n 2002 New Zealand's government set out to 'accelerate' the nation's 'transformation into a knowledge society'; (Ministry of Education, 2002a, p. 16). Underpinning the development of this so-called 'knowledge society' was ...

This thesis seeks to acknowledge and address the concerns that Maori people voice about research into their lives. The present study shows that Maori people are concerned that the power and control over research issues of ...

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 ...

This thesis examines the professional practices of rural school principals in the province of Otago, New Zealand, to describe what it is about their practices that creates and maintains effective rural schools. The underlying ...

This study explored teachers’ implicit theories of creativity and how it is fostered in the classroom. There were two studies, the preliminary study and the main study. The preliminary study included one questionnaire to ...

In recent years, professional development programmes that have been made available to teachers in New Zealand and other western countries have not often achieved the desired outcomes of improved teacher practice and decision ...