Establishing a new school, a new department or new pedagogical approach can be an exciting challenge. At the start of each new build process the excitement is infectious. Freed from […]
Our education system stands at a critical juncture. Despite declarations of intent to create an inclusive, learner-centred system, we remain tethered to outdated paradigms that fail our tamariki and rangatahi. […]
About This Report Aotearoa New Zealand’s education system is at a defining moment. There is understandable urgency around lifting achievement, strengthening foundational learning and ensuring that young people leave school […]
About This Report Characteristics of a Future-Ready Education System explores five foundational pou that can help guide the design and development of education in Aotearoa New Zealand for the years […]
About This Report Across the world, education systems are asking the same urgent question: what do young people actually need to navigate – and shape – the future they’re inheriting? […]
About This Report The 2026 Education Environment Scan is the second edition of a resource first published by FutureMakers in 2022. It is designed to help educational leaders, policymakers, and […]
Educators today face a confusing landscape of competing pedagogical approaches – each claiming to offer the answer to effective learning. Project-based learning, competency-based education, learner agency, futures literacy – these […]
About This Report AI is already reshaping how our schools teach, assess and lead – but for most Boards of Trustees, the conversation is still stuck on the wrong question. […]
The dataset reveals a comprehensive list of perceived drivers and roadblocks in the New Zealand education system, indicating complex and interconnected issues. The most prevalent challenges include initiative overload leading […]
A toolkit for strategic resilience planning REVISED VERSION AVAILABLE – after several requests from and conversations with educators following the release of the original paper in January 2023, I have […]
The paper addresses three key areas; culture, practice and structure, which are further broken down into nine sections that are intended to provide a provocation for further inquiry and action […]
This short paper outlines the case for taking a longer term view about the work we’re doing on hybrid learning, and how our vision should be on building resilient schools […]
This document draws on information from a wide range of sources to provide an environment scan aimed at assisting education leaders determine the future direction of their organizations and the […]
Included in this paper are templates and guidelines that can be used in professional development to build shared understandings and facilitate action towards the change required. You can now access […]
The guide contains a six-step framework that can be used to guide the development of hybrid approaches in schools. Download the document by clicking the button below. The video below […]
Resilience Planning for Schools in an age of COVID-19 This paper provides a framework for considering what options a school might consider to be adequately prepared for this eventuality, proposing […]
This report provides a comprehensive overview of over 40 national and international research reports that were completed in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic caused schools to close and moved teaching […]
The paper provides a synthesis of existing reports that are publicly available both nationally and internationally to provide an overview of the factors that other jurisdictions are considering in developing […]
This paper presents a case for bringing initiatives such as the VLN into the ‘mainstream’ of our education system in New Zealand. The significant question that this report addresses is […]
The first part of this paper provides a background to the development of the VLN in New Zealand, providing insights to how it came into being and why. The second part […]
The first part of this paper provides a background to the development of the VLN in New Zealand, providing insights to how it came into being and why. The second part […]
The focus of this paper began with thinking about two questions,1. what are the characteristics of a digital enabled, future focused education system? and2. what will be the impact on […]
About this paper This is one of a series of papers written to help inform thinking about how we might leverage the potential of digital in a post COVID-19 world. […]
Virtual Learning as an Impetus for Educational Change. Michael Barbour and Derek Wenmoth, 2013. This document was originally published by CORE Education who supported the research that was undertaken for […]
