Who doesn't pay back - The characteristics of borrowers who make no progress in reducing their student loans Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005 This paper explores the characteristics of borrowers who have not made any progress in reducing their student loan balances. The paper complements a related paper, Paying…
An investigation into factors that influence NZ Polytechnic/Institute of Technology tutors' uptake of e-learning, with particular reference to early and later adopters and resisters Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005 This report was commissioned by the Ministry and undertaken by the Waikato Institute of Technology. It investigated the factors that lead New Zealand polytechnic and institutes…
Meeting the challenge: Elements in Reducing and Managing Risk in Social Work Practice Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2005 Social Work now, Issue 31, pages 8-11. In a number of high-profile cases involving the death of a child, it has been revealed that social workers handling…
Analysis of New Zealand Data from the International Adult Literacy Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 The Ministry of Education commissioned Massey University researchers to conduct further analysis of the 1996 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) data to determine whether certain demographic…
A Sociocultural Analysis of Children's Participation in a Mathematical Task Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 This report outlines the findings from a research project that examined videotapes of six groups of four children participating in the NEMP Farmyard Race task. The…
Third generation parenting Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 Social Work Now, Issue 30, pages 27-30 A vivid memory from my practitioner days is the anguish of an older Māori woman deciding whether to commit herself…
The Social Report 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005 The Social Report has four key aims: to report on social indicators that complement existing economic and environmental indicators; to compare New Zealand with other countries; to contribute to…
How long do people spend in tertiary education? Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 This report looks at how long New Zealand tertiary students study for. It provides interesting new data on the differences in duration, attrition and completion experiences…
Research measures: comparing seven new measures of research performance in tertiary education Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 The Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) signals a new, performance-based approach to the allocation of government research funding to tertiary education organisations. The development of the PBRF…
Research measures: comparing the new with the old Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 Two historical measures of TEO research performance in the universities - total research outputs and external research income - were found to have a high degree…