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Completed theses

Conferred in 2008

Name	Degree awarded	Thesis title	Supervisor	Keywords
Aditomo, Anindito	MPhil	Exploring learning opportunities in online, wiki-based collaboration: a variation-theory approach. view the abstract	Professor Peter Reimann	– learning processes – online education – instructional design – peer evaluation – ICT in education – computer-assisted teaching – graduate students – group work – knowledge mapping – variation theory
Bubacz, Beryl	PhD	The female and male Orphan Schools in New South Wales, 1801–1850. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Associate Professor Craig Campbell	– criminals – females – males – biographical inventories – history – colonial education – colonial history (Australia) – orphan schools – New South Wales
Clausen, Mathew	MEd(Research)	Cultural intersections: a postcolonial approach to teaching contemporary indigenous Australian theatre. view the abstract	Associate Professor Michael Anderson	– indigenous populations – learning activities – postcolonialism – stereotypes – theatre arts – Aboriginal peoples – case studies – literary criticism – Giroux (HA) – Higher School Certificate, New South Wales
Gilchrist, Heidi	PhD	Young women and physical activity: gender, embodiment and health promotion. view the abstract	Associate Professor Gerard Sullivan	– body image – health promotion – physical activities – youth problems – females – feminist criticism – interviews – poststructuralism – biographical methods – identity formation
Ishimine, Karin	PhD	The relationship between childcare centre quality and children's social skills in Sydney, Australia. view the abstract	Associate Professor David Evans	– education quality – interpersonal competence – early-childhood education – multimethod techniques – questionnaires – early-childhood environment rating scale – social skills rating system
Ji, Peiying	PhD	Pragmatics and pedagogy: an examination of college English teaching in China. view the abstract	Associate Professor Huizhong Shen	– classroom techniques – English (second language) – intercultural communication – pragmatics – teaching process – textbook content – content analysis – higher education – interviews – communicative language teaching (CLT)
Mockler, Nicole	PhD	Beyond 'what works': teachers and the politics of identity.	Professor Judyth Sachs	– identity (psychology) – teachers' attitudes – psychological aspects of teaching
Moloney, Robyn	EdD	Intercultural competence in young language learners: a case study. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Dr Lesley Harbon	– French – German – immersion programs – intercultural communication – Japanese – second-language learning – case studies – primary education – cultural identity – young children
Pettingell, Judith	PhD	Panics and principles: a history of drug-education policy in New South Wales 1965–1999. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Associate Professor Craig Campbell	– history of drug education policy in Australia
Sachdev, Menraj	MPhil	Higher education in a transition economy: the case of India 1991–2003. view the abstract	Professor Phillip Jones	– economic climate – educational policy – influences – online education – success – academic staff – discourse analysis – interviews – policy analysis – World Bank
Stanley, Denise	PhD	Teaching is my art now. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Professor Robyn Ewing	– arts education – art teachers – beginning teachers – teacher attitudes – visual arts – case studies – education majors – postmodernism – universities – arts-based research
Thompson, Kate	PhD	Models as mindtools for environmental education: how do students use models to learn about a complex socioenvironmental system? Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Professor Peter Reimann	– environmental education – educational psychology – models – student attitudes – systems analysis – class activities – secondary education – group work
Wilkinson, Linden	MEd(Research)	Creating verbatim theatre: exploring the gap between public inquiry and private. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Associate Professor Michael Anderson	– accidents – drama – pain – theatre arts – community education – playwriting – arts-based research – personal experiences – traumas – verbatim theatre
Yager, Karen	PhD	Body image, body dissatisfaction, dieting and disordered eating and exercise behaviours of trainee physical education teachers: investigation and intervention. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Associate Professor Jenny O'Dea	– body image – dietetics – eating disorders – intervention – nutrition – physical education teachers – self-esteem – student attitudes – well-being – education majors
Yang, Dai Fei	PhD	Improving networked learning in higher education: language functions and design patterns. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Professor Peter Goodyear and Dr Alyson Simpson	– educational improvement – ICT in education – instructional design – language patterns – network analysis – computer software development – higher education – interviews – linguistic theory
Yoo, Joanne	EdD	A narrative landscape of a teacher's perception of the 'other' in a Korean Christian University: the courage to 'be' and to learn. Click on the appropriate link below to view the: abstract complete thesis.	Professor Robyn Ewing and Dr Jacqueline Manuel	– beliefs – Christianity – religious factors – teacher attitudes – teacher beliefs – case studies – diaries – higher education – interviews – personal narratives

A hard copy of the above theses can be viewed in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library, Fisher Library.

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