Browsing by Supervisor "Glynn, Ted"
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Remapping the assessment landscape: primary teachers reconstructing assessment in self-managing schools
(The University of Waikato, 2000)This participative case study took as its starting point a current “problem”, namely teachers’ concerns about assessment in self-managing primary schools. Prompted by teachers’ stress and confusion about their assessment ... -
Preparing for inclusive education through effective teaching
(The University of Waikato, 2002)This thesis synthesizes developmental trends toward a more democratic and equitous education system in New Zealand. It traces progress toward inclusion in New Zealand schools. It describes how the reform of special education ... -
Recipe for a rainbow: a training programme for parents of children with challenging behaviours associated with autism spectrum disorder
(The University of Waikato, 2003)Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have to manage a number of challenging behaviours with limited access to resources or knowledgeable professionals. A nine-week parent-training programme developed and ... -
Comparisons of experiences at native schools of Te Arawa with today's schools: The aspirations and the realities
(The University of Waikato, 2006)The title of this thesis is "Comparisons of Experiences at Native Schools of Te Arawa with Today's Schools: The Aspirations and the Realities". It builds on the topic of native schooling introduced in my Master of Education ... -
School leadership for Māori succeeding as Māori: A Mataatua perspective
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis recounts how Ngāti Awa leadership principles from the past became evident in Te Kotahitanga schools. The thesis discusses Principals’ actions and reflections of fostering Māori students’ success as Māori in ... -
Tā Pikitia Hei Āwhina Kōrero Collaborative Drawing and Storying
(The University of Waikato, 2008)Creating a Māori medium context for beginning learners of te reo Māori to converse in genuine dialogue, was a real challenge for our mainstream bilingual unit. This study involved six Year 3-5 primary school students working ... -
Tīhei Mauri Ora: Negotiating primary school teachers' personal and professional identities as Māori
(University of Waikato, 2016)Colonial attitudes that positioned Māori language, knowledge and pedagogy as inferior and deficient continue to impact on 21st century primary school contexts in Aotearoa/New Zealand. They continue to impact particularly ... -
Te Mana Motuhake o Ngāi Tamarāwaho and the challenges of education. Whakapūmautia te tangata i tōna ake mana
(University of Waikato, 2016)Throughout history, colonisation has deliberately suppressed and subordinated the knowledge, languages and identities of indigenous peoples. Colonial education policies were designed, at best, to domesticate indigenous ... -
An activity theory based investigation of communication and connection between family, students, and school
(University of Waikato, 2014)Communication and connection between families, students, and school is a topic that receives wide attention in the research literature. This is justified because close alignment between home and school can have numerous ... -
Building bridges - seeking collaboration with a Maori community
(University of Waikato, 2013)The context for this thesis is the pressing need to help mainstream schools become more proactive and culturally responsive in how they engage with the whānau of their Māori pupils. The thesis examines how the author, a ... -
Colouring in the White Spaces: Reclaiming Cultural Identity in Whitestream Schools
(University of Waikato, 2013)If we look at a child’s colouring book, before it has any colour added to it, we think of the page as blank. It’s actually not blank, it’s white. That white background is just “there” and we don’t think much about it. ... -
Anō, ko te Riu ō Tāne Mahuta Possibilities and Challenges in a Ngāti Rangiwewehi Curriculum
(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 ... -
Decolonising Pākehā ways of being: Revealing third space Pākehā experiences
(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis asks two central questions. First, what kinds of experiences occur when Pākehā become interested and involved in te ao Māori (the Māori world)? Second, how might sharing of these experiences help other Pākehā ... -
Whakarongo mai!: Transformative teaching to support Māori identity and success in a mainstream school
(University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis topic emerged following a year’s teaching experience in a mainstream classroom during 2009. My cultural assumptions of being a Māori teacher in a mainstream class were challenged predominantly by a group of ... -
Tukua Kia Rere! Maori Adult Students Succeeding at University
(University of Waikato, 2010)A considerable amount of research has focussed on Māori underachievement in mainstream education. There is, however, much less research that celebrates Māori academic success. Even less has been written about the experiences ... -
Pākehā counsellors consider their positioning: Towards postcolonial praxis
(University of Waikato, 2010)The challenges of achieving the potential, which the Treaty of Waitangi offers for a postcolonial present and future, have shaped life in Aotearoa New Zealand over the last four decades. This thesis draws on this history ... -
What is the role of English transition in Māori-medium education?
(University of Waikato, 2010)The place of English language instruction in Māori-medium programmes is a controversial issue. Many Māori-medium schools either exclude it from their curriculum, or pay lip service to it. However, English language instruction ... -
The Oral Transmission of Mātauranga Māori in regard to Traditional Hokianga Stories and the Revitalization of Significant Place Names.
(The University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis researched the oral transmission of mātauranga Māori from one generation to another with a particular focus on the significance of place names in the Hokianga area from Waimamaku through to Opononi. It also ...
