Browsing by Degree Name "Master of Educational Leadership (MEdLeadership)"
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Examining Culturally Responsive Leadership: An investigation into how one school leader, in a primary school setting, provides culturally responsive leadership that ensures Maori students achieve
(University of Waikato, 2010)Addressing the achievement disparities that exist within New Zealand education between Maori and non-Maori is a major government priority and is identified by the Ministry of Education as being a critical challenge for ... -
The experiences, perceptions and expectations of teachers, students and parents of the Community High School Model in Solomon Islands: A Case Study
(University of Waikato, 2011)This study considers students’ educational needs in the Solomon Islands’ education system. In particular it explores the experiences, perceptions and expectations of teachers, students and parents of the Community High ... -
An exploration of issues for effective home-school communication strategies with Asian immigrant parents
(University of Waikato, 2012)The far-reaching effects of 21st century globalisation have meant that schools are facing an increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse parent community, a situation which presents educators with both opportunities ... -
Exploring the perceptions of teachers on women principals in the Solomon Islands
(University of Waikato, 2012)This study explores the perceptions of teachers who have worked under female principals in the Solomon Islands. While much research on this discourse has been concentrated on developed countries, less has been done in ... -
Exploring the process of educational change in English medium senior secondary school Assessment in Vanuatu
(University of Waikato, 2013)Educational change is ongoing. It is generally aimed at improving teaching and learning, but usually comes with challenges. Scholars have devoted a great deal of research to minimise the challenges faced by implementers ... -
‘He reka te wai o te hua pango: The darker the berry the sweeter the juice.' The experiences of Māori women in educational leadership in mainstream secondary schools.
(University of Waikato, 2011)Although there has been a growing interest in Māori women in educational leadership, the research base in New Zealand is still limited. This study provides insights into the challenges and experiences of four Māori women ... -
Highly effective school principalship: An investigation of the views of six Solomon Islands' Community High School principals of what constitutes highly effective school principalship and their views on issues that impede their effective practice.
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Batu velakero iri kenaga, loboro mana vakatikili gira vano muzi (Highly effective leaders are at the front, walk in the middle, and encourage those from behind to catch up) My uncle Zorapa said, while I was on a 'pig-hunting' ... -
How does Culture Impact on Educational Leadership in Samoa?
(The University of Waikato, 2008)The aim of this research was to explore the relationship between culture and the educational leadership of six secondary school principals in Samoa. Educational leadership is a bounded process and is subject to the cultural ... -
How school leaders address violence against girls/women in schools and its significance for the implementation of universal basic education policy in Papua New Guinea
(University of Waikato, 2013)The goal of Universal Basic Education (UBE), as agreed to in the formulation of the Education For All Goals in 1990 and later the development of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, ... -
The impact of culture on women's leadership in Vanuatu secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2009)The government of Vanuatu ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1995. Following the ratification, Gender Equity in Education Policy was developed in 2005 by the ... -
The impact of the NCEA on teacher collegiality
(The University of Waikato, 2008)This study looks at the impact that the National Certification of Educational Achievement (NCEA) has had on teacher collegiality in New Zealand. It is an exploratory study using an in case and cross case method, located ... -
Indigenous cultural pedagogies for the caring and teaching of young children in the Solomon Islands: A Kolombangara Island case study
(The University of Waikato, 2019)The village leaders and early childhood teachers have practised knowledge and understanding of Kolombangara indigenous cultural pedagogies in caring and teaching young children. This study explores and examines how the ... -
Induction Experiences of Beginning Secondary Teachers in Solomon Islands
(University of Waikato, 2011)Research shows teacher induction programmes are crucial in supporting new teachers as they move into the profession. Widely implemented in different ways in many countries they have a shared purpose, which is to provide ... -
The journey of leaders: Planned or unplanned?
(The University of Waikato, 2010)According to Ren-Etta Sullivan (2003) pathways that lead to career progression within the early childhood education sector are unclear. Furthermore it seems that there is a lack of research which underpins leadership theory ... -
Kua takoto te maanuka: Te tiimatanga o teetahi Kura Kaupapa Maaori
(University of Waikato, 2014)There is a paucity of literature on the establishment of new schools, and more particularly, the establishment of Kura Kaupapa Maaori. In addition, there is even less literature concerning the experiences and perspectives ... -
Leadership Activities and Behaviours that Enable Classroom Teachers
(University of Waikato, 2010)Leadership has a well researched and significant influence on the quality of school organisation and student learning. Much of the research has centred on educational leadership theory and the opinions and perspectives of ... -
Listening to the voices of Year 13 Māori students: A case study in a New Zealand secondary school
(The University of Waikato, 2008)This research focuses on listening to the voices of Year 13 academically successful Māori students in a large, urban, mainstream, co-educational, decile 4, New Zealand secondary school. Traditionally, researchers have ... -
Listening to the Winds of Change: Assessing culturally responsive and relational pedagogy
(University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis examines how the Rongohia te Hau tools were used to capture a snapshot of the extent that culturally responsive and relational pedagogies were occurring within classrooms in two English-medium secondary schools ... -
Mentoring relationships for collaborative professional development practices in maldivian primary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2008)This thesis explores how mentoring was perceived and experienced as a professional development strategy for two teachers in a Maldivian primary school. It reports on how the mentoring relationship between the two teachers ... -
The Nature of Effective Relationships between Senior Leadership Teams and Heads of Faculty in New Zealand High Schools
(University of Waikato, 2012)Senior Leadership Teams and Heads of Faculties in New Zealand High Schools work together to achieve long and short term educational outcomes for students, school, and community. This study set out to investigate the ...
