title: Secondary school technology education in New Zealand: Does it do what it says on the box?

authors: Reinsfield, Elizabeth

abstract: Technology education, as mandated in the New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) provides an opportunity for schools and teachers to offer contextually relevant and innovative curriculum responses. Recent governmental initiatives appear to offer additional transitional pathways for ‘at risk’ students but signpost new challenges for technology teachers who are already experiencing tensions between political agenda, school compliance and community expectations. The research upon which this article is based highlights that even when technology teachers feel motivated and empowered to enact curriculum change in their schools, local constraints require ongoing, negotiated responses to ensure that all of their students’ diverse learning needs are being addressed. This article asserts that the continued political shift towards vocational education through initiatives such as the introduction of the Youth Guarantee Scheme, have the potential to further undermine the position of technology teachers and technology education within the New Zealand secondary schooling system.

text: Secondary school technology education in New Zealand: Does it do what it says on the box? Technology education, as mandated in the New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) provides an opportunity for schools and teachers to offer contextually relevant and innovative curriculum responses. Recent governmental initiatives appear to offer additional transitional pathways for ‘at risk’ students but signpost new challenges for technology teachers who are already experiencing tensions between political agenda, school compliance and community expectations. The research upon which this article is based highlights that even when technology teachers feel motivated and empowered to enact curriculum change in their schools, local constraints require ongoing, negotiated responses to ensure that all of their students’ diverse learning needs are being addressed. This article asserts that the continued political shift towards vocational education through initiatives such as the introduction of the Youth Guarantee Scheme, have the potential to further undermine the position of technology teachers and technology education within the New Zealand secondary schooling system.

year: 2014

title: Hypergeometric expansions of Heun polynomials

authors: Kalnins, Ernie G.

subjects: Science & Technology

abstract: The product of two Heun polynomials is expanded in terms of products of two Jacobi polynomials. This is done by making crucial use of group theory and the knowledge of separable coordinate systems on the n-sphere. The expansion presented includes as a special case hypergeometric function expansions of single Heun polynomials that have been derived previously by other methods.

text: Hypergeometric expansions of Heun polynomials The product of two Heun polynomials is expanded in terms of products of two Jacobi polynomials. This is done by making crucial use of group theory and the knowledge of separable coordinate systems on the n-sphere. The expansion presented includes as a special case hypergeometric function expansions of single Heun polynomials that have been derived previously by other methods.

year: 1991

title: Introduction: Recognition, redistribution and reconciliation in postcolonial settler societies

authors: van Meijl, Toon

subjects: multiculturalism

abstract: Various questions are addressed regarding recognition of special rights for indigenous minorities in postcolonial nation-states, redistributing resources to redress longstanding indigenous grievances about the history of colonial dispossession and strategy of reconciliation between the immigrant majority of settlers and their descendants against a backdrop of multiculturalism.

text: Introduction: Recognition, redistribution and reconciliation in postcolonial settler societies Various questions are addressed regarding recognition of special rights for indigenous minorities in postcolonial nation-states, redistributing resources to redress longstanding indigenous grievances about the history of colonial dispossession and strategy of reconciliation between the immigrant majority of settlers and their descendants against a backdrop of multiculturalism.

year: 2003-09-01