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An Exploration of the Collaborative Practices within Learning Networks of New Zealand Schools

Sweeney, Rebbecca (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

This thesis investigates the practices of participants in three “clusters” of New Zealand schools associated with the Extending High Standards Across Schools (EHSAS) project funded by the Ministry of Education from 2005 ...
Metamorphosis: Expanding the Concept of Equity in Education

Balcombe, Ann (Victoria University of Wellington, 2000)

Professional relations and social interaction with the tangata whenua of the area provided access to this novel research project. The researcher was invited to accept a consultancy role to help the community realise their ...
The Opening of the Great Bush, 1869-1881: a Social History of the Bush Settlements of Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington

Arnold, Rollo D (Victoria University of Wellington, 1971)

In undertaking this study I had the two-fold object of investigating an area of our history which appears to me to have been too long neglected, and, in presenting my results, of grappling with the problems of writing ...
Playing with the Discursive: a Feminist Post-Structural Exploration of the Words 'Criminal Woman'

Beals, Fiona (Victoria University of Wellington, 2002)

In this thesis I examine the discursive subject of ‘criminal woman’ to uncover possible ‘gaps’ and ‘silences’ on the discursive ground on which ‘she’ stands. To do this I will apply a feminist post-structural reading, ...
Reading Between the Lines: Representations and Constructions of Youth and Crime in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Beals, Fiona M (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

In this thesis, I examine constructions of youth deviance in Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2002. In 2002, New Zealand had a national election in which adult commentators and observers concentrated and speculated on the reasons ...
A Sociology of Maori Education - Beyond Mediating Structures

Penetito, Walter Takaha (Victoria University of Wellington, 2005)

The history of the relationship between Maori (the indigenous minority) and Pakeha (the dominant majority) is one that is encapsulated in processes of mediation. Pakeha resolve issues that favour kawanatanga solutions ...
Theories and Narratives: Pacific Women in Tertiary Eucation and the Social Construction of Ethnic Identities in Aotearoa New Zealand

Mara, Diane Lysette (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

This thesis explores the possible influence of tertiary education on ethnic identity using a social constructionist approach developed by the sociologists Stephen Cornell and Douglas Hartmann. Cornell and Hartmann describe ...