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Truancy, a complex, unresolved educational issue in countries with compulsory attendance policies, has the potential to cause further educational inequity in times of a global COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of this study, there was a paucity of research regarding youth perspectives of truancy compared to adult perspectives. To address this gap in t...
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...
Truancy is a longstanding, unresolved educational issue in countries where there are compulsory attendance policies. It represents a long-term cost to society in expenditure on health, well-being and incarceration. Previous research has focused on key demographic variables related to truancy, causal factors, interventions and a variety of viewpoint...
Truancy in schools is a serious long-term unresolved educational issue that positions youth who truant as outsiders. This narrative about youth positioning developed over time. Data from a grounded theory, qualitative study is used to indicate how a sample of thirteen youth who truant in New Zealand explained their truancy experiences outside class...
Understanding the nature of science (NoS) is perplexing for young children because it is concerned with not only understanding how evidence is generated but also what kind of meanings can be made from information collected. However, acting as a scientist-in-role, making independent decisions about what information to collect and deciding how to go...
This article emphasizes the complex and critical realities of ‘Diversity’ and ‘Widening Participation’ (WP); policy, discourse and practice in higher education, as ‘understood’ and experienced by undergraduate students of education. Building upon previous work which engaged with questions of hegemony in education, this paper develops the argument t...
New Zealand is a bicultural nation. The Treaty of Waitangi is the foundation document governing this partnership. The authors' encounters with Te Ao Maori (Maori world) view have strongly influenced their teaching practice when catering for cultural diversity in the classroom. A description of research carried out by each author within their respec...
Continuing emphasis given to computer technology resourcing in schools presents potential for web-based initiatives which focus on quality arts teaching and learning, as ways to improve arts outcomes for all students. An arts e-learning collaborative research project between specialist on-line teacher/researchers and generalist primary teachers was...
Classrooms are failing to meet the learning needs of indigenous students, which is evident when comparing levels of achievement between indigenous students and non-indigenous students. A collaborative research project was designed to examine culturally responsive ways of working in a New Zealand indigenous Māori immersion schooling system (Kura Kau...
Educational research highlights the importance of positive teacher student relationships and recommends teachers adopt teaching strategies that are more culturally inclusive, and allow for reciprocal teaching and learning where student prior knowledge is legitimized. Participants in this study experienced such an approach. Through a storytelling pr...
Lave and Wenger’s (1991) theory of situated learning provides a framework to explore relationships between people, events and objects in the selected educational space. They explain that this gives an opportunity for researchers to explore the change and transformation that occurs in participants’ identities, knowledge, understanding and skill. Lav...
This paper explores the nature of a critical friendship between two education advisers within a nation‐wide New Zealand Ministry of Education (MOE, 200629.
Ministry of Education . 2006–2008 . In‐service teacher education practice 2006–2008 Retrieved October 10, 2008, from http://www.instep.net.nz/ View all references–2008) research and development...
This paper examines a New Zealand Pākehā (European) teacher's professional development experience working with Māori (indigenous people of New Zealand), and their protocols and practices. A Māori kaumatua (male leader) experienced in theatre direction, acting, and psychiatric nursing led Māori marginalised youth to disclose their personal stories,...