Child Well-being Research Institute
The overall aim of the institute is to advance high quality, multidisciplinary research to enhance the learning success and healthy well-being of children and young people. The focus is holistic, including research related to infants, children, and adolescents within the context of their whānau, family and community. There is a commitment to being a leader in developing a strengths-based discourse around child development, health and well-being that speaks to the context of Aotearoa, New Zealand. We hope that this can be our way of supporting the national strategy for children and youth. University of Canterbury Child Well-being Research Institute
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Determinants of learning success among Pacific children aged six years in New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Pacific people in New Zealand originate from the neighbouring Pacific Islands such as Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Fiji and the Cook Islands and they constitute a relatively young, diverse and fast growing ethnic minority. Pacific ... -
The Samoan vowel shift: A phenomenon in phonetics and phonological awareness
(Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, 2019)This paper is a response to a phenomenon in the area of Samoan phonology, or to be exact, the vowels' pronunciation. It involves a shift in the utterance of vowels in the past thirty years or so. And it comes to this. A ... -
Visibility of language diversity in the educational settings of 4 to 6-year-old multilingual children
(2019)An important way to value and support language diversity and multilingualism is to include children’s languages and related cultural artefacts in their linguistic landscapes. Languages visible in both the physical and ... -
Restoring Māori literacy narratives to create contemporary stories of success.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)It is generally accepted among scholars and educators that literacy is critical to positive educational experiences and outcomes. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) defines education ... -
Exploring the opportunities and challenges of the digital world for early childhood services with vulnerable children
(2018)© 2018, MDPI AG. All rights reserved. Potentially addictive behaviours supported by the internet and mobile phones raise concerns in education services for early childhood. Although there is evidence that screen media can ... -
Languages seen are languages used: The linguistic landscapes of early childhood centres
(2018)'Linguistic landscapes' is the term used to describe all the visible language in signs and displays seen in particular areas such as a local street and, more recently, educational spaces (Gorter, 2017; Landry and Bourhis, 1997). -
Patterns of early primary school-based literacy interventions among Pacific children from a nationwide health screening programme of 4 year olds
(2018)Literacy success is critical to unlocking a child’s potential and enhancing their future wellbeing. Thus, the early identification and redressing of literacy needs is vital. Pacific children have, on average, the lowest ... -
Language, Ethnicity, and Belonging for the Children of Migrants in New Zealand
(2018)The children of migrants grow up with influence from at least two cultures, and they must negotiate their path to adulthood through one or more ethnicities and one or more language varieties that may set them apart from ... -
An ethnographic case study of the linguistic landscape of an award-winning Māori immersion early childhood education centre
(University of Canterbury, 2016)The linguistic landscape is the visibility and salience of any given language within a geographically defined area (Landry & Bourhis, 1997). It reflects the strength of the language policy, and influences how languages are ... -
The Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages Project
(University of Canterbury. New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & BehaviourUniversity of Canterbury. School of Teacher EducationUniversity of Canterbury. Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies, 2015)
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