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Duty factor is a viable measure to classify spontaneous running forms
(MDPI, 2019)Runners were classified using two different methods based on their spontaneous running form: (1) subjectively using the V®score from the Volodalen® scale, leading to terrestrial and aerial groups; and (2) objectively using ... -
Extending understandings: Possibilities and considerations for mixed methods research
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2021)Mixed methods research is increasingly popular both within and beyond education because of the advantages offered by combining qualitative and quantitative methods. Some mixed methods research, however, does not fully ... -
Talatalanoa as ongoing complex conversations and negotiations of practice in higher education
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2021)Higher education is a site where diverse cultures and knowledges intersect. Engaging in complex conversations is necessary for educators and academics to confront and negotiate differences, especially in areas they may not ... -
From the rākau to the ngākau
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2021)The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in Aotearoa New Zealand has funded 11 National Science Challenges (NSC), which aim to tackle a series of big questions affecting wellbeing in society. One Challenge, ... -
Imua: reflections on imua, talanoa-vā and leadership in the ongoing strategic journey of a New Zealand university.
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2021)The appointment of the University of Waikato’s first Assistant Vice-Chancellor Pacific in February 2019 was an important milestone, not only recognising years of work and dedication by numerous Pacific and Māori staff, but ... -
Understanding the teacher upgrade programme in Samoa: Contextual challenges for in-service teachers, school principals and Ministry personnel
(2019)This article discusses the challenges involved in Samoa’s teacher upgrade programme. The teacher upgrade initiative came about because of the Samoan Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture’s aim for all in-service primary ... -
The use of a multidimensional support model to examine policies and practices for immigrant students across Canada.
(2020)In the larger context of migration, the education and integration of immigrant children within Canadian school systems has become a pressing concern for education policy makers. Through a systematic content analysis, this ... -
How are professional programs from diverse disciplines approaching the development and assessment of competence at a mid-sized Canadian university?
(University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries, 2020)Time-honoured university policies, such as the credit-hour and academic freedom, present challenges for professional education programs tasked with operationalizing entry-to-practice competence frameworks for professional ... -
Using task models to understand the intersection of numeracy skills and technical competence with medical device design
(Oxford University Press, 2021)Task models are used in many different ways throughout the design and development of interactive systems. When the interactive systems are safety critical, task models can play an important role in ensuring system behaviours ... -
Explicating the value of standardized educational achievement data and a protocol for collaborative analysis of this data
(Frontiers in Education, 2021)Governments expect teachers to be able to make sense of and take action on data at various levels of aggregation. In our research we collaborated with 13 teachers from six primary schools and one intermediate school to use ... -
Mathematics education students’ experiences during lockdown: Managing collaboration in eLearning
(MDPI AG, 2021)The current world crisis of COVID-19 has enforced international lockdowns in educational institutions, necessitating that these institutions quickly transition to online learning. In mathematics education studies, where ... -
Using picturebook illustrations to help young children understand diversity
(2019)The demographics of Aotearoa New Zealand have changed markedly over the past few decades in relation to increasing ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. These changes have resulted from immigration, refugee resettlement ... -
Mapping Māori knowledge from the past to inform marine management futures
(New Zealand Association of Scientists, 2020)This article provides an overview of research which used mātauranga moana (Māori marine knowledge systems) to inform and assist Western science field research methods and surveys. Place-based Māori marine knowledge identified ... -
'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, ... -
Kiwi, kapai, and kuia: Māori loanwords in New Zealand English children's picture books published between 1995 and 2005
(Wizard's Tower Press, 2013)Māori loanwords are a distinctive characteristic of New Zealand English (Deverson, 1991). A previous study of the frequency of Māori loanwords in New Zealand English children’s picture books showed an incidence of 56 words ... -
The Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood education and care: A collaborative and democratic space and place for all members of the learning community
(Visoka škola strukovnih studija za obrazovanje vaspitača, Novi Sad, 2019)This article draws on the author’s doctoral research study that investigated how teachers’ professional identities have been re constructed in response to shifting discourses in early childhood education and care (ECEC) ... -
Parents’ and caregivers’ perceptions of the school climate: development and validation of the Parent and Caregiver Survey (PaCS)
(Springer, 2020)School climates are known to be associated with a range of student outcomes (including academic, social, behavioural and affective), and much work to date has focused on gathering students’ perceptions of their school ... -
Business managers in children’s playground : Exploring a problematic (or not!) identity construction of early childhood teachers in New Zealand.
(Sage, 2021)The impacts of neo-liberal education reforms on the early childhood education sector have been a focal point of scholarly critiques in New Zealand. Interestingly, only a few studies have addressed how teacher professional ... -
Space speaks: A portrait of an early childhood centre and the affordances provided by the learning environment
(NZCER Press, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2020)The quality of early childhood education and care fundamentally depends on teachers’ wise practice. However, the environments in which that education and care occur can influence, inform, and shape teachers’ practice, and ... -
Associations between school climate and student life satisfaction: resilience and bullying as mediating factors
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019)Because adolescent life satisfaction is associated with important affective, behavioural and health-related outcomes during both adolescence and later life, strategies for promoting adolescent life satisfaction have potential ...
