by ksch009 | May 12, 2020 | Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A study by the University of Canterbury’s College of Education Health and Human Development interviewed 134 parents of Māori and Pasifika students to study the impact of lockdown on Pasifika education. The study is related to the Challenge’s Successful...
by ksch009 | Apr 21, 2020 | Media release, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning
The Challenge’s Successful Learning team have launched a new resource hub for educators. The Better Start Literacy Approach is based on several years of research trials investigating the most efficient and effective methods to support children’s early...
by ksch009 | Oct 15, 2019 | Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
The foundations of early literacy success and subsequent educational achievement and healthy wellbeing are developed in the early childhood period. New research funded by A Better Start National Start Challenge advances science at international levels and addresses an...
by ksch009 | Oct 9, 2019 | Contestable, Healthy Weight, Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A new strategic research project with the aim of improving sleep for pepi and their whanau has been awarded $1.7 million over three years by A Better Start National Science Challenge. As well as improving sleep, this project also aims to reduce excessive weight gain...
by ksch009 | Aug 29, 2019 | Media release, Successful Literacy and Learning
A Better Start National Science Challenge team have been researching effective ways to accelerate early reading and writing success for children who enter school with lower levels of oral language. “Early literacy success is critical to children’s wellbeing from many...
by ksch009 | Aug 29, 2019 | Healthy Weight, Media release, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning
“The Government’s Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, which was released yesterday, is an extremely positive step towards improving the lives of tamariki in New Zealand,” says Professor Wayne Cutfield, A Better Start National Science Challenge Director. “We welcome...
