College of Education, Health and Human Development: Recent submissions
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Assembling the actors: exploring the challenges of ‘system leadership’ in education through Actor-Network Theory
(Informa UK Limited, 2017)This paper presents insights into the leadership implications of recent shifts in a range of policy contexts towards notions of collaboration and partnership. The paper draws on empirical research into the formation and ... -
Preschool-aged children’s beliefs and responses to hypothetical aggressive behaviours.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Previous research has demonstrated that aggressive preschool-aged children process social information differently (Helmsen & Petermann, 2010; Swit, McMaugh, & Warbuton, 2016). Research also shows that there is a high ... -
Teaching together: Reflections on developing a collaborative interdisciplinary teaching framework within a tertiary teaching team.
(2020)The Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership (BYCL) was launched by the University of Canterbury (UC) in 2020. The genesis of this new degree was a Stage One service-learning course that, in turn, arose from the ... -
Health information sharing between education and health sectors for children in their early school years: principles, perceptions and potential
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Background. Many of New Zealand's children are entering school with low oral language ability. Many are also experiencing health concerns that impact the development of academic skills critical to school success. Mitigating ... -
Capitals and commitment. The case of a local learning and employment network
(Informa UK Limited, 2009)This article draws on research undertaken with a Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) in the state of Victoria, Australia. LLEN are networks that were implemented by the state government in 2001 to undertake community ... -
Constructing inclusive education in a neo-liberal context: promoting inclusion of Arab-Australian studies in an Australian context
(Wiley, 2010)School systems are a major social change agent capable of challenging social inequalities and economic disadvantages. Yet, while schools in Australia are being confronted with increasingly culturally diverse populations ... -
'Experimentation in contact with the real': Networking with Deleuze & Guattari
(Common Ground Research Networks, 2011)This paper draws on data from a longitudinal case study of a Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) instituted by the state government in Victoria in the arena of post-compulsory education and training to explore the ... -
Once were young: reflexive hindsight and the problem of teen parents
(Informa UK Limited, 2014)Adults are the ones who do the social science that takes young people as its object. In this paper, we draw on empirical research, social theory, our background in Youth Studies and, for one of us, experiential knowledge ... -
Humans, nonhumans and the mediation of workplace learning in the senior school curriculum
(Informa UK Limited, 2017)© 2017 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd. This paper brings together concepts drawn from Actor Network Theory and data generated in a research project that was conducted across the island of Ireland. Using surveys and ... -
Performing mundane materiality: Actor-Network Theory, global student mobility and a re/formation of 'social capital'
(Informa UK Limited, 2019)Social capital is a puzzling actor; made real by its allies. It has been ‘out-there’ in the form of scientific publications for decades. Although some characteristics are common to all elaborations of this theory (networks, ... -
Sustainable prosperity and enterprises for Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand: A review of the literature
(2020)The purpose of this paper is to explore recent literature on ways that Māori (the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand) have developed strategies to attain sustainable prosperity and develop effective enterprises. ... -
Teacher educators’ practices with m-learning: A case study of ‘far transfer’ into schools of practices learned during preservice teacher education
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2020)A.J. Davis (2017) coined the term ‘far transfer’ in learning as the ability to apply knowledge and skills to novel situations, rather than the knowledge and/or skill that was originally learned, but research evidence of ... -
Positive lexical choice : a bridge to hope through solution focused brief therapy.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Hope is a contributing factor towards therapeutic change in counselling, and yet there is limited research on how hope is co-constructed between the counsellor and the client during a therapeutic session. This practice-based ... -
The influence of experience and culture on leadership
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How does the use of smartphones change for new mothers? : a pre- and postpartum, matched-controlled observational design
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Today’s adults are likely to use smartphones, which are pervasive in their abundance and persuasive in their design. Using a smartphone while caring for infants is associated with suboptimal outcomes for the parent/child ... -
Assessing the prevalence of use and perceptions of university students in New Zealand on vaping, cigarette smoking, and the Smokefree 2025 goal.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Background Smoking is a leading cause of preventable death and disability with approximately 5,000 people killed annually in New Zealand and 7 million deaths annually worldwide attributable to smoking. Smoking is also a ... -
Beyond the surface: international students’ perspectives on success at university
(University of Canterbury, 2020)There is increasing research interest on the international student experience and student success. Clear understandings remain undeveloped and gaps in the literature persist: ambiguity in the definition of success; focus ... -
Ka Tū te Whare, Ka Ora: the constructed and constructive identities of the Māori adoptee. Identity construction in the context of Māori adoptees’ lived experiences
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The question “who am I?” is an enduring one which invokes a variety of responses depending on a person’s social and cultural context. Such a question suggests that there might be a singular, plausible ‘answer’. It also ... -
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 ...