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- ItemA cross country analysis of social justice in assessment(2017-11-27) Poskitt JM; Adie L; Hayward LSocial justice is an international concern and evident in education and assessment policies, but is less evident in the enactment of reporting policy and practices. We explore these ruptures in assessment policy through analysis of the assessment documents of three countries, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland. Specifically, we address the social and cultural assumptions that limit opportunities for student and parent voice in reporting processes. Robinson and Taylor’s (2007) four core values of student voice form the conceptual framework. In order to better align assessment, reporting and social justice practices, we draw on notions of spirit and letter of assessment, feedback to create dialogic spaces, and the relationship between formative and summative assessment. Lundy’s (2007) conceptualisation of voice is used to propose ways forward to create a more socially just reporting system. To transform reporting practices, we recommend reconceptualising reporting as communicating, and assessment as progressing learning.
- ItemA Life Worth Living with Dr David Mellor. Interview by Luna Allison, Canadian Federation for Animal Welfare.(18/08/2016) Mellor DJDr. David Mellor is a leading animal welfare thinker and the Foundation Director of the Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre at Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences in New Zealand. Dr. Mellor has more than 50 years of teaching and research experience and has developed animal welfare standards, regulations and legislation internationally. He has been widely recognized for making major contributions to animal welfare around the world through consultation, teaching and more than 500 scientific publications. We sat down with Dr. Mellor during his time in Toronto this spring to discuss animal welfare in Canada and advancing our thinking for the betterment of animals.
- Item"A thorn in the side": Near-death experiences and consciousnessTassell-Matamua N
- ItemAdjusting for the cognitive effects of normal aging in the work placeLeathem JMCurrently 14% of people in NZ are aged 65 years or older, with that figure projected to increase to almost one million people – 25% of population - by 2026. One fifth of these people are currently in employment and this is projected to increase to 35% by 2020. By 2036, people 65+ will represent 9-15% of labour force or 240,000-500,000 of the population (Statistics NZ 2012). The largest growth will be in the next 20 years. There are a number of cognitive changes associated with increasing age. This will mean that people over 65 years will be working with attention, learning, memory and information speed that is slower or lower than in their earlier years. They will be wiser but slower. The implications for this for the work force and strategies for compensating for the changes will be illustrated through case studies.
- ItemAgronomy soundbites(Intelact Annual Conference, ) Matthew CResiduals Pasture persistence Clover % Endophytes Sowing rates for new grass Progibb Less N Climate change N-retention High sugar grasses / herbs
- ItemAre emotional regulation strategies able to be taught to people with an intellectual disability?(International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services, 2013) de Terte ID; McWilliams J; Leathem J
- ItemBully beef and biscuits: the rations at GallipoliHarper GJAn account of the poor quality fed to New Zealand soldiers during the Gallipoli campaign.
- ItemChallenges in Monitoring and Managing Large Marine Fishes: Lessons from the Galápagos ArchipelagoSmith A; Acuña Marrero D; Pawley M; Anderson M
- ItemClimate change, health, and psychology (Invited presentation: University of Auckland Health Psychology seminar series)Williams MClimate change is a problem that is caused by human behaviour, and that presents major risks to human health – including mental health. Psychology may have a crucial role to play in terms of investigating the health consequences of climate change, and also in terms of finding strategies to mitigate its extent. In this presentation, Matt will discuss some of his research on the effects of climate change on health and human behaviours such as assault, suicide, and self-harm. He will also discuss recent research on climate change communication and battling misinformation. Matt will argue that psychology could make a significant contribution to climate change research, but that producing effective and useful research on climate change may require psychologists to make significant changes to their standard research practices.
- ItemClinical decision making among sexual abuse counsellors working with child and adult survivors of sexual abuse: A New Zealand study(The New Zealand Psychological Society, 2013) Woolley CC; Craven G; Dickson J; Evans IProviding therapy for child and adult sexual abuse survivors is a complex area of therapeutic practice. A nationwide survey was undertaken in order to investigate the decision-making processes of practitioners working with child abuse survivors. Forty-one child-focussed practitioners and 113 adult-focussed practitioners responded to open-ended questions about indicators of sexual abuse, and the factors informing their therapeutic decisions. Thematic analysis of their responses indicated nine themes: indicators of sexual abuse, safety, need for disclosure, the therapeutic process, working with emotions and behaviours, taking a developmental approach, influence and involvement of the family, working with external agencies, and intuition and experience versus evidence-based decisions. How these themes inform decisions made by practitioners and their implications for strengthening clinical judgement through professional development is discussed. In addition, the implications of these findings and their potential to enhance the psychotherapy training needs of clinical psychologists will be discussed.
- ItemCoin rotation task. The development of norms for New Zealand and the United StatesThornton A; Leathem JMMerits of the Coin Rotation Task √ Validated against FTT, GST, GPT √ Available, inexpensive, & easily replaceable √ Light – especially compared to other motor tasks √ Doesn't lose calibration √ Free from education effects Why is it not used more often? • Limited norms exist for the use of the task.
- ItemCollaborative working to overcome barriers to active transport: Learning from a living labCheyne CM; Muhammad IChristine teaches sustainable transport to Resource and Environmental Planning students and supervises postgraduate research on a range of sustainability topics related to transport. As a local government specialist, she is particularly interested in planning for and implementation of sustainability by local government and grasping the nettle of integration of land-use and transport planning. This has stimulated her interest in fostering a new approach to collaborative working by council planners and university researchers. ‘Co-production’ of research has been the focus of the Massey University Living Lab in which she has been involved for several years with Palmerston North City Council planners.
- ItemConducting ethical researchHaworth PA; Dharan VIn this workshop we will identify and apply ethical principles for conducting research. We will also look at differentiating low and high risk projects and making an application for MUHEC approval.
- ItemConfessions of a University LecturerMatthew C
- ItemContinual disobedience - Are we singing from the same song sheet?Dharan VBackground: Internationally students identified for discipline tend to have emotional and behavioural challenges. Research suggests that this phenomenon occurs due to teacher/administrator interpretation of the under specified definitions of emotional and behaviour problems leading to a significantly large number of them being excluded from their peers and normal learning environments. Rationale: In New Zealand, the Ministry of Education suspension and stand-down data consistently indicate that the disciplinary term "continual disobedience" (CD) constitutes the single largest category for high school students being suspended and the second largest category for students being stood -down. Yet this term is not clearly defined in their documents and guidelines to schools. The aim of the study was to understand how schools define and operationalise the the term "continual disobedience". Methodology: This presentation draws from focus groups held in five high schools across New Zealand with staff involved in disciplinary matters that explored the understandings of teachers and school staff regarding their school policies and behaviours considered as “continual disobedience”. Findings: The term CD was under-defined, with schools having different ways to define and respond to continually disobedient behaviours that resulted in the term being applied to a group of behaviours with a range of consequences.
- ItemCUPIT: A measure of current and developing cannabis-related problems(2010) Bashford J; Flett R; Copeland J
