Education Papers
This community houses research from the Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato.
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Picturebooks as a bridge to cultural autoethnographies
(2022-11-17)Research on the use of picturebooks with tertiary students has explored several aspects of the ways in which they can be used to support preservice teachers’ understanding of children’s literacy (Hoffman, 2021), their ... -
An evidence-based approach to secondary school science: Online citizen science and the science capabilities
(NZCER Press, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2022)As part of a multiyear research project investigating the affordances of online citizen science (OCS) projects for enhancing school students’ learning in relation to science and digital technology, teacher–researchers have ... -
Editorial
(New Zealand Association of Counsellors, 2023)The Volume 43(1) editorial of the "New Zealand Journal of Counselling" reflects on the past year, highlighting local and global concerns such as COVID-19's impact, civil unrest, conflicts, and climate change. Looking ahead, ... -
Out of the Woods Yet? The Continuing Impact of National Standards on New Zealand Music Education
(Springer, 2022-06-01)Several years have passed since the removal of National Standards, however the current provision and enactment of music education in New Zealand remains unknown. Using a case study, this article seeks to illustrate the ... -
Making sense of Te Whāriki a te Kōhanga Reo through toi Māori: A whānau approach
(NZCER Press, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2023)The involvement of whānau in the teaching and learning process is important at every juncture of a child’s educational journey. Rich understanding of the curriculum enables whānau to make deep and meaningful contributions ... -
Spontaneous singing and musical agency in the everyday home lives of three- and four-year-old children
(Springer, 2019)Spontaneous singing permeates the lives of young children and can provide insights into the social and personal worlds of young children at home. Research into young children’s singing has traditionally been dominated by ... -
Children learning to sing in everyday family life in minority world homes
(Routledge, 2020)In this chapter we adopt an anthropological perspective to explain the capacities young children possess, which enable them to learn to sing through participation in everyday, family activities. We then present recent ... -
Music programs for young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stories from across the world
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-07-08)The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic affected education and services geared toward young children and families, including early childhood music programs. While some programs were shut down, others were able to ... -
Evaluating universal design of built environments: an empirical study of stakeholder practice and perceptions
(Springer, 2022-12-20)Universal design aims to reduce environmental barriers and enhance usability of buildings for all people, particularly those with disabilities. There are known challenges relating to the evaluation of universal design and ... -
Access to Sexual Rights for all People with Disabilities: The Need to See and Include the Experiences of People with Intellectual Disability
(Springer, 2023-04-13)The Target Article by Benoit et al. (2022) discusses disability as an umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, with an evolving understanding promoted by the World Health ... -
Inclusion of LGBTIQ perspectives in school-based sexuality education in Aotearoa/New Zealand: an exploratory study
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020-12-30)In Aotearoa/New Zealand, sexuality education is one of seven key areas of learning in the Health and Physical Education (HPE) subject area within The New Zealand Curriculum. Since 2015, sexual diversity (lesbian, gay, ... -
Conceptions of the Nature of Technology in the global pandemic: Implications for practice in a digital space
(2022-12)With the COVID-19 pandemic, the nature of teaching and learning shifted emphasis from classroom-situated learning to learning in a digital environment. This was a significant challenge for teachers and learners across the ... -
Aging and chronic illness in language and sexuality
(Oxford University Press., 2018-09)In Western societies and globally, there is an ageing demographic, and public health issues, such as dementias, are often described using hyperbolic metaphors like 'tsunami' and 'time bomb'. This chapter provides an overview ... -
“Literacy is not a Māori thing": Debunking the deficit discourse
(2022-03-22)Literacy has been entrenched in Māori society for more than 200 years, meeting needs that range from serving a political purpose to reading purely for pleasure. Literacy is not solely a Western competency, and Māoristriving ... -
Roald Dahl Rewritten: When will this madness end?
(2023-02-23)The author expresses frustration over recent changes made to Roald Dahl's children's books as part of what they perceive as "cancel culture." They mention growing up with Dahl's books and sharing them with their son, finding ... -
Talking together: The effects of traditional Māori Pedagogy on children’s early literacy development
(MDPI AG, 2023-02)This article presents findings from a project that sought to determine the effects of a home-based literacy intervention on bilingual (English and Te Reo Māori) preschool children’s early literacy skills. The culturally ... -
Exploring practices of multiliteracies pedagogy through digital technologies: a narrative inquiry
(Wiley, 2023-05-12)Digital technologies have fast become integral withinliteracy learning and teaching across contexts as stu-dents engage with a variety of digital and multimodaltexts. While teachers in New Zealand schools have ahigh degree ... -
Coding and mathematics: How did coding and collaboration facilitate thinking?
(University of Waikato, 2023-01-06)This paper reports on teachers’ perceptions of their students’ learning as part of a project examining the learning that took place when the students used ScratchMaths in their classroom programme. The project used ... -
The sex or the head? Feminine voices and academic women through the work of Hélène Cixous
(2023-06-09)Hélène Cixous is perhaps best known for her paper, ‘The Laugh of the Medusa’ (1976) and her literary contributions outside academia. In this paper, we pick up a lesser known Cixous text, ‘Le Sexe ou la tête?’ that offers ... -
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 ...
