Cathy Wylie
Cathy Wylie | |
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.jpg) Wylie at her investiture in March 2014 | |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral advisor | Jan Pouwer |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | NZCER |
Catherine Ruth Wylie MNZM is a New Zealand academic, and is Emeritus Chief Research at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, specialising in the impacts of educational policy.
Academic career[edit]
Wylie completed a PhD titled Reflective Surfaces: the Individual as the Key Social Relationship in New Zealand Society at Victoria University of Wellington in 1980.[1] Wylie joined NZCER in 1987.[2] From 1989, she led the National School Surveys. She also conducted a longitudinal study called Competent Learners, which tracked a group of students from the end of their early childhood education through to age 26. The research findings influenced both educational policy and practice.[2][3] Wylie also led the development of the Teaching and School Practices survey tool, a research-based tool for schools.[2]
Wylie's 2012 book Vital connections was critical of the impact of the Tomorrow's Schools reforms, and recommended changes to the competitive self-managed schools model to create better connections between schools and create more equal opportunities for learners. Wylie has also advocated for a single agency to take on some of the roles of the Ministry of Education, the Education Review Office, and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.[4]
Wylie was appointed as part of the five-person review panel for Tomorrow's Schools, which produced a 2018 report.[4]
Honours and awards[edit]
In the 2014 New Year Honours, Wylie was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.[5][6]
She received the New Zealand Association of Educational Research's McKenzie Award in 2010.[7]
Selected works[edit]
- Christensen, Sandy; Reschly, Amy; Wylie, Cathy, eds. (2012). Handbook of Research on Student Engagement. Springer. ISBN 978-1-4614-6791-5.
- Wylie, Cathy; Smith, Lesley (1995). Learning To Learn: Children's Progress through the First 3 Years of School. Junior School Study (Report). Ministry of Education. ISBN 0-908916-36-1.
- Lauder, Hugh; Wylie, Cathy, eds. (1990). Towards Successful Schooling. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203128572. ISBN 978-1-136-47000-4.
- Wylie, Cathy (2012). Vital connections: Why we need more than self-managing schools. NZCER. ISBN 978-1-927151-57-0.
- Wylie, Cathy (August 2000). Wylie Review of Special Education 2000: Picking up the pieces (Report). New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- "Cathy Wylie: Making more of our education strengths". NZ Herald. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- Wylie, Cathy (24 February 2020). ""It ain't what you do, it's the way you do it." Well, both"". School News. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
References[edit]
- ^ Wylie, Catherine Ruth (1980). Reflective Surfaces: the Individual as the Key Social Relationship in New Zealand Society (PhD thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/WGTN.16958929.
- ^ a b c "Cathy Wylie | New Zealand Council for Educational Research". www.nzcer.org.nz. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Competent Learners | New Zealand Council for Educational Research". www.nzcer.org.nz. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ a b Simon Collins (17 March 2024). "Critics on review team point to big shake-up for schools". NZ Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Cathy Wylie becomes member of New Zealand Order of Merit | New Zealand Council for Educational Research". www.nzcer.org.nz. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "New Year Honours List 2014 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Independent Taskforce members - Tomorrow's Schools Review". Korero matauranga: Conversation space. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
