Dean of Education Lecture—What is the meaning of education after the Christchurch terror attacks?
On Tuesday 5 November, Dean of the Faculty of Education Professor Stephen Dobson gave a…
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21st PECERA international conference
In July 2020, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington hosted the 21st annual conference of the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association.
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Community and skill-building key in CERDAS programmes
Community and skill-building approaches to aid have been at the forefront of a recent Victoria University of Wellington research report into the success of early reading programmes run by Save the Children New Zealand, Yayasan Sayangi Tunas Cilik (partner of Save the Children in Indonesia), and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trades.
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Faculty of Education Annual Lecture
Dr Chris Bowden presented "Working in the void: Suicide, suffering, trauma, and transformation"
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Exploring youth citizenship at the intersection of education, geography, and sociology
Faculty of Education senior lecturer Dr Bronwyn Wood is determined to counter the idea that young people are apathetic.
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Thinking about postgraduate study? Apply for a Ministry of Education TESSOL Scholarship and get started at Victoria University of Wellington
The Ministry of Education offers TESSOL Scholarship funding for two education courses EDUC 515 Teaching Linguistically Diverse Learners and EDUC 516 Language of the Classroom that make up the Faculty of Education’s Postgraduate Certificate in Education.
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New tool developed to help build engagement with Māori students
Associate Professor Robin Averill and Dr Hiria McRae have developed a first-of-its-kind assessment tool to help teacher trainees identify their attitudes towards te ao Māori and grow towards fully engaging with Māori learners during their teacher training.
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Valuable Indonesian education partnership signed
Victoria University of Wellington has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Universitas Negeri Jakarta (UNJ) to collaborate on the development of a Centre of Excellence in Teaching for the Future.
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Engaging with difficult histories
Professor Joanna Kidman's Marsden Fund-supported research project on the New Zealand Wars is building understanding about an uncomfortable and violent part of the country's past.
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Education student Taylor Hughson wins Woolf Fisher Scholarship to study at Cambridge University
Victoria University of Wellington Master of Education student Taylor Hughson has been awarded a Woolf Fisher Scholarship to complete a PhD in Education.