Browsing Education Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Investigating the perceived benefits and difficulties associated with academic mentoring for Maori students within secondary education in Aotearoa-New Zealand
(2014)This study set out to examine the perceived benefits and difficulties associated with academic mentoring for Maori students within secondary education in Aotearoa-New Zealand. A qualitative methodology was employed for ... -
An investigation into the current environment for technical vocational education and training leadership development in New Zealand polytechnics
(2016)This thesis examines the professional development needs and leadership development opportunities for New Zealand technical vocational education and training (TVET) leaders. It also considers the significant responsibilities ... -
An investigation of student perceptions of quality in a secondary school
(2011)This research examines current students’ perceptions of the quality features required by them from a secondary school and considers how well they judge their school to be performing in relation to these. Strengths and ... -
An Investigation of the practice and support of Teaching as Inquiry in a New Zealand secondary school
(2019)Teaching as Inquiry (TAI) is being used in New Zealand secondary schools as a means for the professionally development of teachers and also as a process for teachers to work towards school’s annual goals. TAI is a challenge ... -
An investigation of the role of teacher aides in primary schools in Aotearoa New Zealand
(2014)The aim of this research is to interpret, from multiple perspectives, the role of the teacher aide in New Zealand primary schools. It is based on the rationale that the role of teacher aides in primary schools around the ... -
The landscape of principalship in Yangon, Myanmar
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What is an international view of principalship? 2. What do documents reveal about the roles and responsibilities of Myanmar principals? 3. How do Myanmar principals perceive and interpret their ... -
Leadership development for middle leaders in a Lao tertiary institution
(2014)Recently, the education reformation in Laos has reinforced the higher education institutions to meet the national social-economic development plans. Consequently, more demands and expectations are placed on educational ... -
Leadership development needs of Cambodian primary school principals and deputy principals
(2015)Senior school leaders in Cambodia are required to respond and cope with growing demands and expectations of relevant education stakeholders such as the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), school community, and ... -
Leadership development of curriculum leaders in a Lao higher education Institution
(2015)The regional and national development plan for education has increased its intensity and now requires curriculum leaders to handle many additional tasks distributed from higher management. In pursuing their new roles and ... -
Leadership identification and development of primary school teachers: Exploring the complexities
(2009)Leadership development is a key activity in schools. It can focus on improving outcomes for students, personal development for leaders and support strategic change for the school. This thesis analysed the further development ... -
Leadership in digital technology: The challenge of decision making
(2012)This research investigated the perceptions of decision-making in the use of digital technologies by three secondary schools, leaders and teachers. In the use of digital technology teachers in these schools understood it ... -
Leadership in learning and change: An evaluation of leadership in the context of implementing a Bible College programme
(2010)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. Is there congruency between the LBC's Leadership Team vision and the actualisation of the LBC [Lifestyle Bible College] at this stage of the implementation process? 2. What leadership challenges ... -
Leaders’ perceptions of the practices and challenges that influence Pasifika achievement in New Zealand secondary schools
(2013)Within the New Zealand education system, Pasifika secondary school students are identified as being one of the groups most at risk of not succeeding, with large numbers underachieving. The Ministry of Education and the ... -
Leading change at the middle: Stories of higher education middle leaders ‘success’
(2008)This project aimed to identify and explain the contextual factors associated with successful middle change leadership as a way of determining the value that such initiatives have to enable change to take place in a less ... -
Leading learning for Māori students : the challenges of leadership for teaching principals in small rural primary schools
(2015)This study focused on examining teaching principals’ perceptions of educational leadership practices that were perceived to transform Māori achievement in small rural primary schools. A kaupapa Māori framework was applied ... -
Leading the development of thinking for understanding within inquiry
(2010)The notion of teaching thinking is one that has been discussed extensively in modern education yet it appears teachers, school leaders and policy makers have a limited understanding of what exactly this thinking consists ... -
Leading the Marist Brothers tradition in Catholic secondary schools today
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What are the understandings of leaders in Marist Brothers secondary schools of the charism? 2. In what ways is this commitment implemented by leaders in Marist Brothers secondary schools? 3. ... -
Learning and teaching experiences in an offshore programme : challenges and strategies
(2013)This study examines the experiences of learners and lecturers undertaking a computing degree delivered offshore by lecturers from a New Zealand university to students in Vietnam in 2012. It focuses on the learning and ... -
Look who’s talking? NCEA and learning partnerships: A case study of a lesson
(2006)This dissertation provides a ‘snapshot’ of one teacher’s response to the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) in terms of their classroom practice. If New Zealand secondary schools are going to respond ... -
Managing diversity to achieve ethnic inclusion in multi-ethnic secondary schools
(2014)This research is set in the context of New Zealand and specifically in Auckland secondary schools which are becoming increasingly diverse in terms of ethnicity. Leaders in these schools face challenges to manage diversity ...