Seventy-five years – and looking ahead

NZCER was established in 1934 and are celebrating their 75th birthday this year.

One of their aims is to lead debate about important education issues, and they are doing this through a series of conferences throughout the year.

Information about their 75th year events is on their website at www.nzcer.org.nz/75th

The celebrations kick off with a conference series in four centres which will showcase and explore some of the most interesting curriculum implementation work going on in schools. An information flyer was sent to schools earlier this month, and information is available on the website.

The second conference series will be held in Wellington and Auckland in September and will focus on student engagement. Again, details for that will be posted on their website and flyers sent to schools.

The third event is planned for November. This conference will explore the educational ideas that were current during the 1937 conference, look at which ones have been taken up, and explore what ideas will carry them forward in the 21st century.