General Papers
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Capitalism: Some disassembly required
(Autonomedia/Minor Compositions, 2011)Capital’s critical standpoint relies on keeping rmly in view this vast reservoir of internal social variability. It refuses to look through this complex, chaotic content, in order to reductively grasp capitalism as a system ... -
Student perspectives on good university teachers: communication, clarity, commitment, care
(Informa UK Limited, 2022-05-12)Using findings from a 2-year mixed methods study, this paper explores undergraduate engineering student perspectives on good university teachers. Findings from open survey questions and semi-structured interviews were ... -
The carbon-based environmental impact of learning at the University of Waikato
(Distance Educators Association of New Zealand, 2016)In a world where man-made carbon emissions are exacerbating the natural warming of the earth, with serious consequences, it is beholden on universities to show leadership by accounting for, and mitigating, their carbon ... -
Research support in New Zealand University Libraries
(Taylor & Francis Group, LLC., 2019-01-01)Researcher-facing librarians in New Zealand are providing guidance across more of the research lifecycle than ever before in response to an increasingly complex scholarly ecosystem. This research explored the development ... -
“To dream of a wildness distant from ourselves”: Capitalism, colonialism, and the Robinsonade
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-09-06)Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe holds an iconic position, not solely as a work of literature, but also for its influence in economic and social theory. This article reflects on this influence by mobilising Charles ... -
Exploring researchers' views on Metrics and research impact: Internal report
(The University of Waikato, 2023-09-01)Research excellence is a goal that universities and researchers alike strive for, but how do we identify and measure research excellence? Do quantitative metrics demonstrate the impact that researchers are aiming for? This ... -
A systematic review of volcanology learning and teaching in higher education
(Volcanica, 2023)We present a systematic map of the volcanology higher education literature (1983–2020) consisting of 47 peer-reviewed full texts. The literature describes curricula in varied formats and settings, namely: simulated, ... -
A summary of peer-reviewed resources for teaching volcanology in higher education
(Volcanica, 2023-08-10)Here, we summarise and categorise the volcanology learning activities identified and described in a systematic literature review of volcanology higher education (a companion article; Dohaney et al. [2023]). We share the ... -
Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels Transforming Data Infrastructure to Recognise Indigenous Provenance
(Te Kotahi Research Institute, 2022-09-27)Associate Professor Maui Hudson, KatieLee Riddle and Dr Janette Hamilton-Pearce introduced the latest developments and applications of the Traditional Knowledge Labels and the Local Contexts Hub with examples of use by ... -
Design, implementation, and insights from a volcanology virtual field trip to Iceland
(Volcanica, 2022-11-29)Virtual field trips (VFTs) are an effective form of geoscience teaching to support or provide alternatives to in-person field trips. We report on the design and implementation of the Iceland VFT aimed at teaching physical ... -
Narrativity in becoming sex/gender
(IntechOpen, 2022)Most discussions of sex and gender development are discussed as science and expressed as a linear progression from birth as one step as biology develops of which the psychosocial self is built upon. Though biology is an ... -
Understanding the benefits of residential field courses: the importance of class learning goal orientation and class belonging
(American Society for Cell Biology, 2022)While previous literature finds many benefits to participation in undergraduate field courses, the mechanisms for how these benefits develop is still unknown. This study explores these mechanisms and any unique benefits ... -
Teaching about volcanoes: Practices, perceptions, and implications for professional development
(Presses universitaires de Strasbourg, 2022)Volcanology education is important for the development of geoscientists and scientifically literate citizens. We surveyed 55 volcanology instructors to determine their learning and teaching practices, perceptions of academic ... -
A resource for understanding and evaluating outcomes of undergraduate field experiences
(Wiley, 2021)Undergraduate field experiences (UFEs) are a prominent element of science education across many disciplines; however, empirical data regarding the outcomes are often limited. UFEs are unique in that they typically take ... -
Only two out of five articles by New Zealand researchers are free-to-access: a multiple API study of access, citations, cost of Article Processing Charges (APC), and the potential to increase the proportion of open access
(2021)We studied journal articles published by researchers at all eight New Zealand universities in 2017 to determine how many were freely accessible on the web. We wrote software code to harvest data from multiple sources, code ... -
10 Ways to Boost the Impact of Your Research: A case study in campaign marketing
(2020)There is work to do in raising both the awareness and credibility of libraries as partners in the research lifecycle. However research reveals that often library marketing activities are not strategic, integrated or ... -
A dose response study to assess the effects of New Zealand Pine Bark extract on glycaemic responses in healthy participants.
(2019)Background: The current estimation of 451 million people diagnosed with diabetes is expected to increase to 693 million by 2045. Plant extracts have been shown to improve glycaemic control in humans. However, evidence is ... -
The effect of real and virtual construction field trips on students’ perception and career aspiration
(MDPI AG, 2020)To adequately prepare students for engineering practices, it is imperative that institutions adopt innovative methods of teaching, learning, and assessment. One such approach is the use of real field trips (RFT) to ... -
Māori education as justice and reckoning
(University of Waikato, 2017)Hypothetical musings on what constitutes justice have been taking place at least since the ancient Greek philosopher Plato recorded the above debate between Socrates and Cephalus in Republic circa 380 BCE. Modem philosophical ... -
A theory of mobile library service delivery.
(2017)Research indicates there is widespread acceptance that nomadicity of library users is a phenomenon that will continue to increase; however, mobile learning is a resource that relatively few academic libraries appear to be ...
