Dunmore Publishing

University teaching reconsidered: Justice, practice, inquiry. by Joce Jesson, Vicki M. Carpenter, Margaret McLean, Maxine Stephenson, Airini

$44.99 NZD

Category: Education

Are you searching for more effective ways of teaching in higher education? Could your teaching become part of your research? A range of academics position university teaching as research and the subject of scholarly investigation. Innovative and successful strategies and ideas are discussed in various c hapters, enabling you to learn from real situations and understand what can be modelled or avoided in your own teaching practice. Content, assessment, student perceptions, e-learning, social justice and service, community links and research-counting are addressed by the authors, whose aim is to challenge academic identity and improve student engagement. ...Show more

Inclusion through participation in communities of practice in schools by Janice Wearmouth & Mere Berryman with Ted Glynn

$37.95 NZD

Category: Education

Issues around inclusion of all pupils in schools continue to be a major concern of parents, educators, politicians and providers of professional development for teachers and academics. There is, as well, confusion as to what inclusion means in theory or in practice. The notion of a community of practice is becoming increasingly popular in all Western education systems. It provides a useful framework for conceptualizing practical, optimal ways for promoting the participation of all students. This book addresses the need for a clear exposition of the theory and explains what effective inclusion can look like in a range of educational settings. ...Show more

Reflection to Transformation: A Self-help Book for Teachers, Second edition by Nick Zepke, Dean Nugent and Linda Leach (eds)

$59.99 NZD

Category: Education

This revised and expanded book will be invaluable for those who help adults learn. It will aid development of teaching skills and assist those seeking to become well-rounded teachers. It offers many practical ideas and solutions: from simple reflective techniques to learner assessment processes, lecturi ng and using technology to facilitate learning. Reflection to Transformation will increase teachers' knowledge of current teaching methodologies: from storytelling to action research, and from working inclusively with diversity to teaching in a global village. It also offers guidance for exploring the spiritual dimension in education. Its four sections look at reflective practice, the teaching-learning process, ways to support learning, and the contexts of teaching. ...Show more

The Tutor: Transformational Educators for 21st Century Learners by Adrian Schoone

$34.99 NZD

Category: Education

In this book Adrian Schoone presents a vital teaching approach for re-engaging young people who have struggled in conventional secondary schools.  Drawing from his arts-based doctoral studies and 14 years leading tutors and students in alternative education settings, Adrian explains how this return to t utor-based pedagogy is a return to more holistic notions of teaching that will benefit all students in 21st century life. His analysis shows the tutor to be both a distinct role and to represent a broader education philosophy to inform teacher practice. In this book, the essences of tutors are described through poem and expanded upon in theoretical discussion to aid reflection and provide practical advice. ...Show more

Casework in Education: Planning and Decision-Making for Specialist Practitioners by Jan Johnson

$32.99 NZD

Category: Education

This book focuses on the behind-the-scenes planning and decision-making which are important when there are concerns for students' moderate to severe behaviour or learning difficulties. From referral to case closure, the book outlines important considerations to be made at each phase of the process, in o rder to deliver a service that is: Legal and ethical, Ecologically sound, Collaborative, Evidence based, Strengths based, Inclusive and minimally intrusive. ...Show more

Designs for Learning: Teaching in Adult, Tertiary and Vocational Education in Aotearoa New Zealand by Lisa Maurice-Takerei and Helen Anderson

$37.99 NZD

Category: Education

This book will provide new and experienced teachers, tutors and educators ready access to current and future-focused thinking about how to design and implement learning and teaching in the tertiary vocational and adult education and training sector. The practical guide makes dynamic links between theory and practice in explaining the process of designing for learning. The writers use an approach that recognises learning as an integrated process of engaged learning and experience. The text is designed to support teaching as a creative and continuous process of designing, delivering, assessing learning and evaluating teaching. It can be used by educators engaged in the work of teaching in adult and vocational programmes and courses as a reference and a source of ideas to help guide their thinking and practice. ...Show more

Dyslexia Decoded: What it is, What it Isn't and What You Can Do About it by Sue Dymock & Tom Nicholson

$29.99 NZD

Category: Education

This book, written by two highly qualified New Zealand literacy researchers, is for students and other individuals with dyslexia and also for those working with them as tutors and in the workplace. The book cuts new ground in our understanding of dyslexia. It brings together in one volume the latest res earch on this spectrum of learning difficulties. It seeks to encourage empathy and understanding of the needs of adults with dyslexia and shows how they can achieve success in today's competitive world. The book defines dyslexia; debunks myths; shows that this learning condition does not have to be a life sentence; discusses assessment; explains decoding, and writing and spelling strategies; and looks at workplace modification to accommodate the needs of dyslexic people. Book and DVD. ...Show more

The Politicisation of Ethics Review in New Zealand by Martin Tolich & Barry Smith

$42.99 NZD

Category: Education

The National Women’s Hospital research scandal saw women being involved in medical research without their knowledge and without the opportunity to make a choice about their participation. The 1988 Cartwright Inquiry into this decades-long study established a template for ethics review in New Zealand. Et hics committees were subsequently established to independently evaluate the potential benefits as well as the risks of research. This book traces the gradual undermining of the independence of ethics review in New Zealand and the politicisation of ethics committees between 1988 and 2014. There have been substantial changes in this review process brought about by government in response to other medical crises such as that which occurred in Gisborne in the late 1990s and then an “economic crisis” between 2008 and 2010 that involved international pharmaceutical companies. This book explores the implications of these changes for a robust ethics review process across research environments in New Zealand, especially those affecting Maori. It includes recommendations aimed at enhancing independent ethics review, best practice, and providing adequate protection for all citizens. ...Show more

Twelve Thousand Hours: Education and Poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand by Ed. Vicki Carpenter & Sue Osborne

$39.99 NZD

Category: Education

There is well-documented concern regarding the links between poverty and education; statistics demonstrate, over many decades, that the economically poorer the New Zealand child's family, the more likely it is the child will not reach her/his potential. The blame for such inequitable outcomes is various ly placed on children's families and communities, on teachers and schools, and on wider structural and system injustices. The contributors to this book are key NZ writers and thinkers in the field of education and poverty. Reasons for our contemporary schooling's inequitable outcomes are examined and critiqued. ...Show more

Talanoa: Building a Pasifika Research Culture by Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop & Eve Coxon (eds)

$39.99 NZD

Category: Education

The Talanoa post-graduate discussions - using Access Grid technology to facilitate a national (and then international), 'virtual' face-to-face venue - were established as a joint project across New Zealand universities to help attract Pacific post-graduates into the social sciences and to enhance Pacifi c social researcher capacity by breaking down feelings of academic and geographic isolation Pacific students might experience and to assist in building a vibrant Pacific post-graduate research community. This selection of papers presents a rich sample of Pasifika postgraduate research subjects and methodologies employed. The audience for this book is all those interested in developing deeper knowledge of the Pacific Islands and their Pasifika peoples, and specifically for Pasifika post-graduates in the social sciences to learn and gain confidence through a sharing technology (Access Grid) that has been designed to strengthen their research skills and their commonalities and reduce the isolation of being a group that is small in number and spread over various institutions. ...Show more

Developing a Research Culture: A Guidebook for Everyone by Mary Panko

$30.00 NZD

$34.99 (14% off)

Category: Education

Research and innovation are actions fundamental to success in the current environment but – where to get started, why is it worth doing, and of even more significance, how do you give people the confidence that together they can do it? This easy-to-read book demystifies the research process. It focuses on: Recognised research forms and research ethics (including Kaupapa Maori research) Experiences of indigenous researchers The importance of research in successful businesses Research steps essential for academic organisations A research model used in Canadian colleges Tips and techniques for everyone engaged. These topics pose similar dilemmas in most Western countries and the solutions suggested are relevant everywhere. After reading this book, team leaders in institutions, businesses of all sizes as well as individuals engaged in research will be able to recognise what steps to take to become more effective researchers, publicise their findings and enhance the organisation’s research culture. ...Show more

Reason in the Real World by Stephen Duffin

$42.99 NZD

Category: Education

Aimed at high school and university students, but suitable for anyone who wants to improve their skills in critical thinking and agrument evaluation, "Reason in the Real World" is a short and practical introduction to reasoning. Designed for use either as a teach-yourself course, or as a textbook for a critical thinking class, this book uses accessible language to show students how to assess arguments and ten how to construct their own arguments. The reader is actively engaged and taught the skills of critical thinking through a series of graded exercises. By the end of the book students should be able to: analyse arguments found in the media, books and speeches; identify flaws in arguments; and compose argumentative essays. Stephen Duffin has taught and tutored courses in critical thinking for several years at Massey University where he is currently employed. ...Show more