title: Teaching and learning about difference: the geographies of the “Other”

authors: McLeay, Colin

subjects: geography

abstract: In January 2010, the New Zealand Geographical Society (NZGS) sponsored a conference on the theme of Positioning Geography at the University of Waikato. The conference brought local, regional and national teachers of Geography together with three International Geographical Union (IGU) Commissions (Gender and Geography, Geographical Education, Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change) to discuss issues of importance to the discipline in this place (the Pacific region) and time (an era of repositioning in the discipline). The Department of Geography, Environmental Planning and Tourism hosted the conference at the University of Waikato with the Conference Organising Committee made up of Waikato branch members of the NZGS and staff at the University.
There were several strong themes in the Conference, with teaching and learning about the “Other” being notable for the challenges it provided the discipline at both secondary and tertiary levels. In this introduction to the focused conference papers that follow, we provide a commentary on the theme, we relate this to the mechanisms for delivering Geography in the contemporary secondary and tertiary sectors and we introduce the three papers and authors.

text: Teaching and learning about difference: the geographies of the “Other” In January 2010, the New Zealand Geographical Society (NZGS) sponsored a conference on the theme of Positioning Geography at the University of Waikato. The conference brought local, regional and national teachers of Geography together with three International Geographical Union (IGU) Commissions (Gender and Geography, Geographical Education, Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change) to discuss issues of importance to the discipline in this place (the Pacific region) and time (an era of repositioning in the discipline). The Department of Geography, Environmental Planning and Tourism hosted the conference at the University of Waikato with the Conference Organising Committee made up of Waikato branch members of the NZGS and staff at the University.
There were several strong themes in the Conference, with teaching and learning about the “Other” being notable for the challenges it provided the discipline at both secondary and tertiary levels. In this introduction to the focused conference papers that follow, we provide a commentary on the theme, we relate this to the mechanisms for delivering Geography in the contemporary secondary and tertiary sectors and we introduce the three papers and authors.

year: 2011

title: Role resources and work-family enrichment: The role of work engagement

authors: Siu, Oi Ling

subjects: work-family

abstract: The majority of work-family research has focused on negative spillover between demands and outcomes and between the work and family domains (e.g., work-family conflict; see review by Eby, Casper, Lockwood, Bordeaux, & Brinley, 2005). The theory that guided this research was in most cases role stress theory (Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985) or the role scarcity hypothesis (Edwards & Rothbard, 2000). However, according to spillover theory, work-related activities and satisfaction also affect non-work performance, and vice versa. Recently, in line with the positive psychology movement (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), work-family interaction research has also included concepts of positive spillover (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Grzywacz & Marks, 2000). This emerging focus supplements the dominant conflict perspective by identifying new ways of cultivating human resource strength.

text: Role resources and work-family enrichment: The role of work engagement The majority of work-family research has focused on negative spillover between demands and outcomes and between the work and family domains (e.g., work-family conflict; see review by Eby, Casper, Lockwood, Bordeaux, & Brinley, 2005). The theory that guided this research was in most cases role stress theory (Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985) or the role scarcity hypothesis (Edwards & Rothbard, 2000). However, according to spillover theory, work-related activities and satisfaction also affect non-work performance, and vice versa. Recently, in line with the positive psychology movement (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), work-family interaction research has also included concepts of positive spillover (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008; Grzywacz & Marks, 2000). This emerging focus supplements the dominant conflict perspective by identifying new ways of cultivating human resource strength.

year: 2010

title: Language Preference in a Bi-language Digital Library

authors: Keegan, Te Taka Adrian Gregory

subjects: log analysis

abstract: This paper examines user choice of interface language in a bi-language digital library(English and Maori, the language of the indigenous people of New Zealand)/ the majority of collection documents are in Maori, and the interface is available in both Maori and English. Log analysis shows three categories of preference for interface language: primarily English, primarily Maori and bilingual(switching back and forth between the two).

text: Language Preference in a Bi-language Digital Library This paper examines user choice of interface language in a bi-language digital library(English and Maori, the language of the indigenous people of New Zealand)/ the majority of collection documents are in Maori, and the interface is available in both Maori and English. Log analysis shows three categories of preference for interface language: primarily English, primarily Maori and bilingual(switching back and forth between the two).

year: 2005