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Neurodiversity in vocational education: Facilitating success
(2022)RESEARCH AIM The aim was to explore how lecturers can create successful learning experiences for neurodiverse learners that not only include but take account of their challenges and utilise and enhance the capabilities ... -
Barriers to help-seeking for mental health issues in young rural males
(2022)In New Zealand, poor mental health is a salient problem. We experience high suicide rates, and this rate increases when the lens of being young, rural, and male are applied. Traditionally, poor rural mental health has been ... -
Research ethics as practice
(2022)The ethical principles underpinning the current research ethics system were developed based on a bio-medical ethical model where the assumption is that these principles are valid and applicable in all research situations ... -
Ko te reo Māori te tatau ki te ao: Rautaki reo Māori ki Te Kura Matatini ki Otago
(2021)TUHINGA WHAKARĀPOPOTO I mua i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, ko te reo Māori te reo i mōhio whānuitia ki Aotearoa nei. Engari i mua i te mutunga o te rautau 19, ko te reo Pākehā kē te reo i mōhio whānuitia ki Aotearoa ... -
A sustainability strategy implementation for a software development company: A comprehensive framework
(2022)This thesis describes the prompting research, circumstances and processes and the definition of a framework for business sustainability implementation. This work-based research project journey unearthed several ... -
A woman’s place is in the House…of Representatives: How Labour women can use Direct Voter Contact to support their election campaigns
(2022)This thesis discusses barriers to and pathways to election for women at local and central government level. The thesis also discusses the use of Direct Voter Contact in a New Zealand environment. -
Developing best practice guidelines in designing physical learning environments for students with complex needs
(2022)ADDED TITLE Our place, our potential: Navigating the design process of learning environments for students with additional needs ABSTRACT This thesis explored the planning and design processes of learning areas for ... -
Insights into the impacts Facebook can have on management decisions for (recreational) sport horses in New Zealand
(2021)The aims of this project are to firstly explore whether recreational horse owners in New Zealand are using equestrian-themed groups on Facebook to gain knowledge and advice on matters of horse husbandry rather than using ... -
How to grow a culturally responsive career practice
(2022)As a career practitioner working towards opening a career service in South Auckland, I intended to explore the lived experience of Pacific youth in shaping their entry into their careers whilst negotiating the dual ... -
Rural entrepreneurship for sustainable rural development with conscious capitalism
(2021)OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY To provide an overview of the benefits of moulded fiber packaging products and establishing and manufacturing company of paper based sustainable products for the Indian subcontinent markets. ... -
Identifying motivational factors to increase the selection of a career in the engineering profession
(2022)The shortage of skilled workers, specifically engineers, in New Zealand is well published (Freeman-Greene, 2020). To recruit the best talent into engineering careers and address the increasing shortfall of highly skilled ... -
Tertiary learner mental health and wellbeing: The development of a national framework
(2021)This practitioner thesis explores the impact of tertiary study on the mental health and wellbeing of tertiary learners. I describe a dual practice approach combining two threads - the development of the work-based project ... -
Exploring the value of adverse life experiences of social service and support workers
(2021)Social services provide support to benefit the community, collectively they are an intrinsic part of our culture. Numerous international studies have suggested that persons in helping professions such as health and social ... -
The case of Tapatoru: Building the capability of foundation educators through professional standards
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTIONS How isTapatoru being used to inform capability building? What are the organisation and individual drivers for the use of Tapatoru? What enables and inhibits organisational and individual use of ... -
Product stewardship: Linking waste back to primary production
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: In what ways are regulated Product Stewardship schemes likely to contribute to waste reduction in New Zealand? a. How do organisations explain and make sense of Product Stewardship? b. How do people ... -
An excellent adventure: Investigating the stories of Tertiary Teaching Excellence awardees
(2021)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1, How does the concept of excellence unfurl in the narratives of Tertiary Teaching Excellence awardees? 2. How do these practitioners embody, convey, and foster that excellence in their practice? ... -
Playcentre leadership: A learning story
(2020)Research into leadership in early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand is in its infancy. At this early stage, distributed leadership has been identified as the most common style of leadership used in teacher-led ...
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