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Research Study Abstracts and Doctoral Theses

Work-integrated learning for career clarification: Lessons from an Indigenous pre-accounting enabling program

Added 16 August 2022 by ncsehe

Guzyal Hill and Alison Reedy, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia Joanne Forrest, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Darwin, Australia Reuben Bolt, Charles Darwin ...

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Crossing the threshold: What are the experiences of male learners transitioning into higher education from an enabling course?

Added 26 May 2022 by ncsehe

Jacinta Margaret McNamara, University of Wollongong Doctor of Education thesis Abstract When mature-age students return to study within higher education, they are presented with opportunities for ...

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The online student experience: An exploration of first-year university students’ expectations, experiences and outcomes of online education

Added 6 April 2020 by ncsehe

Thesis written by Melanie Henry Abstract Online higher education presents a critical opportunity to extend and diversify the student body. The Online Student Experience (OSE), and online student ...

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Narratives from Non-traditional Students in Higher Education

Added 11 February 2019 by ncsehe

Suzanne Macqueen Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland in 2017. Abstract This study examines the experiences of non-traditional university ...

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PhD Thesis: The Disability Divide

Added 1 August 2018 by ncsehe

A Study into the Impact of Computing and Internet-related Technologies on People who are Blind or Vision Impaired Scott Hollier Curtin University Abstract People with disabilities, and in ...

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An Exploration of Parental Choice of School by Rural and Remote Parents

Added 3 October 2014 by ncsehe

Thesis written by Dr Michael McCarthy ABSTRACT The parental choice of school process is a complex undertaking for parents. This complexity is evident when considered from the nuanced perspective ...

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Service Learning as a Way of Developing Pre-service Teachers’ Knowledge, Perceptions and Cultural Awareness of Aboriginal Education

Added 6 August 2014 by ncsehe

Thesis written by Dr Glenda Cain ABSTRACT This research explored service-learning as a way of developing pre-service teachers’ pedagogical literacy skills and cultural perceptions with regard to ...

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Choices, challenges and changes: Exploring transition, persistence and engagement for first generation, female university students

Added 11 July 2014 by ncsehe

Thesis written by Dr Sarah E. O’ Shea ABSTRACT Beginning university study can initiate feelings of fear and self-doubt as students acculturate to a new and somewhat alien environment. For ...

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Why university? A case of socio-cultural reproduction in disadvantaged secondary schools

Added 6 June 2014 by ncsehe

Hawke Research Institute Postgraduate Working Paper Series No 1, written by Dr Deborah Tranter ABSTRACT This paper draws on research undertaken as part of my doctoral thesis on the influence of ...

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Crossing Cultural Borders – A Journey Towards Understanding and Celebration in Aboriginal Australian and Non-Aboriginal Australian Contexts

Added 31 January 2014 by ncsehe

Thesis written by Dr Marianne McLaughlin ABSTRACT Aboriginal students will often approach their teacher with the biggest and most beautiful smile. That smile, if it could be verbalised, asks the ...

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