Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Popular history and the desire for knowledge : an examination of James A. Michener’s The Source as a popular history of Israel
Published 2007-03-01This thesis explores the issues that arise when we consider James A. Michener’s number 1 best-seller The Source (1965) as a popular history of Israel. It examines the educational desires of middlebrow audiences that led ...Open AccessThesis -
Exploring the self-concept and identity of Sydney Conservatorium students with and without absolute pitch
Published 2007-01-18Absolute Pitch (AP) is the ability to identify pitches without external references (Parncutt & Levitin, 2001). It is a rare ability that is more prevalent among musicians. This qualitative study explored the perceptions ...Open AccessThesis -
The musical education of academically gifted and talented students: Teachers’ and students’ perspectives
Published 2007-01-18This research project has been designed as a pilot study in a specific field of educational research that has not yet been thoroughly explored. The aim of this study has been to discover the perspectives of teachers and ...Open AccessThesis -
The diachronic evolution of directional constructions in Mandarin
Published 2006-01-01This thesis investigates the diachronic evolution of directional constructions found in Mandarin and other modern varieties of Chinese. What I call directional constructions are usually called 'directional complements' ...Open AccessThesis -
Root turnover and microbial activity in cotton farming systems
Published 2006-05-09Open AccessThesis