Browsing Masters Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Utumapu-McBride, Tafili"
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Faleolupe: Samoan Parents and Aoga Amata Teachers' Perceptions of Literacy: A Case Study in Auckland New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Literacy is the foundation of all other learning in the child’s life and must be well equipped in the early stages of life so that the future learning achieves better results. However, literacy challenge is a worldwide ... -
Finding our place in Early Childhood Education – The journey of beginning Pasifika Early Childhood Teachers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This research focuses on the journey of six Early Childhood students and/or teachers who have studied a unique and special first of its kind Pasifika specialised programme. The Bachelor of Pasifika Education (Early Childhood ... -
Manumalo: a study of factors which facilitate success for New Zealand-born Samoan students at university
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This thesis is about factors which aid and hinder successful completions for New Zealand-born Samoans. The thesis explores the proposition that educational marginalisation of minority students will be perpetuated until AUT ... -
A narrative inquiry into the induction and mentoring experiences of overseas trained teachers in South Auckland special need schools
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This is a qualitative study in which I have collected and interpreted data in narrative form. In this qualitative study, interviews were carried out with eight teachers who had been teaching in a South Auckland Special ... -
Te Whariki: early childhood curriculum from Samoan teachers' perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Te Whāriki positions itself as New Zealand’s first ever Early Childhood Curriculum with an unique bicultural feature honouring the Treaty of Waitangi (signed in 1840), and the partnership between tangata whenua (Māori) and ...