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Educational Makerspaces: Disruptive, Educative or Neither?

Gilbert, J (AUT University, 2017)

Makerspaces are now common in schools. This idea, which originated outside education, is being advocated as a way to improve student engagement in learning and/or to foster creativity and/or innovation. It is also linked ...

Educators Behaving Badly

Devine, N; Benade, L (AUT University, 2016)

As 2016 comes to an end, salacious news headlines seem to suggest that an element of the teaching profession will not be able to look back on this year with any degree of pride or satisfaction.

Effects of Commercial Tourism Activities on Bottlenose and Common Dolphin Populations in East Coast Bay of Plenty Waters

Meisner, A; Stockin, K; Orams, MB; Martinez, E (The Coastal-Marine Research Group (C-MRG), the Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (INMS), Massey University, Albany, New Zealand, 2013)

No abstract.

An Ekphrastic Review of Ilona Pappene Demecs and Evonne Miller's "Woven narratives: A Craft Encounter With Tapestry Weaving in a Residential Ages Care Facility

Schoone, A (Art/Research International, 2019)

The visual poem, “The loom,” is an ekphrastic response to Ilona Pappne Demecs’s article “Woven Narratives: A Craft Encounter with Tapestry Weaving in a Residential Ages Care Facility.” By drawing words and phrases from ...

Elizabeth Rata (2012) The politics of knowledge in education. Reviewed by Leon Benade

Benade, L (New Zealand Sociology, 2013)

No abstract.

Embracing the Muddle: Learning From the Experiences From Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Collaboration

Neill, C; Corder, D; Wikitera, K-A; Cox, S (School of Education, Auckland University of Technology, 2017)

Interdisciplinary, collaborative teaching and learning is recognised as important for twenty-first century tertiary education that seeks to build students’ critical thinking, cultural competence and global understanding. ...

Employee theft in hospitality: causes and excuses

Poulston, J (AUT University, 2007)

Empowering the apprentice academic: teaching writing at postgraduate level

Sachtleben, A; Strauss, P; Turner, E; Sachtleben, A; Strauss, P; Turner, E (Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2009)

Tertiary institutions offer a variety of provision for postgraduate students aimed at the development of academic writing skills. This article using a series of workshops and individual tutorials designed specifically for ...

The End of the Dream: Postmodernism and Qualitative Research

Stewart, GT; St. Pierre, E; Devine, N; Kirloskar-Steinbach, M (2021)

This article revisits the use of postmodernist theory in qualitative research in education and related fields, where such ideas remain consigned to the “fringe”—or worse. What are the grounds for this ongoing refusal of ...

English Language Teachers’ Beliefs and Concerns About Pronunciation Teaching in Uruguay

Chen, H-Y; Couper, G (Oasis database, 2019)

This article reports on the concerns and issues which 28 experienced and well-qualified teachers expressed during individual semi-structured interviews with the researcher. It describes and discusses the participants’ ...

English phonology and pronunciation teaching [Book Review] [online]

Couper, Graeme (Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2011)

Review(s) of: English phonology and pronunciation teaching, by Rogerson-Revell, P. (2011), London: Continuum. ISBN: 978-0-8264-2403-7. 19.99 pounds. 352 pp.

Enhancing the postgraduate research culture and community

Billot, JM; Jones, M; Banda, M (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), 2013)

During the last two decades, there have been significant changes within the New Zealand tertiary sector due to Government, stakeholder and community demands. The result has been an altered context for learning and a need ...

Enjoyment, tolerance, or rejection: responses to sexuality in the workplace

Poulston, J (Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME), 2010)

Sexual harassment in hospitality workplaces is endemic, with more hospitality employees reporting incidences of harassment than in any other private sector industry. Various causes are proposed, but the sexualisation of ...

ePortfolios in cooperative education: do they work?

McDermott, K; Gallagher, S (Australian Collaborative Education Network, 2010)

This paper documents the process of integrating eportfolios from the multidisciplinary perspectives of the Schools of Languages, Social Sciences and Education. The experiences of Coordinators, Flexible Learning Advisors, ...

Estimating the Economic Costs of Ethnic Health Inequities: Protocol for a Prevalence-based Cost-of-illness Study in New Zealand (2003-2014)

Reid, P; Paine, S-J; Te Ao, B; Willing, E; Wyeth, E; Vaithianathan, R (BMJ Journals, 2018)

INTRODUCTION: There is significant international interest in the economic impacts of persistent inequities in morbidity and mortality. However, very few studies have quantified the costs associated with unfair and preventable ...