Browsing by Supervisor "McNae, Rachel Elizabeth"
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An appreciative view of year 9 student leadership in a New Zealand secondary school context
(University of Waikato, 2014)Engaging students in relevant and meaningful leadership activities in schools can prove to be a challenging task. Understanding the leadership experiences and skills that students have is an important beginning step to ... -
Appreciating Learning: Children using Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to helping them to understand their learning
(University of Waikato, 2013)Understanding one’s own learning (or meta-learning) is a topic of increasing interest in education in the 21st century. Children, who know how they learn, know themselves as learners. This is an important part of becoming ... -
Becoming a teacher: Experiences and perceptions of beginning teachers in Vanuatu secondary schools
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Entering into the teaching profession as a beginning teacher can be a complex and challenging experience. Research highlights that beginning teachers are more effective when they are supported in their roles as new teachers ... -
Investigating children's participation in decision-making in New Zealand primary schools: Participation, pathways and potential.
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The notion of children and young people participating in a school’s decision-making processes has been the topic of much research and writing throughout the Western world since the 1980s. Existing research has included ... -
Mentoring: Using an inquiry approach to support the development of higher education teachers' pedagogical practice
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Mentoring has been proven to contribute to the development of higher education teachers’ pedagogical practice by expanding their knowledge and understanding for teaching in an adult learning context. This development can ... -
Statutory intervention: perceptions of New Zealand primary school principals and their experiences
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Each year, a small number of New Zealand schools are identified as underperforming and require external leadership assistance, usually from the Ministry of Education. This support is implemented through a statutory ... -
The leadership practices of Anglican school leaders in the Solomon Islands: leading for social justice
(The University of Waikato, 2020)The political, economic, social, cultural and religious characteristics of the communities shape how school leaders undertake social justice leadership practices. Leading to address injustices which stem from these ... -
Women Leading in Silence in Papua New Guinea Higher Education
(The University of Waikato, 2010)The Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (National Goals and Directive Principles, the Preamble of the PNG Constitution, 1975) and the National Gender Equity Policy (2003) advocate for the increase of ... -
Women's leadership as a symbolic act of reproduction: A case study in the Solomon Islands
(University of Waikato, 2016)Literature on women’s leadership over the last three decades suggests that women’s leadership perspectives have been predominantly influenced by either Euro-centric patriarchal views or those of women in economically ... -
Youth financial leadership: Developing a sustainable leadership programme led by youth for youth to develop financial skills
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Youth leadership is an area that is continuing to grow in the education sector. However, most opportunities for youth leadership are still being constructed with traditional structures and have to be applied for by students, ... -
Youth perceptions and practices of leadership: The influence of structured leadership development programmes in a community context
(University of Waikato, 2014)There has been much research focused on adult conceptions and experiences of leadership and its impact on both individuals and organisations. What has not been investigated as fully, is youth leadership and the contexts ...
