Browsing by Supervisor "Eames, Chris W."
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A Needs Assessment of Conservation Educators within the Department of Conservation
(University of Waikato, 2016)The Department of Conservation (DOC) is the government body that is responsible for conserving Aotearoa/New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage. Although education has not been a primary part of what DOC does, the ... -
The appropriate use of Te Reo Maori in the names of new species discovered in Aotearoa New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2012)Language is the key to understanding Ko te reo te taikura o te whakaao-mārama In this thesis I investigate the naming of new species that are being discovered in and around the waters of the coastline, across the vast ... -
Developing Pre-service Teacher Education in Environmental Education for Sustainability in Papua New Guinea
(University of Waikato, 2012)Government policies in Papua New Guinea (PNG) identify the need for environmental education for sustainability (EEfS) to respond to environmental and sustainability issues faced within the country. However, little has been ... -
Development of action competence using Education for Sustainability in a New Zealand school
(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis explores whether an intervention carried out with a senior secondary school Environmental Science class was able to develop action competence in Education for Sustainability (EfS) in the students. The concept ... -
Development of an environmental education programme for waste management with local communities in Sabah, Malaysia
(University of Waikato, 2015)Environmental education can play a major role in achieving sustainability. In the context of this research, environmental education is defined as a process to impart and instil knowledge, skills, attitudes, motivations and ... -
The Eco-classroom project: Fostering student participation through education for sustainability
(University of Waikato, 2010)This thesis investigates learning and other outcomes in participants, particularly students (9-11 years), as a result of their involvement in an education for sustainability (EfS) co-design and build project at their primary ... -
Education for sustainability in transition of children from early childood education to primary school
(University of Waikato, 2012)This study examined the understandings gained by young children from education for sustainability experiences in their early childhood education and their actions and behaviours related to sustainability in their later ... -
Environmental Awareness, Attitudes, and Behaviour of Secondary School Students and Teachers in Tehran, Iran
(University of Waikato, 2016)Many human behaviours, including social, political, and economic actions, have an impact on the natural environment, and are responsible for causing many of the current environmental challenges and issues. This raises the ... -
Evaluation of environmental literacy of pre-service teachers in New Zealand
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Environmental education (EE) has been recognized as a vital tool that could help to alleviate the prevailing environmental and sustainability issues facing our world today. One of the goals of environmental education (EE) ... -
Identifying an appropriate science curriculum for undergraduate nursing in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2010)The depth and breadth of science knowledge that is required to educate registered nurses has been the subject of much debate, both nationally and internationally. Central to the debate is the lack of clarity on what science ... -
Intersections between place-responsive outdoor education and environmental action: Transforming secondary students' ethic of care into action.
(The University of Waikato, 2017)There has been growing concern expressed about the disconnection of people, and particularly young people, from nature. This detachment from the natural world is visible through media and movies with an increased reference ... -
Kids Greening Taupō: Conservation Education Based on a Collaborative Community Model
(University of Waikato, 2016)Ecological degradation threatens the life-giving capacity of Earth. Literature identifies education and collaboration across all sectors of society as being critically important to reversing the trend of degradation. ... -
Knowledge, Experience and Attitudes towards sharks: A case for species-specific environmental education
(University of Waikato, 2016)Sharks are under threat from human exploitation and their numbers are declining, which has ecosystem consequences. Furthermore, sharks have suffered from a negative public image that has worked to reduce their populations, ... -
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 ... -
Online collaborative learning in tertiary ICT education to enhance students' learning in Malaysia
(University of Waikato, 2013)This study investigated the nature of students’, and student group, interactions through the incorporation of an online collaborative learning (OCL) initiative, with its aim to enhance students’ learning in a Malaysian ... -
Pre-service Early Childhood Teachers' Preparedness to Teach Education for Sustainability
(University of Waikato, 2016)Children in their early childhood years have proven to be capable of becoming active citizens in their communities through engagement in sustainability practices, with the support of their teachers. However, EfS is currently ... -
Secondary School Students' Conceptions of Sustainability
(University of Waikato, 2014)Sustainability is a word that is frequently used and often without the understanding that it warrants. An understanding of sustainability is vital today as people need to adopt strategies to cope with issues caused by ... -
Stronger together: Holistic learning through Education for Sustainability
(The University of Waikato, 2019)Students in New Zealand secondary schools are more stressed and anxious about assessments than any other nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There is also low engagement and enjoyment ... -
Teachers’ perceptions of professional learning through social media in environmental education
(The University of Waikato, 2020)Increasingly rapid consumption of natural resources and the production of wastes and their impacts on ecosystems have become unsustainable practices due to the increase in population, technological development and economic ... -
The ecology of community environmental groups: Integrating restoration, partnerships and citizen science
(University of Waikato, 2016)New Zealand is facing a biodiversity crisis as forest and wetland habitat loss continue, and the quality of freshwater declines. But in recent years, a grassroots, nationwide network of community environmental groups has ...
