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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 ... -
Refugee children and families’ positioning within resettlement and early childhood education policies in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Informa UK Limited, 2021)This paper uses a framing derived from refugee and child rights conventions to analyse the positioning of young refugee children and their families in Aotearoa New Zealand’s resettlement policies, early childhood curriculum ... -
Affective learning outcomes in the field: A review of the 2021 Undergraduate Field Experiences Research Network Meeting
(Wiley, 2021)Ecology and geoscience professionals alike have stressed the value of undergraduate field experiences, ranging from short outdoor laboratories, residential courses at field stations and marine laboratories or geology camps, ... -
Exploring connections of children and counselling within education contexts
(2021)This presentation will report on two studies related to children in Aotearoa New Zealand. First, a study that examined the effects for children of the language about sexuality and childhood used by their parents, teachers ... -
Raising the achievement of immigrant students: Towards a multi-layered framework for enhanced student outcomes
(SAGE Publications, 2019)Results of international achievement surveys such as the Programme in International Student Assessment have consistently reported an achievement gap between immigrant and non-immigrant student populations around the world. ... -
Grounding our collective Talanoa, Enabling open conversations
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2021)As co-editors in this special issue of the Waikato Journal of Education (WJE), we share our talanoa thoughts and open conversations from the University of Waikato in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), a place and space that has a ... -
Critical literacy in theory and practice
(2021)In this workshop we offer participants: • An overview of critical literacy • An opportunity to explore the role of critical literacy in the development of an English teacher’s professional identity. • Some practice in ... -
Grounding Pacific practice: Fono at the fale and Veiqaraqaravi Vakavanua
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2021)Pacific practice is grounded in vanua and fonua, Fijian and Tongan terms encapsulating notions of land, culture and people. Fono at the Fale and Veiqaraqaravi Vakavanua are expressions of vanua and fonua cultural practice ... -
The New Zealand Curriculum in the moana
(University of Waikato, 2021)Reading this issue’s five reflections on the Aotearoa New Zealand Curriculum (ANZC) has provoked us to think again on a returning question, that is, what is a curriculum—and its reform? We have thus come to think about the ... -
Duty factor is a viable measure to classify spontaneous running forms
(MDPI, 2019)Runners were classified using two different methods based on their spontaneous running form: (1) subjectively using the V®score from the Volodalen® scale, leading to terrestrial and aerial groups; and (2) objectively using ... -
Extending understandings: Possibilities and considerations for mixed methods research
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2021)Mixed methods research is increasingly popular both within and beyond education because of the advantages offered by combining qualitative and quantitative methods. Some mixed methods research, however, does not fully ... -
Talatalanoa as ongoing complex conversations and negotiations of practice in higher education
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2021)Higher education is a site where diverse cultures and knowledges intersect. Engaging in complex conversations is necessary for educators and academics to confront and negotiate differences, especially in areas they may not ... -
From the rākau to the ngākau
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2021)The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in Aotearoa New Zealand has funded 11 National Science Challenges (NSC), which aim to tackle a series of big questions affecting wellbeing in society. One Challenge, ... -
Imua: reflections on imua, talanoa-vā and leadership in the ongoing strategic journey of a New Zealand university.
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2021)The appointment of the University of Waikato’s first Assistant Vice-Chancellor Pacific in February 2019 was an important milestone, not only recognising years of work and dedication by numerous Pacific and Māori staff, but ... -
Understanding the teacher upgrade programme in Samoa: Contextual challenges for in-service teachers, school principals and Ministry personnel
(2019)This article discusses the challenges involved in Samoa’s teacher upgrade programme. The teacher upgrade initiative came about because of the Samoan Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture’s aim for all in-service primary ... -
The use of a multidimensional support model to examine policies and practices for immigrant students across Canada.
(2020)In the larger context of migration, the education and integration of immigrant children within Canadian school systems has become a pressing concern for education policy makers. Through a systematic content analysis, this ... -
How are professional programs from diverse disciplines approaching the development and assessment of competence at a mid-sized Canadian university?
(University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries, 2020)Time-honoured university policies, such as the credit-hour and academic freedom, present challenges for professional education programs tasked with operationalizing entry-to-practice competence frameworks for professional ... -
Using task models to understand the intersection of numeracy skills and technical competence with medical device design
(Oxford University Press, 2021)Task models are used in many different ways throughout the design and development of interactive systems. When the interactive systems are safety critical, task models can play an important role in ensuring system behaviours ... -
Explicating the value of standardized educational achievement data and a protocol for collaborative analysis of this data
(Frontiers in Education, 2021)Governments expect teachers to be able to make sense of and take action on data at various levels of aggregation. In our research we collaborated with 13 teachers from six primary schools and one intermediate school to use ...
