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Targeted reading comprehension strategies instruction for raising reading levels in tertiary contexts
(2012)This small-scale action research within a tertiary music bridging programme with language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) embedded examined the effect of reading comprehension strategies instruction for raising adult reading ... -
Tāwhairitia Ngā Ahi : re-stoke the fires - surviving and thriving as an activist
(International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, Oceania, 2016-03)Audio from the workshop: Surviving and Thriving as an Activist This workshop explored the challenges and opportunities of activists who both come from and work with the more 'excluded' members of the rainbow communities. ... -
Te Puawaitanga o te Ngākau: A case–study of Westside Counselling Services in West Auckland: A ‘community of care’ approach to working with Māori women and their whānau who have been impacted by domestic violence
(2012)The purpose of this research was to explore and document the ‘community of care’ approach utilized by the Westside Counselling Service; a service that evolved from an affiliation with the researcher and the Massey Community ... -
Teacher perceptions of the value of the Jade Speaks Up programme Section report for Countering family harm and improving child well-being: 2017- 2019 Research report on a New Zealand programme delivered by classroom teachers
(Jade Speaks Up Trust, 2020-10)Jade Speaks Up (JSU) is a teacher-led programme that gives Year 4 to 8 school children practical and relational strategies, emotional literacy and self-agency tools to develop trusting relationships, build resilience and ... -
Teaching colonisation to Pākehā without provoking backlash: How to break down guilt, doubt, and resistance
(2021-11)We will - explore underpinnings of white fragility in the adult classroom, among Pākehā when facing the realities of colonisation in Aotearoa and the racist society and governance structures this process has bequeathed ... -
Teaching deconstructivist ideas surrounding sexual identities : productive risks and effective pedagogy
(2015-12)In this presentation, I explore the promises and risks associated with my approach to teaching content around the construction of sexual identities. Focus on two class exercises. Teaching contexts: one bachelor’s level ... -
Television watching, enjoyment of school and respect for parents: Analysis of the Indian data from the Cartoon Network's New GenerAsians survey: Presentation made in conjunction with the New Dehli release of data from the 12 Asian nation study of youth attitudes, perceptions and behaviours at the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, 22nd July, 1998
(1998-07)As a researcher on the impact of television violence on children, I'm interested in the relationship between television generally and children's behaviour. As parents we worry about the impact of TV on our children, ... -
Test of an insurance approach to the prevention of violence.
(2017-02)The New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) pays compensation to everyone who is disabled temporarily or permanently by accidents. Accidents include intentional violence received from another person and the ... -
Thesis review: Dis/identifications and dis/articulations: young women and feminism in Aotearoa/New Zealand
(Unitec ePress, 2015-02-02)In the first of the Theses Review Series Dr Helene Connor reviews the work of Laura Ashton: “I don’t necessarily go out there and tell everyone that I’m a feminist, but I won’t go out there and tell everyone that I’m a ... -
Thriving in the margins
(2015-08-15)This workshop will explore the challenges and opportunities of therapists who both come from and work with the more ‘excluded’ members of the LGBTIQ communities. We will comment on the lack of discourse about this reality. ... -
Toulanganga : a Tongan model for community engagement and social enterprise
(2014)This thesis, Toulanganga: A Tongan model for community engagement and social enterprise, investigates a Tongan model of tapa-making and a process of Toulanganga which it is argued, could be viewed as a metaphor for the ... -
Toward equal participation : an auto-ethnography of facilitating consultations in the refugee sector
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW), 2015)This article uses an auto-ethnographic approach to exploring how one positions oneself as a facilitator in a layered and power-laden context in the refugee sector in New Zealand to ensure just and collaborative negotiations. ... -
Toward partnership, building conditions of mutual reciprocity
(2015-09)How we can create a truly partnered and collaborative way of engaging with communities of practice and of assessing the placement experience? -
Transgender expression as productive disruption
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A Treaty based framework for mainstream social work education in Aotearoa New Zealand : educators talk about their practice
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, 2019)INTRODUCTION: Globally, indigenous social work educators have pursued decolonisation and the development of decolonising practices as part of the indigenous peoples’ rights movement and based on social work principles ... -
Values based politics and new structural social work : theory for a post-neoliberal age? Initial experience under newly elected progressive government in Aotearoa / New Zealand
(2018-07) Mission of social work to address the connection of personal troubles and public issues (Mills, 1959) Includes implementing positive changes in the structures of society to enhance social justice, not simply assisting ... -
Values-based politics and new structural social work: Theory for a post-neoliberal age?
(Unitec ePress, 2021-12-16)The mission of social work includes implementing positive changes in the structures of society to enhance social justice, not simply assisting individuals and families to achieve personal growth and better adaptation to ... -
Walking a tightrope: A balancing act by school counsellors
(New Zealand Association of Counsellors, 2021)When clients report harm or abuse to a counsellor and the threshold of “imminent harm” is not met, the counsellor faces potentially competing ethical imperatives. While reporting or informing others can bring safety, it ... -
Wealth creation and other reflections on community development
(ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga, 2023-09-26)I started working in aid and development in 1993, some 30 years ago. As an engineer, I mainly worked on construction projects funded by donors. As is often the case, these projects had a strong training and community ...