Theses - Education
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Reading for Pleasure in Nigeria: An In-depth Case Study of the Reading Habits of a Small Group of 9–12 Year Olds in Nigeria
(2019-07-20)In recent decades, Nigeria has repeatedly had low pass rates in examinations taken at the end of secondary school. There are claims that the low student achievements are largely because Nigerian children do not read for ... -
Facilitating teacher leadership in Kazakhstan
(2019-07-20)This is an action-based study that was conducted in four schools in Kazakhstan with the purpose to facilitate teacher leadership for sustainable improvement of practice and enhancing the teacher’s role in education reform ... -
Pretend play and its links to children's emotional experience, expression and regulation
(2019-07-20)Background: Emotional development is closely related to children’s mental health. Despite a close link theorised between pretend play and emotional development, empirical evidence is limited and restricted to early ... -
The Role of Executive Function, Metacognition, and Support Type in Children's Ability to Solve Physics Tasks
(2019-04-24)Some research has suggested that guided play (GP) is a better support type for children to learn, but other research has suggested direct instruction (DI) is better for teaching children physics. These research fields ...
