Faculty of Education | Te Kaupeka Ako
Recent submissions
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Developing pipeline installation options for the Hunter Downs irrigation scheme
(2016)The purpose of this investigation is to determine options for the installation of irrigation piping in the proposed Hunter Downs Irrigation Scheme that will: create delivery cost savings, maintain and improve health and ... -
University 'Values' and Neoliberal Marketisation
(2022)<jats:p>This editorial evaluates the potential impact of neoliberal marketisation on university values and culture drawing on the example of current bargaining between unions and university management in Aotearoa New ... -
Connected classes : a case study of one high school's journey from a traditional to a future-focused curriculum.
(2022)Today, we live in a knowledge-based economy and educators need to design learning which focuses on the ‘knowledge and skills necessary for the knowledge age and where innovation is a valued commodity (Bolstad & Gilbert, ... -
Music room remix : six narratives of music teachers in secondary schools in Aotearoa New Zealand.
(2022)This thesis uses narrative research methodologies to explore the experiences of secondary Music teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Through taking a narrative approach a space is created for voices that are often unheard to ... -
E-portfolios in early childhood education : the work of freedom in (un)silencing the disciplining of bodies.
(2022)This thesis explores power/knowledge and truth in early childhood education, (un)silencing the disciplining of bodies in the e-portfolio space. Conceptualised as a political site, this space holds children’s and teachers’ ... -
Ki te hoe : journeying towards indigenising the early childhood curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand.
(2022)This thesis explores the potentiality of the first bicultural curriculum for the early childhood education (ECE) sector in Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to bring about curriulum change. Known colloquially as Te Whāriki ... -
Foreign language anxiety and writing performance : the effectiveness of using a learner corpus and peer corrective feedback with students learning Chinese as a foreign language.
(2022)The teaching and learning of Chinese as a foreign language has been attracting the attention of researchers, language educators and other stakeholders worldwide. How to teach Chinese to non-native speakers effectively and ... -
A better start literacy approach: effectiveness of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support within a response to teaching framework
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022)The Better Start Literacy Approach (BSLA) is a strengths-based approach to supporting children’s literacy learning in their first year of school. Previous research has shown the approach is effective at accelerating ... -
Some educational implications of a rural environment
(1945)The absolute isolation of the rural areas of New Zealand has undoubtedly disappeared during the last few decades, due, in the main, to modern trends and scientific inventions, and partly to the changing outlook ... -
Factors affecting the adjustment and academic performance of Malaysian students at the University of Canterbury
(1983)For many foreign students, trying to fit into a new society without any formal introduction requires strenuous effort and the problems encountered are not to be underestimated. If, in fact, most foreign students do encounter ... -
The adjustment to school of five Down's syndrome children from the I.H.C. early intervention programme
(1984)The present study investigated the adjustment to school of five Down's Syndrome children - four of whom had participated in the I.H.C Early Intervention Programme since birth. Direct observation was used to record the ... -
Writing strategies, English proficiency and rhetorical patterns influences on the written outputs of Indonesian students with English as foreign language.
(2022)The quality of international students’ writing in English is influenced by several factors, such as writing strategies, level of English proficiency, and the rhetorical patterns used. However, how these variables might ...