College of Education
The University of Otago College of Education was formed in January 2007, upon the merger of the University of Otago and the Dunedin College of Education.
The University of Otago College of Education is dedicated to the enhancement of educational practice through high quality teaching, scholarship, research, professional leadership and community service, to benefit children, other learners, educators and the wider community (local, national and international).
Recent Deposits
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Professional development for using technology in mathematics teaching in Ghana
Drawing on the framework of TPACK (technological pedagogical content knowledge) and the principles of effective mathematics pedagogy, this study set out with two aims. First, shifts in teachers’ technology dispositions ... -
Evaluation of a web-based tertiary statistics course using a problem-based learning approach
A compulsory postgraduate statistics course was delivered as a Web-based course using the problem-based learning approach at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. In this course, the 26 participants were presented with authentic ... -
A home based behavioural programme for improving children's literacy skills at school : an intensive study of three families
A behavioural Remedial Intervention programme was directed at enhancing the literacy skills of three children, aged 9-l 0 years, over a total duration of 24 weeks in the home setting. Monitoring of progress occurred in ... -
PISA, education policy, and the teaching profession: How context matters.
When resources are scarce, and education policies must be selected and enacted at a national level, how do policymakers select the policy options most suited to their context? Few countries can raise the quality of pre-service ... -
Putting support where the learners are: A multiple case study of the practice of embedding librarians in New Zealand online tertiary classes
The emerging practice of embedding librarians in online tertiary classes creates new opportunities for the delivery of learner support. This research sought to identify how this new form of embedded librarian learner support ... -
The Contours and Expressions of Contemporary Student Spirituality at a New Zealand University: An Exploratory Study
As a chaplain at two tertiary institutions, I have an interest in students’ spirituality as well as the relationship between spirituality and students’ well-being. The aim of this project was to explore the contours and ... -
Communication and people with severe intellectual disabilities
This study IS concerned with communication assessment and intervention with people with severe intellectual disabilities. It proposes that since communication arises as a result of people interacting in social contexts ... -
The Feingold diet and selected behaviour levels : a double blind experiment with multiple tartrazine challenges.
The presence of a relationship between the ingestion of artificial food colours and a change in the frequency and/or duration of selected behaviours that are representative of the hyperactive behaviour syndrome was ... -
'Keeping ourselves safe' : investigating the development, implementation and reactions to the programme
This research project examined the development and implementation process of the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe' child sexual abuse protection programme developed by the New Zealand Police in collaboration with the Department of ... -
Girls and outdoor education
This study set out to investigate the experiences of girls' in school outdoor education programmes. One hundred and sixty-eight fourth form girls from four Dunedin schools (two co-ed and two single-sex) responded to a ... -
Pōwhiri: a face-to-face encounter
The ceremony of powhiri has become a regular feature of welcome ceremonies in present day Aotearoal New Zealand, including within government funded organizations. This study is centered on the exploration of the experiences ... -
Children's perspectives of their everyday lives with a focus on the transition from early childhood centre to school
The aim of this ethnographic study was to explore New Zealand children's perspectives on their everyday lives with a focus on the transition from early childhood centre to school. Sixteen children, whose average age was ... -
"Free faith response" and the role of metaphor in a religious education curriculum for catholic primary schools in New Zealand
The "ultimate aim" of the recently introduced Religious Education Curriculum for Catholic Primary Schools of New Zealand is "to assist children to develop a relationship with God ...... always recognising that this depends ... -
Adoption: the birthmother's perspective
The present study was based on open ended interviews with SIX birthmothers who placed a child for adoption no less than ten years ago. The aim of the research was to gain the birthmother's perspective of this event. The ... -
Spirituality in the Context of the Aotearoa New Zealand Primary School Classroom
Contemporary spirituality is understood to be a basic quality of all people, more culturally plural than simple religious affiliation. Accordingly, spiritual wellbeing is seen to be a fundamental dimension of people’s ... -
Blind people: a social constructivist analysis of New Zealand education policy and practice
This thesis explored the educational experiences in New Zealand of ten blind people of various ages. It submits that the social constructivism position developed by Lev Vygotsky allows the researcher to explore personal ... -
Teaching physical education : studies on student and teacher behaviour
This research provided descriptive data on student and teacher behaviour over a series of related physical education lessons and also examined the effect of feedback to teachers on the quantity and quality of student ... -
An exploration of the relationships among people, places, and things involved in the transition from early childhood education to primary school
A successful transition to primary school is critical for contributing towards a positive future learning journey for children. Relationships are central to a child experiencing an affirming transition experience, however ...