Tagged: secondary education

Non-serious students, one serious problem - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Aug 29, 2018 •

• NCEA,
• Pisa,
• secondary education,
• tertiary,
• university

John Gerritsen at RNZ picks up last week’s NBER study on how the PISA rankings would change were students to take the test more seriously and rounds up some local reaction: Michael Johnston, senior lecturer in education at Victoria University, said the study’s assumption that New Zealand students were not trying hard enough if they left questions unanswered … Read More

Preparing for scholarship: critical thinking - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Jun 27, 2018 •

• critical thinking,
• education,
• NCEA,
• New Zealand,
• scholarship biology,
• secondary education,
• teaching

I met with a local biology teacher today to talk about setting up a Schol Bio preparation day in the Waikato, and we also discussed things like the need for critical thinking skills (in addition to a solid base of knowledge from students’ year 12 & year 13 studies and time spent in reading more widely around the subject). So … Read More