title: The development of reflective practice through student journals

authors: Pavlovich, Kathryn

subjects: education

abstract: This paper explores the design and assessment of reflective journals in a course on spirituality and management in a tertiary institution. The purpose of reflection in education is to develop students' self-awareness and inner leadership. Yet, such assessment poses challenges in terms of design, content and grading. This paper explores the literature surrounding these issues, and then describes the introduction of such an approach through a case study. Two types of assessment were developed to assist students to explore self-awareness. The first was through reflective journal entries completed throughout the course, and the second was a report due at the end of the course, describing the journey of the student's most significant learning. The paper concludes by assessing the effectiveness of such an approach through qualitative measures. The use of student narratives from their journals, with their consent, illustrates the power of the reflective method.

text: The development of reflective practice through student journals This paper explores the design and assessment of reflective journals in a course on spirituality and management in a tertiary institution. The purpose of reflection in education is to develop students' self-awareness and inner leadership. Yet, such assessment poses challenges in terms of design, content and grading. This paper explores the literature surrounding these issues, and then describes the introduction of such an approach through a case study. Two types of assessment were developed to assist students to explore self-awareness. The first was through reflective journal entries completed throughout the course, and the second was a report due at the end of the course, describing the journey of the student's most significant learning. The paper concludes by assessing the effectiveness of such an approach through qualitative measures. The use of student narratives from their journals, with their consent, illustrates the power of the reflective method.

year: 2007

title: New Zealand shareholder attitudes towards corporate environmental disclosure

authors: de Villiers, Charl

subjects: shareholder

abstract: Purpose – The natural environment has become an increasingly important business issue over the last ten years while shareholder views on the importance of corporate environmental disclosure have not been extensively investigated. The purpose of this paper is to report the requirements of individual shareholders for the disclosure and regulation of environmental information and their intended use of the information.
Design/methodology/approach – Respondents were questioned using an online survey whether they want specific types of environmental information from companies and if so, where they want it disclosed, why they want it disclosed and if they feel strongly enough about it to want it made compulsory and be subject to an audit. The authors regard New Zealand as an ideal experimental setting for the investigation of shareholder views and focus on the members of an active shareholders' association in New Zealand and obtain a very high response rate.
Findings – The paper finds that most shareholders are very positive about the disclosure of a range of environmental information items and furthermore they want environmental information to be made compulsory, to be audited, and to be published in the annual report and also on the company website. The most important reason given by shareholders for requiring environmental information is that they want companies to be accountable for their environmental impacts. The results are potentially significant for company governance and management decision making and will also have policy implications for regulators.
Practical implications – The findings have important implications for the government, the accounting profession and other standard setters. The paper suggests that the time has come for legislators, regulatory bodies and standard setters to take note of the policy implications if such a large proportion (59 percent – 72 percent) of shareholders want environmental disclosure to be compulsory and prescribed and not left to the discretion of companies.
Social implications – The information needs of individual shareholders who make their own investment decisions should be of great interest to regulators, because such investors rely on publicly available information, whereas institutional investors also collect private information. Regulators need to remove information asymmetry by regulating and/or mandating disclosures and shareholder requirements for information should be an important consideration.
Originality/value – This paper is of high value. The paper addresses why the information is requested and what it would be used for, something that the studies prior to the year 2000 did not cover. In addition this study is the first to survey New Zealand investors 1996, i.e. prior to the resurgence of late in societal interest in environmental issues.

text: New Zealand shareholder attitudes towards corporate environmental disclosure Purpose – The natural environment has become an increasingly important business issue over the last ten years while shareholder views on the importance of corporate environmental disclosure have not been extensively investigated. The purpose of this paper is to report the requirements of individual shareholders for the disclosure and regulation of environmental information and their intended use of the information.
Design/methodology/approach – Respondents were questioned using an online survey whether they want specific types of environmental information from companies and if so, where they want it disclosed, why they want it disclosed and if they feel strongly enough about it to want it made compulsory and be subject to an audit. The authors regard New Zealand as an ideal experimental setting for the investigation of shareholder views and focus on the members of an active shareholders' association in New Zealand and obtain a very high response rate.
Findings – The paper finds that most shareholders are very positive about the disclosure of a range of environmental information items and furthermore they want environmental information to be made compulsory, to be audited, and to be published in the annual report and also on the company website. The most important reason given by shareholders for requiring environmental information is that they want companies to be accountable for their environmental impacts. The results are potentially significant for company governance and management decision making and will also have policy implications for regulators.
Practical implications – The findings have important implications for the government, the accounting profession and other standard setters. The paper suggests that the time has come for legislators, regulatory bodies and standard setters to take note of the policy implications if such a large proportion (59 percent – 72 percent) of shareholders want environmental disclosure to be compulsory and prescribed and not left to the discretion of companies.
Social implications – The information needs of individual shareholders who make their own investment decisions should be of great interest to regulators, because such investors rely on publicly available information, whereas institutional investors also collect private information. Regulators need to remove information asymmetry by regulating and/or mandating disclosures and shareholder requirements for information should be an important consideration.
Originality/value – This paper is of high value. The paper addresses why the information is requested and what it would be used for, something that the studies prior to the year 2000 did not cover. In addition this study is the first to survey New Zealand investors 1996, i.e. prior to the resurgence of late in societal interest in environmental issues.

year: 2012

title: Te Kauwhanganui o Tāwhiao

authors: Teinakore, Tiare Kata

abstract: Wiremu Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa Tamihana: Kaiwhakawahi Kīngi

I te tau 1892 i kite a Tāwhiao i te hinga mai o te iwi Māori i te rau o te patu a te Pākehā, ka whakatūngia mai ko tōna whare pāremata a Te Kauwhanganui hei pīkau i ēnei taumahatanga. He whare pāremata tēnei i whakatūngia mai i te rohe tonu o Ngāti Hauā, he whare pāremata mō ngā iwi Māori puta noa i Aotearoa, he whare whakatau nawe, he whare whakature kaupapa, he punanga tēnei mō te iwi Māori. Ko Te Kauwhanganui te tāhuhu o tēnei tuhinga whakapae, engari, ko te aronga nui, ko te takenga mai o Te Kauwhanganui i tēwhea ao, te ao Māori, te ao Pākehā rānei? I konei mahuta mai ai ko te kaupapa matua o tēnei tuhinga.
“I pūtake mai Te Kauwhanganui o Tāwhiao i te ao Māori tūturu, i ngā whakaaweawe rānei o te mana whakahaere o te Pākehā?”
Ko tēnei kaupapa ka rukuhia atu mā te huri kōaro ki te rangahau i te mana whakahaere o te ao Māori tūturu. Ka rangahautia ko te mana whakahaere o te iwi Māori i mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, kia mahea ai te kite he aha rā ngā tikanga o te ao Māori tūturu. Ka hūpeke atu ki te taenga mai o te Pākehā ki Aotearoa, ka whakaatu i ngā whakaaweawe mana whakahaere o te Pākehā i tōia mai e te Pākehā, ko Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko Te Kawenata motuhake o Aotearoa ēnei. Ka whakaatu hoki i te pānga o ēnei whakaaweawe ki ngā kōkiritanga, ki ngā whakahoki a te Māori ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi me Te Kawenata motuhake o Aotearoa. Kātahi ka whakamāramahia ngā tikanga o Te Kauwhanganui me te tautoko o ngā pou kōrero i ēnei whakamārama. Ka whakamutua ake me te tātari i ngā hua o ēnei kimihanga, kia taea te kite ko tēwhea te ao ka pūtake mai Te Kauwhanganui, mai i te ao Māori tūturu, mai i ngā whakaaweawe rānei o te mana whakahaere o te Pākehā.

text: Te Kauwhanganui o Tāwhiao Wiremu Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa Tamihana: Kaiwhakawahi Kīngi

I te tau 1892 i kite a Tāwhiao i te hinga mai o te iwi Māori i te rau o te patu a te Pākehā, ka whakatūngia mai ko tōna whare pāremata a Te Kauwhanganui hei pīkau i ēnei taumahatanga. He whare pāremata tēnei i whakatūngia mai i te rohe tonu o Ngāti Hauā, he whare pāremata mō ngā iwi Māori puta noa i Aotearoa, he whare whakatau nawe, he whare whakature kaupapa, he punanga tēnei mō te iwi Māori. Ko Te Kauwhanganui te tāhuhu o tēnei tuhinga whakapae, engari, ko te aronga nui, ko te takenga mai o Te Kauwhanganui i tēwhea ao, te ao Māori, te ao Pākehā rānei? I konei mahuta mai ai ko te kaupapa matua o tēnei tuhinga.
“I pūtake mai Te Kauwhanganui o Tāwhiao i te ao Māori tūturu, i ngā whakaaweawe rānei o te mana whakahaere o te Pākehā?”
Ko tēnei kaupapa ka rukuhia atu mā te huri kōaro ki te rangahau i te mana whakahaere o te ao Māori tūturu. Ka rangahautia ko te mana whakahaere o te iwi Māori i mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, kia mahea ai te kite he aha rā ngā tikanga o te ao Māori tūturu. Ka hūpeke atu ki te taenga mai o te Pākehā ki Aotearoa, ka whakaatu i ngā whakaaweawe mana whakahaere o te Pākehā i tōia mai e te Pākehā, ko Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ko Te Kawenata motuhake o Aotearoa ēnei. Ka whakaatu hoki i te pānga o ēnei whakaaweawe ki ngā kōkiritanga, ki ngā whakahoki a te Māori ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi me Te Kawenata motuhake o Aotearoa. Kātahi ka whakamāramahia ngā tikanga o Te Kauwhanganui me te tautoko o ngā pou kōrero i ēnei whakamārama. Ka whakamutua ake me te tātari i ngā hua o ēnei kimihanga, kia taea te kite ko tēwhea te ao ka pūtake mai Te Kauwhanganui, mai i te ao Māori tūturu, mai i ngā whakaaweawe rānei o te mana whakahaere o te Pākehā.

year: 2013