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Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Education (MEd)"
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(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis considers how a curriculum might form a useful tool in meeting the needs and aspirations of Ngāti Rangiwewehi, a small, but dynamic tribe, who occupy specific territory from the north western shores of Lake ... -
(University of Waikato, 2012)In 2011, as the year level dean for year 13, I was surprised and pleased to see a group of students complete their fifth year of secondary schooling, contrary to teacher expectations, and in spite of earlier signs of ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2007)Professional development of beginning teachers through induction and mentoring has been commonly viewed as important for teachers' success and continuation in the teaching profession. Induction and specifically mentoring ... -
(University of Waikato, 2012)This report will discuss the impact of an Innovative Restorative Practices professional development of three years, 2009-2011, introduced to a mid-decile, urban, multi-cultural, New Zealand secondary school. There are ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2009)The concept of a learning organisation is relatively new to schools and educational institutions in New Zealand. Understanding educational institutions as learning organisations can enable institutions to meet the demands ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2009)International literacy and life skills surveys in 1996 and 2006 assessed the broad group of skills encompassing reading, numeracy, and problem solving skills across OECD countries. Findings show that around half of the ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2009)This study investigates the hypothesis that children who are Referred On (RO) from Reading Recovery (RR) may share certain learning and behavioural characteristics. These characteristics were investigated and compared to ... -
(University of Waikato, 2010)Since the 1950s the original Migrant Dreamers have come from their home islands of the Pacific to Aotearoa New Zealand, in the hopes of gaining a better life with Education being that ticket to happiness. The title of this ... -
(University of Waikato, 2012)This research is a study of the development of coaching practice and sense of identity of three middle leaders in a primary school who are responsible for leading professional learning. It is of interest because significant ... -
(University of Waikato, 2012)This study examined the influence of instruction in text feature knowledge and metacognitive strategies on the comprehension of expository text among Year 6 students. Over a period of 8 weeks, twelve Year 6 students read ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2008)The purpose of this research project was to investigate the effects of a short-term teaching experiment on the learning of decimal numbers by primary students. The literature describes this area of mathematics as highly ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2009)The politics of feeding hungry children in New Zealand schools remains contested. It is described in this thesis as political dynamics between various groups in society. It does this by focusing on contemporary political, ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2008)In the last five years there has been a dramatic increase in perceived levels of antisocial behaviour amongst students in Secondary and National High schools in Papua New Guinea. Certain events have caught the public's ... -
(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis explores the experiences of the Te Kotahitanga facilitation team in one of the 12 Phase 3 Te Kotahitanga schools between 2003 and 2006. The collaborative story through which those experiences are shared includes ... -
(University of Waikato, 2012)ICT is regarded as playing an ever increasing role in the lives of people and this includes young children. This case study, to be called the research project hereafter, focuses on how Information and Communication ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2008)This thesis investigates the teaching of statistical literacy in the first two years of secondary school mathematics. The teachers involved in the research aim to make changes to classroom practice in the teaching and ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2007)This study explores the question of what might be a model of effective leadership for pedagogical change in early childhood education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Drawing on a framework of gateways for personalising learning ... -
(University of Waikato, 2012)Learning Languages is a new area in the 2007 New Zealand Curriculum. However there have not been many studies in this subject. Kura Kaupapa Māori, established in 1985 in New Zealand with over 6,000 students currently ... -
(University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis investigates learning and other outcomes in participants, particularly students (9-11 years), as a result of their involvement in an education for sustainability (EfS) co-design and build project at their primary ... -
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Within the parameters of western ideology the concept of democracy is frequently upheld as a corner stone to which our moral, social, political and educational practices are anchored. The term has become a powerful instrument ...
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