Education Papers
This community houses research from the Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato.
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“It’s a case of access.” The problematics of accessing research participants
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, Division of Education, University of Waikato., 2017)The problematics of accessing res participants have been largely under-stated in the education research literature. This article discusses two case studies which illustrate the complexity of the process of access. This is ... -
Scaling the mountain to principalship in New Zealand: The enablers and barriers in a female principal’s journey
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018)This chapter describes the journey to school principalship of a New Zealand woman committed to making a difference for the students with whom she worked. Janet described her journey into and through leadership. She identified ... -
Transcending the personal and political: Provocations
(NZCER Press, 2017)Each case study in this book stands alone. The leaders portrayed in these narratives, and the authors who collaborated with them in the re-storying of their lived experience, bring unique worldviews and particular theoretical ... -
Adopting knowledge building pedagogy to support epistemic agency and collaborative contribution in science classes: A case study in New Zealand schools
(2019)This presentation draws on how secondary science teachers from three schools have helped to develop a knowledge building community with their junior classes -
“Spider man does not get lost”: Examining transitional objects in supporting a child’s transition to school
(University of Waikato, 2019)In their move to school, children and their family are faced with significant changes in their relationships, environment and routine. In this article, the experiences of a group of children transitioning into a New Entrants ... -
Teacher professional identities in ece: Complexities and contradictions
(2018)By applying a framework of poststructural discursive studies and theoretical ideas of feminist poststructuralists, my doctoral thesis investigates how teachers’ professional identities have been discursively constructed ... -
The way forward – Strengthening the advocate-activist early childhood profession and teachers’ professional identities
(2018)The New Zealand early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been torn between tensions created through an interplay of opposing discursive windows. Discursive windows of enterprise, economic investment and vulnerability ... -
(Un)Problematic constructions of teachers’ professional identities in early childhood policies and practices in Aotearoa New Zealand
(2019)The impacts of policy reforms on the early childhood education (ECE) sector have been a focal point of scholarly discussions in Aotearoa New Zealand. Interestingly, only a few studies touched on impacts of the policy changes ... -
Editorial
(University of Waikato, 2019)The two 2019 issues of Waikato Journal of Education contain an eclectic and international mix of articles. In the November issue, articles include augmented reality in a secondary school music class; Fijian and Nepalese ... -
Children and sexuality: Therapists working with families
(2019)Adult concerns for children about words/actions Counselling practice: groups, families, children Collaboration with teachers and social workers Interested in how children and their actions were talked about and understood -
The ABCs of collaboration in academia
(University of Waikato, 2019)The occurrence of research collaboration among multiple researchers is becoming more widespread within the academic research community. Research collaboration endeavours offer many benefits yet are not without challenges. ... -
Position and perspective: Research connections and tensions in a kindergarten community
(University of Waikato, 2019)There are many stories worthy of telling in early childhood education research, and multiple perspectives to consider and critique in the processes of research, including children’s perspectives and positioning. Acknowledging ... -
‘Business managers’ in children’s playground: A call for re-envisioning teachers’ professional identities in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood policies and practices
(2019)‘Business managers’ in children’s playground: A call for re-envisioning teachers’ professional identities in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood policies and practices The impacts of neoliberal education reforms on the ... -
Co-opting or valuing the indigenous voice through translation? A decision for research teams
(University of Waikato, 2019)Although te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, translation of research material such as information sheets, consent forms and questionnaires into te reo Māori remains highly variable. Translation ... -
Making use of and adapting MOOCs text resources for language learning
(2019)Massive Open Online Courses are becoming popular educational vehicles through which universities reach out to non-traditional audiences. Many enrollees hail from other countries and cultures, and struggle to cope with the ... -
Tales of gender(ed) identity constructions in one boys' Catholic school: A review of Masculinities and Other Hopeless Causes at an All-Boys Catholic School
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017)Masculinities and Other Hopeless Causes at an All-Boys Catholic School examines how notions of gender—specifically masculinity—are formed in the classrooms and school environment of a Chicago Catholic boys' school. Through ... -
Cross-institutional peer observation by online tutors: Sharing practice "outside the family'
(Routledge, 2018)Whilst increasingly widespread, teaching online can be a solo endeavour. In this paper, we consider how peer exchange between online tutors from different institutions may offer a solution to this professional isolation. ... -
New Zealand secondary technology teachers' perceptions: "technological" or "technical" thinking?
(Springer, 2018)Technology education in the New Zealand context has seen significant change since it’s inception as a technical subject. The changing nature of the subject in New Zealand secondary schools is influenced by some teachers’ ... -
Learning engineering through the Flipped Classroom Approach- students' perspectives
(The Design and Technology Association, 2018)A flipped classroom approach consists of two distinct parts: direct on- line instruction in the students’ own time and at their own pace, and interactive group lea rning and problem - solving activities in scheduled classes. ... -
"Never say never?": Heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian women's accounts of being childfree.
(SAGE Publications, 2019)Feminist scholars have identified a “motherhood imperative” in Western cultures, when heterosexual women are understood to both want and to have children. However, social shifts have resulted in a decrease in pronatalism ...
