Biography
Role
Rosina has overall responsibility for the oversight and management of academic strategy for Te Rito Maioha’s undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate programmes. She also manages the quality, compliance, and national consistency of learning, teaching, and research delivery of Te Rito Maioha’s qualifications.
Education background
Rosina has been involved in a range of government initiatives including policy and curriculum development, recently including the refresh of Te Whāriki the Early Childhood Curriculum. She is a member of the curriculum voices group advising the Ministry of Education on the National Refreshing New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) project due to be completed in 2026.
Research background
Rosina has a passion for e-learning with a particular focus on student engagement and lecturer presence. Rosina’s research interests include the use of technology in the delivery teacher education, language culture, and identity in online learning spaces and integrated curriculum. Through her doctoral study, Rosina developed a conceptual model to support initial teacher education providers to understand how student teachers integrate digital technology into their teaching practice.
Teaching interests
Rosina has a deep commitment to continually improve the quality of tertiary education by upgrading the knowledge and skills of those working in the sector. This is closely linked to her commitment to life-long learning and encouraging similar commitment in others and those they teach.
Recent publications
- Card, A., Merry, R.,& Carrol-Lind, J. (Eds). (2022). Bicultural principles of best practice for teaching and learning online Ngā mātāpono kākano rua o te mahi ako tuihono. NZCER Press.
- Merry, R. (2022). Principle 2: Relational trust with digital technology | Te whakawhirinaki hangarau. In A. Card, R. Merry, & J. Carroll-Lind (Eds.), Bicultural principles of best practice for teaching and learning online Ngā mātāpono kākano rua o te mahi ako tuihono. NZCER Press.
- Khoo, E., Merry, R., & Bennett, T. (2015). “I want to say…”: Privileging young children’s voice in iPad-supported assessment for learning. Early Childhood Folio, 19(1), 3-9. doi: http://dx.doi .org/10.18296/ecf.0002
- Khoo, E., Merry, R., Bennett, T., & MacMillan, N. (2015). “It’s about the relationships that we build”: iPad supported relational pedagogy (Ngā Hononga) with young children. In N. Wright & D. Forbes (Eds.), Digital Smarts: Enhancing learning and teaching (pp. 8-26). Hamilton, New Zealand: Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research. Available at: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/260838/Digital-smarts.pdf.pdf