Sonja Macfarlane
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 161838 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sonja Macfarlane |
| NOMBRES | Sonja |
| APELLIDO | Macfarlane |
| FIRMA | MACFARLANE S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Canterbury |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8904-8945 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Implementing a collaborative program-wide approach to redeveloping assessment in response to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)
The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) presents one of the most significant challenges to higher education in many years. Universities retain the responsibility to assure students graduate with the competencies associated with programs and must also ensure that students are prepared for a world where GenAI has become ubiquitous. Program-wide approaches to redeveloping assessment are encouraged to address this but thes…
Navigating neurodivergence
Coming to belong in the university through small acts of connection
Belonging is recognised as an important factor in student well-being, persistence and success at university, particularly for first-year students. Belonging is often described as an individual basic human need; to feel accepted, valued, and connected with peers, teaching staff, the curriculum, the university or places and communities. However, less is known about what students do to foster belonging for themselves. This paper adopts a relational …
Promoting equity by illuminating academic roles and identities in teaching students from diverse backgrounds
While university participation has widened, retention and success rates remain lower for some diverse Australian undergraduate cohorts, e.g. students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, Indigenous students and students with disability. Institutional characteristics and culture are more important factors in attrition than student characteristics. This paper explores how universities could develop learning and teaching communities that are m…
Mai i te Ao Rangatahi ki te Ao Pakeke Ka Awatea
This article responds to the paucity of literature on Māori success and presents data from follow-up interviews with eight Māori young adults (pakeke), 6 years after they participated as secondary students (rangatahi) in an initial study titled Ka Awatea: An Iwi Case Study of Māori Students’ Success in 2014. Emerging outcomes reveal the central role of Māori culture and identity in their transition to adulthood. Secondary schooling nurtured their…
Growing a Culturally Responsive Tertiary Programme in Psychology
This paper provides a description of a postgraduate clinical psychology training programme's journey towards becoming more biculturally responsive and how the learnings from this have been applied to the wider Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury (UC), Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The paper includes a discussion of cultural competency, and frameworks which have been proposed as a way to blend Western and Māori knowledge and clin…
Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of the Digital World for Early Childhood Services with Vulnerable Children
Potentially addictive behaviours supported by the internet and mobile phones raise concerns in education services for early childhood. Although there is evidence that screen media can distract the attention of young children, there was a massive uptake of digital devices by early childhood centres (ECCs). We investigated practices of families ( n = 85) and of six ECCs serving vulnerable children in New Zealand, many of whom are emergent bilingual…
How High Is Your RQ?”
“Are you part-Māori?” “How much Māori blood do you have?” “S/he is only one sixteenth Māori so not really Māori” “You’re one quarter Māori?! Wow you don’t look it” “I can tell you have something in you – it’s your eyes that give it away” and “But there aren’t any full-blooded Māori left anyway” are comments many of us have heard, and some of us may have made, as we grapple with this complex and intricate thing called ‘identity’. The archaic notio…
Is Blood Quantum Back In Circulation
Identity is one of those elusive concepts that, when hearing the word ‘identity’ uttered, we all nod in understanding. But when we give it just a little thought we soon realise it is as hard to capture as a fruit fly in a glass of sauvignon blanc – just when we think we’ve got it, and we’re poised to flick it out of the glass and hold it up for closer inspection and analysis, it slips away and we’re back to square one. And so the process starts a…
A cluster-randomised controlled trial to promote physical activity in adolescents
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No: ACTRN12616000899448 . Date of registration: July 7, 2016
Māori values in the workplace
This article is part of a pilot study that addresses the issue of Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi obligations in creating and sustaining inclusive workplaces that are refl ective of Moritanga (things Mori) so as to promote equitable Mori-Crown partnerships. Conversational interviews with four employees (two Mori and two non-Mori) of a Crown Research Institute (CRI) highlighted how elements of Moritanga had been included in the workplace duri…
Promoting appreciation of cultural diversity and inclusion with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present emergent findings from an evaluation of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden (SAKG) Program showing that the program promoted appreciation of cultural diversity and inclusion of culturally diverse groups. Design/methodology/approach – The findings reported here are from the qualitative component of a mixed-method, nonrandomized, pre- and post-comparison evaluation study. Focus groups and intervi…
Huakina Mai
This article presents the developmental stages of a nationwide whole-school strengths-based behavioural intervention by Māori and centring on Māori interests; an initiative that has the potential to transform educational success and opportunities. The initial phase involved a cycle of data collection. This was conducted via a series of focus groups held with Māori specialists, practitioners, families and students, to support the development of a …
Volunteering in a School Kitchen Garden Program
This paper reports on the evaluation of a kitchen garden program in primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It focuses on the motivations, impacts, and issues associated with volunteering in the program. The study revealed that volunteers are drawn from a range of sources, including: families of current and former students, former teachers, local residents, clients of aged care and/or disability services, other schools and communities, local univ…
Creating peaceful and effective schools through a culture of care
Many schools in New Zealand, the USA, and elsewhere, are searching for ways to respond positively to the educational achievement disparities that exist between majority culture students and students from minority ethnic and cultural communities. Most of the approaches and strategies that have been implemented to date have either failed, or had minimal positive influence. This paper presents the results of over five years of research, conducted co…
Volunteering in a School Kitchen Garden Program
This paper reports on the evaluation of a kitchen garden program in primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It focuses on the motivations, impacts, and issues associated with volunteering in the program. The study revealed that volunteers are drawn from a range of sources, including: families of current and former students, former teachers, local residents, clients of aged care and/or disability services, other schools and communities, local univ…
Creating peaceful and effective schools through a culture of care
Many schools in New Zealand, the USA, and elsewhere, are searching for ways to respond positively to the educational achievement disparities that exist between majority culture students and students from minority ethnic and cultural communities. Most of the approaches and strategies that have been implemented to date have either failed, or had minimal positive influence. This paper presents the results of over five years of research, conducted co…
Growing a Culturally Responsive Tertiary Programme in Psychology
This paper provides a description of a postgraduate clinical psychology training programme's journey towards becoming more biculturally responsive and how the learnings from this have been applied to the wider Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury (UC), Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The paper includes a discussion of cultural competency, and frameworks which have been proposed as a way to blend Western and Māori knowledge and clin…
Volunteering in a School Kitchen Garden Program
This paper reports on the evaluation of a kitchen garden program in primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It focuses on the motivations, impacts, and issues associated with volunteering in the program. The study revealed that volunteers are drawn from a range of sources, including: families of current and former students, former teachers, local residents, clients of aged care and/or disability services, other schools and communities, local univ…
Creating peaceful and effective schools through a culture of care
Many schools in New Zealand, the USA, and elsewhere, are searching for ways to respond positively to the educational achievement disparities that exist between majority culture students and students from minority ethnic and cultural communities. Most of the approaches and strategies that have been implemented to date have either failed, or had minimal positive influence. This paper presents the results of over five years of research, conducted co…
Huakina Mai
This article presents the developmental stages of a nationwide whole-school strengths-based behavioural intervention by Māori and centring on Māori interests; an initiative that has the potential to transform educational success and opportunities. The initial phase involved a cycle of data collection. This was conducted via a series of focus groups held with Māori specialists, practitioners, families and students, to support the development of a …
Promoting appreciation of cultural diversity and inclusion with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present emergent findings from an evaluation of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden (SAKG) Program showing that the program promoted appreciation of cultural diversity and inclusion of culturally diverse groups. Design/methodology/approach – The findings reported here are from the qualitative component of a mixed-method, nonrandomized, pre- and post-comparison evaluation study. Focus groups and intervi…
Māori values in the workplace
This article is part of a pilot study that addresses the issue of Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi obligations in creating and sustaining inclusive workplaces that are refl ective of Moritanga (things Mori) so as to promote equitable Mori-Crown partnerships. Conversational interviews with four employees (two Mori and two non-Mori) of a Crown Research Institute (CRI) highlighted how elements of Moritanga had been included in the workplace duri…
A cluster-randomised controlled trial to promote physical activity in adolescents
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No: ACTRN12616000899448 . Date of registration: July 7, 2016
Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of the Digital World for Early Childhood Services with Vulnerable Children
Potentially addictive behaviours supported by the internet and mobile phones raise concerns in education services for early childhood. Although there is evidence that screen media can distract the attention of young children, there was a massive uptake of digital devices by early childhood centres (ECCs). We investigated practices of families ( n = 85) and of six ECCs serving vulnerable children in New Zealand, many of whom are emergent bilingual…
How High Is Your RQ?”
“Are you part-Māori?” “How much Māori blood do you have?” “S/he is only one sixteenth Māori so not really Māori” “You’re one quarter Māori?! Wow you don’t look it” “I can tell you have something in you – it’s your eyes that give it away” and “But there aren’t any full-blooded Māori left anyway” are comments many of us have heard, and some of us may have made, as we grapple with this complex and intricate thing called ‘identity’. The archaic notio…
Is Blood Quantum Back In Circulation
Identity is one of those elusive concepts that, when hearing the word ‘identity’ uttered, we all nod in understanding. But when we give it just a little thought we soon realise it is as hard to capture as a fruit fly in a glass of sauvignon blanc – just when we think we’ve got it, and we’re poised to flick it out of the glass and hold it up for closer inspection and analysis, it slips away and we’re back to square one. And so the process starts a…
Growing a Culturally Responsive Tertiary Programme in Psychology
This paper provides a description of a postgraduate clinical psychology training programme's journey towards becoming more biculturally responsive and how the learnings from this have been applied to the wider Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury (UC), Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The paper includes a discussion of cultural competency, and frameworks which have been proposed as a way to blend Western and Māori knowledge and clin…
Mai i te Ao Rangatahi ki te Ao Pakeke Ka Awatea
This article responds to the paucity of literature on Māori success and presents data from follow-up interviews with eight Māori young adults (pakeke), 6 years after they participated as secondary students (rangatahi) in an initial study titled Ka Awatea: An Iwi Case Study of Māori Students’ Success in 2014. Emerging outcomes reveal the central role of Māori culture and identity in their transition to adulthood. Secondary schooling nurtured their…
Promoting equity by illuminating academic roles and identities in teaching students from diverse backgrounds
While university participation has widened, retention and success rates remain lower for some diverse Australian undergraduate cohorts, e.g. students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, Indigenous students and students with disability. Institutional characteristics and culture are more important factors in attrition than student characteristics. This paper explores how universities could develop learning and teaching communities that are m…
Navigating neurodivergence
Coming to belong in the university through small acts of connection
Belonging is recognised as an important factor in student well-being, persistence and success at university, particularly for first-year students. Belonging is often described as an individual basic human need; to feel accepted, valued, and connected with peers, teaching staff, the curriculum, the university or places and communities. However, less is known about what students do to foster belonging for themselves. This paper adopts a relational …
Implementing a collaborative program-wide approach to redeveloping assessment in response to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)
The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) presents one of the most significant challenges to higher education in many years. Universities retain the responsibility to assure students graduate with the competencies associated with programs and must also ensure that students are prepared for a world where GenAI has become ubiquitous. Program-wide approaches to redeveloping assessment are encouraged to address this but thes…
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