The ongoing contributions to early childhood research by Faculty of Education Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie were acknowledged last year, when she was awarded the Bloch Distinguished Career Award at the 2016 International Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education Conference.
In a Marsden Fund research project beginning this year, Professor of Early Childhood Education Dr Carmen Dalli, will research how children aged 2-5 years negotiate conflict to establish a sense of belonging and well-being in a multi-ethnic early childhood setting.
Four of the students who studied for a Master of Secondary School Leadership (MSSL) at Victoria University’s Faculty of Education in 2016 have moved into principal roles in New Zealand schools.
A new postgraduate qualification being offered at Victoria University of Wellington in 2017 gives people working in the education profession the chance to gain high-level qualifications while continuing to advance their career.
Faculty of Education senior lecturer Dr Azra Moeed had her hard work recognised last year, winning a 2016 national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award administered by Ako Aotearoa recognising her commitment to the learning of students.
Faculty of Education senior lecturer Dr Bronwyn Wood begins her Fast-Start Marsden Fund research this year, looking at the changing nature of youth citizenship in New Zealand.
Effective participation in society is increasingly dependent on strategic use of digital technology. Yet growing divides exist that separate those who have access to digital devices and the Internet from those who do not; those who have the ability to use such devices from those who do not; and those who use the technology in strategic ways to participate in society from those who do not.
A new book edited by Mike Taylor, with Louise Richards and John Morgan, has received the Best Resource in Secondary award at the New Zealand Content Counts Education Awards 2016.
