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Understanding Chinese learners' willingness to communicate in a New Zealand ESL classroom : a multiple case study drawing on the theory of planned behavior
(Pergamon Press, 2013)Current approaches to second language teaching place a great emphasis on the development of learners’ communicative competence. However, teachers are frequently bewildered by some learners’ reluctance to communicate and ... -
Understanding the needs of adult literacy and numeracy learners with very low skills: current provision and provider perspectives
(2012)This article looks at how literacy, language and numeracy providers have responded to low-level learners. Using data from a national survey of literacy, this article first looks at broad categories of learners within ... -
Understanding the needs of adult literacy, language and numeracy learners with very low skills : insights from the research
(2011)This paper reviews recent research into very low literacy and numeracy to identify the characteristics and learning needs of those with very low levels of literacy and numeracy. Greater insight into the skills and needs ... -
Unitec students create street furniture for an Auckland housing community during COVID
(New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), 2022-03)A portion of the undergraduate course required students to individually design street furniture for Auranga’s Village Square. The brief required the students to utilise recycled timber offcuts found within the Auranga ... -
University language advising : is it useful?
(Centre for English Language Communication, National University of Singapore, 2007)This article describes a language advisory programme established at one New Zealand university to support students (mostly New Zealand residents from Asian language backgrounds) experiencing difficulties with the English ... -
Unpacking picture books : space for complexity?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)As an adult, I love reading picture books. As an early childhood teacher, I love reading picture books with children. As a teacher educator, I am dismayed when I see teachers skimming through picture books. It appears that ... -
The upper class Māori
(Tertiary Education Union (TEU), 2022)[...] the assumption that Māori are primarily interested in trade or apprenticeship training conforms to old ideas about the kinds of talents, abilities, and interests of Māori. Such a view undermines the so-called ‘progress’ ... -
Varied starting points and pathways : a duoethnographic exploration of 'diverse' students' uneven capacities to aspire to doctoral education
(Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2019)This article argues that the language of ‘diversity’ does multidirectional work – highlighting issues of social justice, as well as obscuring the varied experiences of those gathered underneath its umbrella (Ahmed, 2012). ... -
The virtual brain: 30 years of video-game play and cognitive abilities
(Frontiers Editorial Office, 2013-09-13)Forty years have passed since video-games were first made widely available to the public and subsequently playing games has become a favorite past-time for many. Players continuously engage with dynamic visual displays ... -
Visual culture and art making in tertiary art schools: A ‘snapshot’ from Hong Kong and New Zealand
(The Hong Kong Institute of Education, 2015-03)This paper provides a ‘snapshot’ of a small-scale qualitative research project that investigated the influences of contemporary visual culture on the art making processes and artworks of a sample of visual arts students ... -
Vocational education and training reform in Aotearoa New Zealand: The value of educators and education in a new VET environment
(New Zealand Council for Educational Research + Victoria University of Wellington, 2022-11-24)NOTE: Issue Vol. 27 (2021): New Zealand Annual Review of Education -- Updated on 2022-11-24. The Education and Training Act 2020 provides an opportunity to transform the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system ... -
Walking backwards into the future: Prophecy as an approach for embedding Indigenous values in tertiary education
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021-06-23)Indigenous peoples understand time differently to Pākehā (Rangiwai, 2021a). Mahuika (2010) maintains that the notion of walking backwards into the future is a common one for Māori and other people of the Pacific. Roberts ... -
What are children learning in early childhood education in New Zealand?
(Early Childhood Australia Inc., 2013)It Is wIdely assumed that children’s learning is enhanced through being involved in early childhood education but the evidence to substantiate this in New Zealand is limited. Sources of information that could be expected ... -
What does spirituality have to do with public schools?
(OMICS International (Heathrow, U.K.), 2015-05-25)Recent movements in the field of education acknowledge understanding spirituality as a critical component of human development (whether in the stage of children or adults) and wellbeing and a way to human connectedness, ... -
The what, why, and how of language advising
(Asociación Méxicana de Maestros de Inglés, MEXTESOL A.C., 2008)Language advising is a type of language support where teachers meet with students on an individual basis to offer advice and feedback and to help students develop self-directed learning skills. Language advising is an ... -
Who is here for me? : alternate child care in Singapore
(OMICS Group (Hyderabad, India), 2015-06-22)To describe the current status of substitute care services for young children in Singapore, this article highlights the country’s overall structure of the existing alternate care service system, cultural and societal ... -
Why does it have to be so flashy? : student perspectives on academic tasks
(David Publishing Company, 2015)Student academic identity represents the willingness and commitment to engage with academic ways of knowing, being and doing and as such in an important aspect of becoming academically literate. This paper reports on ... -
Yes, we do need evidence to show whether Te Whāriki is effective : a reply to Anne Smith’s discussion paper, “Does Te Whāriki need evidence to show it is effective?”
(2013)Te Whāriki, the New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum, was released in 1996. Since that time, it has been widely praised by academics and teachers in this country and beyond. Although there is much to admire in the ... -
Young Children Being Rhythmically Playful: creating musike together
(2008)This article explores young children’s rhythmic, musical, aesthetic and playful creative communication in an early childhood education centre. Young children’s communication is musically rhythmic and social. The data, ... -
Young people and leadership : questions of access in secondary schools
(Unitec ePress, 2016-09-14)There is seemingly an abundance of leadership opportunities available to youth within school environments, including sport captaincy, sport coaching, prefect roles, and assigned arts or cultural leadership. For many ...
