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The long road from local communities to professional sport and the culture of the global sport industry for Indigenous Australians
(2020)This article draws on the findings of a three-year, inter-disciplinary study conducted on the journeys of sixteen Australian Indigenous sportsmen from their first touch of the ‘footy’ to the most elite levels of Australian ... -
Prediction of track performance in competitive BMX riders using laboratory measures
(Journal of Science and Cycling, 2020)Identifying key physiological factors is essential in cycling; however, the unique nature of BMX decreases the validity and transferability of research findings from other cycling disciplines. Therefore, this study highlighted ... -
Developing inclusive pedagogy : a case study of one initial teacher education programme in Aotearoa New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)For over a decade, the goal of a “world class inclusive education system” promised in Aotearoa New Zealand has remained aspirational rather than a reality (Massey University & Ministry of Education, 1999, p. 5). Influenced ... -
Circadian disruptions in children with developmental disabilities who present for the treatment of sleep problems.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)There has been an increasing body of literature that focuses on identifying sleep problems in children with developmental disabilities (DD), with the primary aim of determining the prevalence and describing the sleep problem ... -
Internationalisation of the curriculum at home : a comparative case study on undergraduate programmes of accounting at a Vietnamese university and a New Zealand university.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Research shows that only a marginal percentage among students worldwide have opportunities to study abroad. Therefore, the focus of research and practice has recently shifted from Internationalisation Abroad, which emphasises ... -
Raro timu raro take - Ngai Tahu birthing traditions.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The restoration of Ngāi Tahu customary birthing rituals and practices may offset the disempowerment and historical trauma this iwi has endured. Colonisation begot greed for land that eventuated in the Crown securing 34.5 ... -
The growth of gossip: Socialization of relational aggression from adolescence to emerging adulthood
(Wiley, 2020)The extant literature suggests that relational aggression appears in early childhood, and gradually increases throughout adolescence. However, very little research has examined the growth of relational aggression from ... -
Effect of Eight Week's Dryland Strength Training on Adolescent Backstroke and Freestyle Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(Sapientia Publishing Group, 2020)Objectives: Swimmers undertake dryland training to improve power and maximise propulsion. Our purpose was to improve strength and quantify transfer to adolescent sprint backstroke and freestyle performances. Methods: ... -
Capitalising on Diversity: Espousal of Māori Values in the Workplace
(GSE Research Limited, 2014)This study investigated the relationship between organisational espousal of cultural group values and organisational commitment and citizenship behaviours. The study focused on Ma–ori employees, and their perceptions of ... -
Dis/engagement in secondary schools: Toward truancy prevention
(2014)This report presents the findings of a research project investigating the factors which lead to dis/engagement in secondary schooling for young people with a history of truancy. In 2013, Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi (a South ... -
Young people and caregivers’ perspectives on truancy and non-enrolment
(Te Ora Hou Otautahi, 2018)Within the Christchurch region, Māori young people are more likely to be non-enrolled (NE), than young people from other ethnic backgrounds. The Attendance Service operating in this region (Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi, K3 Service) ... -
An exploration of broaching and integrating religion and spirituality within a solution-focused counselling practice
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This project explores the practice of broaching the topic of religion and spirituality in a solution-focused counselling practice. Within the recent history of psychotherapy, the practice of broaching has been used primarily ... -
Kāhui Ako and the collaborative turn in education: emergent evidence and leadership implications
(Victoria University of Wellington Library, 2020)Internationally, in contexts of escalating globalisation, collaboration has increasingly been taken up as a social policy tool. Education has not been exempt from that uptake. In Aotearoa, this is most clearly evidenced ... -
Teaching javelin in a Singapore school
(Routledge, 2020)This chapter focuses on Richard Light’s experience of teaching junior secondary students in Singapore as part of a four-day seminar he delivered on Positive Pedagogy for sport coaching to physical education teachers. To ... -
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An outline of Positive Pedagogy for sport coaching
(Routledge, 2020)In this chapter we provide an overview of Positive Pedagogy for sport coaching for all sports. It begins with its development from the features of game-based approaches (GBA) to then move on to the appropriation of ... -
Influence of a PPed university course on coaches’ practice on New Zealand.
(Routledge, 2020)Growth in university sport coaching programs offers a promising means of spreading the uptake of GBA (game-based approaches) due to the greater opportunity they offer to initiate change in coaching. Although studies have ... -
A Freirean perspective on Indigenous players’ journeys to the NRL and AFL: From freedom to oppression?
(Routledge, 2020)A Freirean perspective on Indigenous players’ journeys to the NRL and AFL: From freedom to oppression? Richard L Light & John R Evans This chapter draws on findings from a study that inquired into the journeys of ... -
Cognitive predictors of coherence in adult ESL learners’ writing.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Coherence is considered as one of the most important qualities of writing. It is defined as the semantic unity that binds the whole text together. Yet, in spite of its fundamental importance, it is still considered a fuzzy ...
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