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Understanding the longer-term experience of community inclusion for wheelchair users following the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes: A mixed methods study
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Background The 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes and aftershocks in New Zealand caused unprecedented destruction to the physical, social, economic, and community fabric of Christchurch city. The recovery phase in Christchurch ... -
Social networks, identity and contexts : a narrative ethnography of a group of College English (CE) teachers’ social learning process amid the research discourse.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This research is a narrative ethnography about a group of College English (CE) teachers working at a university in China. As one of them, I, together with my CE colleagues, lived and told our stories of dealing with the ... -
Charting the river: a case study of English language teaching in Bangladesh
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This study charts and navigates the complex waterways of English language teaching in Bangladesh. Taking river as a metaphor it aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the main currents of English language teaching. The ... -
A qualitative investigation of the healthcare challenges of women with disabilities in Yogyakarta (Indonesia): Implication for health policy
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Women with disabilities remain a marginalized group. There are no studies currently that specifically investigate health care services as they are accessed by this group in Indonesia. For policy-makers there is, therefore, ... -
The effect of 1 week of repeated ischaemic leg preconditioning on simulated Keirin cycling performance: a randomised trial
(2017)Background Coaches continually seek new ways of doing things and also refine existing techniques to improve sporting performance. Coaches are currently experimenting using ischaemic preconditioning (IPC) over ... -
The thoughts, perceptions and experiences of twelve year 5 and 6 male writers at a New Zealand primary school.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This dissertation sought to investigate the thoughts, experiences, actions and responses of twelve boys from a New Zealand primary school to the act of writing. The gap in achievement levels within the area of writing ... -
Informing the practice of a novice counsellor by adapting the miracle question for New Zealand youth.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This thesis is a story of part of my journey as a novice counsellor, engaging with the miracle question sequence, a tool of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). The original miracle question, developed by Steve de ... -
Role of the clinical pharmacists in palliative care settings in New Zealand : a qualitative descriptive study.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Purpose: to explore the clinical role of pharmacists in several palliative care settings in New Zealand, so as to reflect the current practice of clinical pharmacy in palliative care services, and thus to obtain experience ... -
The effect of drawing lessons on hyperarousal in children who experienced the Canterbury Earthquakes.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Five years on from the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes, research has shown an increase in hyperarousal symptoms in school children. While Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is currently the gold standard for treating Post-Traumatic ... -
Ethnic Group Labelling and the Reporting of National Educational Outcomes in New Zealand
(2017)The New Zealand education system is culturally diverse and is guided by the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi to produce equitable outcomes for Māori students. The reporting of national educational outcomes is broken ... -
Breaking the silence: experimenting with creative approaches to ESL classrooms in a rural Bangladesh context
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This study reports an interventive project in the ESL (English as a second language) programme of a rural junior secondary school in Bangladesh. The aim of the project was to introduce an interactive pedagogy and so make ... -
School discipline for democratic citizenship education : extending restorative practices.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This thesis proposes an extension to restorative discipline practices in order to provide better education for adult democratic citizenship. It argues that school discipline is subject to widespread misunderstanding, and ... -
How to conduct meta-analysis: a basic tutorial
(2017)Meta analysis refers to a process of integration of the results of many studies to arrive at evidence syn- thesis. Meta analysis is similar to systematic review; however, in addition to narrative summary that is conducted ... -
Richness and reciprocity: Undergraduate student nurse mentoring in mental health
(2017)Recruiting and retaining nurses in mental health practice settings have long been problematic: A situation which is not helped by student nurses being exposed to negative attitudes about mental health nursing or poor ... -
The effects of the Parent Empowerment Programme (PEP) with parents of young Māori children
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Parenting programmes have been shown to be effective in reducing children’s challenging behaviours and increasing parental use of positive behaviour strategies. However, it is difficult to find a brief group parenting ... -
Nurses storied experiences of direction and delegation
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Direction and delegation is a professional competency required of all New Zealand nurses and all nurses must attest to understanding direction and delegation on their annual practicing certificate application. However, the ... -
Whakamana Māori : sociocultural perspectives of Māori education in Aotearoa
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This thesis aims to explore the journey Māori have taken with regards to education in Aotearoa and investigate current perspectives of Māori involved in education. Historically, Māori have been forced, through assimilation, ... -
He raru ki ngā kura auraki – an exploration into the meaning of “Māori enjoying education success as Māori” to Māori students and their whānau in south island mainstream schools.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)The Ministry of Education produced the first of two versions of the Māori Education Strategy “Ka Hikitia” in 2008, which states that the strategic intent of the strategy was for Māori to enjoy education success as Māori. ... -
Impact of parent peer support to parents of a child with a disability, special needs, or chronic health condition: a national cross-sectional survey
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Background: The disability sector in New Zealand has come a long way. There was a time when those with a disability were interred in “mental asylums” alongside prisoners and those who were mentally ill. In the 1930s ...
