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2. Parents, Schools and Human Capital Differences across Countries. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1617
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London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), De Philippis, Marta, and Rossi, Federico
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This paper studies the contribution of parental influence in accounting for cross-country gaps in human capital achievements. We argue that the cross-country variation in unobserved parental characteristics is at least as important as the one in commonly used observable proxies of parental socio-economic background. We infer this through an indirect empirical approach, based on the comparison of the school performance of second-generation immigrants. We document that, within the same host country or even the same school, students whose parents come from high-scoring countries in the PISA test do better than their peers with similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Differential selection into emigration does not explain this finding. The result is larger when parents have little education and have recently emigrated, suggesting the importance of country-specific cultural traits that parents progressively lose as they integrate in the new host country, rather than of an intergenerational transmission of education quality. Unobserved parental characteristics account for about 15% of the cross-country variance in test scores, roughly doubling the overall contribution of parental influence.
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- 2019
3. Nursing Students' Perspectives on ePortfolios: Themes and Preferences Compared with Paper-Based Experiences
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Madden, Karyn, Collins, Emma, and Lander, Patrick
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ePortfolios play an important role in tertiary education globally in the 21st Century. Several studies have advocated for the implementation of ePortfolios on the basis that they have the potential to integrate technology whilst making learning visible and meaningful for students. However, rarely is the implementation of ePortfolios, considered from the students' perspective. The development of web-based learning resources including ePortfolios platforms are often driven by software developers with an extensive degree of technical expertise, rather than teachers and educators and, without acknowledging potential difficulties this may create for students (Andrews & Cole, 2015; Beckers, Dolmons, & Merriënboer, 2016; Cordier et al. (2016); Leacock & Nesbit, 2007; Nam & Smith-Jackson, 2007). The aim of this study was to explore students' perspectives on the value of an ePortfolio platform in the final year for nursing students in the Bachelor of Nursing programme in a New Zealand tertiary institute. The data for this study were obtained through focus group sessions. Thematic analysis identified four themes from the data which were the importance of ease of use, feedback, transparency, and the role of supporting technology. This study aligns with previous literature in demonstrating students' preference for the use of ePortfolios but extends our knowledge by considering the value of ePortfolios from students' perspectives.
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- 2019
4. Identifying Work Skills: International Approaches. Discussion Paper
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (Australia), Siekmann, Gitta, and Fowler, Craig
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The digital revolution and automation are accelerating changes in the labour market and in workplace skills, changes that are further affected by fluctuations in international and regional economic cycles and employment opportunity. These factors pose a universal policy challenge for all advanced economies and governments. In the workplace, people seek to acquire contemporary and relevant skills to gain employment and retain transferable skills to maintain employment. The central purpose of this paper is to investigate how other nations or regions are dealing with these issues. What approaches are they taking to understanding the mix and dynamics of the skills attained by individuals and, more broadly, the totality of skills that in aggregate constitute a highly capable and adaptable labour force, one that supports firm viability and greater national productivity. This research has examined a range of initiatives and approaches being developed or in use in selected countries, including the United States, Singapore and New Zealand, and agencies/organisations; for example, the European Commission and the Skills for the Information Age Foundation. In doing so, it showcases the good practices used to ensure that occupational-level skills information remains current and widely accessible. [For "Identifying Work Skills: International Case Summaries. Support Document," see ED579875.]
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- 2017
5. Global Labour Mobility and Mutual Recognition of Skills and Qualifications: European Union and Australia/New Zealand Perspectives. Working Paper No. 56
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Monash University, Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Shah, Chandra, and Long, Michael
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The labour market is one the most significant markets in modern economies. Today labour embodies increasing amounts of human capital in the form of skills, talents and knowledge. Migration of workers between regions and countries can contribute to efficiency. People are moving from areas in which they are underemployed or unemployed to areas in which there is greater demand for their labour. Frequently the movement of people is across national or other administrative borders. Differences between jurisdictions in the way in which they recognise experience, skills and qualifications can subtract from the efficiency of the labour market. This paper outlines steps taken in the European Union (EU) to improve the mobility of skilled labour between EU countries. The interface between qualifications and the labour market is being addressed by the creation of extensive electronic networks providing workers with more information about potential jobs and employers with more meaningful information about potential applicants. Mobility of labour can be further enhanced by improving the portability of social security, health and pension benefits. The EU has also recognised that migrants are a substantial proportion of the EU workforce. In terms of mobility, they may be better placed than residents to take advantage of regional shifts in demand for labour, and impediments to their mobility between EU countries reduces the efficiency of the contribution they can make. The experience in both Australia and New Zealand recognises the economic benefits to be derived from geographic and jurisdictional labour mobility and especially of those aspects associated with the recognition of skills. It is different from the EU experience in two regards: (1) Cultural differences present in Europe are far less apparent in Australia and New Zealand; and (2) Registration in one jurisdiction was a basis for eligibility for registration in all jurisdictions. The Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement (TTMRA) and Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) between the Australian Government and the governments of the eight Australian states and territories are cited as potential models for other countries considering a similar strategy. (Contains 7 footnotes.) [Partial funding for this paper was obtained from a grant from the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements.]
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- 2004
6. Cross-Border Higher Education for Regional Integration:Analysis of the JICA-RI Survey on Leading Universities in East Asia. JICA-RI Working Paper. No. 26
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Kuroda, Kazuo, Yuki, Takako, and Kang, Kyuwon
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Set against the backdrop of increasing economic interdependence in East Asia, the idea of regional integration is now being discussed as a long-term political process in the region. As in the field of the international economy, de facto integration and interdependence exist with respect to the internationalization of the higher education system in East Asia. Based on the results of a comprehensive Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI) survey of 300 leading higher education institutions active in cross-border higher education, located in ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member Southeast Asian countries and three Northeast Asian countries (China, Japan, and Korea), this paper examines universities perceptions of the degree of cross-border activities, the significance of their expected outcomes, and their regional preferences for partners. The objective is to envision a direction for a future regional higher education framework in East Asia and to consider the policy implications of the internationalization of higher education in East Asia in the context of regionalization. The findings related to the degree of cross-border activities suggest a current perception that there is more prominent in conventional than in innovative activities, but that innovation will rise considerably in the future. With respect to the significance of expected outcomes,academic and political expected outcome are perceived to be more significant than economic expected outcome, which are nevertheless expected to be more significant in the future. Finally, in terms of their preferred regions of partners, universities in East Asia overall place a high priority on building partnerships within their own region. Yet, among Northeast Asian universities, North America is perceived as the most active partner. (Contains 3 figures, 21 tables, and 13 footnotes.) [This paper was prepared as part of a Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute (JICA-RI) research project titled, "Cross-border Higher Education for Regional Integration and the Labor Market in East Asia."]
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- 2010
7. Workforce Planning for the Community Services and Health Industry. Occasional Paper
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Karmel, Tom, and Blomberg, Davinia
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This paper aims to provide a picture of the occupations in the community services and health industry, and how the workforce obtains the required skills. The authors argue that planning for the industry should concentrate on occupations specific to the industry and those which require high skill levels. Findings suggest that the qualification levels of community services and health workers have increased substantially over the past decade. Furthermore, community services and health vocational education and training courses are well targeted, with most graduates finding employment in the industry. Appended are: (1) Employment within community services and health; (2) Mapping of ANZSCO (Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations) to ASCO (Australian Standard Classification of Occupations); (3) Employed persons by the level of qualification; (4) Change in qualifications, 1996 and 2006; (5) Top destination occupations; and (6) Top intended occupations. (Contains 25 tables, 1 figure, and 13 footnotes.) [Funding for this paper provided through the Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.]
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- 2009
8. The Female 'Tradie': Challenging Employment Perceptions in Non-Traditional Trades for Women. Occasional Paper
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research and Shewring, Fiona
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The place of women in the manual trades is examined in this paper, which sets out strategies for encouraging them to study and work in areas such as building and construction. Such strategies include introductory and pre-apprenticeships courses, clustering female students, and support from teachers in opening up job opportunities. This paper is the result of a 2008 NCVER New Researcher Award. (Contains 2 tables.)
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- 2009
9. Language of Instruction: Choices and Consequences. PREL Briefing Paper.
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Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI. and Simanu-Klutz, Fata
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This briefing paper focuses on the choices of instructional language in Pacific classrooms, as mandated by national or state policies, and discusses consequences of such choices on students' academic achievement and career preparation in the changing Pacific region. The paper first notes that in most South Pacific secondary schools, English is the language of the classroom, but for many upper grade students, English is their second language. The paper considers the misalignment of home and school languages, explaining that although the home languages of indigenous Pacific people are regarded by speakers and local authorities as an inherent part of indigenous culture and as the living language of the home, street, and community, they are rarely given a real role in academics. It then discusses some of the pros and cons of English as the language of instruction that Pacific educators must seriously consider. The paper goes on to discuss language and cognitive development and language policies across the curriculum, citing New Zealand as an example of a nation now using bilingual education in the development of ethnic preschools. (Contains 15 references.) (NKA)
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- 1999
10. Dynamic Database for Quality Indicators Comparison in Education. Working Paper N. 04/2010
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Poliandri, Donatella, Cardone, Michele, Muzzioli, Paola, and Romiti, Sara
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The purpose of this study is to explore aspects and indicators most commonly used to assess the quality of education systems in different countries through the comparison of 12 national publications describing the state of the educational system. To compare indicators the CIPP model was chosen. This model is organized in four main parts: Context, Input, Process and Product. Each main part was then divided into categories based on the research literature (e.g., Input is divided into human, financial and material resources). Based on the CIPP model an electronic database for quality indicators comparison has been designed and implemented. This system is dynamic and easy to update. Using the database it is possible to compare countries according to several criteria (e.g., main parts and categories of the CIPP model, ISCED [International Standard Classification of Education] level, level of data collection). The database is available to the public and is designed for researchers and scholastic decision makers. A first comparison shows that processes at the classroom level are rarely considered, whereas public financial resources as well as achievement results are always included. The study concludes with a discussion of the findings of the comparison, as well as suggestions for future research aimed at further defining relevant indicators for the assessment of education quality." An appendix presents: "The on-line database: structure and functions. (Contains 5 figures and 7 footnotes.) [This paper was produced by INVALSI - National Institute for the Educational Evaluation of Instruction and Training.]
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- 2010
11. ANZSCO Imputation in the National Apprentice and Trainee Collection. Technical Paper
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research and Harvey, Brian
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Data relating to occupations has been collected in the national apprentice and trainee collection since 1994. The coding used conforms to classifications endorsed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest version issued from the ABS is the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). The classification previous to ANZSCO is the second edition of the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO). Currently occupation data is collected using both ANZSCO and ASCO codes. Although ANZSCO was only introduced to the Apprentice and Trainee Collection in 2007, states and territories were asked to back-code ANZSCO on all contracts that were active as at 1 July 2000. Therefore while ASCO codes appear on records from the beginning of the collection, ANZSCO codes, only appear on records from 1 July 2000. Thus, although the database has a field for ANZSCO, the value is missing for all records prior to this date. This technical paper is a description of the methodology used to impute values for records in the National Apprentice and Trainee database that have missing ANZSCO codes. Appendices include: (1) Method (detailed); and (2) System charts. [For the accompanying report, "Apprentices and Trainees: September Quarter 2009," see ED508817.]
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- 2010
12. External Quality Assurance of New Zealand Tertiary Education Providers Matters: Life Jacket or Strait-Jacket? AIR 2001 Annual Forum Paper.
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Weir, Annie
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The reality of external academic/quality audit has arrived for all tertiary education providers in New Zealand under the umbrella of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. This paper reviews the development over the past decade of external quality assurance of tertiary providers by quality assurance authorities and their associated bodies. The methodology included a literature review of the key influences and features of external quality assurance in the tertiary sector and an examination of the impact of external quality assurance processes on the development and delivery of courses and qualifications offered by the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. The two main findings are that: (1) the development of external quality assurance of tertiary providers by quality assurance authorities and their associated bodies has been evolutionary and controversial; and (2) as a result of responding to the demands of external quality assurance, tertiary providers have experienced a significant increase in both their administrative workload and their compliance costs. Providers who have adopted a "life jacket" approach to external quality assurance have reaped the rewards of compliance, but those who have seen it as a strait jacket, are ceasing to exist. (Contains 23 references.) (SLD)
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- 2001
13. Higher Education in TAFE: An Issues Paper
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Moodie, Gavin, Wheelahan, Leesa, Billett, Stephen, and Kelly, Ann
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Growth in mixed-sector institutions offering both vocational and higher education qualifications is expected to increase given recent and predicted policy changes. This issues paper focuses on the provision and management of higher education in technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. Issues raised for discussion include the governance of mixed-sector institutions as well as ensuring access and maintaining progression to higher education without sectoral division in the institution. Implications arising from the Bradley review of higher education are canvassed and the authors are inviting discussion on a range of questions related to the nature of policies and practices influencing the provision of higher education in TAFE. A section listing the TAFE institutes that have been registered to offer higher education qualifications and their accredited higher education qualifications, at February 2009 is appended. (Contains 5 tables and 3 footnotes.) [Funding for this document was provided through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.]
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- 2009
14. ICCE/ICCAI 2000 Full & Short Papers (Policies, Ethics, Standards, and Legal Issues).
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This document contains the following full and short papers on policies, ethics, standards, and legal issues from ICCE/ICCAI 2000 (International Conference on Computers in Education/International Conference on Computer-Assisted Instruction): (1) "A Study on the School Information Technology Pilot Scheme: Possibilities of Creative and Lifelong Learning" (Siu-Cheung Kong, Wing-Kee Au, and Sai-Wing Pun); (2) "Health Risks with Computer Use in New Zealand Schools" (Kwok-Wing Lai); (3) "Information Technology Competency for Hong Kong Teachers--A New Era and a New Paradigm" (Wing Kee Au, Siu Cheung Kong, Kin Ping Leung, Eugenia Mee Wah Ng, and Sai Wing Pun); (4) "Present State and Future Direction of Woman Informatization Education in Korea" (In-Hwan Yoo, Chul-Hyun Lee, Soo-Bum Shin, and Tae-Wuk Lee); (5) "Space Plan for Effective Educational Software Utilization in Korea" (Soo-Bum Shin, Chul-Hyun Lee, In-Hwan Yoo, and Tae-Wuk Lee); and (6) "Using Learning Object Meta-Data in a Database of Primary and Secondary School Resources" (Daniel D. Suthers). (MES)
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- 2000
15. Policy Developments in VET: Analysis for Selected Countries. Working Paper No. 54
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Monash University, Centre for the Economics of Education and Training, Noonan, Peter, Burke, Gerald, and White, Paul
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This paper is concerned with the strategies being adopted for vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and the lessons that could be learned for them from policies in other countries. Six issues are considered in the paper, each relates to or more of the objectives and particular strategies in the Australia's National Strategy for Vocational Education and Training 2004-2010: (1) Workforce/adult training and retraining in the light of ageing and shifting occupational structures; (2) Equity issues for indigenous and other groups; (3) Managing demand and funding so that priorities are met; (4) Developments in qualification structures and quality assurance; (5) Enhancing provider capacity to ensure quality and responsiveness; and (6) Regional and community capacity building. The approach taken was to analyse national strategies, policies, objectives and priorities of government agencies to provide a point of comparison with Australia's National Strategy for VET. Analysis was most focused on the United Kingdom and New Zealand, and limited for Canada, due to the decentralised nature of that system. Implications for Australia are set out by strategy. (Contains 6 footnotes and 2 boxes.)
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- 2004
16. Scoping Paper--Shaping a Career Development Culture: Quality Standards, Quality Practice, Quality Outcomes
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Australian Department of Education, Science and Training and McMahon, Mary
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This project on national standards and accreditation of career practitioners is set against a background of unprecedented interest by governments nationally and internationally in the provision of career guidance services. Currently more is known about the policy and delivery of career guidance than at any other time in history. There is growing interest in the relationship between career guidance and public policy because the benefits of career guidance to individuals, society and the economy have been recognised. In this regard, strategic alliances are being formed between career guidance practitioners and policy makers in order that policy commitments relating to the provision of quality career services are enhanced. Such an alliance is evidenced in the collaboration between the Department of Education, Science and Training and the Career Industry Council of Australia on this project. This project constitutes a very necessary step in a move towards a quality industry. The purpose of this scoping paper is to: (1) identify current standards guiding career practitioners in Australia; (2) review international work on standards including examples of best practice and advise on how this work might be relevant to the development of national standards and accreditation in the Australian context; (3) be informed by outcomes of national workshops, forums, and conferences 2000-2004; (4) identify the current membership requirements of professional career associations and bodies both nationally and internationally; (5) assess how prior learning or qualifications might be recognised and developed to fit within and meet the requirements of the quality standards; and (6) identify the issues that need to be addressed in the development of national standards. To achieve this purpose, this paper is structured around four main sections--international quality standards, national quality standards, standards guiding Australian professions, and the Australian career industry. Following this a number of themes related to the development and implementation of quality standards will be elaborated. A number of issues relating to the development and implementation of quality standards and accreditation in the Australian career industry will then be raised. Appended are: (1) Glossary of terms; (2) Table of Comparative Competencies; (3) Entry-level Qualifications of Australian Career Practitioner Associations; (4) Standards of Australian Career Practitioner Associations; and (5) Comparison of Quality Standards Across Career Case Studies.
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- 2004
17. Reflections on Equity, Adequacy and Weighted Student Funding. Working Papers Series. SAN08-04
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Duke University, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and Ladd, Helen F.
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Within the context of the school finance literature, the concepts of equity and adequacy raise a number of complex definitional and pragmatic issues. The purpose of this paper is to clarify those issues and to use those concepts to evaluate the recent policy proposal called Weighted Student Funding (WSF). Though WSF contains some equity-enhancing elements, it is likely to fall short of its equity goals because the weights are likely to be inappropriate and the approach fails to take full account of the concentrations of challenging-to-educate students and their effects on the distribution of teachers. In addition, the WSF proposal can be faulted for paying no attention to adequacy, potentially stigmatizing individual students, and placing so much focus on individual schools. A more complete evaluation of WSF would require a broader institutional perspective that extends beyond the equity and adequacy considerations of this article. (Contains 8 footnotes.)
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- 2008
18. Loans for Vocational Education and Training in Europe. Research Paper. Number 20
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
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This report reviews the use of loans for learning in 33 European countries and analyses the schemes in eight selected Member States: France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Finland, Sweden and the UK. The analysis shows that loan schemes vary considerably across Europe in terms of types and levels of learning covered, conditions of access, repayment and governance. Some loans aim to increase participation in learning in general, while others are designed to promote equity. The report attempts to assess the selected loans and discusses their strengths and weaknesses and determinants of performance, while considering if a given scheme operates on a large scale or targets niche groups. The evaluation results provide a basis for identifying good practice principles for designing and implementing loans. Policy recommendations are formulated based on these findings. Annexed are: (1) Methodology; (2) Key terms and definitions; (3) Information on countries/schemes selected for in-depth analysis; (4) Proposed typologies of VET loan schemes; (5) Tables and figures; (6) Tosmana truth tables; (7) Questionnaires; (8) Basic characteristics of non-European loan schemes. (Contains 37 tables, 5 figures, 20 boxes and 33 footnotes.)
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- 2012
19. Teachers and Decentralisation. Papers Prepared for the National Industry Education Forum Seminar (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 1994).
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Whitty, Geoff and Seddon, Terri
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This publication contains two papers on the implications of school decentralization for teacher education, student achievement, and democracy. The first paper, "Devolution in Education Systems: Implications for Teacher Professional Development and Pupil Performance" (Geoff Whitty), explores the way education reform movements for decentralization have developed generally by looking at how reforms have worked in England with some cross references to experiences in New Zealand and the United States. In doing so it reviews several studies and discusses the context in which reforms were installed. The conclusion notes that the overall benefits are not yet apparent and that reforms seem to intensify the links between educational and social inequality. The paper also notes that these reforms were part of a larger Thatcherite political project that must have influenced their effects. The second paper, "Decentralisation and Democracy" (Terri Seddon), argues that current educational reform is limited by its neglect of the interdependencies of development, democracy, and education; and that the character of decentralization is the key issue for debate. In three sections the paper comments on contemporary educational reform in Australia, discusses the consequences of decentralization for democracy, and suggests a way to reframe the problem of education reform to recognize the interdependency of development and democracy. (Contains 53 references.) (JB)
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- 1994
20. Obstacles to the Integration of University Qualifications and Courses into the National Qualifications Framework. Nga Taumata Matauranga O Aotearoa Higher Education in New Zealand. Occasional Paper Number 1.
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Hall, Cedric
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This paper identifies some of the major obstacles to the integration of university qualifications into New Zealand's National Qualifications Framework. Currently, New Zealand's universities are under pressure to integrate their qualifications into the Framework which employs a method of unit design that is generally more suited to trade and technical training than the general and professional education programs typically offered at universities. The paper examines problems that would arise if the Framework method of defining unit standards were applied to the design of university programs and papers. Several pedagogical problems are identified along with philosophical differences between the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and the universities over matters such as the nature and structure of knowledge, credit transfer, the recognition of prior learning, the transfer of generic skills, and the primacy given by the NZQA to unit standards rather than to total qualification. Instead of universities following the unit standard model of development, an extended framework structure is suggested which emphasizes the total qualification. Such a structure is likely to allow for a more productive relationship to develop between the NZQA and universities. (Contains 21 references.) (JB)
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- 1994
21. A Comparative Investigation of Safer Sex Practices among Canadian and New Zealand Prostitutes. NALL Working Paper.
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Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto. New Approaches to Lifelong Learning. and Meaghan, Diane
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This project examined attitudes, expectations, and behaviors that make prostitutes successful in learning to establish their autonomy and work safely. Ethnographic studies were conducted of 47 prostitutes in Canada and 60 in New Zealand through semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and open-ended discussions supplemented by researchers' observations and participation in the culture of sex trade work. Women new to the streets and experienced women involved in various genres of sex work were surveyed as to how they came to acquire a working knowledge about safer sex practices and what specific practices resulted from that knowledge. Findings suggested that, in the course of their daily work, most prostitutes learn to deal with issues of intimacy, decision making, communication, negotiation, and assertiveness. Prostitute practices acquired outside of formal educational systems constituted an alternative body of educational knowledge that could efficiently use community resources to inform and teach about issues concerning safer sexual interactions. Staffed by workers who were in or formerly part of the sex industry, the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective was the first cooperative effort between the government and sex workers to promote safer sex practices in the sex industry. Sex workers wanted to create an organization that would empower them and advance their political and legal cause. (Contains 27 references.) (YLB)
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- 2000
22. Private Higher Education Penetration into a Mature Education Market: The New Zealand Experience. PROPHE Working Paper #6
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Program for Research on Private Higher Education and Abbott, Malcolm
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Since 1989, when it became legally possible for private higher education to operate in New Zealand, the sector has grown to become a significant part of the country's higher education system. We explore the private penetration, trace the changes that have occurred in private higher education, and evaluate the sector's position in New Zealand today. The private sector has had to find a niche for itself in a higher education sector dominated by a mature, well developed public sector. In so doing, New Zealand's private higher education exhibits differences and similarities with the private higher education internationally. Particular case study attention goes to the New Zealand case as one of private entry into a mature higher education system in an economically advanced country. Additional attention goes to the dissimilarities between the private sector and the more predominant public tertiary education institutions in New Zealand. It becomes apparent that the private sector has characteristics that make it quite different from that of the public sector in New Zealand. (Contains 10 tables and 19 notes.)
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- 2005
23. Can You Hear Me? The Right of Young Children to Participate in Decisions Affecting Them. Working Papers in Early Childhood Development, No. 36
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Bernard Van Leer Foundation (Netherlands) and Lansdown, Gerison
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"Can You Hear Me? The Right of Young Children to Participate in Decisions Affecting Them" emphasises that participation enhances children's self-esteem and confidence, promotes their overall capacities, produces better outcomes, strengthens understanding of and commitment to democratic processes and protects children more effectively. Participation provides the opportunity for developing a sense of autonomy, independence, heightened social competence and resilience. The benefits are therefore significant, and adults with both direct and indirect responsibility for children need to acquire a greater humility in recognising that they have a great deal to learn from children. But the case for listening to young children goes beyond the beneficial outcomes. It is also a matter of social injustice and human rights. All people, however young, are entitled to be participants in their own lives, to influence what happens to them, to be involved in creating their own environments, to exercise choices and to have their views respected and valued. (Contains 4 footnotes.)
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- 2005
24. Early Years--Research. Papers from New Zealand Council for Educational Research Seminars on Early Childhood (December 13, 1993 and April 27, 1995).
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New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington., Podmore, Valerie N., and Swann, Fay
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This report contains six papers presented at 1993 and 1995 seminars conducted by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. It also includes the schedules of the two seminars and a summary of a general discussion on future directions in research in early childhood education and care conducted at the 1995 seminar. They include: (1) "Working with Children before They Start School: Some Findings from Swedish Early Childhood Centres" (Ingrid Pramling); (2) "Creating Learners Who Want To Know: An Action Research Project Following a College-Based Teaching Experience" (Anne Meade and Lynne Bruce); (3) "Meeting Their Needs: Educational/Training Implications of a Collaborative Study of Playcentre Children Aged Under 2 1/2 Years" (Valerie Podmore and Liz Depree); (4) "Fitting, Not Flitting: Schema Development Seen in Some Children in the Competent Children Project" (Anne Meade); (5) "Early Childhood Teacher Education: Findings from a Longitudinal Study" (Margery Renwick and Sally Boyd); and (6) "Families, Work, and Early Childhood Education: Experiencing Change and Diversity" (Valerie N. Podmore). Each paper contains a reference list. (MDM)
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- 1995
25. Stigma to Sage: Learning and Teaching Safer Sex Practices Among Canadian Sex Trade Workers. NALL Working Paper.
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Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto. New Approaches to Lifelong Learning. and Meaghan, Diane
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A study interviewed 37 Canadian sex workers in 4 cities to determine how they acquire a working knowledge of safer sex practices and what that knowledge constituted. Findings indicated the vast majority exhibited high levels of knowledge and efficacy regarding safer sex practices; sex workers took the initiative to obtain information and engage in safer sex practices; and peer group educators advanced educational messages in their community. Staffed by current or former sex workers, the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) was established as a government-endorsed organization using state funding, infrastructure, and support services for sex workers, clients, and the public. The Canadian government might profit from lessons learned from the successful NZPC to recruit sex workers as peer educators and should consider the possibility of developing a prostitute-centered pedagogy of safer sex practices that affirms the right of women to control the conditions of work and recognizes the skills and knowledge of that work. Providing sex workers with an opportunity to have input into public policy and design and delivery of prevention programs would be a useful way to transmit their skills and knowledge to other sectors of the community. Such knowledge could provide sexual self-determination that might result in greater knowledge, resistance, agency, and empowerment in other aspects of women's lives. (Contains 87 references and 30 endnotes.) (YLB)
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- 2002
26. Changing Skills for a Changing World: Recommendations for Adult Literacy Policy in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Occasional Paper Series.
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New Zealand Dept. of Labour, Wellington. and Johnson, Alice H.
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This report summarizes issues facing New Zealand's modern adult literacy movement and places it in the context of the rapidly changing skill demands of the 21st century. Part I introduces political, economic, and social issues facing New Zealand. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the issues and structures that create the current climate. Part II provides a history of adult literacy in New Zealand. Chapter 2 defines literacy for the 21st century; identifies how literate New Zealanders are, and considers literacy needs by industry. Chapter 3 provides a brief history of New Zealand's literacy movement, describes emergence of workplace literacy, and discusses theoretical underpinnings Freirean and competency-based models. Chapter 4 addresses national leadership and provision of services. Four case studies are presented in a two-page profile with this basic information: type of program; cost; goal; types of services; work-related outcomes; number of students; student selection; structure; curriculum; learner profile; funding source; reason for literacy program; institutional profile; other factors that contribute to success; and student suggestions. A more detailed exploration follows of a series of questions on three themes: motivation, barriers, and benefits. Part III includes recommendations for a long-term, comprehensive, coordinated adult literacy strategy in Chapter 5, with implications for the United States in Chapter 6. Appendixes include the National Literacy Act: Public Law 102-73, and case study interview questions. (Contains 93 references, 7 tables, and 6 figures.) (YLB)
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- 2000
27. Parent Support Conference Papers. Ara Whakamana Pathways to Empowerment (Wellington, New Zealand, November 3-4, 1992).
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Early Childhood Development Unit, Wellington (New Zealand).
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This collection of conference papers from New Zealand's Early Childhood Development Unit's November 1992 Parent Support Conference and the Parenting Promotion Launch presents a wide range of views on parenting and shows the support available for parents from numerous organizations. The conference began 2 weeks of activities throughout New Zealand to encourage parents to become involved with their children. The following papers are included: (1) "Positive Parenting" (opening address by Jenny Shipley); (2) "Creating Pathways to Empower Parents" (keynote address by Douglas Powell); (3) "Parents...Parenting" (keynote address by Rose Pere); (4) "Plunket in the Nineties" (Gill Cleland and Helen Corrigan); (5) "A Community Based Approach to Parent Support" (Jan Gerritsen); (6) "Support for Parents of Children with Special Needs" (Denise Gibbard and Sharon Brandford); (7) "Parents as First Teachers Pilot Project" (Janice Grigor); (8) "Anau Ako Pasifika" (Puroku Hall and Lineahi Lund), which is a home-based early childhood care program; (9) "Parent Education: An Experiment of Nature or by Design?" (Bruce McMillan); and (10) "Early Childhood Development Unit Parent Support Projects" (Huhana Rokx and Meagan Pene). Speaker profiles and three Parenting Promotion Launch speeches are also included. (MM)
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- 1993
28. What Is Government's Role in Early Childhood Education? Papers Presented at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Invitational Seminar (February 23, 1993).
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New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington. and Podmore, Valerie N.
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Focusing on the role of the federal government in maintaining quality in early childhood education, these proceedings present introductory remarks followed by 10 seminar papers: (1) "The Role of Government in Early Childhood: Support and Advice for Serving Parents and Communities," (Pamela Kennedy); (2) "What Is the Government's Role in Early Childhood Education? Education Review Office and the Early Childhood Sector," (Jeanette Schollum); (3) "Back, Against the Wall. Staffing and the Quality of Early Childhood Education: The Impact of Government Policy," (Linda Mitchell); (4) "Government's Role in the Funding of the Kohanga Reo," (Peggy Luke-Ngaheke); (5) "The Role of Government in Early Childhood Curriculum in Aotearoa-New Zealand," (Margaret Carr and Helen May); (6) "What Can the North American Experience Teach Us in the 1990s?" (Heather McDonald); (7) "Government's Role in Early Childhood Education: A Comparative Perspective from Western Australia," (Joy Cullen); (8) "Government's Role in Early Childhood and the First Years of School," (Helen Duncan); (9) "The Role of the Church and Government in Promoting Early Childhood Education in Aotearoa," (Fereni Pepe Ete); and (10) "Provision, Accountability and Quality: Let's Not Undervalue Children," (Rahera Barrett Douglas). (BCY)
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- 1993
29. Paper Vandervis used often misrepresented : MoH
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Miller, Grant
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30. Marketing for Libraries and Information Centres: A Selective Annotated Bibliography. Occasional Papers in Bibliography and Libraries; 21.
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Victoria Univ. of Wellington (New Zealand). and Tuffield, Joanne
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The aim of this annotated bibliography is to illustrate the range and type of materials available for marketing management, a tool that can help library managers determine client needs and provide feedback on library services and products. The bibliography includes 67 monographs, serials, and audiovisuals selected for information professionals who want to apply the approach in their institutions but have little or no formal training in marketing. Materials selected have been printed after 1980, and those that are neither easily available nor library-specific have been excluded. Materials are arranged under the following headings: (1) key non-library readings; (2) New Zealand libraries: marketing and promotion; (3) marketing management; (4) marketing and planning; and (5) publicity and promotion. The publication also includes author and title indexes. (KRN)
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- 1991
31. Identity, Prevalence, and Pathogenicity of Entomopathogenic Fungi Infecting Invasive Polistes (Vespidae: Polistinae) Paper Wasps in New Zealand.
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Reason, Aiden, Bulgarella, Mariana, and Lester, Philip J.
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ENTOMOPATHOGENIC fungi , *BIOLOGICAL weed control , *VESPIDAE , *WASPS , *BIOLOGICAL pest control agents , *INSECT societies - Abstract
Simple Summary: The Asian paper wasp Polistes chinensis is an invasive species in New Zealand and South-East Australia. This species threatens native invertebrate communities through predation and potentially competition for resources. During an ecological field study of P. chinensis in New Zealand, we discovered wasps that were infected with and were being killed by two species of pathogenic fungi. In the interest of investigating these fungi as potential biological control agents, our aim in this study was to identify the two fungal species using morphological and molecular methods, determine their natural prevalence in the studied paper wasp population, and test their infective potential to hosts in a controlled environment. We successfully identified the fungi species as Beauveria malawiensis, a generalist insect pathogen, and Ophiocordyceps humbertii, a specialist of social wasps. These are the first records of these species infecting paper wasps in New Zealand. We estimate that they produce infections in approximately 3.3% of wild P. chinensis colonies in our study site. In our infection assays, we passively exposed healthy wasp colonies to asexual fungal spores, which resulted in successful infections of B. malawiensis, and significantly increased wasp mortality rates. Two species of entomogenous fungi were discovered infecting the invasive paper wasp Polistes chinensis during an ecological study on Farewell Spit, New Zealand. We sequenced two nuclear ribosomal RDNA genes, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and the small ribosomal subunit 18S, and one protein-coding gene, the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (ef1 α). Combining sequence information with morphological examination, we identified these species as Beauveria malawiensis and Ophiocordyceps humbertii. We estimated that these fungi produce infection in approximately 3.3% of colonies in our study population. In bioassays, we successfully infected P. chinensis individuals from healthy colonies with B. malawiensis, with significant effects on adult mortality. This is the first record of both B. malawiensis and O. humbertii from Polistine hosts in New Zealand, and the first investigation into disease causality by these pathogens in P. chinensis. Our findings may contribute to the future development of biological control agents for paper wasps in New Zealand and elsewhere around the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. Fe-zeolite catalyst for ozonation of pulp and paper wastewater for sustainable water resources.
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Munir, Hafiz Muhammad Shahzad, Feroze, Nadeem, Ramzan, Naveed, Sagir, Muhammad, Babar, Muhammad, Tahir, Muhammad Suleman, Shamshad, Jaweria, Mubashir, Muhammad, and Khoo, Kuan Shiong
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COLOR removal in water purification , *PAPER pulp , *WATER supply , *OZONIZATION , *SEWAGE , *CHEMICAL oxygen demand - Abstract
The pulp and paper industry consumes enormous quality of freshwater, leading to wastewater. It must be treated to remove pollutants, particularly residual dyestuffs, before releasing them to water bodies to avoid adverse environmental effects. The traditional wastewater treatment methods used for the pulp and paper industry are less efficient in colour and chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal. The current study is aimed at developing a novel catalyst for the catalytic ozonation of pulp and paper wastewater with better colour and COD removal for sustainable resources of clean water. The proposed catalyst is impregnated by iron on natural zeolites. Various parameters such as catalyst dose, pH, ozone dose, initial COD concentration, and reaction time are studied and optimized. The performance was evaluated by comparing the results with the single ozonation process (SOP) and catalytic ozonation process (COP). The highest COD and colour reduction efficiencies have been achieved, i.e., 71%, and 88% at a natural pH of 6.8. The proposed process achieved higher COD and colour efficiencies than the single ozonation process and catalytic ozonation process using raw zeolites. The improvement in efficiencies are 23% and 29% for SOP and 17% and 19% for COP, respectively. Hence, the results proposed the sustainability and applicability of COP to treat paper and pulp sector effluent. [Display omitted] • A novel Fe-zeolite catalyst was developed for catalytic ozonation process. • Performance of single ozonation process and catalytic ozonation process was evaluated. • Under optimized condition the catalyst remains efficient even after 5 cycles. • 71% of COD were eliminated using Fe/NZ as catalyst in catalytic ozonation process. • The optimum ozone dose for COD and color removal was 0.3 mg/ml of wastewater. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Surveying for Community Education. Seminar Papers, June 28 and July 26, 1975.
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Auckland Univ. (New Zealand). Centre for Continuing Education., New Zealand Association for Community Education, Auckland., and Bedggood, Richard
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The nine seminar papers present discussion and methodology related to surveying for community education. The introductory paper, Initiating Community Education-Who Does It and How, examines local, governmental, nongovernmental, and individual roles in supporting community education. Methodological Considerations in Community Surveys discusses community survey design and data analysis. Another paper provides a listing of selected references related to the structure, formation, and analysis of sociological surveys. Surveying for University Community Education is a comparison of two continuing education surveys conducted at Auckland University in 1945 and 1951. The Assessment of Community Education Needs: the Masterton Study examines the effects of social background factors on the development of adolescents as a base for possible community programs. Surveying the High School Community and The Primary School Survey describe a questionnaire survey related to increased use of secondary school facilities for out-of-school classes. Other papers, which clarify school role within the total framework of community education are The Intermediate School Model in Community Education and Surveying a Community's Needs for Early Childhood Education Services. (EA)
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- 1975
34. Differences in learning retention and experience of augmented reality notes compared to traditional paper notes in a chiropractic technique course: A randomized trial.
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Cade, Alice E., Stevens, Kirk, Lee, Alan, and Baptista, Lisa
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MEMORY ,AUGMENTED reality ,CHIROPRACTIC education ,MANN Whitney U Test ,LEARNING strategies ,EXPERIENCE ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,T-test (Statistics) ,STUDENTS ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,TEACHING aids ,QUALITY assurance ,DATA analysis software ,ALTERNATIVE education ,EDUCATIONAL outcomes - Abstract
To investigate if a written guide or augmented reality (AR) guide improves free recall of diversified chiropractic adjusting technique and to capture participants' impressions of the study in a poststudy questionnaire. Thirty-eight chiropractic students were evaluated for diversified listing (a nomenclature denoting vertebral malposition and correction) recall, pre-AR and post-AR, or written guide review. The vertebral segments used were C7 and T6. Two randomized groups reviewed an original course written guide (n = 18) or a new AR guide (n = 20). A Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney (C7) and t test (T6) compared group differences in reevaluation scores. A poststudy questionnaire was given to capture participants' impressions of the study. Both groups showed no significant differences in free recall scores after reviewing the guides for C7 or T6. The poststudy questionnaire suggested a number of strategies could be used to improve current teaching material such as more detail in the written guides and organizing content into smaller blocks. Use of an AR or written guide does not seem to change participants' free recall ability when used to review diversified technique listings. The poststudy questionnaire was useful to identify strategies to improve currently used teaching material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. Research in Geographical Education--Volume 2. Papers Presented to the National Meeting of the Australian Geographical Research Association (2nd, Sydney, Australia, December 4-6, 1982).
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Australian Geographical Educational Research Association, Brisbane. and Fien, John
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This publication contains 14 papers, most of which were written by instructors of higher education in Australia and Great Britain. Following an introduction, the first five papers are "The Development of Children's Map Ability" (Simon Catling), "Published Guidance to Pupils on Atlas Mapwork Skills" (Herbert Sandford), "Tactual Mapping and the Bold Atlas of Australia" (John Roberts), "Students' Ability to Transform Verbal and Visual Information" (Rod Gerber and Nea Stewart-Dore), "Children Talking to Learn," (Michael Williams). Using microcomputers in geography education is the subject of the sixth paper, "On Sitting Back and Letting It Happen: How to Be Unchained and Use Microcomputers in Geographical Education (Colin Davey). A case study in preservice teacher education is presented in paper number seven, "The Armidale Heritage Study: A Case Study in Applied Research in Pre-Service Teacher Education" (E.S. Elphick and Warren Halloway). The remaining papers are "Investigating the National Estate: Some Observations from an Implementation Study" (Colin Davey and Anthony Milne), and "Educational Materials and the Corporate Sector: Some Ideological Implications" (Jane Williamson), "Bias in Geography Textbooks" (John Fien), "Teaching Geography to Less-Able 11-14 Year Olds" (Graham Corney and Eleanor Rawling), "Attitudes and Approaches to Teaching Less Able Pupils in Year 8 Geography in Queensland" (John Fien, Rodney Gerber, and Peter Wilson), "Geography Methods Courses and Student Morale" (Anne Carter), and "Geography in the New Zealand Educational System and the Process of Curriculum Change" (Frances Slater). (LP)
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- 1983
36. Video: Animals; Electric Current; Force; Science Activities. Learning in Science Project. Working Papers 51-54.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Bell, Beverley
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Four papers to be used in conjunction with video-tapes developed by the Learning in Science Project are presented. Topic areas of the papers focus on: (1) animals; (2) electric current; (3) force; and (4) science activities. The first paper presents transcripts of class discussions focusing on the scientific meaning of the word animal. The second paper includes excerpts from three interviews where 11-year-old children were asked about their ideas regarding electric currents in a simple electrical circuit, summary of children's ideas about electrical currents, and a sample lesson taking into account their ideas. The third paper includes discussions of scientists'/children's ideas about force, excerpts from interviews with children on their ideas of force, and lessons designed to modify children's views of scientists' views. Presented in the fourth paper are: excerpts from interviews with children designed to provide insight into their views about what happens when a crystal is dissolved in water; an activity involving the dissolving of crystals in water (which makes unfounded assumptions about the ideas children bring with them to the lesson); and an alternative approach to the same lesson where an attempt is made to take the children's views into account. (JN)
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- 1981
37. Current Issues in Vocational Education and Training in New Zealand. Occasional Paper No. 127.
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Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. and Wood, Derek E.
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The five main issues that are currently confronting vocational educators and policymakers in New Zealand are as follows: participation rates in vocational education and training, the changing role of vocational education and training in secondary schools, new initiatives in light of youth unemployment and transition difficulties, recognition of competence, and responsiveness of the system to the need for change. The labor and skill shortages that were endemic in New Zealand in the past provided even unskilled early school leavers with easy access to employment. Thus, dropout rates were traditionally high and participation rates in continuing education were low. As the country's employment picture changes, however, there is growing awareness of the need for initiatives in vocational education and training, both within the formal education system and at the point of transition from school to work. The country's new ACCESS program is a response to the transition problem. ACCESS is a new system of community-based transition education and training to provide for job seekers who do not choose the traditional options of apprenticeship, further study, or direct entry into the work force. (MN)
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- 1988
38. Current Issues in Workers' Compensation. Papers Presented at a Conference Sponsored by the Institute of Management and Labor Relations and the Bureau of Economic Research, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University; and the Economics Department, University of Connecticut (New Brunswick, NJ, 1983).
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Upjohn (W.E.) Inst. for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI. and Chelius, James
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This volume includes the following conference papers: "The Status and Direction of Workers' Compensation" (James R. Chelius); "The Minnesota Experience with Workers' Compensation Reform" (Steve Keefe); "The 1982 Changes in California" (Alan Tebb); "Two Rounds of Workers' Compensation Reform in Michigan" (H. Allan Hunt); "The Politics of Workers' Compensation Reform" (John H. Lewis); "Discussion of Papers on Recent State Reforms" (Michael Staten); "Interstate Variations in the Employers' Costs of Workers' Compensation with Particular Reference to Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York" (John F. Furton, Jr., and Alan B. Krueger); "Workers' Compensation Insurance Rates" (C. Arthur Williams, Jr.); "The Administration of Workers' Compensation" (Monroe Berkowitz); "Nominal Costs, Nominal Prices, and Nominal Profits" (John D. Worrall); "Federal Occupational Disease Legislation" (Donald Elisburg); "Issues in Asbestos Disease Compensation" (Donald L. Spatz); "Problems in Occupational Disease Compensation" (Leslie I. Boden); "On Efforts to Reform Workers' Compensation for Occupational Diseases" (Peter S. Barth); and "Accident Compensation as a Factor Influencing Managerial Perceptions and Behavior in New Zealand" (Barbara McIntosh). (MN)
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- 1986
39. Teaching and Training: A Contingent Approach. Newland Papers Number Fifteen.
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Hull Univ. (England). School of Adult and Continuing Education. and Squires, Geoffrey
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This paper analyzes teaching and training in terms of certain basic functions and the typical contingencies that affect those functions in practice. Section 1 shows the interrelationships of teaching, training, and learning. Section 2 explores the kinds of learning problems that the independent learner faces and how a planned course can help to alleviate them. Seven functions of courses are identified: selection, induction, structure, teaching, environment, materials, and assessment. Section 3 discusses how each function is affected by seven main variables or contingencies: rationale, regulations, resources, subject, students, staff, and setting. Section 4 describes the nine functions of teaching and training: motivation, orientation, demonstration, explanation, representation, activation, transmission, evaluation, and support. Section 5 discusses the nine contingencies that affect the functions of teaching and training: aims, content, level, self, student, group, physical context, institutional context, and social context. The final section explores briefly the implications of the contingent approach first for student learning, then for the training of teachers and trainers, and finally for research in these fields. Appendixes include examples of case material and articles on contingency in the management of organizations, the teaching and training of adults, and continuing learning in the workplace as well as 48 reference notes. (YLB)
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- 1988
40. Toward a Teaching Model for Primary Science. Learning in Science Project (Primary). Working Paper No. 114.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). Science Education Research Unit., Harlen, Wynne, and Osborne, Roger
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The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--was designed to examine problems and difficulties in primary science and to explore ways of overcoming these problems. Early research led to a proposal that children's questions and explanations could form the basis of an alternative teaching approach. However, several issues were raised which led to the need to reconsider the proposed teaching approach. Following a brief discussion of these issues this paper: (1) considers how any teaching approach is developed from a particular view of learning; (2) analyzes what a teaching model should include to be internally consistent; (3) discusses features of a generative model designed to help children develop ways of exploring and viewing the world around them (reconsidering the set of learning experiences; identifying the roles of learners, teachers, and students in the learning process; and examining the criteria to be used in the approach); (4) examines several constraints related to the proposed instructional approach; (5) outlines a framework for teaching sequences (consisting of exploration, investigation, and reflection phases); (6) discusses the content of science in the primary school; and (7) offers suggestions to encourage teachers to adopt new ways of teaching. (JN)
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41. Interviewing Children--A Checklist for the I.A.I. Interview. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper 45.
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Bell, Beverley and Osborne, Roger
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The Learning in Science Project (1979-1981) studied the problems and difficulties of learning science at the 10-14 year old level in New Zealand to provide insights into the world of the science learner and provide an alternative perspective of the science classroom to that currently held by teachers and others. This paper offers practical suggestions on initiating and carrying out classroom interview data collection procedures used in the Learning in Science Project. The suggested do's and dont's of structured interviews, based on experiences in the Project discuss: (1) establishing contact with the teacher, (2) establishing contact with the pupil and (3) interviewing with the Interview-about-Instances method--a procedure for establishing a person's understanding of a particular word or the concept(s) a person associates with a particular word. (PN)
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- 1981
42. A Comparative Study of Sabbatical Leave Practices in Selected Commonwealth and U.S. Universities. Paper No. OIR-30.
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McMaster Univ., Hamilton (Ontario)., Booth, Sheelagh C., and Higbee, Eliot C.
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Sabbatical leaves are viewed as being essential to the ongoing nature of a self-renewing community of scholars. This study was undertaken to provide data on current use of sabbatical leave plans in universities in several countries - Canada; the United States; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales; Australia, and New Zealand - to provide useful information for possible revision of leave plans. Sixty-six universities were surveyed by means of a questionnaire and the results revealed similarities among the four groups of countries regarding the length of service prior to leave (generally 6 years); differences among the four groups, including the use of retraining leaves as a form of sabbatical; salary paid during regular sabbatical leave; and travel expenses. The conclusions drawn from the data are that Canadian leave plans are not nearly as uniform as those in United States universities; Canadian plans have become more formalized and better documented since 1969; salary paid for full-year leaves in Canadian universities has improved since 1969 and is now substantially better than in the United States, but not as good as in Australia and New Zealand; and participation rates in all countries appear to be higher than those reported prior to 1965 by Ingraham. (JMF)
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- 1974
43. Nature in World Development: Patterns in the Preservation of Scenic and Outdoor Recreation Resources. Working Papers.
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Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY., Nash, Roderick, Nash, Roderick, and Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY.
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This report reviews the problems of protecting nature in a heavily industrialized democracy such as the United States. Factors contributing to the establishment of protected areas in the United States are traced from the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 to the present. Arguments in defense of wilderness areas consider nature as: (1) a reservoir of normal ecological processes, (2) a sustainer of biological diversity, (3) a formative influence on the national character, (4) a church, (5) a guardian of mental health, and (6) an educational asset in developing environmental responsibility. Diverse agencies, programs, and efforts exist at all levels. The National Park Service, the United States Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Wilderness Preservation System function on the federal level. Coastal zone management and land use laws protect natural areas on the state level, city and county parks serve as protected areas on local levels, and private organizations such as the Sierra Club also contribute to wilderness preservation. Problems arise from the conflict between economic development and nature preservation, and the popularity of nature areas which leads to their destruction. Programs in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, East Africa, Europe, the Soviet Union, and Canada are also described. (KC)
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- 1978
44. 'Other People Don't Really Understand.' A Survey of Parents of Children with Special Needs. Occasional Paper No. 2.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Mitchell, David R.
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Perceptions of 152 sets of parents of handicapped young children were investigated. Interviews were conducted focusing on five aspects: initial notification that they had a handicapped child; parents' need for support; views on their guidance needs in helping children develop; and preferences for school settings for their children. Parents' responses to each topic are summarized and charted according to five variables: type of handicap, residence (Hamilton, Waikato, or Auckland, New Zealand), age of child, socioeconomic status, and family size. Among major findings were that over half the parents were told about their child's problem within the first week, mostly by obstetricians and pediatricians; parents expressed the greatest need for information; and parents clearly preferred integrated school placements. (CL)
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- 1981
45. Beyond Expectations: Early Intervention with Down's Syndrome Infants and Their Parents. PATH Occasional Paper No. 3.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Mitchell, David R.
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An early intervention program for 14 Down's syndrome children (4 to 15 months old) and their parents included individualized guidance for parents in teaching their infant. Home activities centered on tasks to develop attention: cognitive, perceptual, motor, and language skills. Emphasis was placed on a structured teaching approach with developmental assessments leading to prescribed teaching activities. Task analysis was an important focus. Analysis of scores on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development indicated that Ss scored higher in mental development than infants exposed to little or no intervention and comparably to children in intensive intervention. In motor development, Ss scored significantly better than those receiving no intervention and scored at the top of the range for those who were. (CL)
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- 1981
46. Floating and Sinking: First Teacher Trials. Learning in Science Project (Primary). Working Paper No. 120.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). Science Education Research Unit. and Appleton, Ken
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Two booklets were developed by the Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--to help teachers adopt an approach to primary science teaching which would enhance children's understanding of floating and sinking. Both booklets were designed to enable teachers to reconceptualize their teaching task from activity-driven, didactic teaching to conceptual-change teaching. The first booklet was written for more confident teachers, using a less-structured approach, and the second for teachers who might prefer detailed guidance. Each booklet was evaluated during six 25-45 minute lessons over a 2-week period to determine the extent to which the authors of the booklets were able to convey their intentions to the teachers and to gain an idea of the problems encountered by teachers during the lessons. Data were obtained from student interviews and from a comparison of suggested strategies in the booklets and actual classroom practices. Findings (reported and discussed separately for each booklet) show that actions of the teachers matched the authors' intentions in some respects but departed from them in others and that use of the guide was influenced by the teachers' views of teaching and of how children learn. Implications of these and other findings for teaching science and for developing teaching guides are included. (JN)
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- 1984
47. Children's Ideas about Hot and Cold. Learning in Science Project (Primary). Working Paper No. 127.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). Science Education Research Unit. and Appleton, Ken
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The Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--investigated the ideas and interests children have about hot and cold. Data were obtained from 25 children (12 boys and 13 girls), ages 8 to 11, using the "interview-about-instances" (IAI) procedure. Areas investigated included: (1) the meanings of the words "hot,""cold,""colder,""hotter," and "temperatures"; (2) temperature change when water volumes are changed or mixed (both qualitatively and quantitatively); (3) the temperature of ice in relationship to volume of ice and melting; (4) temperature measurement (using the hands and a thermometer); and (5) the process of heating and cooling. Results are presented, analyzed, and discussed in separate sections representing each of these areas. Findings indicate that children's intuitive ideas about temperature and temperature change of objects and events within their normal experience seemed fairly sound, that their subjective knowledge may influence what they actually "observe," and that their understanding of quantitative temperature did not match their understanding of qualitative temperature. In addition, children generally believed there was no difference between heat and temperature and that the greater the volume, the greater the amount of heat (or cold). These results are consistent with the findings reported in other research studies (IAI cards are included in an appendix.) (JN)
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- 1984
48. Rocks and Minerals. Science Education Research Unit. Working Paper No. 204.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Happs, John C.
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The Learning in Science Project has adopted the view that science teaching might be improved if teachers can be given some appreciation of students' views of the world and the beliefs, expectations, and language that learners bring to new learning situations. This investigation focuses on the views that children (N=34) may have about rocks and minerals. Information was obtained from interview protocols, word responses, and sorting tasks to examine ways in which: (1) children and adolescents view and describe rock/mineral samples and how they relate these ideas to rock/mineral origins and composition; (2) learners tend to categorize rocks/minerals; and (3) learners respond to key stimulus-words that are considered by earth scientists to be important in the study of rock/mineral samples. Results of the investigation indicate that the children focused on different attributes than those of earth scientists. In addition, their approach to developing categories for rock/mineral samples was in stark contrast to the approach likely to be taken by earth scientists (such as using appearance, origin, weight, and composition to categorize samples as either "rocks" or "not rocks"). (A discussion of earth scientists' views of rocks, minerals, crystals, and classification of the 15 samples used in the study is included.) (JN)
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- 1982
49. Soils. Science Education Research Unit. Working Paper 201.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Happs, John C.
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The Learning in Science Project has adopted the view that science teaching might be improved if teachers can be given some appreciation of students' views of the world and the beliefs, expectations, and language that learners bring to new learning situations. This investigation looks at the topic of soil, one of the basic resources of New Zealand economy. Areas examined include the nature, sources, age, and depth of soils, and changes which soils undergo. Data were collected from individual interviews (N=40) and from a questionnaire administered to 221 students. Findings (including interview transcripts) indicate a conflict between the views of soil seen through the eyes of children and adolescents when contrasted with views of soil scientists. Although there was general agreement in interviews/survey on the question of soil depth, several differences of a virtually bi-polar nature were noted for other areas (soils formed via environmental factors versus soils always there or dynamic versus static soils). These results indicate that the more important ideas concerning soils should involve a focus on the nature/origin of the age of soils, and the idea that soils are changing with time. (Supporting documentation, including survey instrument is provided in appendices.) (JN)
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- 1981
50. Mountains. Science Education Research Unit. Working Paper No. 202.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Happs, John C.
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The Learning in Science Project has adopted the view that science teaching might be improved if teachers can be given some appreciation of students' views of the world and the beliefs, expectations, and language that learners bring to new learning situations. This investigation compares and contrasts views that children and scientists have on landforms, particularly on two New Zealand mountains (Mounts Egmont and Cook). Individual interviews were conducted with 37 students during which they observed colored photographs of various, well-known New Zealand landforms and described what they saw. Questioning was then directed toward eliciting their ideas concerning processes behind the appearances of the two mountains. Sample responses are presented related to such questions as: What is a mountain? Is Mount Egmont a volcano? When did Mount Egmont appear? How do volcanoes develop? What is a range? How did Mount Cook develop? Responses indicate that children/adolescents hold views about the two mountains which are likely to be different from scientifically accepted ideas. For example, approximately 63 percent were not aware that Mount Egmont has the potential to erupt again. In addition, the majority of students had not attained an appreciation of plate tectonics, even at an elementary level of understanding. (JN)
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- 1982
51. Glaciers. Science Education Research Unit. Working Paper No. 203.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Happs, John C.
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The Learning in Science Project has adopted the view that science teaching might be improved if teachers can be given some appreciation of students' views of the world and the beliefs, expectations, and language that learners bring to new learning situations. This investigation compares and contrasts views that children and scientists have on several aspects of glaciation in New Zealand. Individual interviews were conducted with 37 students during which they observed colored photographs of various, well-known New Zealand landforms (including scenes of the Tasman glacier and Milford Sound, a glaciated landform) and described what they saw. Questioning was then directed toward eliciting their ideas concerning processes behind the two glacier phenomena. Sample responses are presented related to such questions as: What is a glacier? Do glaciers move? What is the depth of glacial ice? What is a moraine? How did Milford Sound originate? What is the nature of the water in Milford Sound? Responses indicate that the majority of students do not realize that glaciers are bodies of ice which have a tendency to move and that they are unaware of the major erosional properties associated with glaciers. (JN)
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- 1982
52. Animal, Plant, Living: Notes for Teachers. Learning in Science Project. Working Paper No. 30.
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Waikato Univ., Hamilton (New Zealand). and Bell, Beverley
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The Learning in Science Project investigated the proportion of students at different ages who considered a horse, person, dolphin, worm, and spider to be animals. Although scientists would agree that they are indeed animals, findings indicate that many students of varying ages did not consider them to be animals; similar findings were reported for students' views of "plant" and "living." In addition, it is suggested that meanings many children give to these words indicate that their hierarchical categorization may not be the same as that of scientists. One possible explanation may be that teachers have assumed students have scientific meanings for these commonly used words and have not focused their teaching on them. Therefore, this booklet was prepared to serve as background information for suggested teaching activities by providing discussions of both scientists' and childrens' views/conceptions of "living,""animal," and "plant." Included in these discussions are selected student comments obtained during the second (in-depth) phase of the project. (Highlights of the in-depth phase, focusing on interview techniques, are provided in an appendix). (JN)
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- 1981
53. Reviewing Health Manpower Development. A Method of Improving National Health Systems. Public Health Papers No. 83.
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World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland)., Fulop, Tamas, and Roemer, Milton I.
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This guide is intended to assist countries contemplating a comprehensive, action-oriented review of health labor force development to improve their national health systems. Various aspects of the health system infrastructure are examined (major components, organizational structure, coordinating mechanisms, sources of information, and interrelationships between health systems and labor force development). The chapter on health labor force planning examines national policies, mechanisms for assessing the current health labor force situation and planning improvements, planning methods, health labor force research, and information flows. The next chapter covers the general educational system; schools for training health personnel; and training for the various health occupations (including physicians, pharmacists, dentists and dental personnel, nurses and midwives, community health workers, diagnostic technicians and assistants, environmental health personnel, and health leaders and administrators). Authorization to practice, work conditions, personnel functions and administration, and various public and private sector health care providers are examined in a chapter on managing the health labor force. The final chapter outlines trends and makes recommendations concerning planning, production, management, international collaboration, and plans of action. Appendixes or annexes describe health labor force development in the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Zealand, the Republic of Rwanda, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. (MN)
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- 1987
54. Continuing Education for the Elderly in New Zealand: A Survey of the Opportunities. Working Paper #4.
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National Council of Adult Education, Wellington (New Zealand). and Battersby, David
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One in seven New Zealanders is now 60 or older, and by the turn of the century the figure is expected to be one in five. Based on the admittedly incomplete information that is available, the majority of elderly New Zealanders live in their own homes, do not experience excessive financial hardships, and are not physically or mentally disabled. However, it is important to remember that, as is the case of New Zealand's population as a whole, the elderly are not a racially, socially, or ethnically homogeneous group with one set of needs, behaviors, abilities, and aspirations. This report is divided into two sections. The first gives background on demographic trends, both world-wide and in New Zealand, and the second initially focuses attention on educational provisions for older adults in New Zealand. A study of the nature, extent, and demand for educational courses and activities for elderly persons in New Zealand indicated that 132 of the organizations and institutions surveyed were involved in continuing education at the time of the survey. Of these, one in four was providing specific educational programs and activities for elderly persons. Four in five reported that elderly persons participate in and account for between 2 and 10 percent of the enrollments in other courses and activities provided. They show a particular interest in general studies courses, art and craft activities, and physical education programs. Only one in four of the organizations and institutions surveyed reported a demand for specific courses and activities for elderly persons. (MN)
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- 1985
55. AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION CONFERENCE, 1962, REVIEWS, PAPERS, AND REPORTS.
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne (Australia).
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IN THIS REPORT OF AN AUSTRALIAN TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON CASE STUDIES AND RESEARCH APPLICABLE TO PROFESSIONAL EXTENSION WORK, INCLUDING FARMER CONTACTS AND SUCH SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES AS LIAISON WORK AND COURSE WORK IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. THE FIRST SECTION DESCRIBES SERVICES IN EACH STATE AND IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, NEW GUINEA, AND NEW ZEALAND. THE NEXT THREE SECTIONS COVER COMPARTIVE EXTENSION IN AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, AND THE UNITED STATES, SPECIAL PROBLEMS RELATING TO AUSTRALIAN PASTORAL AND OTHER INDUSTRIES, AND THE WORK AND PROBLEMS OF DISTRICT ADVISORS. THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMERCIAL FIRMS AND PRIVATE ADVISORY SERVICES (INCLUDING FARM MANAGEMENT CLUBS) IN FARM MANAGEMENT EXTENSION ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE FIFTH SECTION. OTHER SECTIONS DEAL WITH PROGRAM PLANNING, GROUP METHODS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, TELEVISION AND OTHER MASS MEDIA. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTENSION AND REGULATORY SERVICES AND RESEARCH EXTENSION LIAISON, RESEARCH IN COMMUNICATIONS, ADULT LEARNING, DECISION MAKING, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION, ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (HIGHER EDUCATION, INSERVICE TRAINING, INTERNATIONAL AID), AND POSTCONFERENCE REPORTS BY OVERSEAS VISITORS AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE FOUR FIGURES, 35 TABLES, AND NUMEROUS REFERENCES. (LY)
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- 1963
56. ESTABLISHING THE "NEW" INTO "THE WAY WE DO THINGS": REVIEWING PAPER AIMS AND CONTENT IN RESPONSE TO NATIONAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS.
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Earl, Kerry
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TEACHER education ,TEACHER educators ,TRAINING of student teachers ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,TEACHING methods ,EFFECTIVE teaching ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,NATIONAL curriculum - Abstract
This paper reports on a review of "Professional practice and inquiry I" in response to local and national developments. The introduction of The New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) raised questions for initial teacher educators about how they might prepare their pre-service student teachers to teach using this updated curriculum. "Professional practice and inquiry I" is a first semester compulsory professional paper University of Waikato Bachelor of Teaching students (primary). The introduction of the 2007 national curriculum document was not the only reason for a review of this professional paper. This paper outlines how the teaching team had recognized the mixture of influences that impact on the development of paper content, explains in some detail what we did for the teaching and learning of the new 2007 key competencies, and the outcomes we found through collecting student voice. This was part of a collaborative research project investigating the teaching and learning of the "front end" of The New Zealand Curriculum (ibid) and incorporating those findings into the primary Bachelor of Teaching programme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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57. Free NZ app replaces paper logs and improves road safety.
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ROAD safety measures - Abstract
The article offers information on Log Ninja, a digital logbook for commercial drivers in New Zealand, designed to replace paper logbooks.
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- 2024
58. Happy planet.
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CHRISTMAS decorations ,SCENTED candles ,RECYCLED paper ,ORNAMENTAL plants ,GREETING card design & construction ,DECORATION & ornament - Abstract
This article from the Australian Women's Weekly suggests eco-friendly and sustainable gift ideas for the holiday season. It recommends plantable greeting cards made from recycled paper embedded with seeds, which can be planted in a garden to grow flowers. The article also suggests a 2024 calendar that features beautiful blooms each month. Other gift ideas include candy-cane scented soy candles and handmade, eco-friendly Christmas decorations made from New Zealand wool. The article also provides a DIY option for making bonbons using materials found at home. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
59. Identifying Work Skills: International Case Summaries. Support Document
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) (Australia) and Siekmann, Gitta
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. The Organisation for works with countries to develop skills strategies tailored to specific needs and contexts. The Organisation prepared a global skills strategy outline over the period 2011 to 2013. Each national skills strategy country project offers a tailored approach to focus on the unique skills challenges, context and objectives of each country. Each project leverages OECD comparative data and policy analysis, fosters collaboration across ministerial portfolios and levels of government while engaging all relevant stakeholders--employers, trade unions, and civil society organisations. In its paper "Towards an OECD Skills Strategy" (OECD 2013), the OECD sets out the main issues which must be addressed by efficient and effective policies for skills formation and skills use. The majority of material in each of the 13 case summaries presented here has been lifted mostly verbatim from original sources. These sources are stated at the beginning of each case summary. [This document is an added resource for the report "Identifying Work Skills: International Approaches. Discussion Paper" which can be accessed in ERIC at ED579874.]
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- 2017
60. Session 2180 (Paper): ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE I (HS PAPER).
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ALZHEIMER'S disease ,COGNITION disorders ,DEMENTIA ,MENTAL health of older people ,MENTAL illness - Published
- 2021
61. Despairing the Disparity: What Can We Do to Help?
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Donaldson, Moni
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This article is a position paper, based on, and supported by, the extensive literature on the topic of Maori underachievement in education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It places emphasis on what underachieving Maori students need to reach their full potential and ways in which educationalists can assist. I am of mixed heritage raised amongst three world views--Dalmatian, Maori and Pakeha. I have been fortunate in being exposed to a wide spectrum of environments and cultures, and therefore see, and am seen, through these associated lenses. My involvement in Aotearoa New Zealand education, as both teacher and student, has also provided me with the insight to learn and teach using both Pakeha and Maori approaches. I do not claim that the position I take in this paper is the accepted view of all on Maori underachievement; rather, it is the result of my personal experiences which is also backed by evidence from research literature. The paper argues that effective relationships between home and school, teacher and student, together with a constructivist, cooperative, collaborative approach in the classroom can improve Maori students' achievements and enable them to reach their full potential. It calls for further research focused on Maori students' underachievement to ensure their aspirations are considered and acted upon.
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- 2012
62. Nursing Students' Perspectives on ePortfolios: Themes and Preferences Compared With Paper-Based Experiences.
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Madden, Karyn, Collins, Emma, and Lander, Patrick
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STUDENT attitudes ,NURSING students ,THEMATIC analysis ,TEACHER educators ,NURSING informatics ,POSTSECONDARY education ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
ePortfolios play an important role in tertiary education globally in the 21st Century. Several studies have advocated for the implementation of ePortfolios on the basis that they have the potential to integrate technology whilst making learning visible and meaningful for students. However, rarely is the implementation of ePortfolios, considered from the students' perspective. The development of web-based learning resources including ePortfolios platforms are often driven by software developers with an extensive degree of technical expertise, rather than teachers and educators and, without acknowledging potential difficulties this may create for students (Andrews & Cole, 2015; Beckers, Dolmons, & Merriënboer, 2016; Cordier et al. (2016); Leacock & Nesbit, 2007; Nam & Smith-Jackson, 2007). The aim of this study was to explore students' perspectives on the value of an ePortfolio platform in the final year for nursing students in the Bachelor of Nursing programme in a New Zealand tertiary institute. The data for this study were obtained through focus group sessions. Thematic analysis identified four themes from the data which were the importance of ease of use, feedback, transparency, and the role of supporting technology. This study aligns with previous literature in demonstrating students' preference for the use of ePortfolios but extends our knowledge by considering the value of ePortfolios from students' perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
63. Mapping out Interactions in Spoken and Written Discourses. Metadiscourse across Genres. Conference Programme & Book of Abstracts (Cyprus, March 30-April 1, 2017)
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Akbas, Erdem, Hatipoglu, Ciler, and Bayyurt, Yasemin
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This is the book of abstracts for the conference held in 2017 entitled: ''METADISCOURSE ACROSS GENRES: MAPPING INTERACTION IN SPOKEN & WRITTEN DISCOURSES'', also known as MAG2017. The 1st International Conference on Metadiscourse Across Genres took place in METU Northern Cyprus Campus, Cyprus between 30 March-1 April 2017 with the participation of Prof. Ken Hyland, Prof. Anna Mauranen and Prof. Annelie Adel as keynote speakers. This international conference aimed to disseminate current research work on Metadiscourse and related areas in line with various qualitative and quantitative approaches with special focuses on Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Genre Analysis and eventually the first-of-its kind conference in the field of Metadiscourse has welcomed 110 participant and hosted 3 plenary talks and 94 research talks given by researchers from 40 countries from Japan, Mexico, Turkey to Botswana and United Kingdom. The book of abstracts includes the abstracts of the talks with various qualitative and quantitative approaches with special focuses on Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Genre Analysis. We would like to acknowledge that the event was co-organized by individual researchers: Dr. Erdem Akbas (Erciyes University), Assoc Prof. Ciler Hatipoglu (Middle East Technical University) and Prof. Yasemin Bayyurt (Bogazici University) with the initial suggestion coming from Reza Abdi (University of Mohaghegh Ardabili).
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- 2017
64. Beginning Teachers as Policy Workers in Malaysia and New Zealand
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Anderson, Vivienne Ruth, Young, Sharon, Blanch, Keely, and Smith, Lee
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In 2007, the Malaysia government initiated twinned primary teacher education arrangements with five Southern Hemisphere higher education institutions (HEIs). Participating students completed their teacher education in both Malaysia and a partner HEI. In this paper, we consider the preliminary findings of a comparative study tracking the beginning teacher journeys of 13 Malaysia based twinning programme graduates and six New Zealand based teachers. The study involved two aspects: (1) a comparative discourse analysis of key Malaysia and New Zealand education policy documents; and (2) thematic and discourse analysis of participants' reflections on their early teaching experiences. Our focus is on beginning teachers as "policy workers": policy subjects whose work is shaped and constrained by policy discourses and imperatives, and policy actors who mediate, translate and resist these. We compare the two policy contexts and consider how policy discourses appeared and were contested in teachers' initial online questionnaire responses.
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- 2015
65. 5. PAPER PRESENTATIONS (in alphabetical order): A woman's words: What are they worth? Rape in Aotearoa/ New Zealand newspapers: 1975-2015.
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BARTON, ANGE
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RAPE , *SEXUAL objectification , *MASS media , *PORNOGRAPHY , *MASS media & language - Abstract
A conference paper on Rape in Aotearoa, New Zealand in the newspapers between the span of 1975–2015 is presented. It discusses the current scenario of silencing and objectification of women covered in various range of media forms including newspapers, women's magazines and pornography. The author presents his views regarding the representation of rape in newspaper articles and the language usage that objectifies women.
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- 2017
66. New Zealand native frogs: a special tribute to honour Phil Bishop (1957-2021) for his dedication and contribution to frog research and conservation.
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Germano, Jennifer M., Bishop, Debbie, Cisternas, Javiera, Egeter, Bastian, Hotham, Emily, and Bell, Ben D.
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FROGS ,BATRACHOCHYTRIUM dendrobatidis ,BIOLOGICAL extinction - Published
- 2023
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67. Introduction and Editorial to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the Building a Better New Zealand (BBNZ 2014) Conference".
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Baird, George
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BUILDINGS ,CONSTRUCTION industry conferences ,CONSTRUCTION industry ,PRODUCTIVITY accounting ,SUSTAINABLE buildings ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The articles discusses a conference titled Building a Better New Zealand that was held in Auckland, New Zealand from September 3 to 5, 2014 and presents an introduction to the issue. It discusses the themes of the conference and the peer reviewing process at the conference. It presents an introduction which discusses various papers within the issue on topics including sustainable buildings, improving productivity in the construction industry of New Zealand and urban issues.
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- 2015
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68. ANZUS: our richest prize' or 'that scrap of paper'?
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Ross, Ken
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NUCLEAR weapons , *GOVERNMENT policy , *DIPLOMACY , *INTERNATIONAL relations ,ANZUS Treaty (1951) - Abstract
The article offers the author's insights on the search of New Zealand for a comfortable relationship with the U.S. under the collective security agreement Australian, New Zealand, and U.S. (ANZUS) treaty. Topics discussed include the prohibition of nuclear-armed vessels by former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, the vision of diplomat Alan Watt, and the global diplomacy with Washington, District of Columbia.
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- 2016
69. NEW ZEALAND WINDS MAY LIFT A PAPER PLAY.
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Marcial, Gene G.
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STOCKS (Finance) ,PAPER industry ,BID price ,PROFIT margins - Abstract
Presents information on the performance of paper stocks. Discussion on the boost to forest-products and paper industry in New Zealand; Information on take over bids; Activity related to buying and selling in the stock market for Union Camp Corp; Improvement in the profit margins of Union camp; Analysis of the paper stocks by financial experts.
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- 1990
70. THE AUSTRALIAN WHITE PAPER: a trans-Tasman perspective.
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O'Brien, Terence
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DIPLOMATIC & consular service - Abstract
An edited text of an address given by Terence O'Brien, a former diplomat, to Australian Defence College students at the Australian High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand on September 14, 2009 is presented. O'Brien comments on the Australian white paper, "Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030." According to him, the white paper shows the confidence of Australia in its capacity to change its future strategic environment and exert influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
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- 2010
71. SECURITY, DEFENCE, POLITICS AND THE NEW WHITE PAPER.
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Greener, Bethan
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ARMED Forces , *DEFENSE industries , *MILITARY readiness , *MILITARY relations - Abstract
The article discusses a government defence white paper which tackles issues facing the defence establishment of New Zealand. One question raised in the discussions about the white paper was about the roles of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and other parts of the defence establishment. Reasons for the raising and maintenance of New Zealand's armed forces according to the Defence Act 1990 are listed. Also noted is the white paper released by the Australian Department of Defence.
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- 2010
72. Overview accompaniment for papers on the bergy bit impact trials
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Gagnon, Robert, Cumming, David, Ritch, Ron, Browne, Robin, Johnston, Michelle, Frederking, Robert, McKenna, Richard, and Ralph, Freeman
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ELECTRONIC navigation , *ICEBERGS , *TEMPERATURE - Abstract
Abstract: This paper presents an overview of bergy bit impact trials carried out on the CCGS Terry Fox off the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland in June 18–23, 2001 and is meant to accompany the five papers that follow. The trial consisted of impacting target iceberg ice masses ranging from roughly 100 t (growlers) to 22,000 t (bergy bits) on an instrumented bow area of the ‘Terry Fox’ at various forward speeds. Parameters measured included impact forces, pressures and contact areas, ship motions with six degrees of freedom, ship forward speed, and ambient environmental factors. In addition, extensive video and photographic records were compiled, including stereo photographs of the bergy bits. Furthermore, a multi-beam sonar was used to determine underwater profiles of some of the targeted ice masses. Temperature profiles were obtained for a number of bergy bits and some ice samples were collected from undamaged and impacted ice. The details and data associated with the various components of the field study are presented in the 5 accompanying papers. Below are brief descriptions of the ‘Terry Fox’, the instrumentation/set-up used and ice characterization techniques employed. This overview is condensed from a more detailed one [Gagnon, R., Cumming, D., Ritch, R., Browne, R., Johnston, M., Frederking, R., McKenna, R. and Ralph, F., 2002. Overview of Bergy Bit Impact Trials. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Ice, Ice in the Environment, IAHR 2002, Dunedin, New Zealand, Vol. 1, 458–465.] presented at IAHR 2002 in New Zealand. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2008
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73. Lifelong Learning on the Web.
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Brown, Brian
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As a medium for delivering lifelong learning, the Internet makes it possible to customize education to individual needs, deliver education anywhere and anytime, and enable learners to interact with other learners and teachers collaboratively to solve problems and learn new skills. Nevertheless, as a medium for delivering lifelong learning, the Internet is still fraught with the following problems: (1) learning not tailored to meet individual learners' needs in a culturally specific manner may be ineffective; (2) because English is the predominant language of the Internet, many learners who are not native English speakers cannot make full use of the Internet; and (3) learning materials may need to be redesigned for the online environment. A group of New Zealand educators who have offered education via the Internet since 1995 and who now have major mirror sites in Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Canada, and South Africa, offer the following lessons to educators seeking to embrace lifelong learning on the Internet: (1) interaction is a key ingredient in the learning process; (2) providing feedback is an essential element of learning on the Internet; (3) offer courses in learners' native languages; (4) abandon the concepts of copyright and ownership; and (5) when designing courses, seek a balance between investment and change by designing courses for obsolescence. (Contains 37 references.) (MN)
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- 2000
74. LAW THESES, MASTERS AND HONOURS PAPERS 2008-2010 DEPOSITED IN THE LAW LIBRARY.
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ACADEMIC dissertations - Abstract
A list is presented of the law theses and papers deposited in the law library at the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand including "Accident or Tragedy?: Compensation for Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injuries Under the ACC Scheme," by Michael Bell, "Pregnancy Following Failed Sterilization Under the Accident Compensations Scheme," by Yasmin Moinfar, and "Community Justice," by Annina Boehm.
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- 2011
75. Paper, Pen, and Print: The Transformation of the Kai Tahu Knowledge Order.
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Ballantyne, Tony
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KAI Tahu (New Zealand people) , *CROSS-cultural studies , *TRADITIONAL knowledge , *CULTURAL imperialism , *CIVILIZATION ,NEW Zealand history ,EUROPEAN civilization - Abstract
Knowledge has become a central problematic in recent work on cross-cultural encounters and the processes of empire building. In an array of contexts—from Spanish America to colonial South Africa, from Ireland to occupied Egypt, the American West to British India—anthropologists and historians have highlighted the ways in which “colonial knowledge” facilitated trade, the extraction of rent and taxes, conversion, and outright conquest. This scholarship has demonstrated how these new forms of understanding produced on imperial frontiers facilitated the actual extension of sovereignty and the consolidation of colonial authority: for Tzvetan Todorov, Bernard Cohn, and Nicholas Dirks alike, colonialism was a “conquest of knowledge.” Scholarship on empire building in the Americas has placed special emphasis on the place of literacy in the dynamics of conquest. Walter Mignolo in particular has argued that European understandings of the power of literacy encouraged Spaniards in the New World to discount the value of indigenous graphic systems and disparage Mesoamerican languages as untruthful, unreliable, and products of the Devil. For Mignolo, the dark side of the new knowledge orders born out of the Renaissance was a new interweaving of literacy, knowledge, and colonization in a new cultural order he dubs “coloniality.” In the North American literature, too, literacy has been seen as a crucial element in imperial intrusion and conquest. James Axtell, for example, has argued “The conquest of America was in part a victory of paper and print over memory and voice. The victors wrote their way to the New World and inscribed themselves on its maps.” [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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76. School Achievement of Pupils from the Lower Strata in Public, Private Government-Dependent and Private Government-Independent Schools: A Cross-National Test of the Coleman-Hoffer Thesis
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University of Arkansas, Education Working Paper Archive, Corten, Rense, and Dronkers, Jaap
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We consider the question whether pupils from the lower social strata perform better in private government-dependent schools than in public or private-independent schools, using the PISA 2000 data on European high schools. In the eighty's, Coleman and Hoffer (1987) found in the USA that the performance of these pupils was better at religious schools than at comparable public schools. Dronkers and Robert (2003) found in PISA-data for 19 comparable countries that private government-dependent schools are more effective then comparable public schools, also after controlled for characteristics of pupils and parents and the social composition of the school. The main explanation appeared to be a better school climate in private government-dependent schools. Private independent schools were less effective than comparable public schools, but only after controlling for the social composition of the school. As a follow-up we now investigate, again with the PISA-data of these 19 countries, whether this positive effect of private government-dependent schools differs between pupils from different strata. We use various indicators to measure social strata: social, cultural and economic. We expect that the thesis of Coleman & Hoffer does hold for private government-dependent schools, because in these 19 countries they are mostly religious schools, which have more opportunities to form functional communities and create social capital. But for private independent schools, which due to their commercial foundation are less often functional communities, this relation is not expected to hold. However, the results show that public and private schools have mostly the same effects for the same kind of pupils and thus mostly not favor one kind of pupils above another kind of pupils. But private government-dependent schools are slightly more effective for pupils with less cultural capital. However, private independent schools are also more effective for pupils from large families or low status families. (Contains 4 tables, 12 notes and a list of 25 Literature Resources .)
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- 2006
77. 'The way to end housing problems': tenant protest in New Zealand in the 1970s.
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Chisholm, Elinor
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SOCIAL movements ,TENANTS ,SOLIDARITY ,HOMEOWNERS ,POLITICAL parties - Abstract
Private renters in New Zealand during the 1970s paid high rents relative to their incomes and endured poor quality and insecure housing. Protest groups formed across the country in order to protect and promote tenant interests; a rare occurrence in New Zealand's history. The groups supported tenants through direct action and legal advice and lobbied for policy change. This paper draws on the archives of tenant groups to investigate why these groups arose at this time, what they achieved, and what challenges they experienced. The groups assisted many tenants, contributed to clarifying tenancy law, and, in some cases, evolved into service providers. However, they were challenged by the systemic policy bias toward homeownership and ultimately failed to create a more equitable housing system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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78. How Children and Their Teacher Use Different Ways of Talking during Whole Class Interactions in a New Zealand Primary Classroom
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Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) and Sharma, Shweta
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The interactional role of language use in the mathematics classroom is explored in the last few decades. This paper adds to the knowledge base by exploring different ways of talking that children and their teacher use in a New Zealand primary geometry English-medium classroom. Bakhtin's concept of speech genres is used for an analysing transcript of one audiovisually recorded whole-class interaction episode from a geometry lesson in a Year 5/6 classroom. The analysis suggests that the teacher and children use various genres to participate in classroom interactions. The use of several genres provides insights into what children and the teacher construct as mathematical in the real sense. The paper finished with a few implications for teaching and research.
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- 2023
79. New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific strategic balance: from trade agreements to defence white papers.
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Ayson, Robert
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
The article discusses the interest of New Zealand of building a strong relationship with the U.S. and its accommodation of China. It examines the transformation of power in the Asia-Pacific region such as the shift of the locus of global power to Asia and the changes within the region's distribution of power. It offers the analysis of Australian National University professor of strategic studies Hugh White and Hedley Bull on the major power relations and its implications on New Zealand policy.
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- 2011
80. Chemical (Alkali) Burn-Induced Neurotrophic Keratitis Model in New Zealand Rabbit Investigated Using Medical Clinical Readouts and In Vivo Confocal Microscopy (IVCM).
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Vohra, Mehak, Gour, Abha, Rajput, Jyoti, Sangwan, Bharti, Chauhan, Monika, Goel, Kartik, Kamath, Ajith, Mathur, Umang, Chandru, Arun, Sangwan, Virender Singh, Bhowmick, Tuhin, and Tiwari, Anil
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CONFOCAL microscopy ,KERATITIS ,OPTICAL coherence tomography ,ALKALIES ,SLIT lamp microscopy ,CORNEA ,MEIBOMIAN glands - Abstract
Purpose: Chemical eye injury is an acute emergency that can result in vision loss. Neurotrophic keratitis (NK) is the most common long-term manifestation of chemical injury. NK due to alkali burn affects ocular surface health and is one of its most common causes. Here, we established a rabbit model of corneal alkali burns to evaluate the severity of NK-associated changes. Material methods: Alkali burns were induced in NZ rabbits by treating the cornea with (i) a 5 mm circular filter paper soaked in 0.75 N NaOH for 10 s (Mild NK) and (ii) trephination using a guarded trephine (5 mm diameter and 150-micron depth), followed by alkali burn, with a 5 mm circular filter paper soaked in 0.75 N NaOH for 10 s (a severe form of NK). Immediately after, the cornea was rinsed with 10 mL of normal saline to remove traces of NaOH. Clinical features were evaluated on Day 0, Day 1, Day 7, Day 15, and Day 21 post-alkali burn using a slit lamp, Pentacam, and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). NK-like changes in epithelium, sub-basal nerve plexus, and stroma were observed using in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM), and corneal sensation were measured using an aesthesiometer post alkali injury. After 21 days, pro-inflammatory cytokines were evaluated for inflammation through ELISA. Results: Trephination followed by alkali burn resulted in the loss of epithelial layers (manifested using fluorescein stain), extensive edema, and increased corneal thickness (550 µm compared to 380 µm thickness of control) evaluated through AS-OCT and increased opacity score in alkali-treated rabbit (80 compared to 16 controls). IVCM images showed complete loss of nerve fibers, which failed to regenerate over 30 days, and loss of corneal sensation—conditions associated with NK. Cytokines evaluation of IL6, VEGF, and MMP9 indicated an increased angiogenic and pro-inflammatory milieu compared to the milder form of NK and the control. Discussion: Using clinical parameters, we demonstrated that the alkali-treated rabbit model depicts features of NK. Using IVCM in the NaOH burn animal model, we demonstrated a complete loss of nerve fibers with poor self-healing capability associated with sub-basal nerve degeneration and compromised corneal sensation. This pre-clinical rabbit model has implications for future pre-clinical research in neurotrophic keratitis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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81. Moving on from COVID-19 - not so fast.
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Nutbeam, Don
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COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC health - Published
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82. 'Composing myself on paper': Personal journal writing and feminist influences.
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WRIGHT, JEANNIE and RANBY, PIP
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FEMINISM , *JOURNAL writing , *COUNSELORS , *FEMINISTS , *COUNSELOR educators , *RESEARCH personnel - Abstract
This article uses two counselling practitioner-researchers' personal responses to journal writing as a therapeutic vehicle. They presented a version of this article at the New Zealand Association of Counselling Research Conference in Christchurch in 2008. When the authors met, as counsellor educator and student, they recognised a mutual interest in the therapeutic potential of personal journal writing. Using writing as inquiry, the two co-researchers began writing short observations of their individual experiences to help them reflect on how feminisms had influenced their thinking and writing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
83. RESEARCH PAPER What limits the spread of fire-dependent vegetation? Evidence from geographic variation of serotiny in a New Zealand shrub.
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Bond, William J., Dickinson, Katharine J.M., and Mark, Alan F.
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To determine the geographical variation in serotiny in a common New Zealand shrub as a contemporary indicator of past fire regimes. The distribution of serotiny could then be used to explore factors limiting the spread of fire-dependent vegetation. South Island, New Zealand. Serotiny was assessed as the proportion of closed capsules on a shoot of standard stem diameter for 5–35 plants in 45 widely scattered populations of Leptospermum scoparium. Site characteristics, including locality, altitude, rainfall, habitat type and minimum burnable area were recorded at sampling sites. Serotiny was distributed bimodally within and among populations with capsules either mostly closed or mostly open. There was considerable geographical variation in capsule behaviour, most of which we attribute to variation in fire history. In wetlands and other sites unsuitable for forest growth, populations were all serotinous above a minimum area of 30 km2 and nonserotinous below this threshold. In grassy habitats in the drier eastern areas, most populations were serotinous. The nonserotinous exceptions occurred in areas thought to have been cleared of forests by Polynesian settlers before the arrival of Europeans or in areas with numerous barriers to fire in the form of large rivers, floodplains, glaciers and barren mountain tops. We suggest that serotiny in L. scoparium is a reflection of a long history of fire in the South Island. As such, it provides a contemporary signature of a past fire regime. Landscape barriers to the spread of fire were major obstacles limiting the spread of serotiny and associated fire-dependent vegetation. Rivers, lakes, glaciers, and sparsely vegetated floodplains prevented the spread of fire in high rainfall regions more than the lack of dry weather. People, by igniting fires in small open areas seldom struck by lightning, could radically increase the importance of fire on islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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84. Relevance of Otago University postgraduate programmes in women's health to general practice: a case study.
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Kanagasabai, Parimala, Filoche, Sara, Ekeroma, Alec, Grainger, Rebecca, Dowell, Anthony, and Paterson, Helen
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CURRICULUM evaluation ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,MATERNAL health services ,CONTRACEPTION ,TEACHING methods ,PROFESSIONS ,FAMILY medicine ,PELVIC pain ,PEDIATRICS ,INTRAUTERINE contraceptives ,SURVEYS ,INFERTILITY ,LEARNING strategies ,ABILITY ,TRAINING ,MASTERS programs (Higher education) ,METRORRHAGIA ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,GYNECOLOGIC care ,WOMEN'S health ,CLINICAL education ,ADULT education workshops ,SEXUAL health - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: There are important changes in the health care needs of women presenting to general practice in New Zealand, which prompted an evaluation of postgraduate training needs of general practitioners (GPs) who care for women in the community. AIM: To evaluate the perceived relevance of the curriculum of Otago University postgraduate programmes in women's health to GPs' work profile to identify any need for curricular change. This study was also performed to investigate the need for refresher courses or a Master's degree in obstetrics, gynaecology and women's health. METHODS: In total, 426 GPs and GP trainees who had completed the postgraduate Certificate and Diploma programmes in women's health were invited to complete an online survey. The survey consisted of multiple-choice questions with five-point Likert scale ratings to rate the relevance of papers to general practice, and options for free-text comments. RESULTS: There were 86 responses (20.2% response rate) and we analysed 73 (17.1%). Curriculum modules related to gynaecological care were rated as more relevant than obstetric and newborn care. GPs suggested more training in contraception and management of infertility, abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain including procedural skills such as insertion of long-acting reversible contraceptives, implants and intrauterine devices. An interest in a refresher course was indicated by 76.6% of GPs. DISCUSSION: GPs recognised the need for enhanced training in women's gynaecological care. Revision of the postgraduate women's health curriculum and development of new refresher courses will enable GPs, trainees and prospective GPs to improve their care for women in the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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85. 'There's no finish line': New Zealand fashion designers are in the vanguard of the industry's efforts to work ethically and reduce environmental harm.
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PELLEGRINO, NICKY and LEWIS, GLENDA
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FASHION designers ,CONSUMER goods ,FINISHES & finishing ,PAPER pulp ,RECYCLED paper - Published
- 2019
86. Early Childhood Development Unit (Nga Kaitaunaki Kohungahunga) Right from the Start: Early Childhood Development 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002, Annual Report.
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Early Childhood Development Unit, Wellington (New Zealand).
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This annual report outlines the mission, values, and goals of New Zealand's Early Childhood Development board (ECD), established in 1989 to promote the development and provision of high quality, accessible, and culturally appropriate educational and developmental facilities/services for families and young children. The report contains a directory of ECD addresses; a brief description of ECD; statements of the office's purpose, mission, and values; and reports by ECD's chairperson, chief executive, and the audit office. Priorities for the year are delineated for ECD legislation, stakeholders and partnerships, service delivery, human resources, information strategies, and ECD governance. A statement of service performance details the performance measures covering the ECD's key activities. Specific information is presented in three output areas: (1) advice to the Minister of Education and the Ministry; (2) a range of early childhood education and parenting support services; and (3) management of grants and contracts. A statement of service costs, accounting policies, and financial information complete the report. (KB)
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- 2002
87. Early Childhood Development (Nga Kaitaunaki Kohungahunga) 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 Annual Report.
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Early Childhood Development Unit, Wellington (New Zealand).
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This annual report outlines the mission and goals of New Zealand's Early Childhood Development Unit (ECDU), established in 1989 to promote the development and provision of high quality, accessible, and culturally appropriate educational and developmental facilities/services for families and young children. The report contains a directory of ECDU addresses; a brief description of ECDU; statements of the office's purpose, mission, and values; and reports by ECDU's chairperson, chief executive, and the audit office. A statement of service performance details the performance measures covering the ECDU's key activities. Activity areas and financial information are included. Specific information is presented in two output areas: (1) early childhood education; and (2) advice to the Minister of Education and the Ministry. (KB)
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- 2001
88. Modelling of flow through naturally fractured geothermal reservoirs, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand.
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Kissling, Warwick M. and Massiot, Cécile
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TRAVEL time (Traffic engineering) ,EARTH temperature ,ROCK deformation ,PROBABILITY density function ,RESERVOIR rocks ,ARTIFICIAL membranes ,RESERVOIRS - Abstract
Background: Numerous fractures are observed in fractured geothermal reservoirs on borehole images in the Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ), Aotearoa New Zealand. These fractures are necessary to explain the sustained reservoir permeabilities despite the low matrix porosity. However, conventional continuum models do not adequately represent fluid flow through these fractured rocks. Methods: We present new Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) codes that model fractures and associated fluid flow in 2-D at reservoir scales to represent typical rock types found in TVZ reservoirs. Input parameters are derived from interpretations of borehole images at the Rotokawa and Wairakei geothermal fields where fractures have high dip magnitudes (> 60–70°). This paper focuses on the effect of fracture density along virtual boreholes (P
10 ), that is in average 0.6 m−1 in sheet-like andesites; 0.8 m−1 in ignimbrites and 1.7 m−1 in rhyolite lavas. Results: The number of fractures in the models scale linearly with the input P10 in virtual boreholes. The percolation threshold, where the backbone of fractures is connected across the entire model domain, is reached for P10 > 0.24 m−1 . Above this threshold, mean flow measured along the mean fracture direction scales linearly with P10 . For P10 > 0.4 m−1 the permeability anisotropy lies in the interval 13 ± 3, with the scatter decreasing as P10 increases. The pressure distributions in individual DFN realisations are highly variable, but averages of 50 realisations converge towards those given by equivalent continuum models. Probability density functions resulting from DFN realisations can therefore be used to constrain continuum models. Tracing of fluid particles through the DFN shows that particles can take numerous pathways to define a swath of paths. The travel time of particles over 1 km follows a distribution similar to real tracer tests, with arrivals peaking at 1–2 days and a long tail stretching to over 200 days. Conclusions: The new codes, calibrated to real measurements of fracture geometries in borehole images of the TVZ, reproduce patterns of flows in fractured geothermal systems. Mean flows and permeability anisotropies derived from the DFNs can be used to improve modelling of flows through fractured geothermal reservoirs using continuum models at a limited computational cost. Rocks in New Zealand geothermal systems are highly fractured. Hot water flows through networks of these fractures and is collected in boreholes to generate electricity. It is important for the geothermal industry to understand how hot water flows through fractured rock so that expensive boreholes can be optimally located and energy generation maximized. Rocks in New Zealand geothermal systems are highly fractured. Hot water flows through networks of these fractures and is collected in boreholes to generate electricity. In this paper we use data collected from boreholes in two New Zealand geothermal fields to study how easily hot water flows through the main types of volcanic rocks commonly found in these fields. The observations made in boreholes tell us how many fractures cross the borehole, how big they are, and in what direction they lie. We have developed computer programs that extrapolate these measurements in a realistic way from close to the borehole to the whole geothermal reservoir, and then to calculate the flows through the resulting fracture networks. Because these networks can be so irregular, we calculate thousands of different examples to understand the likely variability of the flows through them. Averages of many fracture models, at least 50, give similar results to traditional models used by the geothermal industry, which don't consider fractures. This tells us that the traditional models are missing a lot of important details. Results from our fracture models can therefore be used in traditional models to improve the way they consider flows in fractured geothermal reservoir. Keypoints: New fracture modeling codes and with input from fracture measurements in geothermal boreholes. Probability density functions of mean flows and flow anisotropy through fractured networks at reservoir scale for rock types found in TVZ geothermal reservoirs. Calibration for continuum models. Quantification of fluid dispersion: implications for tracer test interpretation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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89. EQUITY DIMENSIONS OF A LAND TAX.
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GRIMES, ARTHUR
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PROPERTY tax ,LAND value taxation ,LANDOWNERS ,MAORI (New Zealand people) - Abstract
Economists view land taxes as having beneficial efficiency properties relative to other forms of taxation. Furthermore, land taxes in New Zealand are administratively easy to implement since all properties are already valued on a regular basis. However, questions remain about the distributional properties of a land tax. Five questions are addressed in this paper: First, what are its vertical equity properties (in relation to household income/wealth)? Second, what are its horizontal equity properties (for people with similar incomes/wealth but with different landholdings)? Third, what are the impacts of the tax on landowners involved in land-extensive primary industries? Fourth, what are the impacts on owners of Māori land? Fifth, what inter-generational equity distributional considerations arise? After addressing these questions, the paper considers broader changes to the tax system accompanied by a central government land tax that incorporates the following features: (1) Māori freehold land that is currently non-rateable under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 is exempt from the tax; (2) a tax-free threshold is set based on the per hectare value of the land parcel; (3) a proportionate tax is levied on all land value above the threshold; and (4) an option is provided to accrue the tax liability (with interest) until property sale to alleviate cashflow constraints. The paper concludes that the strong efficiency and administrative properties of a land tax, structured as above to alleviate certain distributional concerns, make land tax a valid option for central and local governments to consider. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
90. Balancing Visible and Invisible Belonging for Korean Migrant Missional Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Hyeong-Kyoon Kim
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KOREANS ,CHRISTIANITY ,SCHOLARS - Abstract
This paper explores how Korean migrant churches in Aotearoa New Zealand can find a balance between missions (understood as extending the Church) and Mission1 (construed as participation in the missio Dei), in relation to their sense of belonging. For this purpose, the research uses a qualitative methodology interview method guided by interpretivism. The paper begins by identifying key contextual factors related to Koreans in New Zealand as migrants, Christians and missional beings. The responses of 31 research participants regarding what constitutes a “sense of belonging” are analysed in terms of visible and invisible belonging. Visible belonging is associated with churches that have strong boundaries, and invisible belonging is found in one’s relationship with God; the two can be correlated with missions and Mission, respectively. The analysis suggests that a missional understanding can be a trigger for enabling interaction between visible belonging as missions and invisible belonging as Mission, through three missional concepts: purpose, progress and experience. Finally, the paper suggests practical ways that Korean churches in New Zealand can balance missions and Mission by following three missional guidelines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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91. A novel methodological approach to participant engagement and policy relevance for community-based primary medical care research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand.
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Barnes, Katelyn, Hall Dykgraaf, Sally, O'Brien, Kathleen, Douglas, Kirsty, Eggleton, Kyle, Bui, Nam, Wong, Sabrina T., Etz, Rebecca S., and Goodyear-Smith, Felicity
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COVID-19 pandemic ,MEDICAL care research ,PRIMARY care ,COVID-19 ,ACCESS to primary care - Abstract
Community-based primary care, such as general practice (GP) or urgent care, serves as the primary point of access to healthcare for most Australians and New Zealanders. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created significant and ongoing disruptions to primary care. Traditional research methods have contributed to gaps in understanding the experiences of primary care workers during the pandemic. This paper describes a novel research design and method that intended to capture the evolving impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care workers in Australia and New Zealand. Recurrent, rapid cycle surveys were fielded from May 2020 through December 2021 in Australia, and May 2020 through February 2021 in New Zealand. Rapid survey development, fielding, triangulated analysis and dissemination of results allowed close to real-time communication of relevant issues among general practice workers, researchers and policy-makers. A conceptual model is presented to support longitudinal analysis of primary care worker experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and New Zealand, and key learnings from applying this novel method are discussed. This paper will assist future research teams in development and execution of policy-relevant research in times of change and may inform further areas of interest for COVID-19 research in primary care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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92. Cross-Sectional Survey of Public Perception of Commercial Greyhound Racing in New Zealand.
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Cameron, Kristie E., Vaughan, Alison, McAninch, Marie J., Briden, Kayla, and Dale, Arnja
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GREYHOUND racing ,PUBLIC opinion ,ANIMAL welfare ,POLITICAL opposition ,PUBLIC support ,PUBLIC spaces ,HUMAN-animal relationships - Abstract
Simple Summary: Commercial greyhound racing in New Zealand has been under scrutiny for its animal welfare practices for over a decade. In 2021, the greyhound racing industry was placed 'on-notice' by the New Zealand Racing Minister and Associate Minister of Agriculture (Animal Welfare) due to ongoing issues with data recording, transparency, and animal welfare generally. Social license was identified as a key factor in deciding the future of commercial greyhound racing in New Zealand. This paper describes the findings of a robust survey of the New Zealand public's opinion towards commercial greyhound racing. The majority of survey respondents reported a negative view of the greyhound racing industry and indicated that, given the chance, they would vote in support of a ban on greyhound racing. The respondents reported a lack of involvement and knowledge of industry practices. These results confirm that the majority of the New Zealand public do not currently support the continuation of commercial greyhound racing in New Zealand. The commercial greyhound racing industry in New Zealand is struggling with an eroding social license and 'on-notice' status. Multiple independent reviews of the industry have identified ongoing issues of animal welfare during and between races, euthanasia decisions, poor data tracking, a lack of transparency and problems with rehoming dogs, resulting in New Zealand animal advocacy agencies and the general public questioning the continuation of greyhound racing. The current paper assessed the New Zealand public's awareness and familiarity with commercial greyhound racing, identified current levels of public support or opposition for racing, and provided context in terms of engagement with greyhound racing using a comprehensive survey of a robust sample of New Zealanders. The results confirm that the social license of the greyhound industry is under challenge with most respondents expressing disagreement with or lack of knowledge of current industry practices and indicating they would vote in support of a ban. There is scope for increasing public acceptability by addressing welfare issues, increasing awareness of positive industry practices, and encouraging transparency of the greyhound racing agency. However, as greyhound racing is on the decline worldwide, calls are likely to continue for a phase-out of commercial greyhound racing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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93. Biomass‐based lateral root morphological parameter models for rapeseed (Brassica napus L.).
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Zhang, Wei‐xin, Wu, Qian, Sun, Chuan‐liang, Ge, Dao‐kuo, Cao, Jing, Liang, Wan‐jie, Yin, Ying‐jun, Li, Hong, Cao, Hong‐xin, Zhang, Wen‐yu, Li, Bai‐ming, and Xin, Yu‐kai
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RAPESEED ,ROOT growth ,ABSOLUTE value ,BIOMASS ,CULTIVARS ,SURFACE area - Abstract
Lateral roots, including adventitious roots, are the main component of rapeseed roots with support, absorb, and synthesis functions and their morphological parameters directly affecting the plant's aboveground growth and yield. Root biomass, as a material base for lateral root growth, can be used as a link between plant phenotypes and their physiological processes, as well as to enhance root 3D growth model mechanisms and accuracy. To quantify the relationships between lateral root morphological indices and the corresponding organ biomass for rapeseed, we used two cultivars, NY 22 (conventional) and NZ 1818 (hybrid), and conducted cultivar and fertilizing cylindrical tube experiments during the 2016–2019, with two fertilizer levels, no fertilizer, and 180 kg N ha−1 fertilizer. The lateral root biomass and morphological parameters were determined during the whole growth period. The biomass‐based lateral root morphological parameter models were developed by analyzing the quantitative relationship between the lateral root morphological indices and their corresponding biomass, and the descriptive models were verified with independent experimental data. The results showed that the correlation (r) of simulated and observed values for the lateral root morphological parameters are all greater than 0.9 with significant levels at p < 0.001. The absolute values of the average absolute difference (da) of simulated and observed values for the lateral root length (LLR), lateral root average diameter (ADLR), lateral root surface area (SALR), and lateral root volume (VLR) are −30.408 cm, −0.003 mm, 12.902 cm2, and 0.039 cm3, respectively. The RMSE values are 175.183 cm, 0.010 mm, 59.710 cm2, and 1.513 cm3, respectively. The ratio of da to the average observed values (dap) for the LLR and VLR are all less than 5%, and the ADLR and SALR are all <6%. The models developed in this paper have good performance and reliability for predicting lateral root morphological parameters of rapeseed. The study provides a mechanistic method for linking the rapeseed growth model with the morphological model using corresponding organic biomass and laying a good foundation for establishing a 3D morphological model for rapeseed root system based on biomass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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94. "It Feels like You're a Stranger in Your Own Skin": Young People's Accounts of Everyday Embodiment.
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Calder-Dawe, Octavia and Carlson, Teah Anna Lee
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YOUTH ,BODY image ,RACIALIZATION ,WELL-being - Abstract
While much existing research investigates embodiment and body image in individualised terms, new research in youth studies takes a wider view. How are young people's experiences of embodiment entangled with sociocultural and structural influences? How do young people come to develop a sense of embodied identity in contexts that teem with hostile and unattainable body ideals? How are possibilities for affirming and affirmative embodiment navigated by young people—especially those living outside prevailing appearance norms? In this paper, we engage with these questions, drawing insights from an in-depth, collaborative research project designed to understand what supports and constrains hauora and wellbeing for young people in Aotearoa (New Zealand). First, we analyse young people's accounts thematically, identifying three prevailing systems of cultural privilege that regulate embodiment. These include processes of racialisation and gendering, as well as cisnormative, heteronormative, ableist and healthist logics. Second, we work closely with one young person's interview, exploring how her narrative unsettles prevailing norms of appearance and embodiment. By spotlighting what young people themselves tell us about their bodies and embodied experiences, this paper demonstrates the value of an embodiment lens for youth and wellbeing studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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95. Rural general practice and ethical issues. A rapid review of the literature.
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Menezes, S. and Eggleton, K.
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PRIVACY ,RURAL health services ,FAMILY medicine ,RURAL conditions ,MEDICAL ethics ,INTERSECTIONALITY ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,PROFESSIONALISM - Abstract
Introduction. Key New Zealand ethical documents that describe appropriate ethical behaviour for doctors do not consider rurality and how this might impact on the practice of medicine. Aim. The aim of this study was to understand the literature on key ethical issues experienced by general practitioners in a rural context that might inform the development of a New Zealand agenda of rural medical ethics Methods. A rapid review was undertaken of three databases using a variety of key words relating to rurality, ethics, professionalism and medicine. Inclusion criteria were research articles focussing on the experience of doctors working in a rural healthcare setting, commentaries and narratives. The findings from the paper were synthesised and broad ethical categories created. Results. Twelve studies were identified that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Synthesis of the data revealed five ethical issues that predominately arose from living and working within communities. These ethical issues related to juggling personal and professional lives, managing friendships with patients, managing loss of privacy and anonymity, assuring confidentiality and practicing outside of comfort zones. Discussion. The majority of ethical issues arose from managing overlapping relationships. However, these overlapping relationships and roles are considered normal in rural settings. A tension is created between adhering to urban normative ethical guidelines and the reality of living in a rural environment. Professional ethical guidelines, such as those developed by the New Zealand Medical Council, do not account for this rural lived reality. Rural practitioners in New Zealand should be engaged with to progress a specific rural ethics agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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96. Shake Table Testing and Modeling of New Zealand Light-Frame Wood Buildings.
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Francis, Tom C., Sullivan, Timothy J., and Filiatrault, André
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SHAKING table tests ,WOODEN-frame buildings ,EARTHQUAKE resistant design ,BUILDING performance ,HOUSE construction ,WOODEN building ,DWELLINGS - Abstract
The 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence highlighted the vulnerability of New Zealand light-frame wood buildings that are the predominant typology in residential construction. While life-safety performance was excellent, many buildings experienced widespread cracking of internal wall linings that resulted in costly repairs and disruption. Despite the widespread use of light-frame wood construction in New Zealand, no known shake table tests have been documented for this construction typology. Additionally, New Zealand light-frame wood building performance cannot simply be inferred from international testing because New Zealand adopts a different design philosophy from those of the US and Canada by relying on gypsum sheathing as the primary lateral resisting element. To further investigate New Zealand light-frame wood building performance, this paper discusses shake table testing of a light-frame wood building specimen, constructed on the University of Canterbury unidirectional shake table using modern New Zealand design and construction approaches. The observed damages during the tests were consistent with those observed in similarly built structures that were investigated after the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence. This paper also presents a modeling approach using the state-of-the-art software Timber3D, which was verified by simulating the shake table specimen and comparing the observed and predicted dynamic response from the test specimen and model, respectively. The Timber3D modeling approach included analysis and parameterization of screw-slip data using the Evolutionary Parameter Hysteretic Model, formulation of two-dimensional wall component models, and nonlinear time history analysis of a three-dimensional model of the shake table specimen. The model was shown to reasonably predict the displacement response of the shake table specimen and the strength degradation from cracking damage through repeated earthquakes. The modeling approach described is intended to further the development of residential building models toward the performance-based seismic design of light-frame wood buildings in New Zealand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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97. Early Childhood Development Unit (Nga Kaitaunaki Kohungahunga) Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 1997. Presented to the House of Representatives.
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Early Childhood Development Unit, Wellington (New Zealand).
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This annual report outlines the mission and goals of New Zealand's Early Childhood Development Unit (ECDU), established in 1989 to promote the development and provision of high quality, accessible, and culturally appropriate educational and developmental facilities and services for families and young children. The report contains a directory of ECDU addresses, a brief description of ECDU, statements of the office's mission and values, and reports by ECDU's chairperson, chief executive, and the audit office. Activity areas and financial information are included. Specific information is presented on three output areas: (1) provision of information and advisory services; (2) parental development; and (3) management of contracts. (KB)
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- 1997
98. Early Childhood Education Policies: Answers to Common Questions.
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Wellington.
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This publication addresses frequently asked questions regarding several of New Zealand's early childhood education policies. Using a question-answer format, an explanation is provided for the licensing requirements of the Ministry of Education for early childhood staff and the criteria for "quality funding." New Zealand Qualifications Authority early childhood education credentials are described: (1) The Early Childhood Point System; (2) Grandparenting of Points for Alternative Qualifications; (3) Equivalence to a Diploma of Teaching (ECE); (4) Licensing Points; and (5) The Development of Future Options for People with Licensing Points. The National Qualifications Framework currently facilitates the development of national standards for qualifications in many industries, including early childhood. A general timeline for the development and implementation of the new early childhood qualification concludes the publication. (KDFB)
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99. Short Paper Inducing substance for abalone larval metamorphosis from the crustose coralline alga Hydrolithon samoense.
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Suenaga, Kiyotake, Hori, Hidenari, Ishida, Hitoshi, Nukaya, Haruo, Roberts, Rodney D., and Tsuji, Kuniro
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Focuses on the settlement-inducing substance for abalone larval metamorphosis from the crustose coralline alga Hydrolithon samoense in New Zealand. Chemical substances triggering metamorphosis; Quantitative analysis of the gamma-aminobutyric acid and 5-aminovaleric acid concentrations in the algal extract; Effect of different doses of the aminovaleric acid on the rate of metamorphosis.
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100. Challenges, coping responses and supportive interventions for international and migrant students in academic nursing programs in major host countries: a scoping review with a gender lens.
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Merry, Lisa, Vissandjée, Bilkis, and Verville-Provencher, Kathryn
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SEXUAL orientation ,CINAHL database ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,SOCIAL support ,PSYCHOLOGY of college students ,DEVELOPED countries ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,MEDICAL databases ,INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,TEACHING ,PSYCHOLOGY of refugees ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MALE nurses ,PSYCHOLOGY of nursing students ,CULTURAL pluralism ,NURSING education ,SEX distribution ,GENDER identity ,EXPERIENCE ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,RESEARCH funding ,STUDENTS ,ENGLISH as a foreign language ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DECISION making ,NURSING research ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,LITERATURE reviews ,NURSING students ,MEDLINE ,MANAGEMENT ,FOREIGN students ,PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants ,ERIC (Information retrieval system) ,CLINICAL education - Abstract
Background: International and migrant students face specific challenges which may impact their mental health, well-being and academic outcomes, and these may be gendered experiences. The purpose of this scoping review was to map the literature on the challenges, coping responses and supportive interventions for international and migrant students in academic nursing programs in major host countries, with a gender lens. Methods: We searched 10 databases to identify literature reporting on the challenges, coping responses and/or supportive interventions for international and migrant nursing students in college or university programs in Canada, the United-States, Australia, New Zealand or a European country. We included peer-reviewed research (any design), discussion papers and literature reviews. English, French and Spanish publications were considered and no time restrictions were applied. Drawing from existing frameworks, we critically assessed each paper and extracted information with a gender lens. Results: One hundred fourteen publications were included. Overall the literature mostly focused on international students, and among migrants, migration history/status and length of time in country were not considered with regards to challenges, coping or interventions. Females and males, respectively, were included in 69 and 59% of studies with student participants, while those students who identify as other genders/sexual orientations were not named or identified in any of the research. Several papers suggest that foreign-born nursing students face challenges associated with different cultural roles, norms and expectations for men and women. Other challenges included perceived discrimination due to wearing a hijab and being a 'foreign-born male nurse', and in general nursing being viewed as a feminine, low-status profession. Only two strategies, accessing support from family and other student mothers, used by women to cope with challenges, were identified. Supportive interventions considering gender were limited; these included matching students with support services' personnel by sex, involving male family members in admission and orientation processes, and using patient simulation as a method to prepare students for care-provision of patients of the opposite-sex. Conclusion: Future work in nursing higher education, especially regarding supportive interventions, needs to address the intersections of gender, gender identity/sexual orientation and foreign-born status, and also consider the complexity of migrant students' contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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