NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Harding, Truely; Oetzel, John; Simpson, Mary; Nock, Sophie – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
The literature regarding implementation science of evidence-based health interventions in Maori communities is limited, and there is a push for new and innovative delivery methods of health interventions in New Zealand. The purpose of the study was to identify the facilitators and barriers in implementing a health intervention designed by others…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Education, Barriers, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Escott, Sharnee; Abraham, Quentin – Educational & Child Psychology, 2021
This paper offers a first person account of an indigenous person navigating the education system to become an educational psychologist. The writing is unashamedly personal, includes cultural references, words from the first language of our country, feelings and reflections. The second author has contextualised these observations in the literary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Educational Psychology, Psychologists
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Stone, Mike – Kairaranga, 2017
In recent years, New Zealand schools have been challenged to cater for increasing numbers of students in material hardship without comprehensive support. New Zealand once led the world in putting equity at the centre of education policy and practice, this is no longer the case. Recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, At Risk Students, Low Income Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mara, Diane – Waikato Journal of Education, 2017
Using the Pacific metaphor of the vaka, va'a, waka [canoe] this review considers the journey of Pasifika early childhood education (ECE) in Aotearoa New Zealand over the past decade. The discussion covers three major areas within the Pasifika sector: the need to celebrate the strong heritage and resilience of Pacific early childhood educators and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Pacific Islanders, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mitchell, Linda; Meagher-Lundberg, Patricia – British Educational Research Journal, 2017
This paper discusses findings from an evaluation of the New Zealand Ministry of Education's Early Childhood Education (ECE) Participation Programme that targeted local areas where there are high numbers of children starting school who have not participated in ECE. The aim of the programme is to increase participation of these low-income…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Social Support Groups, Disadvantaged Youth