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“I Am The Apple Of My Brother’s Eye” : An investigation into the evolving roles of Samoan women with particular reference to religion and gender relations
What does it mean to be a Samoan woman? The following thesis addresses this question by exploring the lived experiences of Samoan women with particular reference to religion and gender relations. Adopting an inter-disciplinary ...
Affect and Identity: The Mathematical Journeys of Adolescents
This research captured the mathematical journeys of 31 New Zealand students over two years of their adolescence. The research framework combined a conceptualisation of identities with the notion in the affective domain of ...
He manu hou ahau, he pī ka rere: The transition of Māori language immersion students to the University of Otago
The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate the transitional experiences of graduates from Māori language immersion secondary schools to tertiary education. The thesis will show how Māori language immersion ...
Demand for schooling in rural Senegal
This thesis aims to understand the determinants of household demand for schooling in rural Senegal. Using an original dataset including 504 households living in the North of Senegal and based on the results of a literature ...
“It Didn’t Exactly Make Me Feel Grand”: Students with Physical Disabilities’ Experiences of Secondary School Physical Education
Physical Education has long been recognised as the domain of the physically ‘able’ (Barton 1993, 2009). As a result, many students with physical disabilities who do not display the socially constructed abilities, movements ...
“It often rests on the shoulders of a passionate individual”: Exploring the discursive constructions of gender and sexuality within education settings in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In this thesis I explore the discursive constructions of gender and sexuality within secondary and tertiary education settings in Aotearoa New Zealand. Previous research has established teaching and education practices ...
Your Brain on Booze: Impact of a Multimedia Adolescent Alcohol Educational Resource
This research examines effectiveness of science communication in conveying harm reduction messages about alcohol to adolescents. The average age for initial experimentation with alcohol in New Zealand is 14.6 years – a ...
An Exploration of the Nature of Physically Active Play in New Zealand Early Childhood Education.
The provision of physically active play (PAP) varies amongst early childhood services, directly impacting the experiences and opportunities available to children. This is a significant issue because PAP is a central ...
Does explicit teacher instruction of resilience increase a child's resilience?
Resilience is the ability to achieve favourable outcomes in the face of adversity (Condly, 2006). The increased presence of resilience in education has been noted of particular interest recently as schools move towards a ...
Code Switching in the Malaysian ESL Classroom
This study explores the perceptions and beliefs of teachers and students regarding the practice of code switching in Malaysian ESL classrooms. It also examines the roles and functions of code switching in the classroom. ...