Browsing by Author "Daly, Nicola"
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Audiences, referees, and landscapes: Understanding the use of Māori and English in New Zealand dual language picturebooks through a sociolinguistic lens
(Victoria University Press, 2017)When non-dominant perspectives are represented in children's literature, it is labelled multicultural, and this form of literature has much potential for altering existing power structures in society. Bishop (1990) first ... -
Cross Continental Readings of Visual Narratives: An analysis of Six Books in the New Zealand PictureBook Collection
(2015)This article argues that, by analyzing the ways in which illustrators use certain visual codes, we can learn much about a country's history/culture and demonstrates this by analyzing the visual narratives of six picture ... -
"It inspires and motivates you to do something that makes a difference": Transformational education experiences and global citizenry in a tertiary travel award
(University of Waikato, 2019)Literature shows that international travel as part of tertiary studies can result in transformational learning and increased global citizenry. There is a growing body of research in this field but most has focused on study ... -
'It's part of me that I want them to know about': Maintaining distant New Zealand national identity in Canada using New Zealand picture books
(Wizard's Tower Press, 2013)The link between national identity and children’s picture books has been established in several countries including Canada (e.g., Bainbridge; Pantaleo) and New Zealand (e.g., author; Hebley; McNeur). However, few, if any, ... -
The joy of having a book in your own language: Home language books in a refugee education centre
(MDPI, 2020)In 2018, Aotearoa/New Zealand increased its annual refugee quota to 1000. When refugees arrive in Aotearoa/New Zealand they spend six weeks in a resettlement programme. During this time, children attend an introduction to ...
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Negotiating fairness and diversity: Stories from an Aotearoa New Zealand kindergarten
(The University of Waikato, 2018)A number of research studies have utilised ‘working theories’, a key learning outcome of Te Whāriki, the Aotearoa New Zealand curriculum, as a lens to explore pedagogy in early childhood education. The perceived gap that ... -
Oceanic languages: A comparative investigation of pre-clausal constructions
(University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis presents an investigation of pre-clausal phenomena in the lesser-studied languages of the Oceanic language family. The study is innovative in that the pre-clausal structure of interest, hereinafter labelled as ... -
Year 7 and 8 Teachers' Understandings, Beliefs and Practices around the Teaching of Grammar in Relation to the Teaching of Writing
(University of Waikato, 2016)In recent times, and in fact over the past five decades, the importance of teachers’ knowledge of grammar and the teaching of grammar has encountered a resurgence of interest on the world stage as it has done within the ... -
The Effects of a Shared Reading Intervention on the English Reading Skills of Year One Students in a Level Two Māori-medium Educational Context
(University of Waikato, 2014)One of the biggest challenges confronting literacy education in Aotearoa New Zealand is accommodating the differences in English reading-related variables at school entry to produce equitable outcomes in later reading ... -
Exemplary teachers' approaches to supporting vocabulary development during shared reading
(University of Waikato, 2014)An analysis of recent PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) data has shown that a group of New Zealand children are struggling to learn to read well. Vocabulary knowledge supports reading in a number of ...
