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Working together effectively [Guest Editorial]
(2019)Working together effectively across different sectors and with family, whānau and other groups to enhance children’s learning may require courage and persistence, but as many teachers have found, a community approach can ... -
Young children, solitude and singing: self-directed singing and personal agency in three- and four-year-old children at home
(Informa UK Limited, 2021)This article uses explores how young children use self-directed spontaneous singing at home as a tool of personal agency. Although researchers are increasingly interested in spontaneous singing that takes place outside ... -
Digital technologies as a panacea for social isolation and loneliness among older adults: An intervention model for flourishing and wellbeing
(Brill, 2021)This article explores whether digital communication technologies have applicability in reducing social isolation and loneliness among older adults. Issues of social isolation and loneliness among older adults are important ... -
Children's working theories about Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021)As the COVID-19 virus has spread worldwide, much attention has been paid to its impact on the health and wellbeing of adults, with less attention to how the virus has impacted on young children. This article draws on ... -
Investigating probability concepts of secondary pre-service teachers in a game context
(Edith Cowan University, 2020)There is a rich literature on students' and teachers' intuitions and misconceptions about probability. However, less attention has been paid to the development of pre-service teachers' probabilistic thinking in teacher ... -
Teaching probability: A socio-constructivist perspective
(2015)There is a considerable and rich literature on students' misconceptions in probability. However, less attention has been paid to the development of students' probabilistic thinking in the classroom. This paper offers a ... -
"Maths outside of maths": Pre-service teachers' awareness of mathematical and statistical thinking across teachers' professional work
(2020)Mathematical and statistical thinking is involved across the breadth of people's home and work life and leisure activities. This paper reports on an aspect of a project that aimed to develop pre-service teacher awareness ... -
Conventional, remote, virtual, and simulated work-integrated learning: A meta-analysis of existing practice
(2020)As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations offering work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities were no longer able to support student placements, resulting in many institutions searching for a range of ... -
Turning a back on violence: Storying anti-violence with young men in schools
(New Zealand Association of Counsellors, 2020)What are some of the effects of inviting young men troubled by violence to take up non-violent identity claims? This article describes narrative therapy practices in re-authoring stories of violence with one of two young ... -
Introducing WebQuests in mathematics: A study of Qatari students’ reactions and emotions
(Modestum Limited, 2020)There is a need to investigate didactic strategies that can enhance engagement in science and mathematics education. This paper reports on the introduction of WebQuests, as part of collaborative inquiry, to enhance students’ ... -
Looking for the Tikanga in technology education
(University of Waikato, 2019)This dissertation is dedicated to understanding how it would feel to be disconnected from their own past and devalued as a race by colonialism; that is, how would it feel to be Māori in my class? This dissertation aims ... -
Reflective practice and inquiry: Let’s talk more about inquiry
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2016)Reflective practice and inquiry are aspects of teacher professional practice that characterise teachers as learners. Reflective practice in some form is considered in contemporary education as an essential activity for ... -
Sociocultural realities: exploring new horizons by Angus Macfarlane, Sonja Macfarlane and Melinda Webber [Book Review]
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017)This article reviews the book "Sociocultural realities: exploring new horizons", by Angus Macfarlane, Sonja Macfarlane and Melinda Webber -
Assessment digital smarts: Using short text assignment formats for enhancing student learning
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2015)Lecturers and course designers need to be smart about assignment design. This is particularly so when time constraints of lecturer workload and students’ other commitments impact on teaching and learning coverage of ... -
Using biotechnology to develop values discourse in school science
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020)Biotechnology, broadly defined, is the manipulation of living organisms, or parts of living organisms or systems, for specific purposes of benefit to humankind. As such, it has been practiced for centuries—from early ... -
Self-value, belonging, and EAL migrants
(TESOLANZ, 2017)Here I discuss main findings from my Ph.D. research into English as an additional language (EAL) learner identities, in the process inquiring into our practices as EAL education providers and educators. -
Yes, spelling should be taught
(Learning Difficulties Australia, 2019)There is little doubt that some students are very good spellers. I recall, in my first year of teaching, teaching a 9-year-old student whose spelling was nearly perfect. In a recent study of 7-year-old spellers we encountered ... -
Enhancing learner agency: Engaging appreciative inquiry to support school transitions
(New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society (NZEALS), 2018)There is a growing body of literature highlighting the various challenges both teachers and students face when students transition between schools, (e.g. from intermediate to high school), with very little focus given to ... -
Employer and academic staff perceptions of science and engineering graduate competencies
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)This paper reports on the findings from a study investigating science and engineering employ- ers and university academic teaching staff perceptions of the competencies science and engineering recent graduates require in ... -
Technology teacher education requirements
(Springer, 2019)What is the role of teacher education in preparing and supporting teachers of technology education? Before student teachers can even consider teaching technology education, they need an overarching, holistic view of the ...
