Education Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Varied starting points and pathways : a duoethnographic exploration of 'diverse' students' uneven capacities to aspire to doctoral education
(Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2019)This article argues that the language of ‘diversity’ does multidirectional work – highlighting issues of social justice, as well as obscuring the varied experiences of those gathered underneath its umbrella (Ahmed, 2012). ... -
The impact of new collaborative learning spaces on tertiary teacher practice
(University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2019)Institutions may invest heavily into building and equipping new learning teaching spaces with the intention of encouraging active and collaborative learning to occur. However, there may not be a concomitant shift in teachers’ ... -
Middle-level leaders as direct instructional leaders in New Zealand schools: A study of role expectations and performance confidence
(New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society (NZEALS), 2019)The literature on instructional leadership consistently assigns this role to school principals whilst indicating that it can be spread amongst others. Recently the spotlight has moved to middle leadership involving a focus ... -
Engaging children with educational content via gamification
(Springer Open, 2019-07-18)Gamification is the application of game mechanisms in non-gaming environments with the objective of enhancing user experience. In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of gamification in an educational context, i.e. ... -
Policy document analysis : a practical educational leadership tool and a qualitative research method
(Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık Education Consultancy (Ankara, Turkey), 2018-11-28)This paper presents policy document analysis as practical tool that can be put to valuable use by educational leaders and can also be adopted as a research method. Educational leaders are at the forefront of policy ... -
Enhancing local identity through fostering research-based education in architecture
(Association of Architectural Educators, 2017-09)This paper emerged from the strong belief in the importance of research-based education for enhancing local identity in modern architectural practice and education of young architects today. It proposes an alternative ... -
Professional development for new classroom spaces : extending the concerns-based adoption model
(Edinburgh Napier University in collaboration with Aston University, the Universities of Dundee and Auckland, 2018)This article outlines how a tertiary institution designed professional development, during the first year of a long-term building initiative, to support teachers moving into new collaborative learning spaces. The Concerns-Based ... -
Beyond design, detail, print : the Tech Futures Lab design-build studio
(University of the Arts London, 2018)This article describes an assignment that enabled students to undertake a design-and-build project. The educational facility, Tech Futures Lab, acted as client for which an interior was designed and fabricated using rapid ... -
Realising the value of performance appraisal for middle leaders in New Zealand secondary schools
(EARDA-Turkish Educational Administration Research and Development Association, 2016)This paper reports on a study that investigated the appraisal of middle leaders in three New Zealand secondary schools in order to determine what constituted effective performance appraisal and how this practice could be ... -
Train-for-life (T4L): an interactive learning platform for logistics, safety and security professionals
(SpringerOpen (part of Springer Nature), 2018-10-03)The ageing workforce and the changing nature of jobs make it critical for education providers to include life-long learning skills and training provisions for adult learners already in the workforce. Learning a topic online ... -
EAP : imagining a new tertiary community
(Association for Academic Language and Learning, 2018-07-04)Through a case study of an English for Academic Purposes and academic readiness program in Lao PDR, this article explores how the particular needs of the students can be taken into account in the design and teaching ... -
Beyond competencies : describing work ready plus graduates for the New Zealand medical imaging workforce
(John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology., 2018-06-06)INTRODUCTION: Medical imaging is a profession where technology and practice is moving forward at a fast pace, while also being situated within rapidly evolving models of healthcare delivery. This requires capabilities ... -
Off-shore and out of reach : student voice in pre-departure EAP pedagogies
(Language Education in Asia (LEiA), 2017)This paper explores the complexities of developing and delivering English for Academic Purposes (EAP) pre-departure programs. We reflect on experiences of co-teaching in a Lao PDR based program for students planning to ... -
The two towers : the quest for appraisal and leadership development of middle leaders online
(Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ), 2017)This paper sets out to examine the role of middle leaders and their quest for effective appraisal and leadership development online —the two towers. Research that focuses on the role of middle leaders, in terms of their ... -
Research agenda : language learning beyond the classroom
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-09-14)Most language learning research is carried out either in classrooms or among classroom learners. As Richards (2015) points out, however, there are two dimensions to successful learning: what happens inside classrooms and ... -
Documentary analysis hui : an emergent bricolage method for culturally responsive qualitative research
(2017)This paper is about the adoption of a novel way of using documentary analysis in order to be culturally responsive in a research setting. It describes an original method, located in an actual empirical study in a wānanga, ... -
Cameras in early childhood settings : preliminary findings from a small scale study.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Over the last two decades, the use of photographs in assessment documentation has accompanied a shift towards Learning Stories in early childhood education (ECE). This was modelled within the assessment exemplars in Kei ... -
Unpacking picture books : space for complexity?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)As an adult, I love reading picture books. As an early childhood teacher, I love reading picture books with children. As a teacher educator, I am dismayed when I see teachers skimming through picture books. It appears that ... -
Social media and e-learning in response to seismic events : resilient practices
(Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ), 2017)The motivation to adopt innovative communication and e-learning practices in education settings can be stimulated by events such as natural disasters. Education institutions in the Pacific Rim cannot avoid the likelihood ... -
The impact of targeted mathematics/numeracy tutorials on maths anxiety, numeracy and basic drug calculation exam marks
(Association for Academic Language and Learning (AALL), 2017-01-09)Numeracy skills are the foundation of drug calculation skills and are indispensable for practicing nurses. According to teachers and researchers, lack of numeracy skills, maths anxiety, and/or lack of confidence are among ...
