Faculty research grants
A new Faculty Strategic Research Fund has funded five projects from the Wellington Faculty of Education.
2020 news
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PhD graduate’s career weaves together technology, teaching, and poetry
Creative Writing PhD graduate Dr Ben Egerton is a poet and a teaching lecturer in primary Digital Technology and English at the Wellington Faculty of Education. We find out from Ben how he has successfully woven these three hugely contrasting spheres—technology, poetry, and primary teaching—into a working career.
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Dancing into maths learning
Sinapi Taeao loves the traditional Samoan dance sāsā. And she loves teaching maths. So when she began her Master of Education at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, it just took a hint from her supervisor Associate Professor Robin Averill to help her connect the dots.
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Let’s follow Wales’ lead in language regeneration
Dr Mere Skerrett wonders why, as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s official languages, te reo Māori gets only one focal week, as she ponders the likelihood England would have an ‘English Language Week’ or Germany a ‘German Language Week’.
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Learning and assessing wellbeing-ness in an age of global educational change
In this year's Dean's Lecture, Wellington Faculty of Education Dean Professor Stephen Dobson explores what it means to learn and create a culture of wellbeing where inclusion and belonging are central.
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Rethinking the English effect
When English becomes the global language of education we risk losing other, often better, ways of learning, write Professor Stephen Dobson and Muhammad Zuhdi.
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Research leaders convene virtual conference series
As COVID-19 hit, conferences were cancelled worldwide. Knowing how essential they are to academic collaboration, the Associate Deans of Research from New Zealand universities decided to do something about it.
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Trans-Tasman education leadership opportunities
A new agreement between the Education Faculty of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and Australian professional leadership institute QELi may see the University begin to provide professional learning and development to educational leaders across New Zealand.
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Teaching children as citizens
The inclusive worldview provided by the ground-breaking New Zealand early childhood education (ECE) curriculum allows children to understand the value of community, says Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie from the School of Education of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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New postgraduate course in education for sustainability
The Master of Education will offer a new course with a focus on education for sustainability from Trimester 2, 2020.