Browsing Research Services by Research Type "Thesis"
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A Comparison of Bilingual-based and Monolingual- based Pedagogy in the Acquisition of Māori as a Second Language He tina ki runga - He tāmore ki raro
There are numerous tertiary institutions throughout Aotearoa that offer Māori language education. These institutions include universities, various polytechnic institutions (Kura Matatini) and various whare wānanga (places ... -
An Anatomy of Feedback - A phenomenographic investigation into undergraduate students' experiences of feedback
Feedback is considered to be a fundamental part of the learning process and is a critical link that connects students’ and teachers’ activities. However, definitions of feedback in the higher education literature are ... -
An investigation into the way PhD students utilise ICT to support their doctoral research process
The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has grown enormously in the last decade with computers and smart devices becoming indispensable in tertiary students’ study practices. There is, however, limited ... -
Assessing Publication-Based Theses
Doctoral examiners are increasingly assessing theses that include publications by the candidate. Little research has investigated how examiners assess a thesis that includes such publications. Most past research has focused ... -
Critical Pedagogy in Higher Education : Insights from English language teachers
In this thesis, I explore the experiences of English language teachers who have knowledge of the theory and practice of critical pedagogy. Critical pedagogy is grounded on a vision of impacting social change through education ... -
Cultivating student thinking and values in medical education: What teachers do, how they do it and who they are
As part of their medical education, a student medic needs to develop the thinking and values essential to practice. This is so they can be the best doctor that they are able: to serve their clients, their profession and ... -
Design Academics' Experiences Of Design Practice And Teaching
My thesis explores design academics’ qualitatively different experiences of design practice and teaching, and the relationship between the two. Past studies investigating the phenomenon of teaching have reported a hierarchy ... -
Developing Critical Thinkers in Higher Education: A Vygotskian Perspective
Despite critical thinking being an avowed aim of higher education, we currently have little understanding of how students develop as critical thinkers. This qualitative study focused on the in-depth learning experiences ... -
'Doing the work of hearing': Exploring Cambodian school girls' educational persistence
This doctoral thesis reports on a qualitative feminist study that explored Cambodian school girls’ educational persistence. The study investigated the multiple sources of support school girls utilised to remain in secondary ... -
Experiences of critical thinking, critical action and critical being in health science tutorials
Critical thinking remains one of the most debated topics in higher education. On the premise that graduates still leave higher education with limited thinking skills and that critical thinking concepts are now diffuse and ... -
Experiences of mentoring in primary health care settings : registerd nurses' and students' perspectives
This research provides an in-depth case study of eight undergraduate nursing students and eight Registered Nurses' experiences of mentoring during clinical placements in general practice. Each student was supported in ... -
Explaining how students can learn the dispositional components of physical world actions by performing virtual world actions
Virtual worlds are an important educational technology for professional education because they enable students to take actions in a safe, simulated environment while adopting specific professional roles. For example, medical ... -
Exploring undergraduate students’ perceptions of factors influencing their engagement and alienation in higher education
Student engagement has been identified as having a positive influence on learning and retention. This has attracted much research on how to enhance engagement in higher education. Studies have considered the role of student ... -
Individual, Institutional and Environmental Factors Influencing Online Distance Tertiary Teaching in New Zealand
Online and distance teaching requires careful negotiation between the goals, beliefs and philosophy of the teacher and the inherent pedagogy of the technologies and system they are working within. While the relationships ... -
Perceptions and benefits of, and barriers to, degree-based education for massage therapy
Within New Zealand, the practice of massage therapy for health and wellness is part of the growing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) industry and is a popular treatment for a wide range of health conditions. ... -
Reflecting on Culture in Medicine: Second-year medical students' online discussions
This thesis reports on a qualitative study of the role of reflection in the development of second year medical students’ intercultural competence. Reflective capacity is an important professional competency and is crucial ... -
The contribution of simulation in the development of clinical judgement: Students’ perspectives
Clinical experiences are essential for the development of clinical judgement in nursing students. Clinical experiences offer students situated and contextual learning opportunities to apply their theoretical knowledge to ... -
The experiences of native English speaking academics who work and live in Japan
This thesis provides an account of a qualitative doctoral study that explored native English speaking academics’ experiences living and working in Japan, in relation to the internationalisation policy in Japanese higher ... -
The impact of the VERT virtual reality system on teaching and learning associated with radiation therapy planning skills in the second year of the Bachelor of Radiation Therapy
The Department of Radiation Therapy, University of Otago Wellington recently acquired VERT, an immersive, virtual reality, radiation therapy simulation-based training system. The department has been integrating the system ... -
The misalignment between the expectations of fashion students, fashion tertiary educators, and the fashion industry
What motivates students to study fashion design? What employment opportunities are there in the fashion design industry for fashion graduates? These are some of the core questions raised in this thesis. Fashion design ...