Education Papers
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Transitions and transience
(2017)A governmental focus is on supporting ‘priority’ families to take part in early childhood education. This presentation discusses findings from Stage 4 of an evaluation of the Ministry’s Early Childhood Education Participation ... -
Discourses of economic investment and child vulnerability in early childhood education
(WIlf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2017)This article explores discourses of economic investment and child vulnerability that have become dominant under New Zealand’s National-led Government as a rationale for policy directions in early childhood education. It ... -
Negotiating fairness and diversity: What can stories from one kindergarten teach us?
(2018)I am delighted to be presenting here today. It is lovely to be among friends, and to have had great visits to a number of Inspired Kindergartens this year. I saw Year Ones on Practicum, and then took Year Two students to ... -
Peer support for international doctoral students in managing supervision relationships
(2017)Doctoral education is based on a pedagogical model of apprenticeship where the expert, the more experienced academic, advises or mentors the student. Scholars have recognized the challenges of doctoral supervision due to ... -
The bilingual researcher’s dilemmas: Reflexive approaches to translation issues
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, 2017)Research conducted by English-speaking researchers about other language speaking subjects is essentially cross-cultural and often multilingual, particularly with qualitative research that involves participants communicating ... -
Reshaping the learning experience through apps: Affordances
(Springer, Cham, 2018)This paper reports on how the affordances of the app Math Shake reshaped the learning experience—an aspect of a research project examining the ways mobile technologies are used in primary-school mathematics. Students used ... -
The uncertainty of a future-focused curriculum in New Zealand: The perceptions and practice of six secondary school technology teachers.
(ASCILITE, 2018)New Zealand education is unique because it has had a technology curriculum since the mid-1990's. In response to the way that technology is evolving, however, the curriculum is currently under revision, to be inclusive of ... -
Understanding informal learning among international students through their brokering practices
(TESOLANZ, 2017)While informal learning is recognised as an important part of academic learning, the significance of learning outside the prescribed curriculum has been largely overlooked in the literature on international students. The ... -
Found in translation: How brokering practices support international students' learning
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER), Faculty of Education, The University of Waikato, 2018)Research on international students for whom English is an additional language (EAL) tend to focus on their lack of language proficiency and active participation in the classroom. However, examining their informal learning ... -
Learning later in life
(Stylus Publishing, 2017)The phrase "learning in later life" has assumed major significance for educators and allied professionals in their efforts to understand the dynamics of learning for older people across the globe. In earlier times, the ... -
Editorial
(International Institute on Ageing, 2017)This special issue of the International Journal of Ageing in Developing Countries (IJADC) focusses on learning in later life (also known as educational gerontology). As guest editor for this issue, I am hopeful that this ... -
Concluding remarks
(Springer International Publishing, 2016)This chapter provides a chance to reflect on the significance of the 42 country/regional descriptions and analyses of later life learning/education. It is deliberately entitled “Concluding remarks”, as opposed to “Conclusions”, ... -
Developing a 'win-win' scenario: Understanding how older workers' learning can be enhanced within organisations
(Springer, 2014)Employee turnover in traditional industries is starting to hurt organisations as global mobility of people grows and long-serving and experienced Baby Boomers retire to make way for younger generations. Simultaneously, as ... -
Older adult education in two universities: A comparison in the New Zealand and Scottish contexts
(Sage, 2016)This article examines the character of older adult education provision in two univer- sities at opposite ends of the globe. The universities of Waikato (New Zealand) and Strathclyde (Scotland) are analysed in terms of ... -
Older workers' learning within organizations: Issues and challenges
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)As increasing numbers of older adults stay in the workforce or engage in encore careers, they are subjected to diverse issues and challenges. The new dynamics of the workplace in a global market exert pressure on older ... -
Learning in later life: Benefits and challenges for volunteers and agencies
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2016)This article explores the relationship between learning for older adults and volunteerism. It discusses how volunteerism among older adults may enhance their learning and the kinds of benefits and challenges they encounter ... -
Learning in later life: a bicultural perspective from Aotearoa/New Zealand
(Routledge, 2016)This article is concerned with how learning in later life has been constructed and practised by the two most numerous ethnic groups in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Pākėhā (Europeans) and Māori (Indigenous people). It is argued ... -
The responsibility towards indigenous holism: Rethinking ethical research in the university
(2018)If there is one fundamental aspect of indigenous philosophy in much indigenous-related literature, it is that all things in the world are interconnected (see eg. Arola (2011); Mika (2017); Andreotti et al (2011)). The ... -
Implementing dialogic inquiry in Qatari mathematics and science classrooms: Challenges and provocations
(WIlf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2018)In relation to an international concern to encourage inquiry-based pedagogies in Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and the issues of transfer in teacher professional development (PD), we report ... -
Level 2 Māori medium programmes: What are the perceptions of parents and students on this form of education?
(Springer, 2017)Māori medium education provides a range of options for families wishing to educate their children through the indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand. Level 2 programmes with 51–80% Māori language instruction, can play ...
