Browsing by Supervisor "Bell, Beverley"
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An outsider's take: A case study of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to theorize the need for change towards a qualifications framework for the organization of the Eastern Caribbean States
(The University of Waikato, 2005)This thesis has set out to theorize the need for change towards a qualifications framework for the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) based on a qualitative case study of the unique experience of the New ... -
Fa’afatāmanu talafeagai mo lesona fa’asaienisi: O le tu’ualalo mo a’oga a faia’oga saienisi fa’aōliōli. A culturally appropriate formative assessment in science lessons: Implications for initial science teacher education.
(University of Waikato, 2011)This study set out to find the views of Samoan teachers on formative assessment and to document any cultural aspects of the fa’aSamoa (or Samoan culture) that could hinder the use of formative assessment in science classrooms. ... -
Fononga 'A Fakahalafononga: Tongan Students' Journey to Academic Achievement in New Zealand Tertiary Education
(University of Waikato, 2010)There is a national concern in New Zealand about the low academic achievement of Pasifika students, including the Tongans as one of the specific groups. The literature shows that the problems associated with the academic ... -
Footprints: Participant perspectives informing pedagogy for asynchronous online discussion in initial teacher education
(University of Waikato, 2012)This study looks at how students and staff experience asynchronous online discussion (AOD) within initial teacher education. The aim is to explore participant perspectives, including expectations of fellow participants, ... -
Formative assessment in science classrooms
(The University of Waikato, 2000)This study investigated how formative assessment was perceived, experienced and accomplished by teachers and students in ten Year 7 to 10 science classrooms. The study was undertaken within and built on the findings of the ... -
Impediments to Effective Enactment of Early Childhood Education Curriculum and Pedagogy in Tanzania: Issues and Experiences of Teachers in Urban and Rural Pre-Schools
(University of Waikato, 2015)The purpose of this study was to investigate experiences, possibilities, and issues encountered by teachers in the enactment of early childhood education and care curriculum and pedagogy in the Tanzanian context. Worldwide, ... -
The importance of culture in a New Zealand high school context: An exploration of whether the culture of overseas teachers is seen by students, in Years 12 and 13, to impact on the quality of their learning experiences.
(The University of Waikato, 2010)New Zealand education has long been dependent on overseas teachers to fill vacancies in the secondary school system. Historically this supply of teachers tended to be from the UK, but as we move into the 21st century, the ... -
Improving teaching and learning of University physics in Taiwan
(The University of Waikato, 2000)This thesis studies the teaching and learning of first year university physics. The students involved in this study were first year physical science or engineering students at a private university in Taiwan. These students ... -
Improving the Quality of Mathematics Education:Two Teaching Modes and Taiwanese Student Learning
(University of Waikato, 2015)Students’ and teachers’ long-term (i.e. three years) experiences in three classes of the traditional direct instruction and constructivist class discussion approach to the mathematics teaching at a Taiwanese junior high ... -
Investigative practical work in year 12 biology programmes
(The University of Waikato, 1998)The most recent New Zealand national curriculum development in Science occurred between 1991 and 1993. This Science curriculum placed value on students developing scientific investigative skills. The senior Biology curriculum ... -
'Is This Student Voice?' Students and Teachers Re-negotiate Power through Governance Partnerships in the Classroom
(University of Waikato, 2014)A change in status for students to position them influentially as educational decision-makers with teachers is identified as a key dimension of student voice research and pedagogy. Despite over 30 years of student voice ... -
Learning through cooperative education work placements in science and technology
(The University of Waikato, 2003)Cooperative education (co-op) is a strategy of education that includes a requirement for successful completion of both formal classwork and work placements to gain a qualification. The work placements immerse the student ... -
Local curriculum development in sustainability education in New Zealand secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Sustainability, though not well understood, is an increasingly important concept in society, and as such has become incorporated in school curricula. In New Zealand, sustainability was added to the national curriculum in ... -
The Perceptions of Beginning Secondary Teachers about their Professional Learning Experiences in the Solomon Islands Context
(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis was designed to investigate the professional learning experiences of beginning secondary teachers (BSTs) in the Solomon Islands context. The study sought to interpret and document the lived experiences of a ... -
Programme design practice in a polytechnic in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A case for complexity
(University of Waikato, 2011)A programme is an instrument for education. Through educational programmes we help shape our society. Programme design includes decisions on what society finds valuable for people to learn, and how this should be structured ... -
Re-defining teacher education of primary teachers of science in Hong Kong
(The University of Waikato, 2000)This study arises from my personal interest as a lecturer in the Hong Kong Institute of Education with a responsibility to prepare student-teachers to teach science at the primary level. This study was conducted based on ... -
School-based assessment of practical work in science education in Solomon Islands
(The University of Waikato, 2010)This study explored and documented the views of one science curriculum development officer and seven science teachers about science practical work and its assessment in the School-Based Assessment (SBA) for the Solomon ... -
School-based placement in a distance intial teacher education programme
(University of Waikato, 2011)School-based experiences provide opportunities and challenges for student teachers and teacher-educators in initial teacher education (ITE). Researchers and ITE providers highlight school-based experiences as occasions for ... -
Talk yuh talk: making sense of how graduate secondary teachers in Trinidad learned to teach without pre-service teacher education
(The University of Waikato, 2003)In Trinidad and Tobago graduate secondary teachers begin teaching with subject degrees, but without pre-service teacher training. How, then, do these people come to see themselves as teachers? How do they learn how to ... -
Teacher Development for English Language Teaching in China: Based on English Language Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2011)This study inquired into English language teachers’ beliefs and practices in China and in New Zealand, and explored the process of using New Zealand English language teachers’ beliefs and practices as a stimulus in promoting ...
