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Discursive positioning in theory and practice: a case for narrative mediation
(The University of Waikato, 2003)This is a study of the usefulness of the concept of ‘discursive positioning’ in the practice of mediation and in the analysis of what happens in mediation. Mediation, as typically practised, has developed within the general ... -
The writing of competing histories of Hong Kong, with special reference to the perspectives from Britain, Mainland China and Hong Kong
(The University of Waikato, 2003)The thesis covers the competing perspectives on Hong Kong history, with a special focus on how British colonial historiography and Mainland Chinese patriotic historiography wrote the history of Hong Kong. It is found that ... -
Reducing our prison population: Past failures and new approaches
Earlier this year the Minister of Justice, Andrew Little announced the latest in a long line of reviews, taxpayer-funded summits and inter-agency, ‘wholeof-government’ projects stretching back to the late-1980s, all aimed ... -
Investigating probability concepts of secondary pre-service teachers in a game context
(Edith Cowan University, 2020)There is a rich literature on students' and teachers' intuitions and misconceptions about probability. However, less attention has been paid to the development of pre-service teachers' probabilistic thinking in teacher ... -
Teaching probability: A socio-constructivist perspective
(2015)There is a considerable and rich literature on students' misconceptions in probability. However, less attention has been paid to the development of students' probabilistic thinking in the classroom. This paper offers a ...
