Chalkle: The case study of an edtech social enterprise aspiring to transform Adult and Community Education in Aotearoa, New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Carine Stewart
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

<p>This thesis examines Chalkle, an edtech social enterprise, through an exploratory case study which offers an in-depth analysis of its operations, policies, procedures, and practices in the period between July 2012 and December 2015. The study of Chalkle explores the company’s aspirations to transform the field of Adult and Community Education (ACE) in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This thesis examines the motivations, challenges, and opportunities presented by Chalkle from the perspective of various stakeholders: learners, teachers, providers, Champions, as well as the organisation’s co-founders. The study of Chalkle offers insights into an alternative model of ACE, which harnessed the power of a technology platform and utilised a social enterprise business model to encourage greater connectivity within the ACE sector. An analysis of Chalkle is important in order to explore and understand how collaboration across and beyond the ACE sector, in this case through a mix of education, technology, and business, could offer insights into sustainable solutions to withstand changes in government policy and funding.</p>

Chalkle: The case study of an edtech social enterprise aspiring to transform Adult and Community Education in Aotearoa, New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Carine Stewart
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

<p>This thesis examines Chalkle, an edtech social enterprise, through an exploratory case study which offers an in-depth analysis of its operations, policies, procedures, and practices in the period between July 2012 and December 2015. The study of Chalkle explores the company’s aspirations to transform the field of Adult and Community Education (ACE) in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This thesis examines the motivations, challenges, and opportunities presented by Chalkle from the perspective of various stakeholders: learners, teachers, providers, Champions, as well as the organisation’s co-founders. The study of Chalkle offers insights into an alternative model of ACE, which harnessed the power of a technology platform and utilised a social enterprise business model to encourage greater connectivity within the ACE sector. An analysis of Chalkle is important in order to explore and understand how collaboration across and beyond the ACE sector, in this case through a mix of education, technology, and business, could offer insights into sustainable solutions to withstand changes in government policy and funding.</p>

scholarly journals Another elderly lady to be knocked down: Heritage discourse and the protest to save the Missions to Seamen building, 1986

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Alexander Gordon
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
City Council ◽  
Historical Case Study ◽  
Historical Case ◽  
Considerable Difficulty ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
History Of ◽  
Heritage Discourse

<p>Through a specific historical case study, Another Elderly Lady to be Knocked Down applies discourse theory and the Authorised Heritage Discourse (AHD) to the context of urban built heritage in Aotearoa New Zealand. Previously, only limited work had been done in this area. By examining an underexplored event this dissertation fills two gaps in present literature: the history of the event itself and identification of the heritage discourses in the country at the time. Examination of these discourses in context also allows conclusions about the use of the AHD in similar studies to be critically examined.  In 1986 the Missions to Seamen building in Wellington, New Zealand, was threatened with demolition by its government owners. In a remarkable display of popular sentiment, individuals, organisations, the Wellington City Council (WCC) and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT) worked together to oppose this unpopular decision. This protest was a seminal event in the history of heritage in New Zealand.  This study relies upon documentary sources, especially the archival records of the Historic Places Trust and the State Services Commission, who owned the building, to provide the history of this watershed moment in New Zealand’s preservation movement. The prevalent attitudes of different groups in Wellington are examined through the letters of protest they wrote at the time. When analysed in context, these discourses reveal the ways in which heritage was articulated and constructed.  The course of this dissertation has revealed the difficulty of identifying an AHD in this context. The level of collaboration between ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ heritage perspectives, and the extent to which they shaped each other’s language, creates considerable difficulty in distinguishing between discreet discourses. To better explore the ways that heritage meaning is constructed and articulated, heritage must be recognised as a complex dynamic process.</p>

scholarly journals Excluding indigenous bioethical concerns when regulating frozen embryo storage: An Aotearoa New Zealand case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 10-22
Author(s):  
Ruth P. Fitzgerald ◽  
Michael Legge ◽  
Poia Rewi ◽  
Ella J. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

Beyond Legitimation: A Tribal Response to Māori Education in Aotearoa New Zealand

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huia Tomlins Jahnke
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The Core ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Overwhelming Evidence ◽  
Cultural Standards ◽  
Tribal Region

This article describes an intervention strategy, initiated under the New Zealand Government's tribal partnership scheme, which promotes a culture-based/place-based approach to education in mainstream schools and early childhood centres in one tribal region. Through place-based education children are immersed in local heritage, including language and culture, landscapes, opportunities and experiences. The strategy is a tribal response to the overwhelming evidence of Māori underachievement in education in the tribal catchment. A case study is presented of a place-based/culture-based initiative called the Ngāti Kahungunu Cultural Standards Project (NKCSP). It is argued that the development of cultural standards offers an opportunity by which teachers and others within the education sector can develop and incorporate practice that reflects, promotes and values the student's culture. The core assumption underpinning the project is that cultural knowledge contributes to Māori student success in education.

scholarly journals Theorizing compassionate leadership from the case of Jacinda Ardern: Legitimacy, paradox and resource conservation

Leadership ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 174271502110552
Author(s):  
Ace V Simpson ◽  
Arménio Rego ◽  
Marco Berti ◽  
Stewart Clegg ◽  
Miguel Pina e Cunha
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Resource Conservation ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Legitimacy Theory ◽  
Conservation Of Resources Theory ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Paradox Theory

During times of suffering such as that inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, compassion expressed by leaders helps to ease distress. Doing so, those in a position to provide resources that might facilitate coping and recovery are attentive to the situations of distress. Despite an abundance of leadership theorizing and models, there still is little academic literature on compassionate leadership. To address this limitation, we present an exploratory case study of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, someone widely recognized for her compassionate leadership and frequently described in paradoxical terms (e.g. ‘kind and strong’; embodying ‘steel and compassion’). We address her compassionate leadership through the lenses of paradox theory, legitimacy theory and conservation of resources theory. We contribute a heuristic framework that sees various types of legitimacy leveraged synergistically to build resources and alleviate suffering – providing further legitimacy in an upward spiral of compassionate leadership.

scholarly journals Lifestyle Properties, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity Protection in Peri-Urban Aotearoa–New Zealand: A Case Study from Peri-Urban Palmerston North

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1345
Author(s):  
Diane Pearson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

Intensive agriculture and urbanization are putting pressure on natural capital in Aotearoa–New Zealand (NZ), with native ecosystems and water quality suffering degradation. As the population has increased, so development has pushed into the rural–urban fringe. Over the last 30 years, the number of lifestyle properties in NZ has increased dramatically. Many of these properties have been developed on some of NZ’s most productive soils, meaning a loss of provisioning services from this land. However, given their location, these developments present new opportunities for the enhancement and protection of other ecosystem services. This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study conducted on lifestyle block residents in peri-urban Palmerston North. The results showed that these residents have a good sense of environmental stewardship and a desire to plant native species, improve connectivity, and protect their land from the invasion of pests and weeds. These residents are also quite community-focused and protective of their special place. This creates an excellent basis from which to encourage greater collaborative action towards protecting and enhancing biodiversity and to put in place land management strategies that can enhance natural capital and assist in other ecosystem service protection serving to improve the landscape ecology of peri-urban environments.

Generating political priority for skin cancer primary prevention: A case study from Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Gage ◽  
William Leung ◽  
Marcus Gurtner ◽  
Anthony I. Reeder ◽  
Bronwen M. McNoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Political Priority
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