Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Creating Family Resilience?
(University of ExeterPsychology, 2012-01-09)The balance between family support and child protection services is continuously challenged by high-profile cases. These highlight shortcomings both of the UK system and of research on the effectiveness of child maltreatment ... -
Creating Soundscapes: A Creative, Technological and Theoretical Investigation of Binaural Technology Usage
(University of ExeterFilm Studies, 2014-11-13)Through its portfolio of practical case studies and its engagement with critical thinking from a range of disciplines, the PhD investigates the following key question: what are the technical, aesthetic and conceptual impacts ... -
Creation and God as One, Creator, and Trinity in Early Theology through Augustine and Its Theological Fruitfulness in the 21st Century
(University of ExeterTheology, 2015-09-21)My primary argument in this thesis is that creation theologies significantly influenced early developments in the doctrine of the Trinity, especially in Augustine of Hippo’s theology. Thus this is a work of historical ... -
Creation's Praise of God: An Ecological Theology of Non-Human and Human Being
(University of ExeterTheology and Religion, 2010-06-25)This thesis is the articulation of a doctrine of creation centred on the concept of creation’s praise. It aims to make care for the environment a habitual expression of Christian faith by fostering a kinship between human ... -
The Creative Conundrum: a site-specific approach to the policy and practice of heritage and change on the Jurassic Coast
(University of ExeterGeography, 2017-01-13)Since being designated in 2001 as a natural World Heritage Site the Jurassic Coast managers have worked for it to be recognised as the Creative Coast. This thesis explores and challenges the entanglements of policy and ... -
Creativity in English Language Teaching in Kuwait: A TESOL Study
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2013-04-12)Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate English language teachers’ understanding of creativity in the context of primary education in Kuwait. The meaning of creativity, and the factors that support or suppress ... -
A Critical Analysis of English Language Entrance Examinations at Japanese Universities
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2010-03-18)This study investigates the influence of university entrance exams on the perceptions and attitudes that Japanese students and teachers have towards English-language exams. It is a qualitative study conducted within the ... -
A Critical Assessment of Ages Derived Using Pre-Main-Sequence Isochrones in Colour-Magnitude Diagrams
(University of ExeterPhysics, 2012-09-20)In this thesis a critical assessment of the ages derived using theoretical pre-main-sequence (pre-MS) stellar evolutionary models is presented by comparing the predictions to the low-mass pre-MS population of 14 young ... -
A critical assessment of female middle school mathematics and science teachers' perspectives of the Abu Dhabi education reform programme and the use of English as a medium of instruction
(University of ExeterEDD TESOL, 2011-10-07)The Ministry of Education in Abu Dhabi launched an extensive reform initiative developed by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) in partnership with international operators. The reform has introduced innovative teaching ... -
The Critical Concept of Afrocentrism in Nigerian Literature
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2015-06-07)Since the early 1960s, Afrocentrism has been developed as a theory that resists forms of marginalisation of African peoples, places African culture at the centre of inquiry, and promotes African peoples as subjects rather ... -
Critical Discourse within European Plays in the First Half of the Twentieth Century and the Manifestations of a Similar Phenomenon in Modern Egyptian Drama
(University of ExeterDrama, 2014-01-27)This thesis closely examines the utilisation of dramatic characters’ comments on matters of literary and theatrical criticism. This phenomenon shaped a trend in European theatre during the first half of the twentieth ... -
A Critical Edition of Qawaid al-Tasawwuf by Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899/1493) with Introduction
(University of ExeterInstitute of Arab and Islamic Studies, 2009-09-28)The present study is an attempt to restore the text of Qawaid al-Tasawwuf by comparative and comprehensive study of its manuscripts. This thesis also aims to study Zarruq’s concept of juridical Sufism as manifested in this ... -
A critical examination of the significance of Arabic in realizing an Arab identity: The perspectives of Arab youth at an English medium university in the United Arab Emirates
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education - College of Social Sciences and International Studies, 2015-04-08)In the past few years in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) there has been an overwhelming focus on the use of English at all levels of education, in both public and private schools. In addition, the UAE has given English a ... -
A critical Jungian investigation of student resistance to English in an Emirati university foundation-year programme.
(University of ExeterGraduate School of Education, 2009-12-14)This thesis is directed towards investigating the nature of English language learning in a foundation-year programme in one public university in the United Arab Emirates. The aims of the thesis were based on the need to ... -
Cross Entropy-based Analysis of Spacecraft Control Systems
(University of ExeterMathematics, 2016-10-31)Space missions increasingly require sophisticated guidance, navigation and control algorithms, the development of which is reliant on verification and validation (V&V) techniques to ensure mission safety and success. A ... -
Crossing Borders in Taiwan New Cinema: Historiography, Popularity, Postcoloniality
(University of ExeterFilm, 2013-09-20)Focusing on Taiwan New Cinema from its inception in 1982 to the present, this thesis examines the key features of historical representation, dramatic genre and postcolonial discourse. Taiwan New Cinema configures the ... -
The Cruising Voyages of William Dampier, Woodes Rogers and George Shelvocke and their Impact
(University of ExeterHistory, 2013-01-17)The thesis proposes that the cruising voyages of Dampier, Woodes Rogers and Shelvocke were not, as David J Starkey suggests, ‘an anachronistic activity’ of minor historical significance, but were of considerable contemporary ... -
Crystals of relative displays and Grothendieck-Messing Deformation Theory
(University of ExeterCEMPS, 2016-12-14)Displays can be thought of as relative versions of Fontaine's notion of strongly divisible lattice from integral p-adic Hodge theory. In favourable circumstances, the crystalline cohomology of a smooth projective R-scheme ... -
The Cultural and Ideological Significance of Representations of Boudica During the Reigns of Elizabeth I and James I
(University of ExeterEnglish, 2009-07-08)This study follows the trail of Boudica from her rediscovery in Classical texts by the humanist scholars of the fifteenth century to her didactic and nationalist representations by Italian, English, Welsh and Scottish ... -
A Cultural History of Catholic Nationalism in Slovakia, 1985-1993
(University of ExeterHistory, 2015-09-18)This thesis is about the construction of a nationalised public Catholic culture in Slovakia from 1985 to 1993. At the core of this culture was the assumption that the Catholic Church had always been an integral part of the ...