New Zealand Teachers Council Research Publications
The New Zealand Teachers Council's published research reports are listed and can be accessed from this page. A list of all publications and resources can be found on the publications page.
A list of occasional papers on a variety of topics can be found on the occasional papers page.
Early Childhood Education Leadership
The New Zealand Teachers Council is undertaking a project to investigate and promote leadership in early chidhood education settings. The first stage is a discussion paper investigating how leadership is conceptualised in the early childhood education sector in New Zealand.
Induction and Mentoring of Provisionally Registered Teachers
Project trialling the Council's draft Guidelines for Induction and Mentoring and Mentor Teachers.
Information about the New Zealand Teachers Council's research programme investigating experiences of provisionally registered teacher In New Zealand.
Initial Teacher Education
A summary of the four projects in the initial teacher education research programme and the key findings.
Information about the joint project between the New Zealand Teachers Council and the Ministry of Education to investigate the quality of initial teacher education can be found here.
Māori Medium Research
This research programme has involved an environmental scan of Māori medium ITE programmes conducted by Haemata Ltd., and a second stage literature review of national and international reserach.
In 2006, the Council conducted a telephone survey of Tumuaki of a sample of Kura Kaupapa Māori to investigate issues relating to registration of pouako. The results have been published as a Council occasional paper.
Tātaiako is a resource explaining competencies teachers need to develop so they can help Māori learners achieve educationally as Māori. It was developed by the Ministry of Education, Te Pouherenga Kaiako o Aotearoa New Zealand Teachers Council and a reference group of academics, teacher education practitioners and iwi representatives involved in iwi educational initiatives.
Professional Standards
This literature review critically examines the theoretical underpinning and applications of standards to the professional practice of teaching.
Status of Teachers and Teaching
The results of a joint research project undertaken between 2003 - 2006 by the New Zealand Teachers Council and the Ministry of Education, inquiring into the status of teachers in New Zealand, can be found here.