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Cultural diversity and identity discourses in the design and implementation of the New Zealand curriculum key competencies: a Bernsteinian analysis
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The key competencies as a curriculum construct have appeared in several national curricula from the early 2000s. Many have their origins in the Definition and Selection of Key Competencies Project (DeSeCo), commissioned ... -
The ecology of ray species in an urbanised estuary: seasonality, habitat use and pollutant exposure in Tauranga Harbour.
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Information about the movement, seasonality, and use of habitats by marine animals is vital for the mitigation of potential anthropogenic impacts. Ray species may be particularly at risk as they regularly inhabit coastal ... -
Crossing new frontiers: extending tephrochronology as a global geoscientific research tool
(Wiley, 2020)Tephrochronology is a unique stratigraphic tool for linking, dating, and synchronising geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences and events (Lowe, 2011; Alloway et al., 2013). It relies on the identification ... -
Development of an innovative urease-aided self-healing dental composite
(MDPI, 2020)Dental restorative materials suffer from major drawbacks, namely fracture and shrinkage, which result in failure and require restoration and replacement. There are different methods to address these issues, such as increasing ... -
Drivers’ response to speed warnings provided by a smart phone app
(2020)The distractive effects of mobile phones are well documented, but the recent development of mobile phone apps that provide speed advisory warnings raises the possibility that this technology may be used to improve driver ... -
Developing a minimum data set, known as a core outcome set, for future infertility research
(2020)Background: Complex issues, including a failure to consider the perspectives of people with fertility problems when selecting outcomes, variations in outcome definitions, and outcome reporting bias, make the results of ... -
Student agency in collaborative writing: A sociocognitive perspective
(The University of Waikato, 2020)There is a vast amount of literature on collaborative writing in second language teaching and learning, much of it inspired by Storch (2002 - 2015). Although the topic of collaborative writing has been researched extensively, ... -
Building diverse, inclusive and resilient communities to increase well-being and quality of life
(2020)Building diverse, inclusive and resilient communities to increase well-being and quality of life Exploring the relationship between migrants, existing residents and cities and understanding the dynamics and complexity of ... -
Brexit and biobanking: GDPR perspectives
(Springer, 2020)It is almost impossible to write a legal analysis of an event (Brexit) that has not happened and may never happen. This chapter nonetheless contributes to the edited collection in that it reports on the current legal ... -
Teacher attrition from coaching in New Zealand Secondary Schools
(2020)This report outlines the findings from the School Sport NZ research project undertaken by the University of Waikato during the period of September 2018 – August 2019. This Executive Summary details a brief overview of the ... -
On the fluidity of languages: A way out of the dilemma in English medium instruction classrooms in Thailand
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Nowadays internationalisation has become an aggressive agenda of growing strategic importance to tertiary education around the globe, driven by the influence of a highly competitive economy domestically and globally. A ... -
Critical analysis of process integration options for joule-cycle and conventional heat pumps
(MDPI, 2020)To date, research on heat pumps (HP) has mainly focused on vapour compression heat pumps (VCHP), transcritical heat pumps (TCHP), absorption heat pumps, and their heat integration with processes. Few studies have considered ... -
Culture and climate change: A study of future-proofing Māori tourism businesses
(The University of Waikato, 2020)This thesis explores how prepared Māori tourism businesses are to adapt to climate change and how Māori values may influence the business's perception of responses to climate change. As climate impacts are growing in New ... -
Speleothem growth intervals reflect New Zealand montane vegetation response to temperature change over the last glacial cycle
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020)Flowstone speleothem growth beneath Mount Arthur, New Zealand shows a clear relationship to vegetation density and soil development on the surface above. Flowstone does not currently form beneath sub-alpine Nothofagus ... -
EPM effects on workplace well-being: The role of personality
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Within the workplace, electronic performance monitoring (EPM) is an electronically integrated system used to assess employee behaviours and ultimately performance. Previous research indicates EPM is associated with various ... -
Management of patients with early stage lung cancer - why do some patients not receive treatment with curative intent?
(2020)BACKGROUNDS: This study aims to understand the factors that influence whether patients receive potentially curative treatment for early stage lung cancer. A key question was whether indigenous Māori patients were less ... -
University of Waikato campus climate initial findings: Experiences of gender, sex, and sexuality diverse staff and students
(University of Waikato, 2020)Heterosexual and cisgender people have been considered the norm in universities worldwide, and in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In contrast, gender, sex, and sexuality diverse (GSSD) people are often treated as different, or not ... -
Transnational geographies of the heart [Book Review]
(Informa UK Limited, 2020)Transnational Geographies of the Heart provides rich insights into the lives of British migrants in Dubai during a time when the UAE was undergoing rapid globalisation, super-fast urbanisation, and economic diversification ... -
Who should we listen to? Comparing parent and child report of post-concussive symptoms
(The University of Waikato, 2020)A significant proportion of people worldwide are impacted by the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Research into the incidence and severity of TBI demonstrates that the majority of injuries are mild (such as concussion) ... -
Spatial and temporal changes in soil climate and active layer depth in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, 1999-2018
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The depth of seasonal thaw (the active layer depth) integrates a range of soil and atmospheric climate variables and has potential to provide a clear signal of a changing climate. Nine soil climate monitoring stations (SCS) ...
