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Exploring undergraduate students’ perceptions of factors influencing their engagement and alienation in higher education

Asare, Samuel (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

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 ...
Cultivating student thinking and values in medical education: What teachers do, how they do it and who they are

Blakey, Althea Jane (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)

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 ...
Assessing Publication-Based Theses

Victor Danarajan, Sharon Sharmini (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)

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 ...
An investigation into the way PhD students utilise ICT to support their doctoral research process

Sim, Kwong Nui (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)

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 ...
Troubling plagiarism: University students' understandings of plagiarism

Adam, Lee Ann (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015)

In this thesis, I report on a doctoral study that examined undergraduate university students’ understandings of plagiarism. The thesis addresses a gap in the existing plagiarism research since much of the literature on ...
Perceptions and benefits of, and barriers to, degree-based education for massage therapy

Smith, Donna (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015)

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. ...
Critical Pedagogy in Higher Education : Insights from English language teachers

Joseph Jeyaraj, Joanna (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014)

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 ...
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

Kane, Jonathan Paul (Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2014)

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 ...
Design Academics' Experiences Of Design Practice And Teaching

Shanks, Helen Joan (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)

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 ...
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

Hall, Craig Gregory (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)

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 ...
The Role/Importance of Personal Computers to Support Learning in Higher Education

Sim, Kwong Nui (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2013)

Background: This scoping study examines the degree to which students use their personal computers to support their undergraduate academic practice in their daily study habits. Methods: Three data sources were used in ...
Developing Critical Thinkers in Higher Education: A Vygotskian Perspective

Wass, Robert Timothy (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

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 ...
An Anatomy of Feedback - A phenomenographic investigation into undergraduate students' experiences of feedback

McLean, Angela (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

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 ...
Experiences of critical thinking, critical action and critical being in health science tutorials

Blakey, Althea Jane (Thesis, Master of Health Sciences, 2011)

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 ...
On the testability of BDI agent systems

Winikoff, Michael; Cranefield, Stephen (Discussion Paper, 2008)

Before deploying a software system we need to assure ourselves (and stake-holders) that the system will behave correctly. This assurance is usually done by testing the system. However, it is intuitively obvious that adaptive ...