Moray House School of Education : Recent submissions
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Identity, space, place and power: an ethnographic study of a community garden
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-23)This ethnographic inquiry examined the lived experiences of the Granton Community Gardeners. I explored how their social and nonhuman interactions influence the community garden volunteers by developing two sub-questions ... -
‘To talk or not to talk?': Investigating the complex dynamic emergence of willingness to communicate in a Chinese as a foreign language classroom
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-21)My thesis sets out to investigate Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in Chinese, its mediating factors and their interrelationships embedded in the learner and the classroom context. It adopts a longitudinal qualitative ... -
Achieving positive physical activity behaviour change among women: does the couch to five k have a contribution to make?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-17)Despite evidence supporting the wide-ranging benefits of regular physical activity, participation among women could be better. In addition to existing formal interventions, a number of current less formal recreational ... -
Solving the Rubik’s cube of Indian sport: exploring impactful factors and alternative ways to facilitate success
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-17)The heavy investment of nations in high-performance sport seems justified by the belief that high-performance sporting success can lead to national pride and mass participation. This would then provide a larger pool of ... -
Exploration of secondary EFL teachers' and students' perceptions of extensive reading in English and its implementation in Chinese secondary schools: a longitudinal case study
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-14)Set against the backcloth of increasing recognition and attention to the benefits of extensive reading (ER) on L2 acquisition (here and after, L2 refers to second language and foreign language), this PhD thesis research ... -
Running free: the impact of frame running on the psychosocial wellbeing and quality of life of novice and experienced athletes with cerebral palsy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-02-23)Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in childhood and occurs in approximately 1 in 500 live births. CP is characterised by disorders of the development of movement and posture leading to abnormal ... -
Effects of unilateral vs. bilateral resistance training on lower body muscle strength and sport-specific performance in adolescent rugby union players
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Youth rugby players require multiple physical fitness including muscle strength, endurance, agility and acceleration. Resistance training (RT) which is often included as a part of rugby players’ training, helps improve ... -
Where to study and where to live? Young people's higher education decisions in Scotland and the role of family, finance and region
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)This thesis is concerned with young people’s higher education (HE) decisions in Scotland, particularly how school leavers make decisions about where to study and where to live while studying. Using a mixed methods approach, ... -
Socio-material reading of belonging: mobile children and mobile devices in school spaces
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Despite national incentives and additional resourcing, large numbers of children from traditionally mobile families (specifically Gypsies and Travellers) do not engage with school in Scotland beyond the age of eleven. ... -
Student teachers’ narrative (re)construction of teacher professional identities in relation to the concept of creativity during initial teacher education in the Scottish context
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Over the past two decades, the concept of creativity has gained prominence in educational policies, exhorting nations to engage with learners in order to cultivate innovative citizens with a potential to produce new ideas ... -
Executive function in children and adolescents with Down Syndrome: a systematic review and Kuwait-based intervention
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have been found to exhibit significant atypicalities in most executive functions (EFs), such as working memory (WM), cognitive flexibility/shifting, inhibition, self-regulation and ... -
Ethical design and evaluation of digital technology to support play behaviours: a hospital case study with young children, parents and practitioner
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)In the last decade, children’s access to a variety of applications on tablet devices has increased. Similarly, there has been an increase in the technology used in paediatric clinical settings, with the aim of improving ... -
How do workplace walking programmes produce their effects? A realist evaluation of the Step Count Challenge
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)Background: There is robust evidence that walking reduces risk factors for non-communicable diseases; however, the few studies of interventions to increase walking in workplaces settings (where we spend a large proportion ... -
What matters for improving primary school mathematics education in St. Lucia?
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)In the past few decades, policy attention in developing countries has shifted from ensuring that all children have access to primary education to improving children’s learning and skills acquisition. Growing evidence ... -
Impact of resistance training on correlates of physical activity and physical activity levels in youth
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-03)In youth, there are several benefits of being physically active which are well established. Regular participation has the potential to improve a child’s emotional, social and cognitive well-being, as well as physical ... -
Exploring adolescents’ perceptions of a self-report measure on violence against children: a multi-country study in Romania, South Africa, and the Philippines
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis explores how adolescents perceive, interpret, and experience answering self-report measures on violence against children. In doing so, this study tests the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse ... -
Towards a history for 'unlearning racism': exploring Ontario history teacher candidates' knowledges, purposes and identities
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)This thesis, located in critical race theory (CRT), explores how 46 Ontario history teacher candidates were positioned to take up a history for ‘unlearning racism’ (Ladson-Billings, 2003). Through an eclectic qualitative ... -
Investigation of the impact of the language used for instruction on high school students' identity formation in Punjab, India
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)Existing research suggests that the force and flow of globalisation and the consequent use of English as the global lingua franca has a significant impact on people’s identity formation. Many postcolonial countries use ... -
Manoeuvring paradoxes within international nongovernmental organisations: the human resource partner role and its nexus positioning
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)International nongovernmental organisations (INGOs) work across the globe to offer humanitarian and development assistance to communities in need. Effective management of human resources is crucial for INGO program ... -
Secondary head teachers as leaders for learning: perceptions and practices of leadership focused on learning and teaching
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-11-30)The key rationale behind this primarily instrumental case study (in three Scottish secondary schools) was the need to comprehend more clearly the scope, nature and influence of secondary Head Teachers’ leadership for ...
