Rachael Dixon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4620765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachael Dixon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachael |
| FAMILY NAME | Dixon |
| SIGNATURE | DIXON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2468-7997 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reconfiguring Anxious Affects as Temporal Modes of Becoming
In this paper we engage with feminist materialist zines as embodied, creative, sociomaterial methods to ask what else – and what more – anxiety can be/come for young women (inclusive of gender diverse subjectivities). Zines, as self-published and handmade magazines, offer a site for feminist inquiry where time, subjectivity, and affect can be rethought through collective creative processes. In our inquiry, zine-making workshops were conducted wit…
What would it take for relationships and sexuality education to be enacted meaningfully and responsively? Provocations informed by New Zealand policy and teachers’ perspectives
This paper explores relationships and sexuality education (RSE) in New Zealand secondary schools. After conducting a nationwide survey of teachers and producing a report on the challenges reported by RSE teachers, we began to develop a paper exploring the perennial issues faced by RSE teachers as they enact curriculum policy. Given that these issues endure, we considered how else we could approach the paper: in particular, what different question…
I Haven’t Had Anyone Talk to Me About Phone Use, At All”
Our smartphone habits have implications for our mental health, including new mothers' experience of loneliness. For a baby, whose developmental trajectory will be directly impacted by their attachment relationship, a parent's unconscious smartphone use is likely to be of lifelong consequence given the impact of such use on attachment. Therefore, new parents would benefit from support in assessing their smartphone habits and the impact on their re…
How school-based health education can help young people navigate an uncertain world
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has provided us a striking demonstration that the future is dynamic, unpredictable, complex and volatile. It is increasingly important that those working in the field of school-based health education reimagine the possibilities and potential of the subject to rise to the challenges presented and make a difference in learners' worlds. In this paper we explore the potential of health education learning to contribute to…
Putting assemblage to work to explore pedagogical practices in health education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Purpose In Aotearoa New Zealand, Health Education is socio-critical in orientation and is offered as a subject that can offer credits towards the national secondary school qualification. The purpose of this paper is to explore the learning experiences of people who studied Health Education to the final level of secondary schooling in Aotearoa New Zealand. The authors focus specifically on how the subject is taught; or the pedagogical practices th…
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Putting assemblage to work to explore pedagogical practices in health education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Purpose In Aotearoa New Zealand, Health Education is socio-critical in orientation and is offered as a subject that can offer credits towards the national secondary school qualification. The purpose of this paper is to explore the learning experiences of people who studied Health Education to the final level of secondary schooling in Aotearoa New Zealand. The authors focus specifically on how the subject is taught; or the pedagogical practices th…
How school-based health education can help young people navigate an uncertain world
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has provided us a striking demonstration that the future is dynamic, unpredictable, complex and volatile. It is increasingly important that those working in the field of school-based health education reimagine the possibilities and potential of the subject to rise to the challenges presented and make a difference in learners' worlds. In this paper we explore the potential of health education learning to contribute to…
What would it take for relationships and sexuality education to be enacted meaningfully and responsively? Provocations informed by New Zealand policy and teachers’ perspectives
This paper explores relationships and sexuality education (RSE) in New Zealand secondary schools. After conducting a nationwide survey of teachers and producing a report on the challenges reported by RSE teachers, we began to develop a paper exploring the perennial issues faced by RSE teachers as they enact curriculum policy. Given that these issues endure, we considered how else we could approach the paper: in particular, what different question…
I Haven’t Had Anyone Talk to Me About Phone Use, At All”
Our smartphone habits have implications for our mental health, including new mothers' experience of loneliness. For a baby, whose developmental trajectory will be directly impacted by their attachment relationship, a parent's unconscious smartphone use is likely to be of lifelong consequence given the impact of such use on attachment. Therefore, new parents would benefit from support in assessing their smartphone habits and the impact on their re…
Reconfiguring Anxious Affects as Temporal Modes of Becoming
In this paper we engage with feminist materialist zines as embodied, creative, sociomaterial methods to ask what else – and what more – anxiety can be/come for young women (inclusive of gender diverse subjectivities). Zines, as self-published and handmade magazines, offer a site for feminist inquiry where time, subjectivity, and affect can be rethought through collective creative processes. In our inquiry, zine-making workshops were conducted wit…
Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aotearoa (2 works) · Health education (2 works) · Health, psychology, and well-being (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · School Health and Nursing Education (2 works)