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.
Cathy Wylie
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Wylie at her investiture in March 2014
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| Awards | Herbison Lecture, McKenzie Award |
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| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
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| Doctoral advisor | Jan Pouwer |
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| Institutions | NZCER |
Wylie completed a PhD titled Reflective Surfaces: the Individual as the Key Social Relationship in New Zealand SocietyatVictoria 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]