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Download full textNgapo, Koro – Kairaranga, 2013
This paper examines why Maori language needs to be taught accurately at the early stages of initial teacher education programmes and continue for the duration of a teacher education student's degree. If teacher education faculties are permitting their students to mispronounce Maori names or words, they are in fact doing a disservice, not only to…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Teacher Education Programs, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction
Macfarlane, Angus H.; Hendy, Vivien; Macfarlane, Sonja – Kairaranga, 2010
History has informed the present, as surely as the present will inform the future. As an evolving society, we are continually reflecting on the events and experiences of the past, taking stock of the issues and realities of the present, and then adapting the parameters, definitions and constructs that serve to define acceptability and reason as we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Social Attitudes
Arnott, Rosie – Kairaranga, 2008
This article explores some of the issues that have given rise to the perception of an increase in aggressive behaviour by females. It asserts that merely comparing girls' behaviour with that of boys, especially the claim that "girls are behaving like boys", trivialises the very real issues associated with females and aggression. This paper will…
Descriptors: Females, At Risk Persons, Identification, Males
Smith, Donna – Kairaranga, 2008
This paper is a personal perspective about the disability issues within the Cook Islands. It looks at how the needs of children and adults with disabilities have been addressed over the years and the vision of many people who have worked towards building an inclusive society, starting with mainstreaming in the schools to full inclusion. It…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Social Attitudes, Mainstreaming
Neilson, Wendy; Brink, Ashlie – Kairaranga, 2008
In schools today inclusion involves a challenge to attitudes and expectations within educational communities. "The New Zealand Disability Strategy" (Minister for Disability Issues, 2001), is a guide for government action to promote a more inclusive society. Out of its 15 Objectives, Objective 1 encourages and educates the community and…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Role Models, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
Keown, Robin – Kairaranga, 2006
The issue of physical punishment is a particularly controversial one at the moment as child advocates are engaged in a struggle to persuade the New Zealand government to repeal a defence in law (section 59 of the 1961 "Crimes Act") which justifies parents hitting their children provided the force used is "reasonable in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Nonverbal Communication, Foreign Countries, Child Advocacy
