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Pat Bullen; Rachel A. Williamson-Dean; Gavin T. L. Brown – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2024
Schools are important in nurturing social skills and behaviours. Research consistently demonstrates that movement into/out of school (transience/mobility) disrupts positive social skill development, especially for students who frequently move. The impact of attending a highly transient school on "non-mobile" students is not as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Control Groups, Well Being
Louise Winder; Nicky Stanley-Clarke; Robbie Maris; Amanda Hay; Jorie Knook – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: The agricultural sector is facing a myriad of financial, environmental, social, and cultural challenges which affect the mental health of those working on-farm. This study focused on a tertiary education programme designed to increase recognition of mental health issues and convey strategies to address these. Methodology: To identify the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, Undergraduate Students, Well Being
Yenchun Wu; Marco Fabio Benaglia – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2024
For over two decades now, the application of Citizen Science to Education has been evolving, and fundamental topics, such as the drivers of motivation to participate in Citizen Science projects, are still under discussion. Some recent developments, though, like the use of Artificial Intelligence to support data collection and validation, seem to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Scientific Research, Science Education, Educational Development
Burland, Paul; Sleeman, Mike – Kairaranga, 2023
There is considerable evidence supporting the success of the Incredible Years Teacher (IYT) Programme. Despite this, few studies in Aotearoa New Zealand have investigated teachers' ongoing use of IYT strategies once they have completed their training. This research examined whether teachers felt they had embedded the use of IYT strategies in their…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Program Implementation
Bennett, Paul Nathan – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore how teacher coaching was implemented across eight schools. Design/methodology/approach: A subjectivist epistemological position was adopted as the most appropriate for this study, and a qualitative approach to methodology, data collection and analysis was used within an evaluative multiple case…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Coaching (Performance), Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice
Peters, Sally – Early Childhood Folio, 2023
The KidsCan ECE programme is designed to remove barriers to participation in early childhood education through the provision of raincoats, shoes, nit treatment products, lunches and snacks. Data from an evaluation of the pilot programme involved surveys and interviews with whanau and teachers. Findings showed the benefits for children's health and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Development, Barriers, Student Participation
Powell, Denise; Boon, Anita; Luckner, John – Deafness & Education International, 2019
One of the most important achievements individuals accomplish is the development of a first language. However, many students who are deaf who use sign language to communicate struggle to become fluent in sign. One factor that hinders their language development is the fact that most of the adults they interact with do not sign well. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Teacher Competencies, Deafness
Brigid McNeill; Gail Gillon – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
This national implementation study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Tier 2 structured literacy teaching set within a multi-tiered system of support. Case-controlled matching was used to determine the impact of the implementation for 1,265 5-year-old children. One comparison group included 1,265 children who were matched to the experimental…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness, Young Children
McAnally, Helena Margaret; Robertson, Lindsay Anne; Hancox, Robert John – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2018
We assessed the effects of an outdoor education programme (Tihoi) with no access to electronic media among 14 year-old boys. We compared creative thinking, socio-emotional wellbeing, and materialism with their peers attending regular classes at their normal school. Students at both locations were assessed in the second week of term and after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Program Effectiveness, Early Adolescents
Hemphill, Michael A.; Gordon, Barrie; Wright, Paul M. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Background: Sport-based youth development (SBYD) programs aim to teach life skills to youth within a physical activity context. An explicit objective of most SBYD programs is that youth learn to apply, or transfer, life skills beyond the sports program. Limited research has been conducted on the cognitive processes that help youth understand how…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Adolescent Development, Athletics, Positive Behavior Supports
Derby, Melissa; Macfarlane, Angus; Gillon, Gail – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2022
This paper reports on findings from a doctoral study that explored the efficacy of a home-based literacy intervention in advancing preschool children's foundational literacy skills. Two key cognitive skills critical for early literacy success were examined in particular, those being phonological awareness, and elements of oral language, including…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Well Being, Program Effectiveness, Home Programs
Vermillion Peirce, P.; Long, J.; Lennox, K.; Wenmoth, D.; Williamson, S.; Cornes, J. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2023
The mid-term evaluation of the Partnership for ODFL in the Pacific Project was commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning to examine the initial two years of the five-year activity. The evaluation was undertaken by Standard of Proof, the MFAT MERL panel, providing specialist services in monitoring, evaluation, measurement and research and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Open Education, Distance Education, Flexible Scheduling
Marsh, Samantha; Jiang, Yannan; Carter, Karen; Wall, Clare – Journal of School Health, 2018
Background: While dietary sources of calcium are important for bone health, the intake of milk and milk products decreases as children get older. A free milk in schools program may mitigate this decrease in milk consumption. We evaluated the Fonterra Milk for schools program (a free milk initiative) by determining changes in children's milk…
Descriptors: Food, Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Nutrition
O'Hagan, Andrea; Dyer, Elaine – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2019
Jade Speaks Up is an Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)-funded programme. It supports teachers to use process drama and other activities to introduce the topic of domestic violence while at the same time developing emotional literacy, trust, and self-calming skills. This article draws on qualitative and quantitative evaluation data to show…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Health Education, Family Violence
Schaughency, Elizabeth; Reese, Elaine; Healey, Dione; Carroll, Jane; Cross, Tracy; Johnson, Jan; Fagan, Heather; Burrowes, Rachael – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2019
This project partnered researchers, Visiting Teachers, and three networks of home-based educators to engage with three research-informed professional learning modules designed to support educator practice and enhance children's learning. Each module focused on one aspect of developing competencies related to success in beginning schooling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Preschool Children