| Learning Net Comes to South Auckland
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| The ‘learning net’ technology initiative is boosting learning and teaching opportunities in South Auckland. The South Auckland Schools New Educational Technologies Initiative or SAS-NET,is a joint project between The Tindall Foundation, Massey University (Albany) and Auckland College of Education. It focuses on ICT (Information Communication Technology) to encourage effective and innovative approa . . . more
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| Author : Media Release- Massey
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Created : 25 Aug 2003
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| Waikato helping “difficult” pupils
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Waikato helping “difficult” pupils
Waikato University’s School of Education is involved in developing a new British Open University course aimed at helping teachers internationally work smarter with pupils who have challenging behaviours.
Programmes at two New Zealand schools, Fairfield College in Hamilton and Clover Park Middle School in South Auckland, will be drawn on in the develo . . . more
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| Author : Stephen Ward
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Created : 18 Aug 2003
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| Language Learning is Child's Play
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| As knowledge of a foreign language is becoming more and more important, a new company in Auckland is setting out to make learning languages a fun and natural experience for children. "Fun Language Clubs" are giving 3 to 12 year olds the opportunity to learn French, German, Chinese, Spanish and English. Rather than struggling with lists of irregular verbs, children learn in an enjoyable, playful . . . more
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| Author : Maroussia & Alain
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Created : 10 Aug 2003
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| ESOL RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS
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30 January 2003
ESOL RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS
Associate Education Minister Lianne Dalziel has welcomed distribution of a resource to help schools provide high-quality English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programmes for international students.
The resource, developed by the Ministry of Education with the support of primary and secondary schools wi . . . more
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| Author : Hon Lianne Dalziel
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Created : 10 Feb 2003
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| Minister welcomes settlement for start of new school year
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24 January 2003
Minister welcomes settlement for start of new school year
Education Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the recommendations of the Alternative Disputes Resolution Panel on the issue of pay for non-degree teachers.
The panel has been considering which non-degree teachers should be able to access the new top pay step and salary increments which were part of last year’s . . . more
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| Author : Trevor Mallard
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Created : 29 Jan 2003
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| Intermediate schools receive a building boost
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Hon Trevor Mallard
17 December 2002
Intermediate schools receive a building boost
Intermediate schools will receive a property boost of about $49 million to help bring them up to standards set in a new property guide, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
“The new property guide replaces a 32 year old code that was well past its use by dat . . . more
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| Author : Hon Trevor Mallard
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Created : 05 Jan 2003
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| Extra Early Childhood Places
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05 December 2002
Extra places for more than one thousand children.
Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 89 early childhood education centres across New Zealand will receive $8.8 million to extend, upgrade or develop their buildings, creating extra places for more than one thousand young children.
“This money will create an extra1343 new places for chi . . . more
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| Author : Hon Trevor Mallard
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Created : 09 Dec 2002
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| > Government backs Gifted and Talented Students.
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Hon Trevor Mallard
29 November 2002
> Government backs Gifted and Talented Students.
Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today that 17 programmes in schools, national and regional organisations will be funded to ensure New Zealand’s gifted and talented students have the opportunity to reach their full potential as New Zealand’s future leaders.
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| Author : Trevor Mallard
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Created : 30 Nov 2002
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| 2000th Computer Given Away
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2000th Computer Given Away
Two thousand recycled computers have been given to families living in the East Coast.Project Rorohiko started two years ago and there are computers for one in three to four students in East Coast, Gisborne and Wairoa schools.
This week Education Minister Trevor Mallard and Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton celebrated the deliv . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 16 Nov 2002
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| Auckland Business School.
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Auckland Business School
The Governement is to give a capital contribution of $25 Million towards the development of the School of Business planned by the University of Auckland.
The grant is under the new 'Partnerships for Excellence' policy framework. The contribution by the Government has to be matched by an equal contribution from the private sector.
The University is looking t . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 10 Nov 2002
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| Laptops for Secondary Teachers
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The Ministry of Education is funding nearly $20 million of the Laptops for Secondary Teachers Programme. All permanent full-time secondary teachers will be eligible for the programme where the Government will meet two-thirds and the school one third of the cost of leasing the laptops for three years. Schools are also expected to pay for professional development related to the use of the comp . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 31 Oct 2002
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| Goodman Fielder identifies excellent schools
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The fifth annual Goodman Fielder Awards have been announced. Frimley Primary School in Hastings this year became the Goodman Fielder School of the Year (2002). Sir Michael Hardie Boys said that Frimley Primary School clearly demonstrated quality education and outcomes in all aspects.
Other award winners are:
- Aokeautere School, Palmerston North- Best Small School Primary/Intermediate cate . . . more
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| Author : Troy
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Created : 11 Sep 2002
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| Living Heritage-Into Finals
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New Zealand Website Makes it to Finals.
Living Heritage, a bilingual initiative aimed at capturing and preserving
the nation's heritage online, has been chosen as the sole New Zealand
finalist in the Stockholm Challenge, the prestigious global awards
programme that rewards best practice in information technology (ICT).
Living Heritage was established in 2001 with seed fundin . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch News Retease
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Created : 29 Aug 2002
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| Big Pay Rise recommended for Secondary Teachers.
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Big Pay Rise recommended for Secondary Teachers.
An arbitration panel recommended big pay rises for secondary school teachers.
The arbitration panel has recommended that secondary teachers should get a 3.5 per cent pay increase immediately increasing to around 12.1 per cent next year.
The Government convened a panel to arbitrate on the long running pay dispute between thems . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 22 Aug 2002
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| The Chosen Ones
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This is a Press Release From The President Of The Early Childhood Council.
The Chosen Ones
The Government has now agreed to lift the rate of funding subsidy to the operators of free kindergartens, so they can pay their early childhood teachers the same as teachers in the compulsory sector. There can be no doubt that the selected teachers will ratify this, but it leaves 80% o . . . more
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| Author : Ross Penman
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Created : 04 Aug 2002
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| $3 Million Goes to Gifted Education.
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$3 Million Goes to Gifted Education.
The long awaited influx of money for Gifted Education programmes has been announced by the Government. It is the first time a Government has given money which is targeted for Gifted children.Although, this is just a small amount to what will eventually be needed to support programmes throughout the country it is seen as an important step in ackno . . . more
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| Author : Glenys Stanton
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Created : 11 Jul 2002
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| Knowledge Breakfast TV Series
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The Knowledge Breakfast is an eight week pilot education series of a studio-based and live-hosted programme with pre-recorded inserts, to be broadcast on Saturdays on TV One from 6.15am- 9.00. The first pprogramme began on Sat. May 25 2002.
This includes teachers and other education professionals across all age ranges within the sector - Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Research and . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 04 Jul 2002
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| Maharey welcomes report back of Tertiary Education Reform Bill
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Maharey welcomes report back of Tertiary Education Reform Bill
Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey today welcomed the report of Parliament’s Education and Science Select Committee on the Tertiary Education Reform Bill.
The Bill, which is now awaiting its second reading, gives effect to the government’s decisions on the reform of the entire post-school ed . . . more
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| Author : Ministry Release
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Created : 26 May 2002
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| Boost for Mäori Teachers.
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Boost for Mäori Teachers.
New scholarships and study awards will be made available to teachers and other professionals working in the field of Mäori education.
Twenty-five study awards will be made available to kura kaupapa Mäori teachers to help them gain or complete training. Kura kaupapa Mäori teachers are currently exempt from teacher registration requirements but this exemption w . . . more
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| Author : Govt
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Created : 24 May 2002
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