Education, Health and Human Development: Theses and Dissertations
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Co-constructing the emergence of hope : using solution-focused therapy with adolescents.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a postmodern, non-pathologizing approach to counselling, which focuses on client strengths. With the assumption that all people have tools they can use to work towards their own ... -
The Canterbury registered chiropractors participation in the Canterbury health care systems transformational vision for the region.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Aim: To investigate why New Zealand registered chiropractors in Canterbury are not participating fully as partners in the recent changes in initiatives, such as the Back Pain Package/Programme, established by the Canterbury ... -
Investigating the effectiveness of a parent-led, home-based phonological awareness and vocabulary programme on 4-year-old children
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Children’s early language and literacy skills are critical for their later educational accomplishment. Phonological awareness and vocabulary knowledge are two early literacy skills which have been found to be highly ... -
Early childhood teachers’ use of picturebooks to counter heteronormativity : children’s working theories about gender diversity and LGBTIQ-parented families.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This qualitative study acknowledges the pervasive social context of heteronormativity within early childhood education and society in general. It investigates how five early childhood teachers used picturebooks as a possible ... -
Meeting expectations : first session experiences of adolescents in a secondary school counselling setting.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Currently more adolescents in New Zealand are experiencing mental health issues than ever before and often their first opportunity to access help is with a school counsellor. Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) has been ... -
“I can do it” : exploring the co-construction of agency and strengths through solution-focused counselling with adolescents.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Solution-focused therapy is a client-centred and strengths-based approach that aims to support clients to recognise and describe their own strengths, skills and resources that they can use to move towards their preferred ... -
What young people mean when they say... : the information and support needs of siblings and children of cancer patients.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This research project investigated the lived experience of young people between the ages of 9 and 19 years who have a parent or sibling diagnosed with cancer. The study aimed at investigating the needs of these children ... -
Effectiveness of fully immersive virtual reality as a pain and distress treatment method as compared to standard analgesic treatments in children undergoing painful medical procedures: a systematic review.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Effective pain and distress management remains a challenge for the paediatric population during medical procedures. Virtual Reality (VR) provides pain control by immersing an individual in a multisensory, 3-dimensional, ... -
Diagnosing trauma in adolescence : investigating appropriate diagnostic constructs to explain complex attachment and trauma related symptomatology in a sample of adolescents in out-of-home care.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Experiencing maltreatment in the early developmental years has consistently been shown to impact brain development and attachment relationships, thus leading to a range of functional impairments in the adolescent years. ... -
The enduring effect of exemplary teachers of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most disengaged secondary school students : an ideology of hope
(University of Canterbury, 2020)In the short term, disengagement from education is linked with young people participating in high-risk, antisocial behaviours. In the long term, disengagement from education points to serious, ongoing health and social ... -
Benefits of literacy interventionsto early readers with specific language weaknesses.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)It has been estimated that children who learn and are exposed to two languages prior to puberty will become the majority worldwide (Tucker, 1998). Communities evolving into highly linguistically-diverse environments have ... -
"I am not quite sure how to deal with kids like that..." Understanding the unmet needs of parents and early childhood educators in responding to early childhood aggression.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Background: Parents’ and early childhood educators (ECEs) response toward young perpetrators and victims of physical aggression (PA) and relational aggression (RA) is critical in the intervention of early childhood ... -
Exploring adolescent literacy experiences through vocabulary learning and self-efficacy in reading and writing.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Vocabulary knowledge is an essential literacy skill for secondary school students, as it allows them to comprehend texts and express complex ideas across their subjects. High levels of self-efficacy in reading and writing ... -
Creativity development for high ability Arabic English language learners within the international future problem solving programme.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This study investigates the impact of the International Future Problem Solving Programme on the development of creativity.The study used a mixed methodology approach to measure and reflect upon change in creativity and a ... -
The efficacy of a urine alarm-based treatment in youth with nocturnal enuresis.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Nocturnal enuresis is a common condition that can impact an individual’s life in a variety of ways and may continue to do so without effective treatment. Although enuresis is less common in older children, it is often more ... -
Shaking my practice : navigating curriculum, aesthetic and social curiosity.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis describes a journey, one in which a mid-career teacher interrogates his current teaching pedagogy and practice, his approach to drama and theatre processes and products, and his relationships with his students. ... -
Ngā Whenu Ranga Tahi : drawing from Māori principles of wellbeing : transforming online synchronous teaching and learning of Te Reo Māori
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Advances in technology have had a major impact on the teaching methodologies employed by the tertiary sector. As a result, tertiary institutions are evolving to meet the needs of their modern day students and those in rural ... -
Shoulder injuries of cricket fast bowlers in New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Cricket is predominantly a summer sport enjoyed by all age groups and has a high participation rate, across the globe. The likelihood for injury exposure is high, given the popularity of playing cricket. Therefore, injury ... -
Attention and early childhood education.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Informed by Iris Murdoch’s concept of attention, this thesis argues that economic and scientistic discourses within early childhood education misrepresent and neglect essential moral aspects of pedagogy. Early childhood ... -
Benchmarking Nurse Maude’s long-term care hospital against Canterbury and national comprehensive standardised long-term care data : targeting falls, unintentional weight loss and pressure injuries.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Background Aged residential care (ARC) facilities throughout New Zealand will experience a higher demand over the subsequent decades, with many older people presenting with multimorbidity. In 2015, the International ...
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