Education Papers
This community houses research from the Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato.
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Digital technologies and online learning in primary education (New Zealand)
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019)Two key sources of research on digital technologies and online learning come in the form of largescale surveys of schools. First, Research New Zealand’s survey (Johnson, Maguire, and Wood 2017) of more than 300 primary ... -
Negotiating identity : An Asian migrant language learner imagining the future
(Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, 2017)Asian migrants¹ that settle in countries like NZ learn English in the hope of accessing mainstream society. However, this process presents many challenges to their identities and their sense of self worth. This paper ... -
Knowledge-building as a future focus pedagogy in science classes
(2019)This paper will discuss how Knowledge-Building is an effective pedagogy for framing future-oriented science education in schools. It will examine how Knowledge-Building can be used to support the Nature of Science. It will ... -
Towards a model of best practice in facilitating critical thinking in secondary education.
(2019)Research has identified critical thinking to be important for short and long term student achievement, but there appears to be inconsistent theoretical understanding and pedagogical approaches to its transfer (Abrami et ... -
Policies, programs, and practices: Exploring the complex dynamics of assessment education in teacher education across four countries
(Frontiers, 2019)There has been a global trend toward increased accountability and assessment in schools over the past several decades. Across policy and professional standards, teachers have been repeatedly called to integrate assessment ... -
One size fits not quite all: Universal research ethics with diversity
(Sage, 2018)For researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand who intend to conduct research with people, it is common practice to first ensure that their proposals are approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). HRECs take the role ... -
An old story, a new voice: Tertiary education in the Bay of Plenty region
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, Division of Education, University of Waikato, 2019)In this article, I first critique neoliberal effects on the Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary education sector and then provide a close-up look at tertiary education in the Bay of Plenty region. Information is based on aspects ... -
“It’s a case of access.” The problematics of accessing research participants
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, Division of Education, University of Waikato, 2017)The problematics of accessing res participants have been largely under-stated in the education research literature. This article discusses two case studies which illustrate the complexity of the process of access. This is ... -
Scaling the mountain to principalship in New Zealand: The enablers and barriers in a female principal’s journey
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018)This chapter describes the journey to school principalship of a New Zealand woman committed to making a difference for the students with whom she worked. Janet described her journey into and through leadership. She identified ... -
Transcending the personal and political: Provocations
(NZCER Press, 2017)Each case study in this book stands alone. The leaders portrayed in these narratives, and the authors who collaborated with them in the re-storying of their lived experience, bring unique worldviews and particular theoretical ... -
Adopting knowledge building pedagogy to support epistemic agency and collaborative contribution in science classes: A case study in New Zealand schools
(2019)This presentation draws on how secondary science teachers from three schools have helped to develop a knowledge building community with their junior classes -
“Spider man does not get lost”: Examining transitional objects in supporting a child’s transition to school
(University of Waikato, 2019)In their move to school, children and their family are faced with significant changes in their relationships, environment and routine. In this article, the experiences of a group of children transitioning into a New Entrants ... -
Teacher professional identities in ece: Complexities and contradictions
(2018)By applying a framework of poststructural discursive studies and theoretical ideas of feminist poststructuralists, my doctoral thesis investigates how teachers’ professional identities have been discursively constructed ... -
The way forward – Strengthening the advocate-activist early childhood profession and teachers’ professional identities
(2018)The New Zealand early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been torn between tensions created through an interplay of opposing discursive windows. Discursive windows of enterprise, economic investment and vulnerability ... -
(Un)Problematic constructions of teachers’ professional identities in early childhood policies and practices in Aotearoa New Zealand
(2019)The impacts of policy reforms on the early childhood education (ECE) sector have been a focal point of scholarly discussions in Aotearoa New Zealand. Interestingly, only a few studies touched on impacts of the policy changes ... -
Editorial
(University of Waikato, 2019)The two 2019 issues of Waikato Journal of Education contain an eclectic and international mix of articles. In the November issue, articles include augmented reality in a secondary school music class; Fijian and Nepalese ... -
Children and sexuality: Therapists working with families
(2019)Adult concerns for children about words/actions Counselling practice: groups, families, children Collaboration with teachers and social workers Interested in how children and their actions were talked about and understood -
The ABCs of collaboration in academia
(University of Waikato, 2019)The occurrence of research collaboration among multiple researchers is becoming more widespread within the academic research community. Research collaboration endeavours offer many benefits yet are not without challenges. ... -
Position and perspective: Research connections and tensions in a kindergarten community
(University of Waikato, 2019)There are many stories worthy of telling in early childhood education research, and multiple perspectives to consider and critique in the processes of research, including children’s perspectives and positioning. Acknowledging ... -
‘Business managers’ in children’s playground: A call for re-envisioning teachers’ professional identities in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood policies and practices
(2019)‘Business managers’ in children’s playground: A call for re-envisioning teachers’ professional identities in Aotearoa New Zealand early childhood policies and practices The impacts of neoliberal education reforms on the ...
