Browsing by Supervisor "Peters, Michael A."
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Higher education and the Anthropocene - Towards an ecological approach to higher education policy in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2019)In this thesis I present an ecological direction for higher education policy in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This position is developed through an ecological approach to policy, which includes a postfoundational take on ecological ... -
Ideologies of Nature and Sustainability: A critical discourse analysis
(University of Waikato, 2017)In exploring ideologies of nature, sustainability and EE, I have had several goals in mind. Firstly, I want to trace the continuities and disruptions in Western ideologies of nature, and in particular, to locate them within ... -
On interpellation: an introduction to specular sociology
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Louis Althusser's theory of interpellation represents certain social phenomena (including, but not limited to: class, state power, philosophy, and art) as being constituted by mirror structures of mis/recognition (cf. ... -
'Seeing' play through the virtual looking glass: A metaphysical laboratory for de-framing and re-framing play for ECE
(The University of Waikato, 2021)In this thesis I address the ambiguous nature of play by interrogating alternative ways of ‘seeing’ play beyond what I assert to be its contemporary Enframed state. I argue that to gain alternative insight into the basic ... -
Teacher Otherness in Early Childhood Education: Rethinking uncertainty and difference through a Kristevan lens
(University of Waikato, 2017)…shall we be, intimately and subjectively, able to live with the others, to live as others, without ostracism but also without leveling? (Kristeva, 1991, p. 2, emphasis in the original) This thesis is a critical ... -
Teachers: Having a Voice and Being Heard? Evidence from Two Private Schools in Nepal
(University of Waikato, 2016)Profit-oriented private schools in Nepal are usually owned and managed by those people who put money into schools. In such private schools, owners are usually the principals, and schools’ administration is run according ... -
The metaphysics of quality: An inquiry into quality within the polytechnic and private training sector
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Quality, its definition and management, has a long-standing history within society. In the modern era the focus has been particularly in regard to products and services, to ensure that minimal standards are met, and ...
