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| Other names | Josephine Harle Howse |
| Awards | Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit |
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| Institutions | Auckland University of Technology , Unitec Institute of Technology |
Josephine Harle Howse MNZM is a New Zealand academic administrator. In 2022 she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education.
Howse completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 and a Master of Education Administration in 1992,both at Massey University. [1] Her master's thesis was on secondary professional development courses at the University of Auckland's Kohia Centre. [2] Howse later completed a PhD at the University of Tasmania at Launceston,with a thesis on the strategic management changes in New Zealand polytechnics in the 1990s. [3]
Howse worked at the Auckland University of Technology,where she led the Centre for Professional Education. She led the development of the qualification for Secondary Teacher Education Training and Tertiary Tutor Training,as well as managing the centre into the new School of Education and Social Sciences. [4]
Howse was Deputy Chief Executive of the City of Manukau Education Trust,where she managed a family literacy programme for adult learners. [4] Howse was involved in the New Zealand Educational Administration Society,and served a year as President of the Auckland branch from 1992,and then was national president in 1994. [4] She was Vice President and then President of the Auckland branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Howse was Vice President and then International President of the Commonwealth Council of Education Administration and Management,and was the first New Zealander to be elected to the Commonwealth Presidency. [4]
In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours Howse was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education. [4]
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