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Reimagining communities of practice: Using relational frameworks to disrupt assumptions and inequity.
(International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives., 2022-11-17)As theorised by Etienne Wenger, communities of practice are becoming settled as a framework for community engagement within Aotearoa New Zealand schools. In this article, the authors critically analyse the assumptions and ... -
Using online citizen science to develop students' science capabilities
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Stitching hope through loss in celebration
(Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2017)This chapter focuses on the revisiting and re-storying of hopeful actions and practices in the face of emotional hurt, physical pain, sorrow, loss and shattered dreams. Painstakingly slow recovery from major surgery coincided ... -
Doing hope ... together, in everyday living and in counseling research
(Nova Science Publishers, 2017)This chapter describes the practices of doing hope together in a kaleidoscope of personal and professional narratives woven into and between people’s lives. Narrative therapy practices such as compassionate witnessing and ... -
Stitching hope through loss in celebration
(Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2016)This chapter focuses on the revisiting and re-storying of hopeful actions and practices in the face of emotional hurt, physical pain, sorrow, loss and shattered dreams. Painstakingly slow recovery from major surgery coincided ... -
Editorial
(University of Waikato, 2022)Frequently marginalised and maligned, the arts in education are often positioned as a nice-to-have “extra” for students but not academically vital or significant (Ross, 1975). However, as artificial intelligence replaces ... -
Engaging in research with Pacific communities as a non-Pacific researcher: reflecting on lessons learnt
(Informa UK Limited, 2022)A key challenge for the cross-cultural researcher is how to maintain authenticity in the stories of participants, paying careful attention to any inherent power imbalances. In this article, we share our respective experiences ... -
PISA, global reference societies, and policy borrowing: The promises and pitfalls of ‘academic resilience’
(2022)The Programme in International Student Assessment (PISA) has become the prominent method of international comparison of the achievement of 15-year-old children in reading, mathematics, and science. Recently, the OECD, which ... -
Conceptualising “unexpectedness” during the doctorate
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2022)The doctoral research process has been metaphorically described as a “journey” (Edwards & Mackay, 2012; McAlpine & Amundsen, 2009; Rath & Mutch, 2014; Skakni, 2018a, 2018b). While the doctoral journey has the potential to ... -
Novice teachers developing capabilities in the constructive use of summative assessment
(2022)Preservice and beginner teachers need to build and develop summative assessment knowledge and skills in order to best gauge and measure student learning, as required by the education system. It is also beneficial if they ... -
Resilience by design: Improving hospital functionality following earthquake
(2018)Earthquakes can cause extensive damage to the built environment and can led to injury of people in the affected area. It is critical that hospitals continue to remain functional following an earthquake in order to provide ... -
Pōwhiri: A framing to strengthen bicultural belonging for refugee children and families in early childhood education
(New Zealand Tertiary College, 2022)A crucial task for refugee families and children who settle in Aotearoa New Zealand is to develop a sense of belonging in that place, time and environment. Belonging is a basic human need. It is a driving force for learning ... -
Collaborator, applied linguist, academic, expense? Exploring the professional identities of academic language and learning professionals
(2022)The complex role of academic language and learning (ALL) professionals in higher education is poorly understood, even though it contributes to key outcomes such as improved study skills, academic language enhancement, ... -
Access to sexual health services and support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: an Australian cross-sector survey
(Springer, 2022-06-02)Introduction People with intellectual and developmental disabilities under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) have the right to access sexual health services including ... -
A bag of oranges and a communal lunch: Intra-action of matter and becoming
(Nova Science Publishers, 2018)In the chapter the author draws on new materialism and poststructuralism to write about becoming-subject. The author uses the notions of fluidity of the self, the (im)possibility of writing self and, at the same time, ... -
Digital technologies in the New Zealand Curriculum
(University of Waikato, 2018)The revised Technology Curriculum for years 1 - 13 now includes two Digital Technologies areas: ‘computational thinking for Digital Technologies’ and ‘designing and developing digital outcomes’. By 2020, all schools are ... -
Educating researchers: New Zealand education PhDs 1948-1998
(NZARE, Massey University, 2001)In some countries, educational researchers marked the new millennium by reviewing the history of "Education" as an academic discipline, mapping the research undertaken by its protagonists, and exploring their research ... -
Impact evaluation of the Kidscan Early Childhood Pilot Programmes - Final Report
(2020)In 2018, KidsCan launched a pilot early childhood education [ECE] programme which provides children with nutritious lunches and snacks, head lice treatment, raincoats, shoes and socks. As a part of setting up this new ...
