Secondary Literacy Publications
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National and international evidence suggests that in many education systems, including New Zealand, large numbers of students graduate from or leave school without the levels of literacy and language knowledge and skills needed for successful 21st century living.
The education research literature identifies that there are many challenges in meeting the literacy demands of upper primary and secondary schooling. In New Zealand, adolescent literacy interventions, such as the Secondary Literacy Project (SLP), are part of a wider strategy for addressing underachievement, especially for Māori and Pasifika students.Author(s): Woolf Fisher Research Centre, University of Auckland.
Date Published: March 2013
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Literacy and language pedagogy within subject areas in years 7-11
The subject of this report is an exploratory research project which investigated the subject-specific literacy and language knowledge and teaching practices of Years 7 to 9 and 11 mathematics and science teachers. The impetus for this project came from raised…
Author(s): A Wilson, Dr R Jesson, N Rosedale and V Cockle, Woolf Fisher Research Centre, University of Auckland.
Date Published: April 2013
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Research into the implementation of the Secondary Literacy Project (SLP) in schools
This is the second of two reports on the SLP and it provides results of a probe study to investigate what an optimal implementation model for professional learning in literacy might look like, with the aim of informing the ongoing…
Author(s): Woolf Fisher Research Centre, University of Auckland.
Date Published: April 2013
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National co-ordination and evaluation of the Secondary Literacy Project (SLP) 2009-2012: Summary
This is the first of two reports on the Secondary Literacy Project (SLP) and presents outcomes of the implementation of professional learning in schools for the teaching of literacy in Years 9 and 10. The aim of the SLP was…
Author(s): Woolf Fisher Research Centre, University of Auckland.
Date Published: April 2013
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