Completed theses
Conferred in 2011
| Name | Degree awarded | Thesis title | Supervisor | Keywords |
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Amazan, Rose |
PhD |
Mobilising the Ethiopian knowledge diaspora: how can the Ethiopian knowledge diaspora be mobilised into participating effectively in the tertiary educational process in Ethiopia? |
– evaluation of higher education in Ethiopia |
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Broadbent, Jennifer |
DSW |
Spirituality of young people with cancer: an exploratory study. |
– attitudes of cancer patients |
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Broughton, Maxine |
PhD |
Exploring Australian boys' attitudes towards reading in the middle years. |
– secondary reading in Australia |
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Campbell, Lynelle |
MEd(Res) |
Developing number sense in kindergarten children identified at risk of developing mathematical difficulties through the use of a tier 3 intervention. |
– mathematics, maths |
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Chen, Andrew |
PhD |
Beliefs about science in the popular press of Australia and Taiwan: implications for scientific literacy. |
– science in mass media |
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Chew, Rúen |
PhD |
Exploring the links between drama education and values education through a NSW year 9 drama class. |
– study and teaching of drama in secondary schools in |
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Chisuwa, Naomi |
MPhil |
Body image among male and female adolescents in Japan: a study with implications for high school education policy. |
– body image in adolescence |
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Edwards, Ruth |
PhD |
Organisational culture in Australian Anglican secondary schools: an empirical analysis of staff experience of religion and school culture. |
– corporate culture in secondary Anglican schools |
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Erum, Tazeen |
MEd(Res) |
Teaching women commerce: a case study of higher education at the Institute of Business Management, in Karachi, Pakistan, 1995-2010. |
– higher education for women in Pakistan |
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Evans, John |
PhD |
Elite rugby union coaches' interpretation and use of Game Sense in Australia and New Zealand: an examination of coaches' habitus, learning and development. |
Professor Richard Light |
– coaching athletics |
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Harris, Jo-anne |
PhD |
Improving participation in higher education for young people from low socio-economic backgrounds: changing beliefs about university. |
Professor Judyth Sachs |
– social aspects of higher education in Australia |
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Innes, Jane |
PhD |
Civics and citizenship education in NSW secondary schools: case studies of the impact of authoritative expert content and multimedia technology in the classroom. |
– study and teaching of Australian civics in secondary |
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Jefferson, Miranda |
PhD |
Film learning as aesthetic experience: dwelling in the house of possibility. |
– study and teaching of drama in secondary schools in |
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Jin, Jing |
PhD |
An exploration of innovative academic practices in private tertiary colleges in Dongnan Province, China. |
– educational innovations in China |
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Li, Haibin |
PhD |
Exploring the process: an enquiry into the development of resilience. |
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Mann, Susanna |
PhD |
Designing for mobile learning beyond online: using mobile devices as mediating tools for informal learning in a technology museum. |
– mobile communication systems in education |
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McPherson, David |
PhD |
Narratives of transformation: charting the pathways of belief. |
– attitudes to teaching |
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Muhanna, Mahmoud |
MEd(Res) |
Investigating differences in attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of inclusion of students with autism between special and general primary teachers in Jordan. |
– education of children with disabilities in Jordan |
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Nolan, Ryan |
MEd(Res) |
An investigation in combining university studies with elite level swimming. |
– education of college athletes |
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Patcharanuchat, Piyachat |
PhD |
Thai families' perceptions and practices in relation to sugar-sweetened food and drink consumption and the reduced sugar consumption program: a case study of Khon Kaen Province, Thailand |
– health aspects associate with sugar |
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Ratnesar, Nimal |
MPhil |
A critique of educational and social research. |
Dr Jim Mackenzie |
– research in the social sciences |
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Robertson, Matra |
PhD |
A phenomonological exploration of hope, hopelessness and a desire for death. |
– psychological aspects associated with death |
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Rose, Heath |
PhD |
Kanji learning of Japanese language learners on a year-long study exchange program at a Japanese university: an investigation of strategy use, motivation control and self-regulation. |
– study and teaching of Japanese language |
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Spaldonova, Petra |
MEd(Res) |
The impact of computer-assisted instruction on the attention of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). |
– education of autistic children |
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Steep, Ian |
MEd(Res) |
Racially-based sexual attraction as fetish: an examination of gay Caucasian Australian men exclusively or predominantly attracted to men of Asian ancestry. |
Associate Professor Gerard Sullivan |
– male homosexuality in Australia |
A hard copy of the above theses can be viewed in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library, Fisher Library.