Browsing Masters Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Gilbert, Jane"
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Mapping the Conceptual Landscapes of School-university Partnerships in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The aim of this research is to identify relationships between ideas that are currently influencing ‘partnership’ in the New Zealand education system. The focus is on how institutions express ideas related to school-university ... -
Present Day Utopias? Listening to Alternative Possibilities for Educational Futures
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Educational futures scholars argue that today’s education system is no longer fit for purpose. They argue that major change is needed in response to certain mega-trends beyond education, but schools have failed to keep up ... -
Probing for Change: Can Teacher Networks Promote Ideas Spread in a Complex Education Community?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The world is changing in complex and unpredictable ways. Our education system, set up to meet 20th century needs, needs to change to meet the needs of 21st century learners. In particular, we need to re-think how best to ... -
Teachers’ “Transformational Learning"? A case study of teachers’ views of knowledge as they participate in a collaborative think tank
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)In recent years, future focused thinkers have described an unprecedented rate of change in the Western World. At the end of the 20th century and into the 21st century, there have been documented revolutionary shifts in the ... -
Using Complexity Thinking and MOOCs to Disrupt Current Debates on Educational Futures
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Major changes in the world have led to what some scholars are calling ‘post-normal times’, an age characterised by uncertainty, unpredictability, rapid change, complexity, chaos and contradiction. Some have argued that, ...