Education, Health and Human Development: Journal Articles
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Cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use among university students in Queensland, Australia and New Zealand: results of two cross-sectional surveys
(BMJ, 2021)Objectives Examine the patterns of cigarette smoking and e-cigarette use (vaping), the perceived harm of e-cigarettes compared with tobacco cigarettes, and associations between smoking and vaping with student ... -
Unpacking the efficacy of Reading to Learn using Cognitive Load Theory
(2020)This paper synthesises the key findings of past separate studies conducted by the same authors, which sought to assess the efficacy of the Reading to Learn (RtL) literacy intervention on students' academic writing performance. ... -
Relational Aggression during Early Childhood: A Systematic Review
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Seminal work on relational aggression in middle childhood began in 1995 and the first study to examine relational aggression in early childhood was published in 1996 in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education. Since ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Power Analysis of Field-Based Bicycle Motor Cross (BMX)
(Informa UK Limited, 2020)Introduction: Power meter is a useful tool for monitoring cyclists’ training and race performance. However, limited data are available regarding BMX racing power output. The aim of this study was to characterise the power ...