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Analysing Push and Pull Motives for Volcano Tourism at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
(Springer Verlag, 2017)This paper investigates the motivations of visitors undertaking a volcano tour at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. The study identifies push and pull motives for visiting a non-erupting active volcano; tests the influence ... -
Antarctica: environment, justice, sustainability & development
(United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 2014)This paper focuses on Antarctica and its status as a commons area with potential to facilitate both the human rights objectives and development agendas of global south states. It suggests that, using a combined and ... -
Appendix: the New Zealand literature on social class/inequality
(New Zealand Sociology, 2013)No abstract. -
Arabic in English-medium classes? Reasons and implications
(TESOL Arabia, 2014)The use of L1 in L2 classrooms is a contentious issue (Auerbach, 1993; Cook, 2001; Macaro, 2001). Debate continues over its usefulness (or harmfulness) (Cummins, 2009; Morrow, 2011). Although research has been conducted ... -
Arabic in English-Medium Classes? Reasons and Implications
(2014)The use of L1 in L2 classrooms is a contentious issue (Auerbach, 1993; Cook, 2001; Macaro, 2001). Debate continues over its usefulness (or harmfulness) (Cummins, 2009; Morrow, 2011). Although research has been conducted ... -
Are school visions sustainable? Assessing the relevance of Senge’s notion of shared visions
(New Zealand Educational Administration & Leadership Society, 2012)Contemporary schools, in the pursuit of developing community, will seek to build statements of vision based on values that focus action and become the impetus for the daily renewal of commitment by those bound to these ... -
Back to the Future? Aims and Ends for Future-Oriented Science Education Policy – The New Zealand Context
(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2017)Science and science education are a focus of high-level government policy settings in many countries. Greater public interest in and knowledge of science is seen as being an important prerequisite for economic growth and ... -
Bangladesh: an umpired democracy
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2012)This paper reveals that there has been a continuous political confrontation between two archrival political forces in Bangladesh since independence in 1971. In the course of the confrontation, the country has seemingly ... -
Be prepared or she'll be right? Terrorism, hotels and mega events in New Zealand
(The Council for australasian University tourism and Hospitality education (CaUtHe), 2013)Between 1972 and 2003 there were 168 attempts by terrorists to attack respondents or spectators at major sporting events around the world. A literature review of over 100 research papers outlines the reasons terrorist ... -
Behavioural effects of tourism on oceanic common dolphins, delphinus sp., in New Zealand: the effects of Markov analysis variations and current tour operator compliance with regulations
(PLOS, 2015)Common dolphins, Delphinus sp., are one of the marine mammal species tourism operations in New Zealand focus on. While effects of cetacean-watching activities have previously been examined in coastal regions in New Zealand, ... -
Beyond Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Learning: An Attempt with SVM
(The International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2020)A big challenge in continual learning is avoiding catastrophically forgetting previously learned tasks. The possibility of improving existing knowledge whilst integrating new information has been much less explored. In ... -
Bilingual Patient Navigator or Healthcare Interpreter: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)A lot of studies have been conducted examining the roles of Patient Navigators in various healthcare settings. Little research is available to date on the roles of bilingual Patient Navigators. This article combines a ... -
Blinded by science? Reasons for thinking twice
(Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME), 2014)Critical thinking is a key skill promised by many undergraduate programmes, yet few offer specific courses in thinking, nor do university lecturers necessarily think critically or know how to teach critical thinking. This ... -
Book Review: Dolezal, C., Trupp, A., & Bui, H. T. (Eds.). (2020). Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia.
(Society for South-East Asian Studies (SEAS), 2020)No abstract. -
Book Review: Promoting Spontaneous Use of Learning and Reasoning Strategies: Theory, Research and Practice for Effective Transfer
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)No abstract. -
Bringing Māori Concepts into School Science: NCEA
This commentary article discusses the inclusion of Māori knowledge in senior school science in the context of some new senior school science qualifications that are currently being trialled. These proposals raise challenging ... -
Bringing others into us: school leadership meeting the politics of identity
(Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, 2007)How does a school maintain a sustainable identity within the rapidly changing society in which it is positioned?As a result of global migrations of people, the demographics of societies are changing and creating increasingly ... -
Building a future-oriented science education system in New Zealand - how are we doing?
(New Zealand Council for Educational Reserach (NZCER), 2013)This paper makes the case for deep and radical change to New Zealand's approach to science education. It discusses the implications of recent science education research and policy work, and argues New Zealand still has a ...