A5077777065- Education Systems and Policy
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- School Choice and Performance
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Education and Technology Integration
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Historical Education Studies Worldwide
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Birth, Development, and Health
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
2019-2023
Victoria University of Wellington
1994-2011
Education New Zealand
2001
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
2001
Murdoch University
1999
New Zealand Council for Educational Research
1983-1988
Objectives. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention, targeting staff–patient communication, in improving emergency department patient satisfaction.
Although schools contain many material artifacts, studies in classrooms have tended to focus on discourse and quality of social interaction even when artifacts are being used. Responding Engstrom's (1999) invitation take seriously, three described which a object was essential classroom activity. The first artifact an enlarged text had been transferred flip chart for the purpose shared reading. second jigsaw used mathematics session. third textbook by Vietnamese university students who were...
The aim of the study was to determine level awareness emergency contraception in women seeking pregnancy counselling and investigate their attitudes towards contraception. All presenting for at a Melbourne women's health clinic October 1997 were invited complete questionnaire detailing contraceptive practices. One hundred sixty-six questionnaires distributed 153 completed (92% response rate). majority this sample population had heard some form knew where access it. However only 26% that...
Health care systems are increasingly looking to mobile device technologies (mobile health) improve patient experience and health outcomes. SecondEars is a smartphone app designed allow patients audio-record medical consultations recall, understanding, self-management. Novel interventions such as often fail be implemented post pilot-testing owing inadequate user (UX) assessment, key component of comprehensive implementation strategy.This study aimed pilot the within an active clinical setting...
Abstract Forty percent of pregnant women aged 37 years and over do not have prenatal diagnosis despite being eligible for a free test. The present study aimed to determine how often, which, untested were making choice about this, many declined an offer why. A questionnaire was given women, over, at no less than 24 weeks gestation. total 375 (81.5%) declined, 72 (16%) offered test 13 presented too late antenatally. There three‐fold increased likelihood (OR 3.10 95% CI 1.44, 6.65) urban...
Abstract Samoan school children living in New Zealand were given disposable cameras and asked to photograph examples of the uses reading writing outside school. Interviewed later, they explained their photographs including information about literacy church family. Rote learning oral presentation biblical texts that read committed memory characteristic supported by practices home as Shirley Brice Heath others have reported. The purpose is closely connected maintenance culture survival...
The current study investigated the experiences, wellbeing impacts, and coping strategies of frontline workers who participated in "Hotels for Heroes", an Australian voluntary hotel quarantine program during COVID-19 pandemic. was open to those were positive or exposed as part their profession.
Birth date effects refer to an association between children's academic performance and their age within the school year. Early differences show disadvantage for youngest in year group. of same kind which up at senior levels have been reported UK. The phenomenon has attributed biology or individual psychology. Neither can explain why some countries continue be disadvantaged but other they perform best. Population estimates from IEA Third International Mathematics Science Study a comparison...
Abstract National education systems differ in their patterns of distribution ages across stages schooling. Selection processes existing for school entry or promotion produce difference age distributions on the basis gender, class and race. Causes a mismatch to are explained evidence is produced from England Wales, Scotland New Zealand illustrate effects population change conjunction with practices proportions under‐, over‐ expected‐age children at particular stages. It argued that national...
Background/Context Although the Flynn effect has been recognized for 60 years and a wide range of factors suggested, there is still no agreement on cause. The generally interpreted as phenomenon involving changes in mental functioning consequence various forms environmental influence. Purpose purpose account to argue that at least part change intergen-erational IQ scores an artifact age-based scoring system tests, together with historical age-grade patterns school systems. Research Design...
Abstract In response to the claim that students who have received an undergraduate degree in education lack adequate preparation for postgraduate study, designers of a masters course research methods set assignment at first meeting which asked practising teachers match Goffman's dramaturgical concepts observation behaviour public. Results based on assignments from five classes were analysed perspective theoretical understanding and what collected revealed about students’ perception ethics...
Abstract This paper challenges the belief that methods of teaching reading are answer to raising age cohort standards achievement, and literacy, in form writing, is based on spoken language. It argued documents, advising how raise have overlooked way which education systems work, their relationship large-scale testing, not considered use real-life writing establish literacy young school children. The concept a configuration sites presented as understanding both its social individual aspects,...
A major feature of the past year has been public discussion about education. The solution to problems in outcomes schooling have almost invariably seen processes teaching and learning. There little education system itself. Examples are provided effects which related but independent teaching.