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Highlights: Induction
(Human Resources Development Working Group, APEC and Department of Education, 2015-02)This chapter on induction programs reviews recent research, Economy policies, and promising practices based on surveys filled out by Economy researchers participating in this international study. This is the chapter 8 ... -
Dancing into the unknown: Learning leadership
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2018-09-12)In this chapter I explore the ways in which understandings of women’s leadership intersect with critical feminist pedagogies and with my practice as a dance artist. Combining narrative and theorizing, I retrace my dancing ... -
Mana whenua / Belonging through assessment: A kōhanga reo perspective
(2020)This article presents the findings from a Teacher Led-Innovation Fund (TLIF) project where kaiako set out to develop and then explore Ngā kōrero tuku iho as an assessment approach within kōhanga reo. Underpinned by kaupapa ... -
Reo Rua Pukapuka Pikitia: Whānau drawing on their community cultural wealth to create strategies for developing Te Reo Rangatira
(2023)The use of Te Reo Māori in Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa New Zealand is mandated in the ECE curriculum. Research shows that picturebooks are powerful tools in language learning, but there is a lack of research ... -
Early childhood teachers partnering with teacher educators to connect children to taiao (the natural world) through place-based learning
(2023-04-27)Initial cycles of an action research project brought together local early childhood (ECE) teachers, and tertiary ECE teacher educators, to explore possible uses of the Ōtātara Outdoor Learning Centre (ŌOLC), adjoining the ... -
How school culture affects teachers’ classroom implementation of learning from professional development
(Springer, 2023)A core element of almost all educational improvement efforts is an intention to improve teacher practice in order to enhance student- and system-level outcomes. To this end, a range of strategies are deployed to facilitate ... -
Teachers’ understandings of the role of translation in vernacular language maintenance in Malekula: some early thoughts
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)Existing research concerning literacy in the Pacific indicates three key considerations: (1) Traditional print literacy levels are low (Toumu’a 2016), (2) the development of culturally and linguistically relevant quality ... -
Task-Based Learning: An Opportunity for Focused Learning in Technology Education
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2023-02-27)This chapter begins by outlining what is meant by Task-based Learning (TBL). The focus will be centred on the need to first define the content of the task. This is particularly important in Technology Education, because ... -
Exploring languaging through an ontological register
(NatureCulture, 2022-03-01)Law and Mol (2020) provide an insightful critique to dominant approaches to language, arguing that “to talk of language is to imply that it is possible to disentangle how people talk (or sign or write) from the practices ... -
Assessing learning skills and work habits: What do report card data tell us?
(The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE), 2022-10-16)Many school systems ask teachers to assess and report upon aspects of student performance beyond academic achievement. In Ontario, K–12 teachers assess a common set of six Learning Skills and Work Habits. How well teachers ... -
(In)Stability of Test Scores
(2022-01-01)Both school and district administrators use the results of standardized, large-scale tests to inform decisions about the need for, or success of, educational programs and interventions. However, test results at the school ... -
The impact of flipped classrooms in nurse education: A literature review
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2020)Flipped classroom pedagogy is increasingly being used in tertiary education including within nurse education programmes. This literature review aims to critically examine empirical published work (from 2012 to 2019) which ... -
Collective Indigenous approaches to centring Pacific voices of leadership for our futures
(Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library, 2022)Education systems in western nations are often built on a long history of centralising the western canon of knowledge and colonial norms. These norms are perpetuated and reinforced via western research which amplifies the ... -
On the doctoral journey: An introduction to articles in this issue
(2022-09-08)We are pleased to contribute to the ongoing work of Waikato Journal of Educationin growingknowledge and understanding of educational research and the experiences of researchers. Wehope you find value in the articles in ... -
Like a box of chocolates: Introduction to articles in this issue
(2022-12-09)I am delighted to present this Waikato Journal of Education (WJE) General Issue 2022. WJEis an open access, fully-online free journal, supported by the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER). ... -
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
(NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, 2020-01-01)In 2018, a research project funded by New Zealand’s teaching and learning research initiative (TLRI) explored the impact of online citizen science (OCS) projects on the science educa primary school children in New Zealand. ... -
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 ...
