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Zhang, Qilong; Hayes, Joanne; TeHau-Grant, Rawhia; Skeoch, Roberta; France, Lois; Jiang, Ke; Barnes, Ruth – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
In spite of debate, ambiguity, and tension around teacher dispositions, in the past over two decades, the place of dispositions in initial teacher education (ITE) has been widely supported among policy makers and researchers. Specifically, debate on whether dispositions are teachable has largely given way to action to foster dispositions. Adopting…
Descriptors: Action Research, Preservice Teacher Education, Ethnography, Teacher Attitudes
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Nairn, Karen; Anderson, Vivienne; Blanch, Keely – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2018
We argue that Garrett and Segall's concepts of "doing school" and "pushing back" are valuable tools for analysing pre-service teachers' political views of neoliberal education reforms such as the introduction of charter schools. We extend Garrett and Segall's conceptualization by hybridizing "doing school" and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Debate, Web 2.0 Technologies, Social Media
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Maurice-Takerei, Lisa – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2021
There is debate about whether and how educational research has relevance for and is accessible to teaching practitioners. Much literature highlights the value of practitioner-based research approaches as a pathway to engaging teachers more readily with and in research, however, the practitioner research approach is often viewed negatively and is…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Educational Research, Educational Benefits, Foreign Countries
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Estellés, Marta; Romero, Noah; Tatebe, Jennifer; Mutch, Carol – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023
In the last few decades, the word 'safety' has become silently but increasingly pervasive in educational policies and debates, gaining a new momentum with the pandemic. Our intention in this article is to problematise what is done in schools in the name of safety by delving into the safety policy discourses of a New Zealand school and the…
Descriptors: Females, Pacific Islanders, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Stewart, Georgina – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2019
"Washday at the Pa" ('pa' is used colloquially by Pakeha to refer to a Maori settlement) is the title of an old schoolbook, a picture reading book for younger schoolchildren, which was produced in 1964 by the state education system in Aotearoa-New Zealand in 1964, written and photographed by Ans Westra, who later became one of the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Pacific Islanders, Indigenous Populations
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Parmenter, Lynne; Robertson, Nigel – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
Using findings from a 2-year study, this paper explores undergraduate engineering student perspectives on good university teachers. Findings from open survey questions and semi-structured interviews were analysed using principles of grounded theory, resulting in four themes identified by students as key to good university teaching: communication,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness
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Beckwith, Victoria Jane – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2022
This article explores conceptualisations of global citizenship and global citizenship education and questions whether a lack of clarity impacts global citizenship education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing attention to the multiplicity of meanings associated with these phenomena, it argues that the lack of consensus surrounding the notion of…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Teaching Methods
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van der Nest, Theo; Shannon, Paul – Religious Education, 2022
This article aims to report on research that explored the role of perceptions of Directors of Religious Studies (DRSs) in Catholic secondary schools in the Hamilton Diocese, Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ). The DRS position was established to preserve the Catholic special character of these schools after integration with the state education system with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion Studies, Administrators, Administrator Role
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Baskerville, Delia; Loveridge, Judith – Educational Studies, 2023
Truancy is a long-standing and serious educational issue. The debates surrounding truancy are complex as the concept of truancy means different things to different researchers. Data from a grounded theory, qualitative doctoral study is used to investigate how a sample of thirteen young people explained the nature of truancy, which they referred to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Truancy, Student Attitudes
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Oliveira, Genaro; Kennedy, Matt – Curriculum Matters, 2021
This article shares insights from a survey of primary school teachers across the Manawatu-Whanganui region about history teaching at Years 1 to 6. By focusing on the voices of primary teachers, the article aims to fill a gap in public debates about the new Aotearoa New Zealand's histories curriculum so far outweighed by the viewpoints of policy…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, History Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Development
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Higgins, Andrew – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2020
The premise of this brief opinion piece is that the fundamental paradigm of education appeared with Plato. It is that there is a co-location in time and space of learners, teachers, and resources. The absence of any of these elements can lead to shortcomings in the meaning of the term "to be educated". Recent events such as COVID-19…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education
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Alexandra Palmer; Sally Birdsall – Journal of Environmental Education, 2023
Invasive species pose a threat to biodiversity, and as such feature in some conservation education programs. However, there is debate about how to teach this difficult subject. We explored perspectives using a case study of education about introduced mammalian predators in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). We conducted semi-structured interviews with 18…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Wildlife, Biodiversity, Conservation Education
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Charles, Michael B.; Harmes, Marcus – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2023
The study of classics has been part of Australian and New Zealand higher education from the beginnings of tertiary education in these countries, followed shortly after by the study of ancient history. This article offers an analysis of current units of study in each Australian and New Zealand public university that continues to teach classics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Classics (Literature), History
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Novak, Julia; Kensington-Miller, Barbara; Evans, Tanya – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2017
This paper describes students' perspectives of a one-off flipped lecture in a large undergraduate mathematics service course. The focus was on calculating matrix determinants and was designed specifically to introduce debate and argumentation into a mathematics lecture. The intention was to promote a deeper learning and understanding through…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Computation
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Keddie, Amanda; MacDonald, Katrina; Blackmore, Jill; Boyask, Ruth; Fitzgerald, Scott; Gavin, Mihajla; Heffernan, Amanda; Hursh, David; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Møller, Jorunn; O'Neill, John; Parding, Karolina; Salokangas, Maija; Skerritt, Craig; Stacey, Meghan; Thomson, Pat; Wilkins, Andrew; Wilson, Rachel; Wylie, Cathy; Yoon, Ee-Seul – Australian Educational Researcher, 2023
The series of responses in this article were gathered as part of an online mini conference held in September 2021 that sought to explore different ideas and articulations of school autonomy reform across the world (Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, the USA, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand). It centred upon an important question: what needs to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Institutional Autonomy, School District Autonomy
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