RESEARCH:
School Aquatic Education Programmes and Pools
UNIVERSITY OR ORGANISATION: New Zealand Council for Educational Research
SUBJECT: Aquatic Education, Competence and Swimming
TYPE: Survey
DATE: 2009
In 2009, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) conducted a survey of schools and created a database containing information about school aquatic education programmes (AEPs) and pools on behalf of Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ). The survey covered 2553 state, state-integrated, private, special and kura kaupapa Māori schools in the primary and secondary sectors. This is the report on the findings from the survey.
COUNTRY
New Zealand
AUTHORS
Sally Robertson Magdalene Lin
JOURNAL / PUBLICATION
Water Safety NZ
RESPONDENTS
2525 schools
89% offered learn-to-swim programmes
Regions:
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Canterbury
Gisborne
Hawkes Bay
Manawatu-Wanganui
Marlborough
Nelson
Northland
Otago
Southland
Taranaki
Tasman
Waikato
Wellington
West Coast
ACTIVITY
Swimming Lessons
ENVIRONMENT
Public pools
Private pools
AGE
0-15
GENDER
N/A
ETHNICITY
N/A
