Education: Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The reading and other leisure interests of Banks Peninsula children : a rural perspective
(1986)Reading is a feature of our daily life whether it be a book, newspaper, map, road sign or computer screen. We have a basic assumption within our society that each citizen can read the questions on a census form or the ... -
Towards best practice : professional development in New Zealand primary schools
(2000)Professional Development is now a requirement for all teachers. This study explores the professional development experiences of teachers within the New Zealand State Primary school context. It will explore professional ... -
The Sociology of Everyday Life approach to Bernstein's evaluation message system
(1979)This paper represents a sympathetic but critical exploration of the potential contribution of the Sociology of Everyday Life perspective in obtaining an educationally and sociologically useful understanding of evaluation ... -
System versus open orientation in New Zealand secondary school guidance cousellors
(1980)Guidance counsellors working in schools are often faced witi'1 the choice of supporting the system or of being open in orientation by supporting the individual. In November 1979 one hundred and twenty-seven New Zealand ... -
The concerns of Christian teachers in state and Christian primary and secondary schools
(1990)Christian teachers, 85 from state schools and 85 from Christian schools, responded to a questionnaire which requested information about the problems, concerns and issues facing them. Teachers were invited to suggest ... -
A survey of community helping agencies in Hastings and district
(1986)The activities of 49 community helping agencies providing counselling services in the Hastings district are described in the following report. Of the seventy-one agencies selected to participate in a survey undertaken in ... -
The structure of Seventh Day Adventist primary and secondary education in Australia and New Zealand
(1975)The Seventh-day Adventist Church with its origins firmly stemming from the revival of Adventism in the early and mid-nineteenth century has developed into an international organization possessing the largest protestant ... -
Learning to teach; first year teacher experiences
(1999)Beginning teachers are under increasing pressure to perform in their first year of school. How competent are they to teach after their teacher training and has this level of competency changed over the past twenty years? ... -
Cyber-racism and higher education minority students in Aotearoa New Zealand.
(2022)Racism is embedded in New Zealand society and expanded beyond physical spaces to the online realm. The widespread use of social media, especially among young people, and the escalation of race-related issues online puts ... -
Undergraduate students’ perceptions and experiences of research in a New Zealand research university.
(2021)The role of universities is to create graduates who have the knowledge, skills, and values to be lifelong learners and global citizens. However, universities of the world, including New Zealand, are falling behind in ... -
Mass revolt : Iran, 1945-1979 & South Africa, 1948-1994
(1995)The general question for this thesis is; 'why and under what conditions does mass revolt occur?' Some well known theories; inequality, relative deprivation, legitimacy, mobilisation, and regime response, were combined ... -
The International Association of Infant Massage Programme and Parent-Infant Relationship Outcomes: A Systematic Review
(2022)More recently the field of infant mental health has emphasised the importance of dyadic approaches, such as infant massage, to support early parent-infant interactions and promote attachment relationships (Underdown et ... -
Play as a context for relationships and learning in universal group postnatal parenting education in Aotearoa New Zealand
(2022)The role of parenting in influencing life outcomes for children is significant, with parent- child relationships a key driver of development in the early years. The transition to parenthood in the postnatal period (birth ... -
Student leader perspectives on participating in a strength-based character programme.
(2022)Despite a growing interest in student leadership and the existence of many leadership theories, we know little about how students understand leadership and experience leadership development opportunities, especially in ... -
Updating the Bernstein model : engaging audiences with classical music.
(2022)Leonard Bernstein’s New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concerts have served as an exemplar of classical music outreach and engagement for over six decades. The purpose of this study is to update the Bernstein model in ... -
A history of the Merivale-Papanui Rugby Football Club : estab. 1882
(1970)I decided to make a study of the history of the Merivale-Papanui Rugby Football Club for two reasons; firstly, because I was a member of this Club and, therefore, have a personal interest in the Club's history, and secondly, ... -
The influence of COVID-19 and online delivery on reading and writing skill-based anxieties in Japan
(2022)The influence of reading and writing skill-based anxieties on second language acquisition (SLA) has centered around classroom lesson delivery. Furthermore, those few studies that included online lesson delivery were performed ... -
An evaluation of the effectiveness of antecedent-based modifications for treating sleep problems among children on the autism spectrum.
(2022)Sleep problems are a commonly reported issue for children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. Given the impact of these problems on the child and their family, it is imperative to provide families with an effective ... -
Examining contradictions in theoretical and practical understandings of formal concepts of learning-teaching among teacher educators.
(2021)In the field of education, teaching practice is the space-time where/when learning-teaching theory becomes tangible, observable. In research on teacher educators, empirical methods such as self- study, case study, enquiry ... -
Leadership for professional learning: developing teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge for nature of science in New Zealand secondary schools.
(2021)The New Zealand curriculum requires science to be taught through the Nature of Science (NOS). NOS, which includes the skills and processes used by scientists to explain the world in which they live, is deemed necessary for ...