Breadcrumbs List.
Faculty of Education and Social Work
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Ethnic ‘mixedness’ on the rise
17 July 2018
Opinion: As ethnic 'mixedness' is on the rise, the message is that individuals must find their own way to become, be, and belong, writes Melinda Webber.
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Time to tackle welfare system with both hands
26 June 2018
Opinion: The Welfare Expert Advisory Group has an opportunity to turn around the harmful and ill-informed changes made to our welfare system in recent years, writes Mike O'Brien (Education and Social Work).
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Staff honoured in Queen's Birthday list
5 June 2018
University staff across the faculties of Science, Medical Science and Education and Social Work were recognised for their exceptional achievements in the Queen's Birthday Honours, announced yesterday.
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Enacting alofa between NZ and Samoa
1 June 2018
Opinion: Vaiaso o Le Gagana Sāmoa – Samoan Language Week – finishes tomorrow. This year’s theme was ‘Alofa atu nei, alofa mai taeao’: ‘Kindness received, kindness given’, or literally, “Give love now; receive love tomorrow”.
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Time to bring ‘knowledge’ back to schools?
1 June 2018
Opinion: A more progressive approach to our education system will find ways to ensure the school curriculum is both knowledge-rich and forward-facing, writes the University of Auckland's John Morgan.
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University review - Arts and Education and Social Work
30 May 2018
The University of Auckland is currently consulting with academic staff about proposed changes to the Faculty of Education & Social Work (FESW), and Faculty of Arts (FoA).
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Starpath Project: What have we learned?
24 May 2018
For more than 12 years Starpath has been dedicated to improving Maori and Pacific success in our schools.
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Budget 2018: our experts react
18 May 2018
Wide-ranging comment and analysis on the 2018 budget from University of Auckland academics.
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Modern classrooms won’t fix education
17 May 2018
Opinion: Was it really the furniture that created NZ’s long tail of educational under-achievement in the first place? Dr Mohamed Alansari casts a critical eye over 'modern' classrooms.
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Tuai takes out top award at Ockhams
16 May 2018
The evocative story of Tuai, one of the first Māori men to travel to England in the early 19th century won University of Auckland Professor Alison Jones and Professor Kuni Kaa Jenkins the Illustrated Non-Fiction category of the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards last night.
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Why we need more IronMāori
14 May 2018
Napier's Sharron Fabish graduated from the University of Auckland this week after finishing her research into the benefits of IronMāori, an indigenous triathlon.
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Keeping it in the family with a career in teaching
11 May 2018
Language, literature, teaching and education have always been the backdrop to Peter Goodwin's life. He inherited a passion or language from his mum, Marineke Goodwin who has taught the subjects here since his early childhood.