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'Making a Difference': University Teachers' Narratives of Student Diversity

Mariskind, Clare (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

An increasing diversity of students in higher education has prompted much research investigating diverse students' learning needs and experiences; however there is little research investigating teachers' experiences of ...
Malaysian Tertiary Students' Perceptions of Constructive Alignment in Learning in EAP Classrooms: A Qualitative Study

Vijayan, Bharathi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is offered as a course in many Malaysian institutions of higher learning. In contrast with English taught at secondary schools, at the tertiary level EAP courses primarily cater to ...
The Maori Arts in Education: The Importance of Being : How Maori Arts Education Contributes Towards a Holistic Approach of Knowing Based on the Inter-relatedness of Understanding, Doing, and Being

Hindle, Rawiri (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This thesis examines the impact of the Nga Toi professional development and implementation model on resource teachers of Maori and Maori advisors. It explores the inter-relatedness of understanding, doing and being in ...
The Maori district high schools : a thesis for the degree of Master of Arts in Education in the University of New Zealand

Jennings, Hugh M (Hugh Marchwell) (1950)
“Maths is Challenge, Struggle and Mistakes Will Grow Our Brain”: The Impact on Student Attitude, Confidence and Achievement of the Introduction of Inquiry-Based Learning into the Mathematics Programme of a New Zealand Primary School

Shallard, Steven Dillon (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Underachievement in mathematics in Aotearoa/New Zealand continues to be an issue for some students. Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) has been described by research as one way of addressing these underachievement issues. Ongoing ...
Mediating Wor(l)ds: Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in English in Malaysia

Antonysamy, Assunta Carolina (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This study investigates the implementation of ETeMS (English for the Teaching of Mathematics and Science) policy in Malaysia. Teachers, who learnt mathematics and were trained to teach mathematics in Bahasa Melayu, have ...
Meditative Breathing A Catalyst for Positive Change

Browne, Robyn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The New Zealand government faces substantive challenges in meeting both the health and education needs of a significant number of our children who are vulnerable to alienation and inform the statistics of mental health ...
Mentoring for Leadership in Pacific Education

Chu, Cherie Maria (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Leadership development for Pacific people is an area of attention in tertiary education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. By strengthening leadership development in tertiary education institutions, Pacific peoples' educational ...
Metamorphosis: Expanding the Concept of Equity in Education

Balcombe, Ann (Victoria University of Wellington, 2000)

Professional relations and social interaction with the tangata whenua of the area provided access to this novel research project. The researcher was invited to accept a consultancy role to help the community realise their ...
Metaphor in Education

Kortens, Maureen (Victoria University of Wellington, 1988)

Without metaphor there would be no legs on the table, no hands on the clock. These are dead metaphors. Even that expression is a metaphor, for how can something be dead that has never literally been born. It is an expression ...
Mindful words: How do our stories change when we read about mindfulness? A narrative inquiry

Watkin, Julia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This narrative inquiry tells the stories of four women who read an online blog about mindfulness for three weeks and shared their reflections of the experience. It investigates the role that reading plays in the development ...
A mixed methods study on early childhood services' touchscreen tablet use and non-use in New Zealand

Santamaria, Michael Luke (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

With the ongoing debate on young children’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) use in early childhood education (ECE), empirical studies have reported that the increase in young children’s access to and use of ...
The Mother - Adolescent Son Relationship

Chrisp, Jillian Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2000)

Adrienne Rich, feminist, writer, researcher and mother once stated, "if could have one wish for my own sons, it is that they should have the courage of women" (1976,p.214). Current statistics demonstrate that adolescent ...
Music for Fun, Music for Learning: Finding the Music Curriculum in Early Childhood

Willberg, Helen (2002)

In my position as a lecturer in early childhood music education to early childhood teacher trainees, I have found myself over the years becoming increasingly distant from the reality of making music with young children. ...
Navigating the entanglements: Curriculum and assessment priorities in transitioning to school in Aotearoa-New Zealand

Haggerty, Maggie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

This thesis critically examines the curriculum and assessment priorities children encounter as they transition from early childhood to school and the modes of being, doing, knowing, and relating these priorities promote ...
Navigating Uncharted Waters: Teachers Collaborating Across Difference

Hynds, Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

This thesis provides a unique navigational story which describes my own careful exploration of a collaborative dynamic when culturally diverse teachers worked together on a unique professional development initiative. Between ...
Needs analysis of English for mechanical engineers in the Vietnamese context

Le, Tinh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

This study examines the English language needs of mechanical engineers in Vietnam. A high demand for proficiency in English is increasing in ASEAN countries, including Vietnam. Vietnam in general and the important field ...
Negotiating multiple identities in educational contexts: Stories of Tamil Heritage Language Users as Multilingual Malaysians

Sithraputhran, Thilegawathy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

Malaysia is a multilingual and multicultural society comprising of ethnic Malays (dominant group) followed by ethnic Chinese, Indians and other indigenous groups. The national language is Malay and English is the second ...
Negotiating the Transition: Parents' Experience of their Oldest Child's Transition to School

Woodhams, Maureen Catherine Stockman (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This study follows the lived experience of parents within six families during their oldest child's transition from early childhood centre to school. The aim was to understand the transition to school from a parent perspective ...
A New Debate About Children and Childhood. Could it Make a Difference to Early Childhood Pedagogy and Policy?

Mitchell, Linda Mary (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

The study analyses constructions of childhood within early childhood education pedagogy and policy in New Zealand. Constructions are evaluated against criteria for an education based on a concept of the "child as citizen" ...