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Preparedness to implement Te Whāriki (2017)

Published: 27 Jun 2019

ERO is undertaking a series of evaluations on the implementation of Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa. This report examines how prepared services are to implement Te Whāriki, including their engagement with professional learning and development, and determining 'what matters here' and next steps.

Audience:: Early learning; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Whāriki; Professional capability; Teachers | Kaiako

Te Kahu Whakahaumaru: Māori continue to show resilience across Māori-medium education

Published: 10 Dec 2020

In Aotearoa, Māori-medium education experienced significant disruption when the outbreak of Covid-19 forced kura to close their doors, and whānau and kaiako to adjust to home schooling and distance learning. Among the many challenges were access to technology and resources with Māori communities among the most affected.

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Schools; Māori-medium; Teachers | Kaiako; Resilience; Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori

E whakatinana tonu nei te rāngai mātauranga reo Māori i te manawanui

Published: 10 Dec 2020

I Aotearoa nei, i tino raru te rāngai mātauranga reo Māori i te horapatanga o te Mate Korona, i kati ai ngā tatau o ngā kura, i mate ai hoki ngā whānau me ngā kaiako ki te tīni i ā rātou mahi ki te whakaako ki te kāinga me te ako tawhiti.

Ko tētahi raru i roto i te huhua, ko te korenga o ngā taputapu matihiko me ngā rauemi, ka mutu ko ngā hapori Māori ērā i rongo i te korekore rawa atu nei.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Kōhanga Reo; Kura; Schools; Māori-medium; Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori

Hauhaketia Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Kia Puāwai Ai: Unearth Our Ancestral Treasures So that We May Prosper

Published: 31 Dec 2017

Evaluation insights by the ERO, alongside contributions from the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust and kōhanga reo whānau inform the findings of this report, which highlights effective practice in kōhanga reo, specifically the support children need to grow and thrive through a quality immersion pathway.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Best practice; Māori immersion; Māori-medium

Te Uepū ā-Motu – The evaluation and review team

Published: 06 Apr 2021

Te Uepu Ā Motu is the evaluation and review group responsible for working with education providers across the Māori-medium paradigm.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Hauhaketia Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Kia Puāwai Ai

Published: 31 Dec 2017

E whakakoia ana tēnei aromātai i te tino hua motuhake o te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori o te kounga kairangi, me te hāpai whakahirahira anō hoki o tēnei i te tamaiti, mai i tōna whānautanga mai. Kei te mārama pū ngā kitenga, a, e whakatau ana hoki i te ariā e kī ana, e āhei ake ana ngā tamariki ki te eke angitu hei ākonga nā te noho ki tētahi taiao e whakanui ana, e whakamana ana hoki i te reo, te ahurea, me te tuakiri.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Best practice; Māori immersion; Māori-medium

Responding to Diverse Cultures: Good Practice in Home-based Early Childhood Services

Published: 31 Jan 2022

This good practice report looks at how children’s cultures and languages can be reflected in everyday practice, supporting their learning and wellbeing. Drawn from home-based ECE settings, this new report is a collection of useful examples to inspire kaiako to grow their ability in culturally responsive teaching.

Audience:: Early learning

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Science in the Early Years: Early Childhood and Years 1-4

Published: 12 Apr 2021

This report looks at how well science is led in services and schools, how well science is woven through the curriculum, and how well kaiako/ teachers include science in a responsive curriculum. Each section of this report provides leaders, kaiako, and teachers with reflective questions to consider, which could support improvements. We also identify opportunities for improvement at both the individual service / school level, and for the system.

Audience:: Early learning; Education

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Science; Early learning; Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections

Published: 03 Mar 2016

In Term 3, 2014, ERO undertook a cluster review of five Puna Whakatupu as part of scheduled education reviews. During the course of these reviews, we identified a range of good practice that was investigated further and has become Tuia te here tangata: Making meaningful connections.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Māori-medium; Early learning; Te Puna Whakatupu

Te Whāriki (2017): Awareness Towards Implementation

Published: 12 Dec 2019

ERO’s final report in the Te Whāriki series summarises the findings of previous reports and includes the last two focus areas for the curriculum – how services decide ‘what learning matters here’ and how well they were developing learning-focused partnerships with parents and whānau.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Whāriki; Te Marautanga o Aotearoa; Teachers | Kaiako

Learning in residential care: A guide for parents and whānau

Published: 01 Jul 2021

This short guide is for parents and whānau of students in residential care. It draws from our report Learning in Residential Care, ‘They knew I wanted to learn’, sharing what we heard when we looked at the quality of education in Oranga Tamariki residential care, what research tells us about good education provision for these students, and actions whānau can take to support students’ learning in residential care.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: At-risk students; Behavioural needs; Best practice; Boys' education; Child wellbeing; Culture; Education and care services; Education outcomes; Education transitions; Equitable outcomes; Good practice; High needs; Māori; Physical and emotional safety; Priority learners; Raising achievement; Social workers; Teaching; Te reo Māori; Transitions; Vulnerable learners; Wellbeing

He Iho Ruruku - Te Aho Matua perspectives

Published: 28 Jan 2022

In March 2020, the onset of COVID-19 caused major disruptions to key services in Aotearoa including the compulsory education sector. Māori medium education faced multiple complex challenges, and given the abruptness of the situation, tumuaki, kaiako and whānau whakahaere had to quickly prepare whānau and learners for a new mode of online learning.

Audience:: Māori-medium; Schools

Content type:: Research

Ko te ako i ngā whare haumaru: He aratohu mō ngā mātua me ngā whānau

Published: 01 Jul 2021

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: At-risk students; Behavioural needs; Best practice; Boys' education; Child wellbeing; Culture; Education and care services; Education outcomes; Education transitions; Equitable outcomes; Good practice; High needs; Māori; Physical and emotional safety; Priority learners; Raising achievement; Social workers; Teaching; Te reo Māori; Transitions; Vulnerable learners; Wellbeing

Accelerating student achievement: a resource for schools

Published: 31 May 2013

This resource can be used with the School Evaluation Indicators. It brings together findings from ERO’s recent national reports to outline what works to accelerate progress for Māori students at-risk of underachieving in primary schools. We share approaches schools have taken where progress was accelerated and schools were able to extend their practices to help more students succeed. Innovative schools focus on inequity within their student population, resulting in improved outcomes for Māori students.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Achievement; Resources; Māori student achievement; Inquiry

He Pou Tātaki: How ERO reviews hospital-based education and care services

Published: 31 Mar 2021

This document is the result of a collaborative effort between ERO and representatives from hospital-based education and care services. It will support improved service performance and accountability, and focuses on how well placed hospital-based services are to contribute to children’s learning, and promote their wellbeing.

Audience:: Early learning; Education

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Hospital-based education; Evaluation; Ngā Pou Here; Evaluation indicators

ERO Insights - Issue 1 2020

Published: 25 Jun 2020

Insights Newsletter from Nicholas Pole, Te Tumu Whakarae mō te Arotake Mātauranga | Chief Executive and Chief Review Officer

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: COVID-19; Learning; Information and Communications Technology

Early mathematics: a guide for improving teaching and learning

Published: 22 Mar 2016

This guide describes how children can be supported to become confident and capable mathematical learners in the early years.

Audience:: Early learning; Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Early childhood curriculum; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Mathematics; Early mathematics

He Iho Ruruku - Ngā Kura ā Iwi perspectives

Published: 28 Jan 2022

In March 2020, the onset of COVID-19 caused major disruptions to key services in Aotearoa including the compulsory education sector. Māori medium education faced complex challenges, and given the abruptness of the situation, tumuaki, kaiako and boards of trustees had to quickly prepare whānau and learners for a new mode of online learning. Tumuaki and kaiako responded well, given the limited time and resources available for distribution.

Audience:: Māori-medium; Schools

Content type:: Research

Te Ara Poutama Indicators of quality for early childhood education: what matters most

Published: 31 Mar 2021

Te Ara Poutama is the core of Ngā Ara Whai Hui: Quality Framework for Evaluation and Improvement in Early Childhood Services. This is the framework for ERO’s approaches to reviewing early childhood services. The indicators, for outcomes and processes, are a central resource for use by ERO and the services themselves in evaluating quality in early childhood education and identifying where improvement is needed.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Parents

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Te Ara Poutama; Ngā Ara Whai Hua; Indicators

Te Kahu Whakahaumaru – Ngā mahi a te rangai mātauranga Māori (English)

Published: 19 Jan 2021

Te Pou Mataaho, ERO’s evaluation and research group, and Te Uepū ā Motu, ERO’s national evaluation and review team, pursued this evaluation to provide an evidence base about the initial impacts of Covid-19 on Māori-medium education and how the sector responded.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Schools; Māori-medium; Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori