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The Early Childhood Curriculum (2009) In Vietnam: Tensions In The First Three Years Of Implementation

Dinh, Doan-Huong Thi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

In 2009 the Vietnamese Government introduced the new Early Childhood Curriculum (ECC) to replace the Reformed Early Childhood Curriculum (RECC) that was in place between 1994 and 2009. The ECC presents a new image of the ...
Early childhood curriculum in Thailand: An investigation into perceptions of the cultivation of Thainess in young children

Iemamnuay, Sureepan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

In 2003, the Thai Government introduced a revised early childhood curriculum to replace the 1997 Pre-Primary Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 1997a). This was in response to social and economic changes in Thailand such ...
Early Childhood Teachers’ Thinking and Reflection within their Communities of Practice

Cherrington, Susan Ann (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This multiple-case study investigated teachers’ thinking and reflection about their interactions with children in three early childhood (EC) centres. Located within a constructivist-interpretive paradigm, the study used ...
Early Miocene Thrust Tectonics on Raukumara Peninsula, Northeastern New Zealand

Rait, Geoffrey Jonathan (Victoria University of Wellington, 1992)

Raukumara Peninsula lies at the northeastern end of the East Coast Deformed Belt, a province of deformed Late Mesozoic-Late Cenozoic rocks on the eastern edges of the North Island and northern South Island of New Zealand. ...
Early to middle Eocene calcareous nannofossils of the SW Pacific: Paleobiogeography and paleoclimate

Shepherd, Claire Louise (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Earth’s climate underwent a long-term warming trend from the late Paleocene to early Eocene (~58–51 Ma), with global temperature reaching a sustained maximum during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (EECO; 53–50 Ma). ...
Earnings Quality, Family Influence and Corporate Governance: Empirical Evidence from Malaysia

Wan Ismail, Wan Adibah Binti (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This study investigates whether family ownership and control, and corporate governance are associated with earnings quality, and whether family influence in firms weakens the association between corporate governance and ...
Earthquake-induced hydrogeological changes in New Zealand

Weaver, Konrad Cedd (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Earthquakes redistribute fluids and change associated flow paths in the subsurface. Earthquake hydrology is an evolving discipline that studies such phenomena, providing novel information on crustal processes, natural ...
E-campaigning: An Empirical Study of the Utilisation of ICTs for Election Campaigning in the 2008 New Zealand General Election

Gong, Xiaoyi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

E-campaigning refers to the utilisation of information and communication technologies (ICTs), predominantly the Internet, and related applications for election campaigning. At present, scholarly research in this social ...
Eco-hydrology interactions between trees, soil and water in terrestrial and wetland areas: The effect of tree planting on water flow dynamics in Wairarapa Wetlands, New Zealand

Marapara, Tapuwa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

During the last two decades there has been increasing interest in the role of forests and wetlands as flood mitigating tools due to growing concerns regarding the sustainability of many traditional engineering flood defences ...
The Ecological and Immunological Relationships Between Salmonella and Tuatara

Middleton, Danielle Mary Rose Lea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The transmission and expression of disease in wild animal populations is a complex interaction of host, pathogen and environmental factors. The individual fitness of a host may be negatively impacted by pathogenic bacteria ...
Ecological Effects of Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar and Nutrient-Enrichment on Intertidal Assemblages in the Wellington Region of New Zealand

Morelissen, Bionda (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The introduction of non-native species and the alteration of seawater nutrient regimes due to anthropogenic impacts are two important threats to marine environments. Moreover, these disturbances may interact in such a ...
The Ecological Impacts of Mining at Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits on Megafaunal Assemblage Structure and Population Connectivity

Boschen, Rachel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Deep-sea mining is rapidly becoming a reality, yet there are considerable gaps in our knowledge of the seabed assemblages that could be affected by mining activities. Seafloor Massive Sulfide (SMS) mining is expected to ...
Ecological Studies on Marine Algal-Dwelling Copepoda (Harpacticoida) from Wellington, New Zealand

Hicks, Geoffrey Richard Frederick (Victoria University of Wellington, 1976)

A quantitative seasonal study has been made on aspects of the ecology of marine algal-dwelling harpacticoid copepods at Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Results are based on 154 samples collected from six species of ...
The ecology and behaviour of pumas (Puma concolor) in northern California, U.S.A.

Allen, Maximilian L. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Large carnivores are important components of many ecosystems and play an integral role in determining the composition and structure of ecological communities. The influences of pumas (Puma concolor) on other species, ...
Ecology of Biofouling and Impacts on Mussel Aquaculture: A Case Study with Didemnum Vexillum

Fletcher, Lauren Marion (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Over the past decade, several species of non-indigenous ascidian have had adverse effects in the marine environment and on associated industries. The colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum is a recent successful invader in ...
Ecology of New Zealand Deep-sea Chondrichthyans

Finucci, Brit (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Deep-sea chondrichthyans represent nearly half of the known species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras. Most are poorly known, largely due to their historically low economic value, and thus, low prioritization for research ...
The Ecology of Sponges at Palmyra Atoll: Variability, Introduced Species and their Potential Direct and Indirect Impacts

Knapp, Ingrid Sally Sigrid (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Anthropogenic pressures, direct and indirect, have left no coral reef untouched. Those that remain in a near-pristine condition are remote islands and atolls removed from the majority of direct impacts, but even these are ...
The economic entity and accounting for labour: Insights from Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)

Lim, Francesca Fung Mei (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This thesis offers an alternative to conventional accounting in the conceptualisation of the economic entity. Framed by the principles of philosophical hermeneutics, the writings of the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich ...
Economic Evaluation Applied to Health Policy in New Zealand

Scott, William Guy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

Data available in the public domain are frequently aggregated to preserve confidentiality and to reduce a database to a manageable size. Drawing conclusions from such data may lead to inappropriate policy advice. The aims ...
Economics and accounting teachers’ beliefs about school-based assessment, the summative and formative tension: A mixed method study

Yates, Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is New Zealand’s main national qualification for senior secondary school students. A key feature of NCEA is that it allows for more than half of students’ final ...