NZARE Top 10 Posts of 2025

Science in New Zealand schools: Viewpoint 2025 made NZARE’s Top 10 Posts of 2025, signalling how strongly it connected with science educators. It explores curriculum change in Aotearoa and invites reflection on whose voices shape the future of science education, especially given recent discussion prompted by Official Information Act disclosures.

The New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) has shared its Top 10 most-read research posts of 2025. It’s always interesting to see what educators across Aotearoa are actually reading and engaging with, and this list gives a good sense of the conversations shaping education right now.

NZARE’s Top 10 Posts of 2025 highlight the research pieces that resonated most strongly with educators across Aotearoa. The topics range from curriculum and classroom practice through to equity, culture and teacher wellbeing. If you are looking for something thoughtful to bring into a staff meeting, a department discussion, or your own professional reflection, this list is a good place to begin.

1. Demystifying and Understanding the ‘Science of Learning’ in New Zealand Education

   
   

2. This conversation about compulsory Shakespeare is actually about something else

   
   

3. Unrest and in pieces: The death of Te Mātaiaho

   
   

4. What a science of learning can and can’t say about teaching foundational literacy

   
   

5. Student perceptions of teaching in high school English

   
   

6. Parents’ perspectives of developing partnerships with their child’s teacher

   
   

7. Science in New Zealand schools: Viewpoint 2025

   
   

8. Weaving the Fala: Relational Ethics in Pacific Early Childhood Research

   
   

9. Defunding humanities education and research: A short-sighted move with long-term costs

   
   

10. Language, power, and escape hatches: Reading beyond the litter

NZARE’s annual Top 10 list highlights the most-read education research blog posts in Aotearoa New Zealand.