Education Papers
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Fakakoloa as embodied mana moana and agency: Postcolonial sociology within Oceania
(2022)The coupling of mana moana is grounded in inspiration from and through Indigeneity and Moana sense-making (intimate understanding through our sensibilities within Oceania). Tongan meaning-making is centred on talanoa-vā, ... -
Rapid holistic assessment and rating of post-earthquake hospital functionality
(2019)Hospitals play a critical role in ensuring community safety. It is imperative that they remain operational during and after an earthquake, to provide immediate and ongoing medical care. However, experience shows frequent ... -
[Review of Strategies for Writing a Thesis by Publication in the Social Sciences and Humanities. By Lynn P. Nygaard and Kristin Solli (2021)]
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022)Strategies for Writing a Thesis by Publication in the Social Sciences and Humanities (Nygaard & Solli, 2021) fills a gap in the current doctoral education literature by discussing how this thesis genre may work in social ... -
Enhancing teaching and learning of primary mathematics through the use of apps
(2017)The report begins with a brief traverse of the associated research field, leading to the specific aims and research design of the project. The outcomes are then discussed, with teacher decisions about their use of apps, ... -
Development of formative assessment tool for a primary, technology classroom
(The Design and Technology Association, 2020)Teachers and students' interactions in the classroom include a large number of questions, some of which are a key part of formative assessment. Questions can lead to an extended dialogue between the teacher and the student, ... -
Space exploration: Approaches to inhabiting digital spaces and their influence on education
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021)What happens when we go online, interact and leave our digital footprints? What is the nature of the online spaces that teachers and their students inhabit and the implications of being in these spaces? In this article we ... -
Making mathematics learning more engaging for students in Health Schools through the use of apps
(MDPI, 2017)This paper reports on an aspect of a case study of four 11-to-13-year-old students of a Regional Health School (RHS) in New Zealand, using apps on their own mobile devices as part of their mathematics programs. It considers ... -
An historical analysis of disability sport policy in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Routledge, 2022)The role of central government in disability sport in Aotearoa New Zealand has never been reviewed in depth. In this paper, drawing on archival data we outline the evolution of disability sport policy, highlighting key ... -
Changing from a traditional approach to learning: Teachers’ perceptions of introducing WebQuests into mathematics and science classrooms in Qatar
(2019)Several studies have identified stress factors that teachers might experience in changing from a traditional approach to a more student-centred IBL approach. In this study, we report on teachers’ perceptions following PD ... -
Exploring Pacific picturebooks to support the language, culture and identity of Pasifika children. A summer scholar’s perspective
(2021)Populations of Pacific People in Aotearoa New Zealand are growing, and many education documents recognise the need to support the language, culture and identity of children from these communities in educational settings. In ... -
Teaching children's literature online: Co-constructing stories in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
(2021)Most scholarship on teaching children’s literature has focused on teaching fiction in university literature courses (Bedford & Albright, 2011; Butler, 2006). While there is a vast literature associated with online teaching ... -
"Getting beneath the skin": A tok stori approach to reviewing the literature of leadership in Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Marshall Islands
(2021)A literature review is generally a compendium of written material on a topic presented as research background. It functions to describe what is known in academic circles and to justify research questions that step beyond ... -
A second chance in education: upgrade teachers' perceptions of tertiary education in Samoa
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2021)A second chance in education is becoming more and more infrequent in the region. The study is the first in Samoa and makes references to existing literature on teacher upgrade. This paper investigated whether the Teacher ... -
(Re)turning to loto, igniting mālie and māfana: Tongan maau and faiva as expressed rhythmic entanglement
(2021)To charm the loto is a (re)turn to our Indigenous Pacific knowings and becomings. Such a return is heart-warming and a fascination with spiritual reverence. Calling forth mālie and māfana, the potent spiritual energies ... -
And I still love them: On touching loss
(Wiley, 2017)In this article, the author performs a re-membering practice that incorporates a relational materialist theory. It traces the disturbances that follow in the wake of three deaths in her family. Written in an autoethnographic ... -
Teachers-as-writers: Writing information texts in English and vernacular
(Australian Literacy Educator's Association Ltd, 2015)Our contribution to this volume is not on the work of the teacher who inspires the child writer, but the teacher as the writer and illustrator of multilingual texts for classroom use that inspires the child reader. This ... -
Supervision and continuing professional development: Supervisors’ hopes for meaningful, supervision-supported CPD
(New Zealand Association of Counsellors, 2021)Continuing professional development (CPD) is now embedded into the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) practices, such as its members’ supervision, processes for membership renewal and applications for annual ... -
Counselling children in Years 1-8: Scoping primary school counselling in Aotearoa New Zealand
(2021)In July 2020, due to the effects of Covid-19, the Government made funding available for counselling in primary schools. Counselling in Primary Schools is not common in Aotearoa. Where this exists it is usually through ... -
A history of Māori literacy success
(2021)This article explores literacy in 19th century Māori society, and in particular, this work considers the initial interactions Māori tribal groups had with literacy following contact with British settlers. The overarching ... -
Oral Interaction in Technology Education
(Routledge, 2021)This chapter explores perspective of a teacher educator in technology education. It identifies technology education as being very different from educational technology. Technology education is about the informed design and ...
