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An Ekphrastic Review of Ilona Pappene Demecs and Evonne Miller's "Woven narratives: A Craft Encounter With Tapestry Weaving in a Residential Ages Care Facility
(Art/Research International, 2019)The visual poem, “The loom,” is an ekphrastic response to Ilona Pappne Demecs’s article “Woven Narratives: A Craft Encounter with Tapestry Weaving in a Residential Ages Care Facility.” By drawing words and phrases from ... -
A Critique of Rata on the Politics of Knowledge and Māori Education
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2019)This article unpacks and critiques the scholarship of Elizabeth Rata on the politics of knowledge in education. Rata represents a widespread, though covert, influence within the global academy of an imperialist form of ... -
What Can Indigenous Feminist Knowledge and Practices Bring to “indigenizing” the Academy?
(Indiana University Press, 2019)More than a decade has passed since North American Indigenous scholars began a public dialogue on how we might “Indigenize the academy.” Discussions around how to “Indigenize” and whether it’s possible to “decolonize” the ... -
He iti, he pounamu: The Significance of Doctoral Theses Written in Te Reo Māori
(Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2019)This article illuminates the embryonic academic practice of writing doctoral theses in te reo Mäori, storying the experiences of graduates, supervisors, examiners and senior managers involved in this pathway. In keeping ... -
Tomorrow’s School’s Review
(The School of Education, Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Wide-ranging changes proposed by the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce (2018) seek to end the 30-year period known as ‘Tomorrow’s Schools’, or, what we earlier referred to as the ‘Thirty Years War’ (Devine, Stewart ... -
Not the bottom, but the beginning: The failure of the teaching profession to value early childhood education
(Tuwhera, Auckland University of Technology, 2018)No abstract. -
Naming the Early Childhood Professional: Artefacts, Childish Pursuits and Critical Questions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This article addresses the problem of naming those who work with children in early childhood education setting. The article works through some perceived problems associated with shifting boundaries in the profession of ... -
Silent Policymakers in Aotearoa New Zealand: Reflections on Research of Early Childhood Teacher Views on Policy, Practicum and Partnership
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)This paper reports on the importance of the stories and perspectives of early childhood education Associate Teachers (ATs) at a time when there is considerable flux being experienced in the Aotearoa New Zealand early ... -
DiY (Do-it-Yourself) pedagogy: A future-less orientation to education
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)A future-less orientation, as defined in this article, explores approaches to education within the context of precarious, shifting, labour markets and the uncertain future of employment trends. A future-less orientation ... -
Is peer review in academic publishing still working?
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Peer review is central to academic publishing. Yet for many it is a mysterious and contentious practice, which can cause distress for both reviewers, and those whose work is reviewed. This paper, produced by the Editors’ ... -
Untangling Constructivism, Knowledge, and Knowledge-building for ‘future-oriented’ Teaching
(The New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), 2018)Building on earlier work in Set on “confusion” around the term constructivism in education, this article explores four different meanings of constructivism, looking at their very different origins and purposes. It argues ... -
“Don't tell me, show me!” Rethinking scholarship in the age of the video journal
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)No abstract. -
Rebooting biculturalism in education in Aotearoa-New Zealand
(Tuwhera, Auckland University of Technology, 2018)A response to Christine Jenkin (2017). Early childhood education and biculturalism: Definitions and implications. New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 14(1), 8-20. -
(Re)inhabiting Waldorf Education: Honolulu Teachers Explore the Notion of Place
(Educational Journal of Living Theories (EJOLTS), 2017)This article tells of an unfinished journey we took with a group of teachers in Honolulu as we investigate and navigate notions of place and belonging. We explain how we are developing and transforming relationships with ... -
Travels in Education: Towards Waldorf 2.0
(Educational Journal of Living Theories (EJOLTS), 2017)This article documents an exploratory, values-based process involving culture, society and contemporaneity in Steiner Waldorf education. Using an action research model, it works through cycles which expand gradually from ... -
In the Market for an ECE Transition-to-school Programme?
(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2017)This article draws on a small evaluation research project, conducted in one early childhood education (ECE) centre in Auckland, New Zealand, with the aim of supporting its capacity for self-review. The centre management ... -
The Evolution of Policy: A Critical Examination of School Property Under the National-led Government
(Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2017)New Zealand's National-led Government, elected in 2008, has pursued a deliberate policy to design and construct modern school facilities around the country. This article argues that this policy is not simply focused on ... -
Waldorf: An Education of its Time?
(International Forum of Waldorf/Steiner Education, 2017)To what degree is Waldorf education of its time? Is it contemporary? These questions are put forward by Neil Boland, senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. He looks towards possible futures ...