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Administrative Professionals in New Zealand: Their Professional Development Opportunities and Career Pathways

Lloyd, Ethelwyn Eva (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This descriptive study to investigate the perceptions of administrative professionals of their professional development opportunities and career pathways was conducted mid-2009. The study used an on-line survey and focus ...
An Analysis of the Quality of Life of Older Women in New Zealand 2001, "I'm Still Me Inside"

Munro, Isobel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2002)

This study explores the quality of life for one hundred and seventy-five older women from many parts of New Zealand, who are no longer in full-time paid employment. The women were self-selected through a process of social ...
Bullying Behaviour in Schools: Towards Better Understandings and Practice

Cleary, Mark (Victoria University of Wellington, 2001)

This study of school bullying provides an overview of the development of international anti-bullying initiatives, an in-depth analysis of the state of antibullying approaches in New Zealand and a description of the impact ...
Controversies in Counselling: Re-thinking Therapy’s Ethical Base

Cornforth, Sue (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

This is a theoretical thesis about ethical counselling/psychotherapy. Its aim is to re-think some of the many problems that beset the “psy” professions, by addressing some of therapy’s foundational assumptions. It takes ...
Co-operative learning as a method for reducing bullying

Baker, Robyn (Victoria University of Wellington, 2004)

Evidence from international research suggests that bullying increases as students make the transition to intermediate school. Bullying interventions frequently focus on individual change with little attention paid to the ...
Decentralized Centralism: School Based Management Policies and Practices at State Secondary Schools in Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia

Sumintono, Bambang (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

The collapse of Suharto’s regime in 1998 brought significant change to Indonesia's public sector. Education at primary and secondary levels, since 1 January 2001, was administered at district level rather than in the ...
The Developing Role of the Special Education Needs Coordinater: an Evaluation Study on the Effects of an RTLB Project, which Provided a Wrap around Special Education Needs Coordinator Service to All of the Schools within Its Region

Collinson, Lisa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate the systems level intervention which was initiated by an RTLB (Resource Teachers’ of Learning and Behaviour) cluster, through EPF (enhancing programming funding) ...
The Development of a Systemic Approach to the Positive Management of Behaviour in One Secondary School

Hill, David James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

This thesis demonstrates one way in which the tenets of positive behaviour support could be used to meet the challenges of enhancing the academic and social learning of students in secondary school. Positive behaviour ...
Educational Policy Change, Newspapers and Public Opinion in New Zealand, 1988-1999

Roulston, Dorothy Ella (Victoria University of Wellington, 2005)

This thesis analyses educational trends as reported in five major New Zealand daily newspapers from 1988-1999 when the New Zealand education system underwent radical policy reforms. Newspaper reporting of the educational ...
Educational Utopia? the New Zealand Standards Approach Considered in the Light of the German Experience in Vocational Training

Kappert, Peter (Victoria University of Wellington, 1997)

This thesis is concerned with both the direction and the appropriateness of the recently adopted standards-based approach in post-compulsory education and training in New Zealand, while particularly focusing on the ...
An Examination of the Impact of a Training Programme Based on Sport Psychology for a Cohort of Contemporary Singing Students

Cairns-James, Sandy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

Sport psychology is well recognised and accepted as an important aspect of sports training, especially for elite athletes. Sport psychology focuses on teaching skills and methods such as goal setting and mental preparation ...
An Examination of Young Women's Use of Condoms in Casual Sex Situations: Implications for the Sexuality Education Curriculum.

Cooper, Annette (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

New Zealand has high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancy when compared to other comparable countries. The purpose of this research was to gain a better understanding of how sexuality ...
An Exploration of Empowerment and the Conditions that Empower Students in a Nursing Education Context

Pearson, Janet Ruth (Victoria University of Wellington, 1996)

Empowerment is a concept that has recently gained in popular usage and has been applied to many situations including nursing practice. Current nursing practice includes the expectation that registered nurses work with ...
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 ...
An Exploratory Case Study of Citizenship Education in the Social Studies Curriculum of the Solomon Islands

Fito'o, Billy (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This exploratory case study stems from the belief that teaching appropriate values to develop good and active citizens will improve the chaotic situation of the Solomon Islands. However, while this intention seems commendable, ...
Exploring Teachers' perceptions of the Implementation of Inclusive Education in a Regular Primary School: A Papua New Guinea Study

Mambo, Jenny Apurel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers‟ perceptions of the implementation of inclusive education in one regular primary school in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. The school was made up ...
Feedback in New Zealand Classrooms: Do Students Get the Message?

Vercauteren, Deidre Carol (Victoria University of Wellington, 2005)

There is increasing evidence that feedback is a key factor in successful teaching and learning. It is also clear that there are effective and less effective forms of feedback. To be most effective, feedback should ...
A Feminist Critique of Clinical Psychology Training Programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand

Barnett, Heather Anne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2004)

This thesis provides a feminist critique of clinical psychology training programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Taking a feminist standpoint epistemological position I argue that most clinical psychology training programmes ...
Gifted Individuals with Asperger's: A Discourse Exploration of 'Being an Aspie'

Wong, Camellia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

People labelled as both 'gifted' and as having Asperger's Syndrome are a social paradox. Asperger's is often associated with impairment and disability, and a dualistic 'opposite' of giftedness on a learning ability spectrum. ...
An Historical Study of Newspapers and Public Opinion About Education

Roulston, Dorothy Ella (Victoria University of Wellington, 1986)

The aim of this thesis was to survey educational trends as reported in five daily newspapers from 1901 to 1905 and from 1978 to 1982. As a basis for evaluating those trends, writings from historians in the earlier period ...