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Project on Problem Based
Learning: New Zealand - United States Collaboration
Participants from New Zealand
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School Teacher
Dr.
Heather
Meikle,
Palmerston North Girls' High
School, Palmerston North
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School Assistant Principal
Sue Johnson
Degrees:
B.A.History, Higher Tchg. Cert., Dep. Cate. Studies
Present Assignment:
St. Peter's College,
Palmerston North
Assistant Principal & Director of Professional Development,
Pastoral Care & ICT
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School Teacher
Jared
Ratana
Present Teaching Assignment:
St. Peter's College,
Palmerston North
Content Area(s) of
Teaching/Grade Levels of Teaching:
Teaching yr. 7 (intermediate) Science. Previously taught in
the UK for two years.
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School Principal
David
Reardon
Undergraduate Degree: Dip.Tchg B.Ed.
Present Assignment:
Russell Street School,
Palmerston North
Teaching Experience:
Rejoined the
R.S.S. team at the start of 2003 as Principal after having
taught here in the 80's and early 90's.
Hobbies and Other
interests:
Enjoy sport, particularly racquet sports, but never seem
to be able to find enough time to participate as
actively as would hope. Do manage to run at least twice
a week. Has a
strong vision for education and keep a firm focus on
improving the learning outcomes for students.
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School Teacher
Sara
Taylor
Undergraduate Degree:
B.Tchg&Learning.
Present Teaching Assignment:
Russell Street School,
Palmerston North since 2004.
Content Area(s) of Teaching/Grade Levels of Teaching:
Senior digital classroom and have found this to be a great
opportunity to implement own knowledge and interest in I.C.T.
Hobbies and Other Interests: Outdoor sports
including snowboarding and netball. Enjoying being part
of a friendly and supportive staff and working with
children who are self-motivated and keen to learn new
skills.
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Student Teacher/Mentor
Rangimarie Leaf
Place of Birth:
Invercargill, New Zealand, prefer the warmer climate of the
Bay of Plenty (current home).
Undergraduate Degree from:
Currently a final year student completing BEd Undergraduate
Degree through Massey University.
Current/Prior Teaching
Assignment (name of your school), if any:
10 years experience in teaching Special Needs students at an
Intermediate School and now teach part-time in a New
Entrants class.
Study interest:
Languages, Information Technology Systems, Horticulture and
Arts.
Hobbies and other
interests/work experience:
Playing, coaching and watching sports with family,
performing arts (kapahaka), attempts to create own
artworks and do as well as gardening.
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Student Teacher/Mentor Helen Wildbore
Place of Birth: Napier, New
Zealand
Undergraduate Degree from:
Bachelor in Education (Primary Teaching), Massey University,
2004.
Current/Prior Teaching Assignment (name of your school), if
any: 10
weeks teaching at Napier Intermediate Year 7-8 class.
Study/Teaching interest:
Teaching at intermediate level particularly
Mathematics and Science.
Hobbies and other
interests/work experience: Prior to teacher
training worked as a Social Worker for people with
disabilities and before that was youth worker.
Currently enjoy being a Mum at home, and do some
statistics and compliance work for the Police and some
remedial Mathematics work at one of the local schools.
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Student Teacher/Mentor
Mieke Smits
Place
of birth:
Delft-Holland
Undergraduate Degree from:
pursuing with Massey University-Bachelor degree of Primary
Education
Current/Prior Teaching Assignment (name of your school), if
any: Brooklyn
School, Motueka
Grade
Levels of Teaching, if teaching:
Year 0-8
Total
number of years teaching experience, if any: 2 years
Study
interest:
Problem-based learning and Education for students with
Special needs (including Gifted Education)
Hobbies and other
interests/work experience:
Visual Arts and Travel
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Student Teacher/Mentor
Susan Smith (Sue)
Place of Birth: Farnborough, England
Undergraduate degree from: Massey University
Current Teaching Assignment: I currently have
applications with a number of primary schools for teaching
positions beginning February 2006.
Study Interest: Curriculum integration – bringing the
classroom into a real-life context and combining the skills
and knowledge from different areas to tackle issues and
interests.
Hobbies and other
interests:
I lead the singing at our local church and am currently
acting as stand-in leader for the youth group. I’m
married with two teenage daughters and much of my life
is spent acting as a taxi service!
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Research Student
Shannon Jay Novak
Place
of Birth: New
Plymouth, New Zealand.
Undergraduate Degree from:
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
Present status:
Postgraduate student at Massey University
Area
of Study: Distance
and Online Education
Research Interests:
Games-based learning, Virtual reality in education, Online
communities and Human Computer Interaction.
Teaching/Work experience:Information
Technology Officer, McGraw-Hill Education New Zealand, 2000;
Instructional Designer, New Zealand Fire Service, 2002;
Project Manager/ Instructional Designer, The Learning Curve,
2004; Lead Instructional Designer, Practical
Education Institute, Since 2005.
Hobbies and other
interests:
Non-profit computer-based game development, Piano
performance and composition, Fitness and sports
nutrition, and Japanese culture.
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Research Student
Kalyani Wijayawardana
Place of Birth: Colombo, Sri
Lanka
Education:
Doctor of Education at
Massey University (in progress), M.Ed in Education – York
University, Canada ,
M.Phil in Teacher Ed.- Sri Lanka,
Post Graduate Dip. in Ed. -
Sri Lanka, B.Sc - Sri Lanka
Area of Study:
Science Teacher Education
Research Interest:
Enhancing Science Teacher Education
Teaching / Work experience:
as
a Chemistry teacher- 11years. Teacher Educator- 14 years.
Hobbies and other
interests:
Walking, cooking and involvement in community service
work.
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Project Leader
Madhumita Bhattacharya,
Ph. D.
Department of Technology,
Science and Mathematics Education, Massey University [http://www.massey.ac.nz/~mbhattac]
Dr. Madhumita
Bhattacharya is a Senior Lecturer at the Department
of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education,
College of Education, Massey University, New Zealand
since April, 2003. Her area of specialization and
research interest is in Learning Technologies
particularly for Technology, Science and Mathematics
Education.
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Co-Leader
Bill
MacIntyre,
Department of Technology, Science and Mathematics Education,
College of Education, Massey University, Palmerston North
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