Browsing by Supervisor "White, Elizabeth Jayne"
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A Dialogic Perspective on International Learner Engagement in the New Zealand Private Tertiary Environment
(The University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis explores heteroglossic engagement and alienation among international learners studying in New Zealand private tertiary establishments (PTEs). Exploring key dialogic moments during classroom discussion I set out ... -
'Don't you perceive gender as different because of the chromosomes': Examining the Impact of Gender Discourses on Early Childhood Pre-Service Teachers?
(University of Waikato, 2013)This thesis is a qualitative study located within the context of contemporary New Zealand early childhood education. It investigates the impact and implications on pedagogy resulting from the gender discourses held by ... -
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 ... -
How educators lead the shift in pedagogy and policy to encourage international student success: An evaluative inquiry of one New Zealand tertiary institute
(The University of Waikato, 2017)This thesis demonstrates why and how New Zealand-based tertiary educators can claim a leadership role in contributing to international student success. As international student populations rise rapidly within New Zealand’s ... -
Infant and peer relationships in curriculum
(University of Waikato, 2014)The purpose of this thesis was to explore the relations between infants and their peers as they interacted intersubjectively with one another in an early childhood care and education environment and to investigate how the ... -
Shifting tectonic plates of key discourses in New Zealand early childhood education policy (1989-2017): A critical discourse analysis at the dawn of change
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis analysed the presence of neoliberalism, socialism and te Ao Māori in fundamental policy documents that frame New Zealand early childhood practice. It did so to critically engage with, and thus make sense of, ... -
Teacher pedagogy as an act of moral answerability: A self-study of an infant teacher's answerable acts in infant pedagogy in New Zealand ECEC
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Typically, educational research considers how teachers are ethically accountable to learners, their families, teacher colleagues and society as a whole. But this thesis set out to explore the extent to which teachers are ... -
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 ... -
Whānau Stories: Creating meaningful engagement and wellbeing for the indigenous culture of Aotearoa New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2017)This research sees my interests coalesce into a particular focus on how collaborative partnerships with parents/caregivers can provide whānau Māori with opportunities to strengthen wellbeing in their own lives. It is located ...
