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Jack's story: A need to know
(Centre for Distance Education and Learning Technologies, University of Otago College of Education, 2012)This article examines a recent case study exploring evidence that children in early childhood services can use ICT to direct their own inquiry learning. A qualitative case study involving an interview and the learning story ... -
The 'Jackson effect': The late 1990s to 2005
(Te Papa Press, 2011)This chapter describes Jackson's journey from New Zealand cult director to global film maker and examines what might be called the 'Jackson Effect': his singular influence on the state of New Zealand film making in the ... -
Jackson’s armchair: The only chair in town?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Are all the facts about nations, cultures and economies really just facts about people's mental states and their interactions? Are all of the properties which determine whether or not a thing is a work of art really just ... -
Jacobi elliptic coordinates, functions of Heun and Lame type and the Niven transform
(Turpion Ltd, 2005)Lame and Heun functions arise via separation of the Laplace equation in general Jacobi ellipsoidal or conical coordinates. In contrast to hypergeometric functions that also arise via variable separation in the Laplace ... -
Jacqueline Fahey
(Auckland University Press, 2007)Chez Jacqueline Fahey is a Grey Lynn bungalow. After walking past palmy luxuriance that could pass as a tropical setting for her 1998 novel, Cutting Loose, I'm soon in her front room, the wonders and delights of which would ... -
A jade door: Reconciliatory justice as a way forward citing New Zealand experience
(Aboriginal Healing Foundation, 2008)Greenstone (jade) was highly valued in New Zealand because it was durable, beautiful, and precious. Greenstone is found only on the west coast of the South Island and was used as a means of exchange. In times of trouble, ... -
The jagged edge and the changing shape of health and physical education in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Routledge, 2013)Primary Objective: This paper critically examines the influence neoliberalism has had on education in general and health and physical education (HPE) in particular in Aotearoa New Zealand. Main Outcomes and Results: Two ... -
James Alexander Pond: an Auckland chemist involved in mining
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Born in London, James Alexander Pond arrived in New Zealand at the age of 18. With a background in chemistry, he was interested in scientific topics from an early age. Although his first experience of life in the colony ... -
James Gerrish: Te Aroha’s first bellman
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)James Gerrish moved to Thames when the goldfield opened and then settled in Te Aroha during its gold rush. Like so many others, he took up a variety of occupations, none very profitable, for he left his widow and family ... -
James Gordon: a ‘useful all-round man’ at Te Aroha and elsewhere
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)Some confusion over the early details of James Gordon’s life is unavoidable because his birth was not registered and there were several namesakes. Born to an Irish father and a Maori mother, after the latter reputedly ... -
James Mills: a carpenter who became Te Aroha’s first mayor
(Historical Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2016)After being active in Liberal politics in England, James Mills, a carpenter, settled in Te Aroha in 1882. Although he constructed many houses, work was erratic and he never became wealthy. Investing in Waiorongomai mining, ... -
Janetta McStay: A pianist and teacher's legacy
(The University of Waikato, 2021)This thesis investigates the life and legacy of pianist and teacher Janetta Mary McStay (20 May 1917–14 June 2012) as one of the foremost musicians of the twentieth century in New Zealand, exceptional in her achievements ... -
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science – Fellowship for Research in Japan (7-22 May, 2010)
(Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, 2010)The academic activities involved a wide range of work including: (1) presenting 4 seminars at four different universities: - Kagoshima University, Kagoshima - Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto - Tokyo Metropolitan ... -
Japanese gardens and plants in New Zealand, 1850-1950: Transculturation and transmission
(Routledge, 2008)Oscar Wilde once wrote that ‘the whole of Japan is a pure invention’.1 This comment hints at the complex processes behind cultural transfer and transculturation between different areas of Asia and the West from the 1850s ... -
Japanese language teaching in Malaysia and New Zealand: Recent history, current practice and curriculum
(University of Waikato, 2012)Comparisons of curriculum have been shown to be useful in terms of finding new ideas to raise the standard of education in one country and to enhance global competitiveness (Adamson & Morris, 2007). The purpose of the ... -
Jean Rhys writing back from 'The Other Side, Always'
(The University of Waikato, 2022)In her postcolonial masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys declared that ‘There is always the other side, always’. Published in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea wrote back to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre by rewriting the character ... -
Jespersen cycles on Malekula
(De Gruyter Mouton, 2015)In the indigenous languages of Malekula Island, members of Oceanic, diverse standard negation strategies have been identified, including double negation, simple preverbal negators, and simple postverbal negators. Individual ... -
Jessica connects: A case study focussing on one child’s use of information and communication technology (ICT) in an early childhood education setting
(Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2016)Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing an ever increasing role in the lives of people which include young children; The role of ICT in early childhood educational services in Aotearoa New Zealand is still ... -
Jitter extraction in a noisy signal by fast Fourier transform and time lag correlation
(2018)Jitter in an electronic signal is any deviation in, or displacement of, the signal in time. This paper investigates on decomposition of two types of jitter, namely, periodic and random jitter in noisy signals. Generally, ... -
Jitter measurement in digital signals by using software defined radio technology
(IEEE, 2019)Here, we propose a method using software defined radio (SDR) technology to measure periodic and random jitter in a digital signal. Conventional methods to measure jitter required expensive measurement equipment. We use a ...