Children's independent mobility and physical activity levels are declining in Western
countries. In the past 20 years New Zealand children's active travel (walking and cycling) …

This paper explores the impacts of proposed school closures on families in rural
communities in the South Taranaki region of New Zealand. We situate this instance of …

This research examines how engaging teachers in collaboratively constructing situated
assessments enhances teacher professional development, fosters meaningful shifts to …

In recent years, international education has become a source of considerable political,
academic and media debate in New Zealand. This is nowhere more the case than with …

Export education in New Zealand has grown rapidly since 1990, earning significant foreign
exchange and underwriting the finance of domestic education. As principal owner of …

Background Bioimpedance devices are practical for measuring body composition in
preschool children, but their application is limited by the lack of validated equations …

This paper argues that the concept of the 'pedagogical state'(Hunter 1994, Kaplan 2007) can
be employed to better understand the cultural practices of governing through pedagogical …

Personalized learning'has become a popular term within education policy and practice in
England, and is part of wider moves towards thepersonalization'of public services and the …

While it might appear self-evident that the trend toward the New Public Management (NPM)
in the public administration systems of many Western countries is an outgrowth of …

This paper considers the convergence of immigration/globalisation and education in New
Zealand. The issues of immigrant students at Epsom Normal Primary School were raised …