Cathy Wylie | |
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 Wylie at her investiture in March 2014 | |
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| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
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| Doctoral advisor | Jan Pouwer |
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| 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.
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]
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]
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