2004
Funding Recipients
Category
A (projects up to 3 years)
The
2004 funding round is the first at which research grants were offered
for projects up to three years. The project funding level is set
between $120,000 and $400,000.
The Classroom InSiTE project
Bronwen Cowie, and Alister Jones, Centre for Science and Technology Education
Research, The University of Waikato
A collaboration
with teachers and students from six schools. Investigates classroom-based
interactions, values, and attitudes that contribute to student
learning in science and technology.
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Key
learning competencies across place and time
Margaret Carr, School of Education, The University of Waikato
Investigates
pedagogy designed to develop five learning competencies in ECE
and early years classrooms.
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The role of initial teacher education and
beginning teacher induction in the preparation and retention of
New Zealand secondary teachers
Glenda Anthony, Ruth Kane, College of Education, Massey University
Examines
beginning secondary teachers’ experiences of Initial Teacher
Education (ITE) and induction, identifying factors that promote
or hinder teacher capability and retention.
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Category
B (projects up to 2 years)
Medium-sized
research projects (up to two-years), with funding between $75,000
and $180,000.
The
art of the matter: development in the arts
Deborah Fraser, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research,
School of Education, The University of Waikato
Investigates
what children bring to the arts, how they develop ideas and related
skills, and how teaching processes support or constrain arts education.
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Enhancing
mathematics teaching in early childhood education
Maggie Haynes, School of Education, Unitec Institute of Technology
Investigates
what motivates and hinders effective mathematics teaching and
learning for young children in three ECE settings.
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Enhanced teaching and learning of comprehension in Years 5–8
Stuart McNaughton, Woolf Fisher Research Centre, The University of Auckland
A collaboration with seven Otara schools to test an intervention to increase the effective teaching of comprehension for Māori and Pasifika students.
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Understanding learning communities
in tertiary science and engineering education
Mike Forret and Chris Eames, Centre for Science and Technology
Education Research, The University of Waikato
Examines
how existing systems, processes, and practices influence students’
and lecturers’ perceptions and attitudes in science and
engineering education.
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Conceptions
of assessment and feedback in secondary school
Dr Elizabeth Peterson and Earl Irving, The University of Auckland
Identifies
activities and tasks in assessment and feedback that can lead
to enhanced teaching and learning outcomes in two key disciplines—mathematics
and English.
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Measuring classroom literacy practice
Judy Parr, School of Education, The University of Auckland
With
two clusters of schools, develop, and trial, classroom observation
instruments in Years 1–8.
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Investigating teachers'
pedagogical approaches in environmental education
Chris Eames, Centre for Science and Technology Education Research,
The University of Waikato
Regional
co-ordinators partners with teachers to research classroom practice
in environmental education. It focuses on the factors that encourage
the development of student action competence.
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The
impact of technology use on the teaching and learning of mathematics
in the secondary classroom
Mike Thomas, Mathematics Education Unit, The University
of Auckland
Develops
protocols for improving mathematics learning through the integration
of technology into teaching.
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Category
C (1-year projects)
Smaller-scale
projects (funded at between $15,000 and $40,000) that are expected
to be particularly useful for practitioner-driven, researcher-supported
projects.
Primary
students' and teachers' experiences of collaborative learning
online
Patsy-Ann Street, The South Learning Centre
A
collaboration with two Year 6 classes from two schools for 15
weeks on an online project about a local community issue.
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Zeroing
in on quality teaching
Christina Harwood, Massey University College of Education
Explores
the multiple impacts of curriculum and pedagogical innovation
on learning for students, especially Māori.
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Investigating responses to diversity in a secondary environment
Lindsey Conner, Christchurch College of Education
Examines
the policies and practices used by Linwood College in response
to the diversity of its students.
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Pasifika
teachers in secondary education
Tony Brown, School of Education, The University of Waikato
Examines
the experiences of Pasifika secondary teachers, and initiatives
for their recruitment and retention.
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Developing
rich mathematical language in Māori immersion classrooms
Tamsin Meaney, University of Otago
Documents
and evaluates the scaffolding and modelling strategies of teachers
in a Māori-medium school.
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A
collaborative self-study into the development of critical literacy
practices
Susan Sandretto, University of Otago
Self-study
research in two schools and four classrooms, in which participants
investigate their own professional practices.
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Effective teacher education practice
Valerie Margrain, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Explores
the role that lecturers’ written, post-assessment feedback
to student teachers plays in the students’ learning and
support.
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Read about the projects that were funded in
2007
Read about the projects that were funded in
2006
Read
about the projects that were funded in 2005
Read about the projects that were funded in
2003
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