Browsing by Author "Chalmers, Lex"
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Advancing Scholarship /scholarship in geography classrooms
(New Zealand Council for Educational Research Press (NZCER), 2015)The Scholarship examination is a longstanding feature of secondary school assessment. Scholarship is available to our “brightest and best” students in geography, and it is designed to recognise excellence and thereby enhance ... -
Changes, challenges and responsibilities in geographical education: The International Geography Olympiad
(Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, 2014)Geography has never been so accessible; new media present documentaries about diverse places, supported by travelogues that ask intriguing questions, with superb imagery of natural and cultural features, all supported by ... -
Communities of practice and professional development
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)The Internet has had a transformative effect on many aspects of contemporary living. While there may be a tendency to overstate the impacts of this technology, workplaces and work practices in many societies have been ... -
Contested and congested spaces: Exploring authenticity in New Zealand farmers' markets
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)This paper considers issues of authenticity as they apply to the evolution of farmers' markets in New Zealand. Following a discussion of the nature of authenticity and its deployment by farmers' market organisations in ... -
Counting for everything: research productivity in geographical and environmental education
(2011)In many countries, the state is a major funder of research, whether directly or indirectly, through state-like organisations known as parastatals. Research in geographical education is a beneficiary of such research funding, ...
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Kaitiakitanga o te Taiao - Reconciling Legislative Provisions and Outcomes for Māori
(University of Waikato, 2017)The Resource Management Act (1991) (RMA) was heralded as internationally ground-breaking for its integrated approach, and for cementing 'sustainable management' as its overarching purpose. It was ground-breaking also for ... -
Beyond Sorted: Developing Critical Adult Financial Education
(University of Waikato, 2012)This research sought to reimagine financial education from a critical theory perspective. This study proposes how a community of learners operating a critical pedagogy could be used to deliver adult financial education, ... -
Restoring the flow: Challenging the existing management frameworks to integrate Mātauranga Māori
(University of Waikato, 2012)Within the context of the current regimes of fresh water management in Aotearoa, this thesis is an exploration of the significance of freshwater to Māori; our rangatiratanga, Treaty rights and ownership. The Māori world ...
