time.

At the recent NZARE National Conference Professor Carr was announced as the 2005 recipient. Professor Carr is a researcher at the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research at the School of Education.

School of Education Dean Noeline Alcorn, a keynote speaker at the conference, says she is delighted that Professor Carr's work has been recognised in this way and that this is the fourth consecutive year that a Waikato academic has won.
�Professor Carr's work is grounded in practice, but makes a significant contribution to theory. It is accessible to teachers and parents and highly respected in international academic circles. It is research that makes a difference for children, their parents and their teachers.�

Professor Carr is nationally and internationally regarded as a distinguished researcher. In 2002 she was made an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for her services to early childhood education. With Professor Helen May she was responsible for the design of Te Wh�riki the Early Childhood curriculum. She is a published author, sought-after conference speaker and policy adviser. She has directed five major Ministry of Education contracts and a Royal Marsden Fund contract. She is a member of numerous international editorial boards. She is also the Deputy Chair on the Board for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER).

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