Breadcrumbs List.
Education and society
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The vā that binds: a Pasifika education story during Covid-19
3 May 2020
Opinion: As we rethink learning in light of Covid-19, any review must go wider than technology and inequity when it comes to Pasifika students, writes Jacoba Matapo.
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We can’t ask young people to pay the price alone
1 May 2020
Opinion: Younger Kiwis have make sacrifices to save the more vulnerable in Covid-19. Older generations must look what they can do in return, writes Tim Mulgan.
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What science says about household chaos
1 May 2020
Every household with children faces the daily experience of chaos and sometimes, hopefully, a semblance of order. To study this universal phenomenon researchers have devised the CHAOS (Confusion, Hubbub and Order) scale to measure household chaos and order.
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Keep calm and carry on drinking: alcohol industry’s message during Covid-19
1 May 2020
Opinion: Alcohol safety campaigns may encourage us to 'drink normal' during lockdown - but what effect does this have when our 'normal' is heavy drinking? Dr Nicki Jackson analyses these campaigns.
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Completing Harvard during a pandemic
29 April 2020
While undertaking a master of laws in the US, the Covid-19 outbreak forced alumnus Dylan Asafo to return home and start remote learning.
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The gap in our Anzac memory
25 April 2020
Opinion: Sheree Trotter looks at the participation of NZ troops in the Sinai and Palestine campaign during WWI; a campaign little known but of great significance.
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Creative resource ready for teachers as schools go back
24 April 2020
In response to Covid-19, a project to support primary school teachers with a rich, arts-based set of resources when they return to school next week has been developed by a team at the University of Auckland.
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What we know about children and Covid-19
23 April 2020
Opinion: A lot of people are very reasonably concerned about the implications of schools and early childhood education reopening. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles explains what the latest studies can tell us about the risks.
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40,000 students, 6,000 staff online in 48 hours
22 April 2020
As Covid-19 hit home, all staff and students at the University of Auckland needed to be able to teach, learn and work entirely off campus within 48 hours.
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Covid-19: Vital that tikanga adapts again
21 April 2020
Opinion: Kaumātua voice in the Covid-19 crisis is key to Māori well-being. A new study seeks their understanding and advice on how tikanga might have to change.
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Conflict, climate and contagion: refugees suffer
20 April 2020
Opinion: As the world and NZ shut borders, millions of refugees are forgotten in high density camps. Jay Marlowe argues we can't only look inward in fighting Covid-19.
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Parenting teens in lockdown
20 April 2020
Opinion: Think you are failing as a parent? Feeling guilt over increased screen use? Don’t. Joanna Chu explains undermining your parenting won’t help your teenagers.