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Is engineering for me? Do girls have enough information to decide?
(2018)Increasing the diversity in engineering starts with increasing the proportion of the specific cohort choosing to study engineering. The proportion of women doing engineering is low. Common barriers to increasing the ... -
Using Foucault’s notions of discourse to explore and research child sexuality
(2019)“The object, in short, is to define the regime of power-knowledge-pleasure that sustains the discourse on human sexuality in our part of the world” (Foucault, 1978/1990, p. 11). Ideas of sexuality and ideas of childhood ... -
Formation of children as healthy sexual beings
(2019)Forming children as healthy sexual beings: What understandings of child sexuality can mean for adults who care for children. In recent decades, greater awareness of child sexual abuse (csa) in society, and the exposure of ... -
An ‘open letter to teachers’
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, the University of Waikato, 2019)Teaching is a highly complex and political endeavour, and as teachers, we need to be courageous as we support children to make sense of the increasingly complex and diverse societies that we live in. My doctoral research ... -
Keeping things on track: School Principals as Managers
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019)Literature about education in New Zealand and internationally over the past 30 years has increasingly focused on the need for effective school leadership. In New Zea- land a major Best Evidence Synthesis study (BES 2009) ... -
Placing the spotlight on open educational resources: Global phenomenon or cultural guise?
(Oceania Comparative and International Education Society, 2018)The quest to enhance the quality of teaching in low-income countries has encouraged international aid agencies to look for alternative platforms to provide teacher education. Open Educational Resources have attracted the ... -
Secondary technology teachers’ perceptions and practice: Digital technology and a future-focused curriculum in New Zealand
(WIlf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, the University of Waikato, 2018)The Technology Learning Area statement in the New Zealand Curriculum has been recently reviewed to prioritise Digital Technology as a context for learning (Ministry of Education (MoE), 2007, 2017a). The emphasis provides ... -
Student perspectives of independent and collaborative learning in a flipped foundational engineering course
(ASCILITE, 2018)Flipped teaching and learning approaches are being increasingly used in higher education. Some advantages associated with the approach include providing opportunity for self-directed learning and enhanced collaboration ... -
The complexity of judgment in the everyday work of educators
(SAGE Publications, 2019)We experience judgment in everyday life: the process and the outcome, making and receiving. In this piece, I turn to John Dewey’s notions on how judgments are situational, interpretive, (con)temporary, active, and relational. ... -
"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 ... -
The use of Appreciative Inquiry as a way to empower Solomon Islands beginning science teachers
(2018)Appreciative Inquiry is a process with considerable potential to promote teacher development in the Solomon Islands within their ‘villages of learning’. The implementation of Appreciative Inquiry as part of teacher mentoring ... -
Researcher decisions in presentation: Using a painting scheme to stage research poetry
(Wilf Malcom Institute of Educational Research, The University of Waikato, 2018)Even when we use participants’ words, we as researchers, craft and (re)present those words in the dissemination of the research. Laurel Richardson terms this “staging”. She writes “when we write social science, we use our ... -
Understanding the use of Māori and English in dual language picturebooks through a sociolinguistic lens
(2018)In this presentation I will explore the use of te reo Māori in English text in dual language picturebooks published in Aotearoa/New Zealand. A series of studies examining the frequency of Māori loanwords in children’s ... -
Student engagement and empowerment in a flipped engineering dynamics classroom
(2018)The flipped classroom model is increasingly used in tertiary education. Opportunities for active learning, col-laboration and interaction with the lecturer are some of the reported benefits associated with the use of flipped ... -
Self-organising map analysis of rugby placekicking biomechanics
(2018)Our aim was to use a self-organising map (SOM) to examine key biomechanical variables previously identified to discriminate best from worst placekicking attempts. Placekicker and ball 3D biomechanics were acquired from ... -
Beyond Earth's globalization: Sociology of outer space?
(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2017)This paper raises the possibility of a sociology of outer space that examines the spatial turn and the turn to space in recent sociology. Rapid developments in space technology, travel and colonization now raise a set of ... -
Flipped teaching and flexible learning
(2017)• Demystify the process of flipping a class and how successfully flipped class effectively support learning • Grounded case study on undergraduate engineering course with high student enrolment and strong labbased ... -
Doctoral supervision practice models: Where to from here?
(2016-04-22)The aim of this session is to present and discuss a framework for supervisor professional development, including aspects that could contribute to the skills needed in the current supervisory environment. Supervisors face ... -
Supervising research in Māori cultural contexts: a decolonizing, relational response
(Routledge, 2017)We have collaborated for 25 years as indigenous Māori and non- Māori researchers undertaking research with Māori families, their schools and communities. We have endeavored to meet our responsibilities to the Māori ... -
Succeeding as Māori: Māori students’ views on our Stepping Up to the Ka Hikitia Challenge
(2017)This paper examines the vision and intent of New Zealand’s Māori education policy, Ka Hikitia, and its implications on the daily lives of Māori students in New Zealand’s education system. Extensive information on the ...
