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Moodie, Gavin; Wheelahan, Leesa – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
The boundaries between vocational and academic post compulsory education have been blurred by students combining vocational and academic studies and by students transferring increasingly between the two types of education. Institutions are also blurring the boundaries between the sectors by increasingly offering programs from two and sometimes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary Education
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Thornton, Kate; Yoong, Pak – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
This paper reports on a research study that involved the use of blended action learning to support leadership development within the New Zealand education sector. An important contributor to the success of this technology-enabled approach to professional learning was the role taken by the blended action learning facilitator. Two complementary…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Facilitators (Individuals), Teacher Role
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Bridges, Sue; Searle, Annette – School Leadership & Management, 2011
The roles and workloads of teachers have been widely noted as changing considerably over recent decades. In this 2009 replication of a 1992 study, 379 New Zealand primary school educators are surveyed regarding their workloads, how these changed and their perceived sustainability. It investigates how respondents believe that educational reforms…
Descriptors: Family Life, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Faculty Workload
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Lovett, Susan; Cameron, Marie – Teacher Development, 2011
For teachers, the early years in the profession are critical for developing the knowledge and skills of an expert teacher. The "Teachers of Promise" study examines the experiences of 57 registered teachers who began their employment in New Zealand primary and secondary schools in 2003. The purpose of this article is to examine the extent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Vignettes, Beginning Teacher Induction
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Stevens, Helen – Kairaranga, 2010
This paper draws on a wider literature review, completed by the author in 2007, about the effectiveness of teachers' aides (TAs). It discusses the effects of the proximity of TAs on the students with disabilities to whom they are assigned. It also reports on studies where TAs have been trained to support the students to interact with their peers…
Descriptors: Proximity, Literature Reviews, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Aides
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Thomas, Glyn – Journal of Experiential Education, 2010
A facilitator is commonly defined as a substantively neutral person who manages the group process in order to help groups achieve identified goals or purposes. However, outdoor educators rarely experience the luxury of only managing the group process, because they are typically responsible for the provision of leadership, skill instruction, and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Role, Instructional Leadership
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Levin, Ben – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
Over the last few decades many efforts have been made to address education issues through policy at various levels. Looking at these efforts around the world suggests that they have often been motivated more by beliefs than by evidence of impact. Not only are the wrong policies often adopted, but effective implementation of education policy is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Gunn, Cathy – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2010
This paper examines the challenges that "grass roots" e-learning initiatives face in trying to become sustainable. A cross-institutional study focused on local, rather than centrally driven, initiatives. A number of successful e-learning innovations were identified that had been driven by capable teachers seeking solutions to real…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education
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Fitzgerald, Tanya; Gunter, Helen M. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2008
Terms such as "leader", "manager", "teacher" and "student" prevail in most schools and, accordingly, school hierarchies are viewed as rational ways of organizing teachers and their work that institutionalize authority. We are deeply concerned that the term "teacher leadership" has crept into…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries
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Benade, Leon – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
The release in 2006 by the New Zealand Ministry of Education of a Draft national Curriculum set for release in November 2007 challenges schools and teachers to evolve their role to align with the priority to "embed" enterprise values and methodologies. These values and methodologies will be expressed in curricula that school communities…
Descriptors: Ethics, Teacher Role, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education
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Garbett, Dawn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
Constructivism posits that the teacher's role is to help their students to actively construct new understanding for themselves. Diagnosis of students' prior understanding followed by carefully planned teaching sequences enables learners to grasp hitherto unknown concepts. Assessing whether they can then apply their new knowledge in new contexts…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Science Teachers
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Mitchell, Linda – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2010
What assumptions about children and childhood are held by government officials and organisation representatives who are influential in policy formation in early childhood education (ECE) in New Zealand? How are assumptions manifested in policy? This article draws on a study carried out from 2001 to 2003, a time of radical ECE policy change in New…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Early Childhood Education, Childrens Rights, Social Change
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Chapman, Lynn; Giles, David – Studies in Continuing Education, 2009
This paper reports on an exploration into the professional practice of a lecturer using the appreciative inquiry (AI) approach. This facilitated inquiry intentionally sought to apply the AI approach to the practice of an individual, an application that is different to its predominant usage with groups. The context for this research was the…
Descriptors: Obstetrics, Medical Education, College Faculty, Inquiry
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Retna, Kala S.; Chong, Eric; Cavana, Robert Y. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2009
Students are considered to be the main "customers" in universities and polytechnics and increasingly they seek to have their needs met. This is one of the main reasons for persistent calls for the improvement of teaching in higher education. Tutors play an important role in the delivery of undergraduate education, although they are often…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
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Aitken, Viv – Research in Drama Education, 2009
This article reviews "Everyday Theatre", an interactive applied theatre project from Auckland based company Applied Theatre Consultants Ltd., which explores the dynamics of family relationships and touches obliquely on issues of abuse and violence. The article looks at the form, strategies and processes of "Everyday Theatre"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Power Structure, Status
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