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Anna Richards; Kayleen Clark-Howard – Kairaranga, 2023
In New Zealand/Aotearoa, high levels of secondary school absenteeism are a nationwide problem. Absenteeism is associated with a range of adverse outcomes for individuals and has detrimental effects on society. Since the global COVID-19 pandemic, with the government closing schools during lockdowns, absenteeism has reached epidemic proportions as…
Descriptors: Attendance, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
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Dunst, Carl J.; Bruther, Mary Beth; Hamby, Deborah W.; Howse, Robin; Wilkie, Helen – Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2018
The meta-analysis described in this paper evaluated the relationships between 11 types of leadership practices and 7 organizational, teaming, leader, and employee outcomes. A main focus of analysis was whether the leadership practices were differentially related to the study outcomes. Studies were eligible for inclusion if the correlations between…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Administrator Behavior, Teamwork, Employees
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Dempster, Neil – Journal of Educational Administration, 2000
Examines site-based management's effects on schools, using a Canadian framework and drawing on research from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia. As branches carrying the "corporate line," schools still lack local decision-making flexibility. Principals' workload is more demanding, and student learning outcomes have not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Mitchell, David R. – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1985
Ethical and legal issues involving provision of medical treatment to seriously ill handicapped persons are considered. Legislation and court cases (in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand) on withholding treatment from seriously ill infants are reviewed. It is concluded that the presence of handicap does not justify withholding treatment.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Death, Decision Making, Disabilities
Bunce, Jenny – 1979
An academic review of research on the education of women in New Zealand is presented. Available sources of information on this topic are described, focusing soley on published materials. In a discussion of influences on research on women's education, it is pointed out that the major stimulus for this research comes not from the academic world but…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Choice, Decision Making, Educational Research
Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne (Australia). – 1984
Family life is the focus of this sixth volume in a series containing the proceedings of the 1983 Australian Family Research Conference. The papers are organized under two major sections: Children and Families and Family Environments. Papers and authors included are: "Family Conflict and Child Competence" (Gay Ochiltree and Paul Amato),…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Children, Comparative Analysis