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The formation of writer identity through writing response groups in the classroom

Piters, Andrea (2004)

Supporting the formation of children's identity as writers in the context of interaction within a writing response group was the focus of this study. The children in the study were in a composite Year Seven and Eight ...
A framework for professional learning and development in science for New Zealand upper primary teachers

Cizadlo, Theodore (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This doctoral thesis describes the development of a framework to guide the creation and delivery of bespoke professional learning and development programmes (PLD) in physical science for groups of Year 7 and 8 teachers. ...
Gender identity: Exploring struggles & school support among New Zealand senior secondary students

Chandra, Krishn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This research was undertaken with an intention to contribute to the existing literature and research on issues related to struggles and support for gender diverse students in New Zealand secondary schools. Gender diversity ...
"Gokum showed me how": Four Cree children's perspectives on language and culture maintenance

King, Lucy Rose (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Eighty percent of Indigenous children in Canada attend provincial schools off-reserve where there is no legal requirement for inclusion of Indigenous language or content in the curriculum. This has implications for the ...
He kōpara e kō nei i te ata / Māori language socialisation and acquisition by two bilingual children: A case-study approach

Hunia, Tessa Maraea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This thesis investigates natural Māori language socialisation and acquisition by two under-three-year-old children within bilingual settings in Aotearoa New Zealand, in which they were learning two languages simultaneously ...
“HEY GOOGLE, HELP ME LEARN” Voice Assistant Devices in the New Zealand Primary School

Butler, Laura (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Artificial intelligence is being embedded into home devices and these have the potential to be useful tools in the classroom. Voice assistant devices such as Google Home or Alexa can respond to verbal instructions and ...
Hikitia te taki: An exploration of the internal and external challenges that Māori change agents experience within school reform

Fabish, Robin Timothy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Māori change agents are often employed in educational initiatives that seek to redress Māori student achievement inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Their experience in this role is under researched. This qualitative ...
The history of physical education : in the primary schools of New Zealand from 1874-1947.

Beard, Donald Derek (1948)
How New Zealand schools manage the transition of disabled students leaving secondary education: A multiple-case study

Fraser, Cameron Stuart (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The transition from secondary education to post-secondary life is a difficult one for students with intellectual disabilities. Schools are key to the preparation and management of this transition. There is little New Zealand ...
Identifying and Validating Prelinguistic Communicative Forms and Functions in Children with Developmental Disability

Stevens, Michelle L. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

While children with developmental disabilities often fail to develop speech, many will nonetheless engage in a range of prelinguistic behaviours. Prelinguistic behaviours include actions such as eye gaze or eye pointing, ...
Identifying pedagogical innovation in cultural minority classrooms: A cultural historical activity theory and appreciative inquiry perspective in the Philippines and New Zealand

Abella, Ivy Samala (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This is a multiple case study which investigates teachers’ pedagogical innovations in cultural minority classrooms using Cultural Historical Activity Theory and Appreciative Inquiry as theoretical lens. Pedagogical innovation ...
“I know what that is! It’s modern art!” Early childhood access to and use of art museums and galleries in Aotearoa New Zealand

Terreni, Lisa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis examines issues of access to art museums and galleries for young children attending early childhood (EC) centres, the ways in which the EC sector uses the institutions to enhance young children’s learning, and ...
Implementing the MY FRIENDS Youth programme in a New Zealand secondary school: The experiences of staff and Year 9 students

Fay, Laurence (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Increasing rates of young people’s anxiety and depression is a concern for New Zealand secondary schools and this results in issues for students such as decreased wellbeing and school attendance, health difficulties and ...
Imprisonment: Young Pacific womens' experiences of living with depression

Muaiava, Aotearoa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Research has shown that depression is prevalent in adolescence. This descriptive phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of young Pacific Island (PI) women (17-25 years of age) living in New Zealand. ...
Improving Adolescent Girls' Argument Writing: A Tier 1 Self-Regulated Strategy Development Intervention in a New Zealand Secondary School Social Studies Classroom

Hutchinson, Kathryn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) is a model of writing instruction with a convincing evidence base (Santangelo, Harris & Graham, 2016). The present study examines why SRSD is more effective for some students than ...
Improving the quality of science education in Tanzanian junior secondary schools: The stakeholders' perspectives, issues, and promising practices

Kalolo, John Fungulupembe (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Improving quality science education (SE) in many countries across the world has been a focus of international inquiry. Though Tanzania, like many other countries, has placed an increasing focus on improving the quality of ...
The influence of school matrons on girls’ educational experience and social participation in Tanzania

Otieno, Milka Venance Musa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

A commitment to gender equity is reflected in Tanzania’s educational development policies many of which are geared towards preparing all citizens to participate fully in the civic and economic life of the nation. Despite ...
An inquiry into methods of initiating a teachers' training college course in education

Chapman-Taylor, Ray (1951)
An inquiry into the effectiveness of school broadcasting

Forde, Catherine S (1935)
Instinctive motives of behaviour

Barwell, J. S. ([1933?])