Browsing Education Dissertations and Theses by Title
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Teacher coaching in Aotearoa New Zealand secondary schools : an exploratory study
(2017)Teacher coaching is a personnel development approach that has developed out of the popular concepts of sports, business and life coaching. The purpose of this study was to explore how teacher coaching is being implemented ... -
Teacher perceptions and management of challenging student behaviours in primary school classrooms
(2013)This study aimed at investigating Teacher perceptions and management of challenging student behaviours in classrooms and what support is available to the teachers to manage students with challenging behaviours. Managing ... -
Teachers in change : an evaluation of the implementation of collaborative teaching in a New Zealand year 7-13 school
(2018-01-28)It is widely argued that educational change is needed to meet the needs of all learners in the 21st century. This project explores one school's implementation of collaborative teaching in a newly built Innovative Learning ... -
Teachers’ perceptions of the impact of professional development on teaching practice : the case of one primary school
(2012)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What are teachers’ perceptions of the impact of professional development on their teaching practice? 2. What factors influenced teachers’ perceptions of effective professional development? 3. ... -
Teachers’ perspectives on the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) in two early childhood settings in New Zealand
(2012)This research examined teachers’ perspectives on the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in two early childhood settings in New Zealand. The research literature explained that in New Zealand there ... -
Teaching and learning challenges facing primary school teachers of students from non-English speaking backgrounds
(2013)This study examined the teaching and learning challenges faced by teachers of students from non-English speaking backgrounds in three Auckland primary schools. A qualitative methodology was chosen for this research ... -
Teaching as inquiry : form, purpose and application in New Zealand secondary schools
(2015)Teaching as Inquiry is described as a component of effective pedagogy and is being used in New Zealand Secondary Schools as a means of professionally developing teachers and also as a process for teacher evaluation. This ... -
Teaching as inquiry : perspectives, practices and perceptions of success in New Zealand primary schools
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What are leaders’ and teachers’ perspectives of teaching as inquiry? 2. How is teaching as inquiry practised in New Zealand primary schools? 3. What are leaders’ and teachers’ perceptions of ... -
Teaching as inquiry: Understandings and challenges towards a professional way of being
(2011)New Zealand educators are increasingly using inquiry based approaches as a solution to contextual challenges in their organisation. Inquiry is often understood as a cycle of learning, a process for investigating current ... -
Teaching international fee-paying students in a primary and intermediate school in New Zealand: An investigation into the issues classroom teachers face
(2009)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What is the impact of the „international education‟ policy context on primary/intermediate class teachers? 2. What are the key issues regarding initial and on-going training for teachers of ... -
The teaching of critical thinking : reviewing the perceptions of educators in tertiary institutions in New Zealand
(2015)Teachers can inspire and motivate students to develop critical thinking. Successful critical thinkers can be successful and contributing citizens. According to the Oxford dictionary (2015) critical thinking is, “the objective ... -
Teaching practices that support high achievement in the education of Pacific boys
(2011)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1: What teaching practices and strategies do Pacific boys best respond to? 2: What factors within the classroom hinder or enhance good teaching and learning practices? 3: How can schools best ... -
Technology innovations that support technology enhanced teaching and learning and their evaluation in two Auckland secondary schools
(2016)Technology innovations have been introduced into Auckland secondary schools to meet the needs of 21st Century learners. All secondary schools in New Zealand are required to critically and strategically review their practice ... -
Tertiary education for social justice in an age of uncertainty
(2010-11-01)This thesis is located in the context of contemporary tertiary education and investigates two key influences on teachers and teaching. The first arises from the uncertainty and ambiguity that is attributed to postmodernism ... -
Turnaround leadership : how three successful leaders turned around their schools
(2011)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: What process of turnaround can be identified? How do principals address decline and failure through turnaround? What leadership characteristics are viewed as effective by principals and school ... -
Turning the tables: Students mentoring teachers in ICT professional development
(2008)This dissertation evaluates the effectiveness of a programme where students mentored teachers as a form of professional development for teachers within the context of information and communication technologies (ICT) and ... -
Understanding choices in the grouping of children within early childhood education : an Auckland based study of same-age / multi-age grouping arrangements
(2013)RESEARCH QUESTIONS. 1. What reasoning and values lie beneath the practice of grouping young children in same-age and multi-age settings? 2. What are the perceived advantages and disadvantages of same-age and multi-age ... -
Using exemplars for the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) external assessments : perceptions of secondary school teachers
(2018)The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) publishes exemplars of student work following the external National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) examinations each year. These are provided as a resource to ... -
The Waitakere Pacific community and tertiary education institute relationships
(2008)This research examined the relationship between a Tertiary Education Institution (TEI) other Tertiary Education providers and the Pacific community in Waitakere City, West Auckland. The research identified issues that have ... -
Ways in which middle leaders support teachers in integrating digital technology
(2017)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: • What are teachers’ perceptions of how they are supported to implement pedagogies for integrating digital technology? • What are the challenges faced by teachers with the introduction of digital ...
