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Coaching teachers: Professional Learning Leaders exploration of practice and identity through collaborative inquiry.

Bewley, Sue (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 ...
The Eco-classroom project: Fostering student participation through education for sustainability

Wake, Susan J. (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 ...
Student voices: Experiences of Solomon Islands students in transition from primary school to boarding secondary school

Vasethe, Godfrey (The University of Waikato, 2010)

This study is about students' experiences when in transition from primary schools they attended daily to boarding secondary schools located far from their homes and villages in the Solomon Islands. In particular it explores ...
Implementing the theory of multiple intelligences in the junior secondary school

Scapens, Mennie (Mary-Ann) (The University of Waikato, 2007)

First published in 1983, the theory of multiple intelligences (Gardner, 1983) struck a chord with thousands of educators across the world, providing a philosophical and structural framework that helped them make sense of ...
Adolescent Māori mothers experiences with social support during pregnancy, birth and motherhood and their participation in education

Rawiri, Casey (The University of Waikato, 2007)

The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of social support in helping adolescent Māori mothers cope with pregnancy, birth and motherhood, with a particular emphasis on its role in enabling them to continue ...
Connecting the Points: An Investigation into Student Learning about Decimal Numbers

Moody, Bruce David (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 ...
Personalising Learning: Principals' Perspectives

Hargreaves, Patrick John (The University of Waikato, 2010)

This research project explores the perspectives of four New Zealand secondary school principals in regard to the concept of personalised learning. Using semi-structured interviews, their opinions were sought around three ...
Speed bumps and l-plates: Female deputy principals' perceptions of the barriers in aspiring to principalship

Neidhardt, Catherine (The University of Waikato, 2009)

The majority of New Zealand's teaching workforce is female. In leadership positions, women outnumber men in the deputy principal role, yet are significantly underrepresented in principalship. How do women themselves explain ...
Education for Authentic Democracy: Capatilism, Oppression, and Freire's Critical Pedagogy for Liberation

Walker, Talia Laureen (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 ...