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The Importance of Mathematics in University Education
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This paper investigates the relative importance of prior knowledge of mathematics that may impact on student performance in the university. Using multi-year data set covering 14,528 students, we have found that those students who have done higher level mathematics in high school have done significantly better in the university in any discipline. We have also found that prior knowledge of a higher level of English (e. g Extension One and Extension Two) increased the overall performance (measured by Grade point Average or GPA) in university significantly.
Keywords: Mathematics, Australia, Learning and OLS
International Education, Aid and Development: Reflections of a Recipient
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International education in New Zealand has been closely linked to the country's aid and development policies since the 1960s. Both the official aid programme and tertiary institutions have accorded a high priority to international student recruitment and support. However, as a result of the wider funding constraints on tertiary institutions, international student education has been viewed primarily as a source of revenue, and the more general pedagogical and social issues and benefits have been obscured. This paper, drawing on the author's experiences in the subject of development studies, argues that international education in New Zealand needs to be re-evaluated and new models of funding and management need to be explored
Why should I research and how?
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This paper considers the public benefits of research, looks at the continuing claims that there is not enough being spent on research and development in New Zealand, and assesses the sources of private benefit to individual and corporate actors in engaging in research activity, especially in an academic context.
There is consideration of instances of growing interest in research to be observed in other sectors than education, and there are reflections on how research may assist in promoting innovation and growth. The paper concludes with some thoughts as to the choice of media for the presentation of results of research
Techniques for Identifying Topics for Research
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Choosing a research topic is critical for successful research outcomes, both in terms of reaching the desired audience and consequently the potential to engage those with some interest in the research's policy recommendations, as well as attracting the right attention for funding. For students especially, the choice of research topic is critical in engaging and sustaining their interest over the period of study. This paper provides a critical reflection on the author's approach working with students to develop research topics that lead to successful research outcomes
The Student-driven Learning Preference: Does Culture and Generational Membership Matter?
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This study explored the relationship between undergraduate business students' cultural values orientation and generational membership, Generation Y, as antecedents to a student-driven learning style preference. A sample of 364 students was selected from a metropolitan university based in Melbourne, Australia. Robertson and Hoffman's (2000) Cultural Values Scale, which is derived from Hofstede's work (1980; 1991; 1998), and Honey and Mumford's (1992) Learning Style Questionnaire, was used. The results of this study suggest that high masculinity, high Confucian, and high uncertainty avoidance are the cultural predictors of a student-driven learning preference, even when generational membership is controlled for. Therefore, this further suggests that students who hold a high rating of any combination of these cultural variables are more likely to have a student- driven learning preference
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Online Higher Education in an Advanced Emerging Economy: Issues and Challenges
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Advances in information and communication technology have facilitated online education or e-learning. Given the scope and size of the online education market, there is a race to get into the e-learning space globally, but many organisations and academic institutions trying to foray into e- learning are experiencing an imbalance due to a lack of proper understanding of the marketplace and internal/external requirements. Information technology (IT) assimilation throws up unimaginable challenges. Some of the questions that a researcher should ponder are: what should the operating strategy, deliverable value, approach, processes and technology assimilation strategies be so that the entire organisation moves towards successful implementation of the e-learning project without compromising on its existing competencies? These issues offer challenges to all those involved in offering online education, both in the advanced and emerging economies. This paper makes an attempt to answer some of the above issues with the help of the experiences gained from one of the largest online education projects launched and running quite successfully in an advanced emerging economy, namely India. The suggested framework evolved around discovery of a collaboration model with software and connectivity service providers, and the criteria for this collaboration should be drawn from learner needs and requirements. The collaboration should be balanced to achieve the necessary value proposition for the intended learner segment by carefully crafting the learner-centric value chain by institutes of higher learning.
Key Words: Emerging economy, e-learning, distance education, learner-centric value chai
The aid industry in New Zealand
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Development aid has been a rapidly growing sector in New Zealand. It has been influenced over the years both by changing global understandings, concerns and agreements regarding aid and by the domestic political environment. Although there is a very active non- government aid sector, by far the largest amount of aid from New Zealand is channelled through its government aid agency, currently NZAID. Recent reassessments of government aid have seen a concentration of bilateral aid partnerships, a greater focus on the Pacific, a move towards sector wide approaches and budget support and an overall increase in aid volumes. Yet at the time when there has been a convergence of New Zealand aid policy and practice with international trends, it may be that domestic political considerations may be heralding a change of direction. Key words: International Education, Foreign Aid, New Zealan
International students and New Zealand's future
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of Asian international students in making a better future for New Zealand. The paper has examined the number of students coming from Asian countries to study in New Zealand since the 1950s. The study has used data for the time period since the inception of the Colombo Plan to the present. The paper also analyses international students' experience and attitude towards New Zealand once they complete their study which may play a significant role in building relationships between their country of origin and country of destination. The paper concludes that the contribution of Asian countries to the growth of the New Zealand economy is very important and that New Zealand should take measures to maintain cordial relationships with these countries