title: Becoming curious about cats: A collaborative writing project

authors: Dix, Stephanie Margaret

subjects: effective teaching

abstract: Students’ interests and achievement in writing are often debated and located in theoretical and pedagogical arguments. These issues can polarise understandings of effective teaching practice. This article describes one teacher’s classroom practice in a New Zealand primary school. It outlines a collaborative project between a local teacher and a university lecturer. The two educators were concerned about political and educational changes and the influence this had on teachers’ writing pedagogy. They were concerned about the differences between the children’s reading and writing achievement evident in this year three classroom. As researchers they were keen to explore the ‘power of literature’ as a way of enriching children’s oral and written language experiences. The writers argue that by using quality literature in the classroom, with an explicit focus on authors’ literary techniques, students develop an awareness of how authors craft and construct texts. The young writers were apprenticed to experts and developed a metalanguage, which enhanced their own writing skills.

text: Becoming curious about cats: A collaborative writing project Students’ interests and achievement in writing are often debated and located in theoretical and pedagogical arguments. These issues can polarise understandings of effective teaching practice. This article describes one teacher’s classroom practice in a New Zealand primary school. It outlines a collaborative project between a local teacher and a university lecturer. The two educators were concerned about political and educational changes and the influence this had on teachers’ writing pedagogy. They were concerned about the differences between the children’s reading and writing achievement evident in this year three classroom. As researchers they were keen to explore the ‘power of literature’ as a way of enriching children’s oral and written language experiences. The writers argue that by using quality literature in the classroom, with an explicit focus on authors’ literary techniques, students develop an awareness of how authors craft and construct texts. The young writers were apprenticed to experts and developed a metalanguage, which enhanced their own writing skills.

year: 2010

title: Publishing panel: Book proposals and environmental history journals

authors: Beattie, James John

abstract: This presentation was associated with the conference held at Macquarie University, 'Foreign Bodies, Intimate Ecologies: Transformations in Environmental History' (10-13 February 2016), at which James Beattie presented a paper entitled, ' "Hungry dragons" in the South Pacific: Chinese resource frontiers, environmental change, and entrepreneurship'

text: Publishing panel: Book proposals and environmental history journals This presentation was associated with the conference held at Macquarie University, 'Foreign Bodies, Intimate Ecologies: Transformations in Environmental History' (10-13 February 2016), at which James Beattie presented a paper entitled, ' "Hungry dragons" in the South Pacific: Chinese resource frontiers, environmental change, and entrepreneurship'

year: 2016

title: Matariki: The star of the year by Rangi Matamua [Book Review]

authors: Keegan, Te Taka Adrian Gregory

abstract: This article reviews the book “Matariki: The star of the year by Rangi Matamua", by Matamua, Rangi.

text: Matariki: The star of the year by Rangi Matamua [Book Review] This article reviews the book “Matariki: The star of the year by Rangi Matamua", by Matamua, Rangi.

year: 2017