Saturday, February 8

Author: James Kierstead

Which Types of Students Feel Uncomfortable in Class Discussions? We asked New Zealand students for their suggestions
Culture

Which Types of Students Feel Uncomfortable in Class Discussions? We asked New Zealand students for their suggestions

In 2021 I was involved, with colleagues in Heterodox New Zealand, in administering a version of Heterodox Academy’s Campus Expression Survey to New Zealand undergraduate students. The seven of us published the results the following year. What follows is my write-up of the responses we received to one question in particular. This section was understandably cut from our publication of […]

Why Māori is like Latin
Culture

Why Māori is like Latin

Māori today often fulfils the role that Latin would have played for our Pākehā forefathers. It is, in short, a ceremonial language. And, perhaps, a way of signalling class.