Editorial Introduction: What will it take to lift the quality and effectiveness of education provision in Aotearoa New Zealand?

Ro Parsons; Joanna Higgins

doi:10.26686/nzaroe.v28.9023

Authors

Ro Parsons Victoria University of Wellington https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-615X
Joanna Higgins Victoria University of Wellington https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6225-2439

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/nzaroe.v28.9023

Abstract

The contributions to this Special Issue identify significant challenges for the education system in addressing the trajectory of decline in education performance and achieving equity and excellence in education outcomes. Although the articles focus on a range of education contexts, the themes that emerge are consistent.

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Author Biographies

Ro Parsons, Victoria University of Wellington

Ro Parsons has had a wide-ranging career in education and has held senior leadership roles in the Ministry of Education and Education Review Office. Ro’s academic and research interests are focused on the field of evaluation. Ro’s publications relate to mathematics education, teacher professional learning and development, system change and improvement, and evaluation.

Joanna Higgins, Victoria University of Wellington

Joanna Higgins is an associate professor at the Faculty of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand where she supervises masters and doctoral projects that focus on policy implementation, professional learning and development, leadership, and wellbeing initiatives in schools and universities. Her research from sociocultural perspectives includes instructional reform in mathematics education, professional inquiry of teachers and teacher educators, and analyses of wellbeing policy and practice.