Browsing by Supervisor "Morrison, Michele"
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An exploration of Board of Trustees' perceptions of their impact on student learning
(University of Waikato, 2013)The radical changes within the Tomorrow’s Schools reforms came to fruition in 1989 amid much debate about the ideology that underpinned the change and the capability and roles of boards of trustees. The roles of boards ... -
Enhancing Year Twelve students' academic engagement in boys' schools: Students provide their perspective.
(The University of Waikato, 2009)This study draws on the perspectives of Year Twelve students in boys' schools to examine school-wide factors that both enhance and hinder student academic engagement. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 boys ... -
Platforms of Learning: The Ongoing Professonal Learning of Experienced Principals in Aotearoa New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2011)Little is known about the professional learning of experienced school principals in New Zealand. How do they maintain sufficient learning to meet a diverse and fluid variety of leadership expectations after at least five ... -
Speed bumps and l-plates: Female deputy principals' perceptions of the barriers in aspiring to principalship
(The University of Waikato, 2009)The majority of New Zealand's teaching workforce is female. In leadership positions, women outnumber men in the deputy principal role, yet are significantly underrepresented in principalship. How do women themselves explain ... -
Transformative practice in teaching: How experienced teachers explain the profound transformative influences on their teaching practice.
(The University of Waikato, 2010)The social transformation represented by a shift from the industrial economy to the knowledge economy presents a challenge to the education sector. That challenge is to provide high-quality teaching that results in improved ... -
'The way we do things around here': A consideration of processes by which mathematics Heads of Faculty develop effective culture within their departments
(University of Waikato, 2012)There is a new era in education leadership. While it is difficult to mark its exact beginning, it is clear that there is a movement away from mechanistic towards cultural education leadership. It is characterised by an ...
