Browsing by Supervisor "Ussher, William (Bill) Grant"
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Judging What They Do: Formal, Informal, and Self Appraisal of New Zealand (Rural) Primary School Principals
(The University of Waikato, 2017)As in other western market economies, New Zealand government education policy reflects neoliberal economic thinking, neo-conservative ideals and practices of an audit culture. New Zealand’s self-managing schools’ policy, ... -
Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a Professional Learning Community (PLC) strategy for Secondary School Teacher Professional Development (PD)
(University of Waikato, 2015)Participatory action research (PAR) was used to investigate the effect of a purposeful and sustained professional learning community (PLC) on teacher professional development (PD) in a secondary school context. A self-contained ... -
United we stand: An exploration of team re-culturing in early childhood settings.
(University of Waikato, 2015)Early childhood has a professional standing in education circles, however the team teaching that is necessary in this field, often doesn’t reflect the professionalism required. This research project was motivated by the ... -
The impact of the Papua New Guinea Free Education Policy on the School Executive's Decision Making in the management of Class SIze
(University of Waikato, 2015)The Papua New Guinea National Government’s directives on educational policies are expected to be implemented effectively throughout the country, in educational institutions that are solely or partly funded by the government. ... -
Coaching teachers: Professional Learning Leaders exploration of practice and identity through collaborative inquiry.
(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 ... -
Specialist Classroom Teacher Mentoring and Knowledge Generativity: Exploring trust, support, challenge, risk-taking, and confidence.
(University of Waikato, 2012)The Specialist Classroom Teacher (SCT) position involves a mentoring function that is an integral part of mentoring and induction programmes for teacher-mentees in secondary and area schools in New Zealand. SCT-mentor and ... -
An investigation into the benefits of peer coaching: Students supporting students
(University of Waikato, 2011)There have been many studies carried out which investigate the concepts of coaching and mentoring (Lu, 2010) but there is often confusion between the two models as no clear classification between coaching and mentoring is ...
