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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the staff and students from the schools in this study for their willingness to share their views and experiences with us. We would especially like to thank the person at each school who organised our visits.

The authors are grateful for the advice of Rose Hipkins, and would also like to thank Hilary Ferral for organising and analysing the survey data; Christine Williams for her assistance in producing this report; Shelley Carlyle for proofreading the text; and the staff of NZCER’s library.

NZCER would like to thank the Ministry of Education for funding this study through a contract with the Normal Schools Association and its purchase agreement with NZCER.

Sally Boyd and Verena Watson