Professor Christine Margaret Rubie-Davies

PhD, MEd (Hons), BA, DipTchg

Professor

In: Learning, Development and Professional Practice » Faculty of Education and Social Work

Biography

Professor Christine Rubie-Davies is based in the School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice in the Faculty of Education. She has been at the University of Auckland since April 1998.

Previous professional experience

2012-2014 Head of School, Learning Development and Professional Practice
2012 Visiting Scholar, University of Arizona
2008-2009 Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley
2007-2009 Visiting Scholar, University of London, Institute of Education
2007-2010 Senior lecturer
2006 Senior researcher asTTle
2002-2005 Programme Coordinator Primary Teacher Education
1998-2002 Deputy Director Primary Teacher Education
1974-1998 Deputy Principal, Assistant Principal, Senior Teacher, Scale A Teacher Primary

Research | Current

Current projects:

LITHE (Leaders Influencing Teachers' High Expectations): The success of the Teacher Expectation Project (see below) has led to the development of four modules designed for middle school leaders to implement in schools. School leaders are being taught how to support their staff ti implement high expectation principles in order to lift the achievement of all students in their departments. The project is being trialled in Auckland and will be implemented more broadly in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and Thailand later in 2017.
I Have a Dream: Christine is leading the research on this important project. The project is based in four Northland schools in low socioeconomic communities. All students in the project have an academic mentor who will support and advise their group of students through primary school, to intermediate, secondary and into tertiary education. Academic outcomes for this group will be compared with those of similar students in other similar schools.
Teacher Expectation Project: This was a three-year experimental project funded by a Marsden Fast Start Grant and a grant from the Cognition Institute. The project began in 2011. This was the first ever project in the teacher expectation field designed to train teachers in the practices of high expectation teachers. The study used a randomised control design and 84 Year 3-8 teachers from 12 schools who comprised the control and intervention groups. The instructional intervention focused on grouping and learning experiences, class climate and goal setting. After just one year, students of teachers in the intervention group improved their mathematics achievement 28% above that of students with control group teachers. Analyses also showed that no matter what school, SES group, class level, ethnicity or gender, all students benefited through being with intervention teachers in comparison to controls. To find out more about this project, visit: Teacher Expectation Project website.
Teacher beliefs and student beliefs: what are the relationships? This project was funded by Christine’s Early Career Research Excellence Award. Christine examined whether student beliefs and teacher beliefs were related. Teacher and student efficacy, motivation and perceptions of the class climate were measured. Student achievement was also measured in relation to the beliefs of teachers and students.
Ethnic Identity Project: This project has been funded by PBRF grants from the School of Learning Development and Professional Practice. The project involves four members of LDPP and Professor Frank Worrell from University of California at Berkeley. The team are examining the ethnic identity beliefs, attitudes to school and teachers and views of past, present and future of approximately 3000 secondary school students.
Talented Students Project: This project was conducted in three phases. The first study explored provision for talented students within the university and was funded by an AKO Aotearoa Grant. A second phase introduced an intervention across the School of Learning Development and Professional Practice designed to enhance the learning experiences of gifted students within the School. The third phase involved further funding from AKO to introduce the intervention to both Massey and Waikato Universities and across the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland.

In the Public Eye

95bFM interview
Articles in Te Kuaka, Faculty of Education magazine
- Charting new waters? Thoughts on charter schools. Page 7, Issue 2 - 2012
- https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/education/about/news-and-events/docs/tekuaka/TeKuaka01-2014.pdf

Teaching | Current

Educational psychology
Social psychology of the classroom
Teacher expectations and beliefs

Programmes

Liberal arts
Postgraduate

Postgraduate supervision

Current students

Name	Degree	Title	Enrolled	Projected Completion	Role
Aleksei Surikov	BEd (Hons)	Teacher expectations of learning disabled students in mainstream environments	January 2017	December 2017	Main supervisor
Siaosi Vaili	MEd	Relations between Year 13 Pasifika boys’ self-beliefs, perceptions of teacher expectations and achievement	January 2017	December 2017	Main supervisor
Derek Shafer	PhD	Teaching the classroom to transgress: Pedagogy for critical thinkers	January 2016	January 2020	Main supervisor
Casey Zhang*	MEd	Teacher expectations in mathematics at different school deciles	July 2016	July 2017	Co-supervisor
Alistair Munro*	PhD	Speaking up for confidence: Reducing communication apprehension in secondary school students.	March 2016	March 2022	Main supervisor
Lifeng Hao	PhD	The mediating and moderating roles of self-esteem in the relationship between teacher expectation and undergraduates’ academic and socio-psychological outcomes	May 2015	May 2019	Main supervisor
Aaron Peeters*	PhD	Taking the risk out of learning: A theory of action intervention	April 2015	April 2021	Co-supervisor
Shengnan Wang	PhD	A longitudinal study of teacher expectation: Stability and impact on student achievement	September 2014	August 2018	Main supervisor
Hana Turner	PhD	Differential teacher treatment, expectations and student success at secondary school	July 2014	June 2018	Main supervisor
Annie Zhuoni Cai	PhD	Teacher expectations of students with autism	April 2013	April 2017	Main supervisor
Rajshree Krishnan*	PhD	Teacher expectations and student perceptions of mature-aged students in three faculties	January 2013	December 2019	Main supervisor
Mohamed Alansari	PhD	Measuring class climate in the tertiary environment: Development of a scale	January 2013	February 2017	Main supervisor
Nalini Chand	PhD	Student-teacher relationships and student achievement	April 2012	April 2017	Co-supervisor
Tessa Tupai*	PhD	Factors leading to success in postgraduate study for first in family to go to university	December 2011	December 2019	Main supervisor
Annaline Flint*	PhD	Characteristics and contextual factors related to teacher beliefs	March 2011	February 2019	Main supervisor

* Enrolled part-time

Completed students Honours and Masters:

Name	Degree	Title	Enrolled	Completion	Role	Result
Asma Shah*	MA	Relationships between perceptions’ of expectations and students’ achievement: the role of mediating factors	December 2013	October 2016	Main supervisor	First class honours
Alistair Munro	BA (Hons)	Overcoming anxiety in public speaking	January 2014	December 2014	Second supervisor	First class honours
Fiona Toloa	MProfSt	Teacher expectations of Pasifika students in science in a low decile school	July 2014	December 2014	Main supervisor	First class honours
Esther Graham*	MProfSt	Mindfulness and children’s well-being	March 2014	December 2014	Main supervisor	First class honours
Annabel Medland-Slater*	MProfSt	Student achievement: teachers’ perspectives of what leads to success	January 2014	December 2014	Main supervisor	First class honours
Fiona Hui	MA	Teachers’ views in special education	July 2012	October 2013	Main supervisor	Second class honours 2nd Div
Hanin Bukamal	MA	Teacher expectations of Muslim students in state and Muslim schools	July 2012	June 2013	Main supervisor	Second class honours 1st Div
Melissa Beaumont*	MEd	Student perceptions of teachers and relationships with course choice	June 2011	December 2012	Main supervisor	Second class honours 1st Div
Jessica Brown*	MProfSt	Early childhood teachers’ perceptions of quality care in early childhood settings	March 2012	December 2012	Main supervisor	Second class honours 1st Div
Mohamed Alansari	MA	Teacher and Student assessments of the class climate	Jul 2011	Jun 2012	Supervisor	First class honours
Hanin Bukamal	BA (Hons)	Teacher expectations of students’ performance in mathematics	Feb 2012	Aug 2012	Supervisor	First class honours
Rachel Aranui	MEd	Self-esteem, school connectedness and identity of Maori primary school students in bilingual units	Jul 2010	Jul 2011	Main supervisor	First class honours
Mohamed Alansari	BA (Hons)	Perceptions of class climate in tertiary maths classrooms	Jun 2010	Mar 2011	Main Supervisor	First class honours
Esther Fitzpatrick*	MEd	Identity of intermediate-aged Pakeha students	Feb 2010**	Nov 2010	Co- supervisor	Second class honours 1st Div
Lisa Watson	MEd	Self-concept and motivation of successful Maori students at secondary school	Mar 2010	Dec 2010	Co-supervisor	First class honours
Catherine Alpe	MEd	Self-efficacy of Year 8 girls transitioning to secondary school	Mar 2010	Dec 2010	Main supervisor	First class honours
Nane Rio	MEd	Factors that contribute to the success of Pasifika teacher education students	Feb 2004	Dec 2004	Co-supervisor	Second class honours 1st Div
Andrea Craig	MA	Promoting friendships as a means of preventing suicide	Feb 2003	Dec 2003	Main Supervisor	First class honours
Satomi Mizutani	MA	An investigation of the effects of goal-setting on language learning motivation	Feb 2002	Dec 2002	Co-supervisor	First class honours

* Enrolled part-time

Completed students: Doctoral

Name	Degree	Title	Enrolled	Completion	Role
Nane Rio*	PhD	Teacher expectations for minority ethnic groups in Aotearoa New Zealand	May 2009	February 2017	Main supervisor
Clinton Mitchell	PhD	Academic motivation in second and fourth year medical students	April 2010	April 2015	Main supervisor
Mingjing Zhu	PhD	Accuracy and inaccuracy of teacher judgements of student achievement	August 2013	July 2014	International supervisor
Li Zheng	PhD	Teacher expectations of second language learners	July 2010	June 2014	Main supervisor
Sandra* Hastie	PhD	Goal setting and academic outcomes	March 2007	March 2013	Main supervisor 2011-2013
Camilla* Highfield	EdD	Middle school leaders in secondary schools and within school achievement variation	March 2008**	Dec 2012	Co-supervisor
Penelope Watson	PhD	Breaking the mould: Stereotype threat and boys who sing in choirs	Jun 2008	Nov 2011	Main supervisor
Aue Te Ava	PhD	Mou Piritia Te Kōrero ‘Ā Ō Tūpuna, Tāueuea: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Cook Island Secondary Schools Physical Education	May 2006	Oct 2011	Main supervisor
Satomi Mizutani	PhD	Effects of washback on the teaching and learning of NCEA Japanese		Mar 2004	Jul 2009	Co-supervisor

* Enrolled part-time

** Date I began supervision

Distinctions/Honours

2017	Outstanding Reviewer American Educational Research Association, Review of Educational Research
2017	Nominated for American Education Research Association (AERA) Division K Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education Award (Result pending)
2016	Appointed New Zealand Vice President, International Federation of International Teaching Fellows
2015	Outstanding Reviewer American Educational Research Association, Review of Educational Research
2014	University-Practitioner Partnership Award, 7th Educational Psychology Forum, Dunedin
2014	Outstanding Poster American Educational Research Association: Division C, Section 3A Learning Environments
2013	Outstanding Reviewer American Educational Research Association, Review of Educational Research
2013	Grade of A in Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) - how the New Zealand Government assesses research outputs and quality, and allocates research funding to tertiary institutions
2013	Nominee American Educational Research Association Division K: Early Career Research Award
2011	Early Career Research Excellence Award (University of Auckland)
2011	American Psychological Association Convention Registration Award
2011	American Psychological Association Travel Award
2009	Elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (US)
2007	New Zealand National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for Sustained Excellence
2006	University of Auckland Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award
1995	New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa Award for Teaching Excellence (Primary teaching)

Areas of expertise

Teacher expectations
Teacher beliefs
Teacher personality and characteristics
Student self-perceptions
Student beliefs
Goal-setting
Quantitative and qualitative methodologies

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Professional Links:

Review Board for Review of Educational Research
Editorial Board Contemporary Educational Psychology
Regional Editor Educational Research and Evaluation
Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
Member of: American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science (US), European Association for Research into Learning and Instruction, American Educational Research Association

University Committees served on:

University of Auckland Committees
2012-	Senate
2016-	University Staffing Committee
2016-	Faculty of Science Staffing Committee
2012-2014	University Promotions Committee for Professional Teaching Fellows
2009-2012	University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Rubie-Davies, C. M., & Peterson, E. R. (2016). Relations between teachers' achievement, over- and underestimation, and students' beliefs for Māori and Pākehā students. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 47, 72-83. 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.01.001
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/31864
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Elizabeth Peterson
Rubie-Davies, C. M., & Rosenthal, R. (2016). Intervening in teachers' expectations: A random effects meta-analytic approach to examining the effectiveness of an intervention. Learning and Individual Differences, 50, 83-92. 10.1016/j.lindif.2016.07.014
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/31858
Peterson, E. R., Rubie-Davies, C., Osborne, D., & Sibley, C. (2016). Teachers' explicit expectations and implicit prejudiced attitudes to educational achievement: Relations with student achievement and the ethnic achievement gap. Learning and Instruction, 42, 123-140. 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2016.01.010
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/28781
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Danny Osborne, Elizabeth Peterson, Chris Sibley
Meissel, K., & Rubie-Davies, C. M. (2016). Cultural invariance of goal orientation and self-efficacy in New Zealand: Relations with achievement. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 86 (1), 92-111. 10.1111/bjep.12103
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/31877
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Kane Meissel
Li, Z., & Rubie-Davies, C. M. (2016). Teachers matter: expectancy effects in Chinese university English-as-a-foreign-language classrooms. Studies in Higher Education, 1-19. 10.1080/03075079.2015.1130692
McDonald, L., Flint, A., Rubie Davies, C. M., Peterson, E. R., Watson, P., & Garrett, L. (2016). Teaching high-expectation strategies to teachers through an intervention process. Professional Development in Education, 42 (2), 290-307. 10.1080/19415257.2014.980009
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/31879
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Elizabeth Peterson, Annaline Flint, Penelope Watson, Lynda Garrett, Lyn McDonald
Turner, H., Rubie-Davies, C. M., & Webber, M. (2015). Teacher Expectations, Ethnicity and the Achievement Gap. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 50 (1), 55-69. 10.1007/s40841-015-0004-1
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/30802
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Melinda Webber, Hana Turner
Rubie-Davies, C. M. (2015). Expecting more: Teacher differences as moderators of expectancy effects. In C. M. Rubie-Davies, J. M. Stephens, P. Watson (Eds.) The Routledge international handbook of social psychology of the classroom. London, UK: Routledge. Related URL.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/23644