title: Electronics: A potted history and a glimpse of the future

authors: Scott, Jonathan B.

subjects: electronics

abstract: Keynote Speech. New Zealand has a thriving electronics industry with a long history. The renowned Kiwi ingenuity fits in well with the creative, understanding-based aspects of electronics, a discipline that is both an art and a science. However, the face of electronics is changing with the passing decades.

text: Electronics: A potted history and a glimpse of the future Keynote Speech. New Zealand has a thriving electronics industry with a long history. The renowned Kiwi ingenuity fits in well with the creative, understanding-based aspects of electronics, a discipline that is both an art and a science. However, the face of electronics is changing with the passing decades.

year: 2010

title: The learning cultures of informal self-organised action sports: Implications for child and youth coaching

authors: Wheaton, Belinda

abstract: The increasing popularity of action and lifestyle sports (e.g. skateboarding, parkour, BMX, mountain biking, and snowboarding) has been recognised as an important trend in youth lifestyles. In contrast to traditional sports, these activities are individualistic, lack rules, and have celebrated anti-authoritarian, 'do-it-yourself' and anti-competition cultural values. Athlete learning in action sport is also largely informal and self-regulated, with peer-to-peer learning dominating and digital technologies playing a central role. However, lifestyle sports are becoming increasingly popular for youth development, including in institutionalised settings and PE curricula. With the increasing professionalisation of some action sports including in international competitions such as the Olympics, there is an increased focus on coaching, with funding directed to coach development and increasing numbers of athletes in structured training programmes. This chapter explores this changing landscape of action and lifestyle youth sports cultures. In so doing, it critically discusses the challenges and opportunities for coaching. First, it outlines the dominance of informal learning environments in lifestyle sports, including the use of digital technologies. Second, it considers coaching and learning in more structured environments, which often differs in ethos and approach to many traditional sporting cultures. Drawing on sociocultural views of learning the chapter shows how disrupting the ‘adult as expert’ can create less hierarchical and more equitable learning environments. However, coaches being absent from learning environments also has potential implications for safety management and young athlete welfare. Lasty, it outlines future directions and considerations in coaching research and policy/practice.

text: The learning cultures of informal self-organised action sports: Implications for child and youth coaching The increasing popularity of action and lifestyle sports (e.g. skateboarding, parkour, BMX, mountain biking, and snowboarding) has been recognised as an important trend in youth lifestyles. In contrast to traditional sports, these activities are individualistic, lack rules, and have celebrated anti-authoritarian, 'do-it-yourself' and anti-competition cultural values. Athlete learning in action sport is also largely informal and self-regulated, with peer-to-peer learning dominating and digital technologies playing a central role. However, lifestyle sports are becoming increasingly popular for youth development, including in institutionalised settings and PE curricula. With the increasing professionalisation of some action sports including in international competitions such as the Olympics, there is an increased focus on coaching, with funding directed to coach development and increasing numbers of athletes in structured training programmes. This chapter explores this changing landscape of action and lifestyle youth sports cultures. In so doing, it critically discusses the challenges and opportunities for coaching. First, it outlines the dominance of informal learning environments in lifestyle sports, including the use of digital technologies. Second, it considers coaching and learning in more structured environments, which often differs in ethos and approach to many traditional sporting cultures. Drawing on sociocultural views of learning the chapter shows how disrupting the ‘adult as expert’ can create less hierarchical and more equitable learning environments. However, coaches being absent from learning environments also has potential implications for safety management and young athlete welfare. Lasty, it outlines future directions and considerations in coaching research and policy/practice.

year: 2022-11-10

title: Maori and epilepsy: Personal perceptions of the cause, treatment and consequences of epilepsy by Maori in the Bay of Plenty

authors: Simonsen, Kiri

subjects: Maori

abstract: This paper discusses the perceptions of epilepsy held by Maori in the Bay of Plenty. The paper
begins by introducing the purpose and rationale of the research. It then moves on to describe the
aims and qualitative research methods that were used to collect the data. Finally the paper
discusses the findings of the research, this includes: a close look at the unique perceptions of
epilepsy that were reported by Maori in the Bay of Plenty; the lack of resources and services
available in a small rural town of the Bay of Plenty; the services desired by Maori; attitudes
towards medication and the inappropriate behaviour many of the participants experienced by the
medical profession.

text: Maori and epilepsy: Personal perceptions of the cause, treatment and consequences of epilepsy by Maori in the Bay of Plenty This paper discusses the perceptions of epilepsy held by Maori in the Bay of Plenty. The paper
begins by introducing the purpose and rationale of the research. It then moves on to describe the
aims and qualitative research methods that were used to collect the data. Finally the paper
discusses the findings of the research, this includes: a close look at the unique perceptions of
epilepsy that were reported by Maori in the Bay of Plenty; the lack of resources and services
available in a small rural town of the Bay of Plenty; the services desired by Maori; attitudes
towards medication and the inappropriate behaviour many of the participants experienced by the
medical profession.

year: 1999