Browsing by Supervisor "Drewery, Wendy"
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Developing a social justice agenda for counsellor education in New Zealand: a social constructionist perspective
(The University of Waikato, 1998)Counselling and Counsellor education in the West have traditionally been dominated by a liberal-humanist premise which emphasises the universality of human experience and the independence of individuals. The effect of this ... -
Love me long time: safety and risk in heterocoupledom at adolescence.
(The University of Waikato, 2002)This thesis argues that heterocoupledom at adolescence discursively constitutes Girlfriends and Boyfriends as gendered subjects of safety and risk. The gendering of safety and risk operates to position Girlfriends as risk ... -
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 ... -
Narrative approaches in counselling supervision
(The University of Waikato, 2001)This thesis is an account of a project that investigated the possibilities for counselling supervision offered by the philosophical positions that produce narrative approaches to counselling. Thus, the research was positioned ... -
Repositioning teachers and learners in senior science for 21st century learning
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis explores how the turn towards ‘21st century learning’ might influence senior secondary science education in the context of high stakes summative assessment in Aotearoa New Zealand. Significant in the set of ... -
Parented by Grandparents: Grandchildren Reflect on Their Lives
(University of Waikato, 2016)The number of grandchildren being parented by their grandparents has grown significantly over the previous few decades. However, there is a lack of research focused on the lived experience of grandchildren parented by their ... -
Youth Development Circles: A Report on a School Trial
(University of Waikato, 2015)This research traces the development and trial of the Youth Development Circle (YDC) process in a low decile secondary school in a rural community in Aotearoa New Zealand. Youth Development Circles are an intervention based ... -
Constructing a successful Restorative Justice Conference: A tentative analysis
(University of Waikato, 2014)This thesis is an examination of the language used in Restorative Justice Conferences in schools. After examining the origins and the concept of restorative justice the study utilises the conceptual tools which are located ... -
Māori Cultural Identity and Education
(University of Waikato, 2013)Underachievement of Māori students in mainstream schools has been a major topic of discussion by politicians and educational researchers in recent years. Research has shown that a secure cultural identity can enhance a ... -
Stories of Resistance to Religious Authority: A Discursive Analysis
(University of Waikato, 2014)Abuses of power within certain religious communities have become a matter of public concern in recent decades. Less well known are the stories of people within local Christian communities who experience practices of religious ... -
Are they really at risk? Students' stories of success.
(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 ... -
Can we call ourselves a Restorative School yet? Report on an Innovations Project in Restorative Practices
(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 ... -
"It was like being torn apart". The experiences of young men who become fathers while at school. A critical interpretive analysis of discourses of Young Fatherhood.
(University of Waikato, 2012)This is an exploratory study that reports the experiences of a sample of five participants, young men who became fathers while still at school. I talked to these young men about their personal stories which relate their ... -
A discursive approach to relationship practices in classrooms: An exploratory study
(University of Waikato, 2011)In today’s increasingly diverse classrooms it is well accepted that the relationship practices employed by teachers have consequences for the quality of the learning environment. Well chosen relationship practices are ... -
Midwives' experiences when working with third year midwifery students
(University of Waikato, 2010)Purpose: Midwifery students require appropriate and timely access to clinical learning opportunities during their education toward a Bachelor of Midwifery and the quality of this clinical experience influences the student’s ... -
The use of self in adolescent sexual offending therapy: A autoethnographic case study
(University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis is a single case study of my work as therapist with four different participants from a community-based treatment programme for adolescents who have sexually offended. Using an autoethnographic approach, the ...
