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Decolonising social work education in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Australian and New Zealand Social Work and Welfare Education and Research (ANZSWWER), 2019-07)The social work education sector has a vital role to play in advancing the rights and interests of Indigenous peoples. Global and national standards reinforce this requirement and regulatory frameworks identify decolonising ... -
Democratising and decolonising social work education : opportunities for leadership
(2018-07-04)Whakataukī (proverb): First wave of research: document analysis GS 2004 Second wave of research: interviews of SW education leaders in ANZ Research findings: democratising practices - students; staff; activism ; ... -
Developing a collaborative methodology for research with community groups
(Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 2013-11-11)This ‘short communication’ considers four different methodological approaches for ethnographic research projects that engage community groups when the research topic is contested amongst group members. I locate my ... -
Do we really need to park democracy in the doorway of NGOs?
(2015-02)Anti-democracy And what is the Carver model? Key position – Structures determine behaviour – not the other way round (Counter-intuitive under a neo-liberal regime of the self) -
Effective programmes for NEET young people : a case study evaluation
(2006)The transition phase of moving from compulsory schooling to tertiary training, education or employment is an important part of the life cycle in most societies. When this transition is achieved successfully, young people ... -
Effectiveness of the Breaking Ground programme in transforming parenting skills and practice
(Unitec ePress, 2021-11-18)The Breaking Ground programme was an 18-month pilot programme to support families and parents in a mana-enhancing process while developing parenting skills and practices, focused on intensive family intervention. Practitioners ... -
The effectiveness of the Incredible Years parenting programme for Tongan parents
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTIONS What were the participants’ experiences of being parented/parenting growing up in Tonga and here in New Zealand? What are the experiences of Tongan parents participating in Tongan and mainstream ... -
The effectiveness of the Ōrongomai Marae community reintegration programme led by ex‐prisoners in Aotearoa / New Zealand
(2018)The aims and questions within the project are to assess the effectiveness of the Ōrongomai Marae community reintegration programme led by ex‐prisoners in Aotearoa New Zealand. The researcher has worked with prisoners ... -
The effects of the 2021 Delta lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand: A thematic analysis of some preliminary material to inform a future research question
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022-03-01)This paper is based on preliminary material gathered about the effects of the 2021 Delta lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand. The preliminary material was gathered via a questionnaire and analysed using reflexive thematic ... -
Embedding learning for future and imagined communities in portfolio assessment
(Unitec ePress, 2015-09-15)In tertiary contexts where adults study writing for future academic purposes, teaching and learning via portfolio provides them with multiple opportunities to create and recreate texts characteristic of their future and ... -
An emergency response to ‘going off your face’ at school
(2012)Glen, aged nine, has been threatened to be expelled from an exemplary school on account of his uncontrollable and dangerous rages. David Epston contrives with Glen and his family to ‘team up’ against the reputation this ... -
Evaluating efforts to promote diverse sexuality and gender inclusivity at a tertiary institution
(2019-12)This article presents findings from a mixed-method, utilisation-focused evaluation of an education workshop on diverse sexuality and gender (DSG) inclusivity offered at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, New ... -
An evaluation of a New Zealand safe@home service : using a crime prevention approach to enhance the safety and overall well-being for high risk victims of domestic violence
(2014)Numerous women have left their homes in their attempt to stop the violence used against them by their partner and potentially saving their lives. Mothers often move into a safe place, taking their offspring with them. ... -
Examining identity with multimodal (inter)action as methodological framework
(2021-06-19)Multimodal (inter)action analysis Identity elements Layers of discourse Site of engagement An illustration: Conflict between continuous and general identity element -
Experiences of advocacy : situating experiences of contemporary women’s advocates within the feminist movement to end violence against women
(2013)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: Has the language and analysis of advocates regarding intimate partner violence within the violence against women movement shifted from its historical roots? How have political and social contexts ... -
Experiencing women’s advocacy : connections with and departures from a feminist socio-political movement to end violence against women
(Unitec ePress, 2015-08-13)This article examines how contemporary women’s advocates working in New Zealand with women experiencing intimate partner violence regard their work and how these experiences both connect with and depart from a feminist ... -
Experimenting with anti-languages: moving towards the de-gendering of French through translations of narrative conversations
(2015)French is a highly gendered language in which the masculine gender is favoured over the feminine one. To social practitioners, linguists and feminists, this situation constitutes an injustice. The primary purpose of this ... -
An exploration into the ways in which multi-generational Samoan households contribute to the development of societal and collective values about Aiga / families in contemporary New Zealand / Aotearoa/Niu Sila
(2013)This autobiographical/collective biographical research examines the ways that the multigenerational (m/g) household contributes to the development of societal and collective values around Samoan aiga in Aotearoa/New Zealand. ... -
An exploration of the factors that lead to the successful employment of people with intellectual disabilities
(2019)Employment is an important aspect of being a participating and valued member of the community. The term social inclusion is commonly used to describe the need to incorporate people with intellectual disabilities in different ... -
Exploring cultural identity construction among African migrant and refugee background youth in Aotearoa New Zealand
(2019-10)Introduction: definitions Why is this topic important? Immigration and resettlement (experiences of their families) Immigration, resettlement and identity formation In the context of migration, Hall (2014) proposes 2 ...
