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Dunham, Nicola – Online Submission, 2012
The argument that de-contextualized deficit approaches to academic literacies were ineffective (Lea, 2004; Northedge, 2003), has led to expectations that New Zealand Higher Education institutions embed academic literacies within programmes and courses (Tertiary Education Commission, 2010). This paper reports on the use of a teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Literacy, College Freshmen, Computer Science Education
Abbiss, Jane – Online Submission, 2005
An exploration of how year 12 students in a New Zealand high school make meaning of their experiences of different specialist IT (information technology) courses shows that gender identity is a potent factor in their experiences. At a personal level, individual students, males and females, construe their experiences of CPS (computer studies) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Computers, Sexual Identity