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The FLLinNZ experience.
(2005)Discusses the FLLinNZ (Flexible learning leaders in New Zealand) experience. -
The impact of new public management and external quality assurance systems on education: A Foucauldian analysis.
(2001)This paper examines the key underpinning ideologies controlling competition in tertiary education in New Zealand since the Education Act 1989. Specifically, these ideologies are considered in terms of the impact of ... -
The implications for science education of the hermeneutic philosophy of science.
(2010)This paper introduces a modern philosophical tradition and indicates its implications for science education. The hermeneutic philosophy of science is the tradition of Kant, Heidegger, and Heelan. Essential to this tradition ... -
The learning styles of first year distance education students.
(1998)The purpose of this paper is to report on the results of research in progress on the learning styles of first year students studying with The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. The paper reviews background literature on ... -
The missing universities: Absent critics and consciences of society.
(2007)With few exceptions, universities have become ineffective in their role as critics and conscience of society. Support for this contention is provided in this paper by addressing the questions: What is the evidence that ... -
The nature of science in schools.
(2010)The article discusses the impact of the Nature of Science program on science education in New Zealand. The risk of having their subject disappear in wider school curricula is faced by science teachers if the program refers ... -
"The person who called me was so encouraging - Especially at a time when I was feeling overwhelmed by the requirements of my study." Peer support for indigenous student engagement, retention and success.
(2009)Discusses a programme aimed at enhancing the engagement, retention and success of first-year indigenous students studying in degree and diploma programmes through the provision of culturally relevant peer support. -
The person who called me was so encouraging - especially at a time when I was feeling overwhelmed by the requirements of my study." Peer support for indigenous student engagement, retention and success.
(2009)Discusses a programme aimed at enhancing the engagement, retention and success of first-year indigenous students studying in degree and diploma programmes through the provision of culturally relevant peer support. -
The role of women in rural areas of Thailand in promoting lifelong education.
(2003)The purposes of this study were to 1. seek general information about rural women 2. study rural women's role in promoting lifelong education to their children and their communities 3. find out what enables rural women to ... -
The spirit of teaching.
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The violence in learning
(2010)This paper argues that learning is inherently violent. It examines the way in which Heidegger uses - and refrains from using - the concept in his account of Dasein. Heidegger explicitly discussed 'learning' in 1951 and he ...