Direct instruction (DI) is the explicit teaching of a skill set using lectures or demonstrations of the material to students. A particular subset,denoted by capitalization as Direct Instruction,refers to the approach developed by Siegfried Engelmann and Wesley C. Becker that was first implemented in the 1960s. DI teaches by explicit instruction,in contrast to exploratory models such as inquiry-based learning. DI includes tutorials,participatory laboratory classes,discussions,recitation,seminars,workshops,observation,active learning,practicum,or internships. The model incorporates the "I do" (instructor),"We do","You do" approach.
Visible learning is a meta-study that analyzes effect sizes of measurable influences on learning outcomes in educational settings. It was published by John Hattie in 2008 and draws upon results from 815 other Meta-analyses. The Times Educational Supplement described Hattie's meta-study as "teaching's holy grail".
Invitational education (IE) is a theory of educational practice that emphasizes the importance of internal knowledge in relation to external connections to the outside world and educational system. A key feature is that a student's positive self-concept,leading to their productivity,be developed through the school environment.
Leonie Eileen Pihama is a New Zealand kaupapa Māori academic.
Edward Neill Baker is a New Zealand scientist specialising in protein purification and crystallization and bioinformatics. He is currently a distinguished professor at the University of Auckland.
Philippa Margaret Black is a New Zealand academic specialising in geology,specifically mineralogy and metamorphic petrology.
Elizabeth Mary Rata is a New Zealand academic who is a sociologist of education and a professor in the School of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland. Her views and research on Māori education and the place of indigenous knowledge in the New Zealand education system have received criticism from other academics,as per the academic process.
Tania M. Ka'ai,sometimes known as Tania Kaai-Oldman,is a New Zealand education academic. She is a full professor of language revitalisation at the Auckland University of Technology.
Margie Kahukura Hohepa,sometimes Margie Ratapu,is a New Zealand education academic specialising in Māori education. She is Māori,of Te Māhurehure,Ngāpuhi and Te Ātiawa descent and are currently a full professor at the University of Waikato.
Christine Margaret Rubie-Davies is a New Zealand education academic,and as of 2014 is a full professor and head of school at the University of Auckland.
Helen Hedges is a New Zealand education academic. As of 2018 she is a full professor at the University of Auckland.
Philippa Helen Gander is a New Zealand sleep researcher. In 2021,she was conferred with the title of emeritus professor by Massey University,where she had been inaugural director of the Sleep/Wake Research Centre until stepping down from that role in 2019.
Pare Areta Keiha is a New Zealand academic whose research is in the areas of Māori development,corporate governance,competition law and policy,and intellectual property law. He is Māori,of Whānau-a-Taupara / Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata descent,and as of 2019 is a full professor,pro vice-chancellor and dean at the Auckland University of Technology.
Elizabeth Ann McKinley is a New Zealand academic and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Melbourne.
Giselle Margaret Byrnes is a New Zealand historian. She is the provost and assistant Vice-Chancellor of Massey University,New Zealand. Previous employment included the Waitangi Tribunal and as lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington.
Richard Dodgshun Bedford,also known as Dick Bedford,is emeritus professor in human geography at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). He was the president of the Royal Society Te Apārangi from 2015 to 2018.
Suzanne Georgina Pitama is a New Zealand academic,is Māori,of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Whare descent and as of 2020 is a full professor at the University of Otago in Christchurch,New Zealand.
Sereana Elina Naepi (née Patterson) is a New Zealand academic and works at the University of Auckland. She is of Fijian and Pākehādescent.
Melinda Webber is a New Zealand academic,and is a full professor at the University of Auckland,specialising in Māori identity and ways in which race,ethnicity,identity and culture impact on young people and their success. She is of Ngāti Hau,Ngāti Kahu,Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whakaue descent.
Helen Stapylton Timperley is a New Zealand education academic,and is professor emerita of education,learning and professional practice at the University of Auckland. In 2010,Timperley was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to education.
