The University of Auckland is a public research university based in Auckland,New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Originally it was housed in a disused courthouse. Today,the University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest university by enrollment,hosting about 40,000 students on five Auckland campuses. The City Campus,in the Auckland central business district,has the bulk of the students and faculties. There are eight faculties,including a law school,as well as three associated research institutes.
James Christopher Belich is a New Zealand historian,known for his work on the New Zealand Wars and on New Zealand history more generally. One of his major works on the 19th-century clash between Māori and Pākehā,the revisionist study The New Zealand Wars (1986),was also published in an American edition and adapted into a television series and DVD.
Peter Nicholas Tarling was a historian,academic,and author. He specialised in Southeast Asian history,and wrote on 18th- and 19th-century Malaysia,North Borneo,Philippines,and Laos,especially regarding foreign involvement in those countries.
Lewis Norman Mander,,FAA,FRS was a New Zealand-born Australian organic chemist. He has widely explored the synthesis and chemistry of the gibberellin class of diterpenes over a 20-year period at the Australian National University (ANU). In particular,he studied the effect of these hormones on stem growth and on the reasons why plant undergo bolting during plant development. The July 2004 edition of the Australian Journal of Chemistry was dedicated to Mander on the occasion of his 65th birthday. He retired in 2002 but remained active at the ANU until 2014. In 2018 Mander was made a Companion in the General Division in the Order of Australia which "...is awarded for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to Australia or humanity at large". In an interview he gave after winning his award,Mander said that his goal was to improve the efficiency of extracting food from plants with the possibility of reducing food shortages in the future.
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. Model includes "I do" (instructor),"We do","You do".
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 an educational theory of practice introduced by co-founders William Watson Purkey and Betty Siegel of the International Alliance for Invitational Education (IAIE). Purkey is professor emeritus of counselor education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and writes on the topic of school improvement. John Novak,professor emeritus at Brock University in Ontario,Canada,is also a primary contributor to the development of Invitational Theory and Practice,authoring numerous books on the subject and lecturing internationally.
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.
The 2011 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders,and to celebrate the passing of 2010 and the beginning of 2011. They were announced on 31 December 2010.
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.
The 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand,celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II,were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 5 June 2017.
The 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand,celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II,were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 2 June 2014.
John Cornelius Moorfield,also known as Te Murumāra,was a New Zealand academic whose expertise was in the teaching of the Māori language. His work,including the publication of resources for learners of the language,contributed to the language's revitalisation.
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.
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.
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.
The 2023 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Charles III in his right as King of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders,and to celebrate the passing of 2022 and the beginning of 2023. They were announced on 31 December 2022.
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.
