title: Guest editorial Geography teaching, governance and professional development

authors: Chalmers, Lex

abstract: One of the things that have characterised the activity of secondary teaching in the last two decades has been the increasing impact of ‘governance’, where governance is taken to mean implementation and compliance with new curriculum and assessment frameworks, new teacher/school management and performance criteria andnewways of viewing educational practice. Governance issues affect teaching by consuming time that could more purposefully be directed to professional development, and this matter is the focus of this commentary.

text: Guest editorial Geography teaching, governance and professional development One of the things that have characterised the activity of secondary teaching in the last two decades has been the increasing impact of ‘governance’, where governance is taken to mean implementation and compliance with new curriculum and assessment frameworks, new teacher/school management and performance criteria andnewways of viewing educational practice. Governance issues affect teaching by consuming time that could more purposefully be directed to professional development, and this matter is the focus of this commentary.

year: 2005

title: The social benefits of informal and lifestyle sports: a research agenda [Editorial]

authors: Gilchrist, Paul

abstract: Understanding sport through the lens of social benefit has become a mainstay of sport policy analysis. A wealth of research has considered how sport contributes to achieving wider social benefits, including improvements to health and well-being, life satisfaction, crime reduction, community cohesion and activism, environmental stewardship, educational attainment, labour market participation, civic renewal, urban regeneration and developing youth (Coalter 2007, Oughton and Tacon 2007 Oughton, Brookes and Wiggan ). Over the decades governments and policymakers have advocated the use of traditional or mainstream sports for combating a range of social ‘problems’, from youth disengagement to poor health. Most recently, fears about rising levels of inactivity and obesity, particularly amongst children, are increasingly driving sports-based interventions and the question of sport’s capacity to deliver public policy outcomes

text: The social benefits of informal and lifestyle sports: a research agenda [Editorial] Understanding sport through the lens of social benefit has become a mainstay of sport policy analysis. A wealth of research has considered how sport contributes to achieving wider social benefits, including improvements to health and well-being, life satisfaction, crime reduction, community cohesion and activism, environmental stewardship, educational attainment, labour market participation, civic renewal, urban regeneration and developing youth (Coalter 2007, Oughton and Tacon 2007 Oughton, Brookes and Wiggan ). Over the decades governments and policymakers have advocated the use of traditional or mainstream sports for combating a range of social ‘problems’, from youth disengagement to poor health. Most recently, fears about rising levels of inactivity and obesity, particularly amongst children, are increasingly driving sports-based interventions and the question of sport’s capacity to deliver public policy outcomes

year: 2017

title: Legal, business and comparative issues in mining and petroleum activity with respect to Māori matters

authors: Barton, Barry

abstract: In this paper I propose to do three things: to identify the very different implications of the different stages of the mining and the oil and gas sequence, to discuss the basics of the Crown Minerals Act and associated legislation, with particular reference to Māori interests, and to touch on a few points of comparison with Canada.

text: Legal, business and comparative issues in mining and petroleum activity with respect to Māori matters In this paper I propose to do three things: to identify the very different implications of the different stages of the mining and the oil and gas sequence, to discuss the basics of the Crown Minerals Act and associated legislation, with particular reference to Māori interests, and to touch on a few points of comparison with Canada.

year: 2014