Counselling theory & practice, including school counselling, applied ethics, loss & grief, suicide & suicide bereavement, & cross-cultural issues including complex cultural identities.

Masters & Doctoral

Adult education, teacher education, international development through education, relationship between culture & education, reducing disparities & increasing achievement, equity in education, literacy, bilingual education, policy in education, leadership & management in education, quality teaching in tertiary education, quality teaching in adult education, primary education, qualitative & ethnographic research methodologies, change management

Masters & Doctoral

Curriculum history, development, policy & design and implementation (especially in Social Studies, Geography, History & Economics); children & young peoples’ understanding of social, geographical, historical & economic concepts; teaching & learning in Social Studies, Geography, History & Economics (both Primary & Secondary Schooling); citizenship education; teaching effectiveness evaluation; programme evaluation (especially in higher education).

Masters & Doctoral

Sexuality education, masculinities & schooling, feminist post-structuralism, embodiment & education.

Masters & Doctoral

Drama education

Masters

Migration policy and practice, migrant settlement and adaptation; 1.5 generation adolescents;
issues dealing with biculturalism/ multiculturalism;
immigration and social work; multicultural social work.

Masters & Doctoral

Spirituality & education, beliefs & values, young children & ethical issues, alternative pedagogical approaches to early childhood education, human development & well-being.

Masters & Doctoral

Environmental education & science education

Masters

Christine Boocock
+64 (9) 623 8899
Ext 48218

c.boocock@auckland.ac.nz

Reading recovery, early literacy acquisition

Masters

Psychology of Teaching & Learning, Educational Achievement, Self-Reported Attitudes & Opinions.

Masters & Doctoral

Social Studies - Education

Masters

Children's literature, Teaching of written language.

Masters

Sociology of Education: particular interests in social class, cross cultural issues & diversity, low decile urban & rural schooling, curriculum, teacher practice & beliefs, parents & schooling, alternative forms of education, and the politics of education).

Masters & Doctoral

Assessment: in particular assessment for learning, feedback, self assessment, goal setting. Teachers’ beliefs about learning, teaching & assessment. Teacher professional development.

Masters & Doctoral

All aspects of print and media literacy, drama and theatre, Shakespeare studies and performance.

Masters & Doctoral

Sociology of childhood, globalisation & childhood, cultural studies, governmentality, ethics of care for self, other and the environment, gender and early childhood.

Masters & Doctoral

Theory and practice of second/foreign language teaching, learning and assessment; language policies

Masters & Doctoral

Mathematics education, specifically primary.

Masters & Doctoral

Inclusive education, facilitation, learning styles, collaborative consultation, adapting curriculum.

Masters

Hermeneutic philosophy; narrative analysis; text analysis; discourse analysis; and critical theory

Early childhood education; childhood studies; philosophy of education; education policy; curriculum theory; ethics; teacher education; flexible learning

Masters & Doctoral

Adolescent development emphasizing culture, education, mentoring, mental health, and problem behaviour, particularly for at-risk youth such as juvenile offenders, maltreated youth, and urban youth.

Masters & Doctoral

Social Services,
Workforce development, Practice Research

Masters & Doctoral

Science and technology education. Most aspects particularly sociological focus, gender and professional development. Biotechnology Education and public understanding of science and technology. Classroom based research interpreting teachers’ programmes and student work.

Masters & Doctoral

Deaf education relevant to deaf education practice in New Zealand.

Masters

Higher education - critical and post critical (including feminist) theories of higher education. Academic identities, discourses of higher education; academic writing; supervision of graduate students; equity in higher education.

Masters & Doctoral

Teacher development in language teacher education, language through the curriculum.

Masters & Doctoral

Beginning teachers, teacher development, mentoring, and teacher education.

Masters & Doctoral

Dr Cathy Gunn
+64 (9) 623 8899
Ext 88354
ca.gunn@auckland.ac.nz

Education eLearning

Masters & Doctoral

Science & science teacher education, but happy to consider any curriculum implementation focus, teacher professional development, supervision within professional practice, beginning teachers.

Masters & Doctoral

Educational Psychology: Cognitive Psychology, Tertiary Teaching, Learning & Achievement, Science Education, Learning from Reading.

Masters & Doctoral

Child protection, family violence

Masters & Doctoral

Research planning & design concerned with the professional development of practitioners, the role of supervision as a professional support system, achieving civic improvements in the populations practitioners work in, policy innovation & the role of sociology in the professional practice of social works & teachers.

Masters

Learning & Teaching / Pedagogy / Formative assessment / Reflective practice / Professional development

Masters

Measurement, educational psychology, teaching & learning.

Masters & Doctoral

Assessment (primary, secondary, tertiary); feedback; curriculum; teacher education; appraisal.

Masters & Doctoral

Teacher education, Primary education and science education (including the philosophy of science).

Masters

Early childhood curriculum, early childhood pedagogy, young children's learning and cognition, research with young children as participants, teacher beliefs and knowledge, teacher professional development, student teaching practicum experiences.

Masters & Doctoral

Drama in Education, Critical reflection, the Moral and Political nature of teaching, Boys underachievement.

Masters

Early childhood education as sector-specific framework. Theory in practice; reflective practice; teacher education; philosophy of education; comparative education.

Masters

Educational assessment, learning and teaching, professional agency and development, teacher professionalism, school leadership for promoting learning and achievement, curriculum policy and development, and the impacts of policy on practice.

Masters & Doctoral

Pre-service teacher education & secondary curriculum areas of English & Media studies or secondary school management.

Masters & Doctoral

Maori education; language & literacy development; bilingualism; Maori child development & socialisation.

Masters & Doctoral

j.hope@auckland.ac.nz

Research related to international policy or international students; Pedagogy related to information & communication technology; Educational leadership with an ICT emphasis; Teacher education graduation standards.

Masters & Doctoral

Maori Education

Masters

Flexible learning methods, internet based education, information technology in teacher education.

Masters

Pre-service teacher education or Teaching & Learning Languages.

Masters

Educators’ work, adult teaching/learning, education policy, unions and union education, teacher appraisal, continuing professional education, rural education.

Masters & Doctoral

Sociology of education; Maori education; cross-cultural pedagogy; Pacific education; feminist theory & research; critical theory; education & risk anxiety; various applications of post structuralism in education.

Masters & Doctoral

Maori language & education

Masters & Doctoral

Developmental Psychology, especially social & emotional development, parenting & family relationships & atypical behavioural development including preschool, behaviour problems & hyperactivity.

Masters & Doctoral

Early literacy, literacy processing theory & early literacy interventions; critical literacy, the philosophy of literacy particularly in reference to Heidegger, Foucault, Wittgentstein.

Masters & Doctoral

Beginning teacher learning & induction, teacher effectiveness & children’s learning, professional development & inquiry, supervision, mentoring, initial teacher education.

Masters & Doctoral

Teacher learning, professional development, school change and improvement initiatives, leadership, pre-service pedagogy, beginning teacher development, literacy and arts education.

Masters & Doctoral

Field education, more specifically physical education, outdoor education, adventure based learning, being bicultural, pedagogy for physical and outdoor education, reflective practice.

Masters & Doctoral

Literacy (including comprehension, literacy practices, vocabulary development, writing students with literacy difficulties), language, languages.

Masters & Doctoral

Mathematics education, quality mathematics pedagogy, teacher effectiveness.

Masters & Doctoral

Student learning and performance, specific learning disabilities (e.g., dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc), research design and management, memory and memory systems, strategy use (math, reading, etc), academic motivation, EAL (English as an additional language) students’ writing, Indigenous and other cultural perspectives on teaching and learning

Masters & Doctoral

Quality of life & subjective wellbeing, disability studies/issues/intellectual disability: Issues (in any domain, eg. school, work, home), issues of subjective well-being, happiness or satisfaction, community inclusion and mainstreaming, issues to do with disability.

Masters

Applied Linguistics
- Functional Grammar
- ESL Writing
- Discourse Analysis
- Educational Linguistics
- Post colonial literacy analysis

Masters

Technology education, Early years (0-8) curriculum, ECE/Primary transitions.

Masters & Doctoral

Mentoring, student teachers experiences on practicum, role of associate teachers, links between practicum/University, educational leadership

Masters

Maori education & related fields of culture, gender & education. Curriculum (especially science education & issues of identity & representation) the use of social theory (especially feminist poststructuralist & / or postcolonial).

Masters & Doctoral

Ableism and disability, school and classroom-based approaches to problem behaviour. Special education, history, philosophy, policy. NZ education history.

Masters & Doctoral

Mathematics education, Maori education, gender and maths, policy development, sociology of education.

Masters & Doctoral

Social, cross-cultural, and ethical issues in education; professional education; health issues.

Masters & Doctoral

Developmental psychology in general & aspects of children’s literacy & language development & cultural processes, in educational & family settings.

Masters & Doctoral

Organisational learning, teachers’ use of student achievement information to enhance students’ learning outcomes.

Masters & Doctoral

Children’s Literature - Boys and Literacy

Masters

Survey, cross-sectional, ecological studies. Physical, health & sports education, injury prevention, drowning prevention, water safety & aquatics education.

Masters & Doctoral

Teacher education with a particular interest in the practicum. Physical education with an emphasis in areas such as: learning in through and about games; the sociology of the body; and the concept and nature of good teaching in PE.

Masters & Doctoral

Developmental/cognitive psychology; learning issues. Literacy, specifically written language; the interface between literacy & technology; computer-mediated communication.

Masters & Doctoral

Cultural Politics; History of Education; Sociology of Education; Public Policy; Political Studies; Maori Education; Indigeneity, ethnicity & identity studies; Socio-economic class.

Masters & Doctoral

Gifted and talented education; self concept, education psychology.

Masters & Doctoral

Professor Viviane Robinson
+64 (9) 623 8899
Ext 87372
vmj.robinson@auckland.ac.nz

Remedial intervention (e.g. reading); autism and other developmental disabilities; behaviour change.

Masters & Doctoral

Physical education history & philosophy, Freirean pedagogy, work physiology, motor unit recruitment & control

Masters & Doctoral

Teacher's expectations, teacher beliefs, student self-esteem, goal setting, the instructional and socio emotional climate of the classroom. Can supervise students in most areas of educational and social psychology.

Masters & Doctoral

Dance education, arts education, early childhood education & cultural foundations.

Masters & Doctoral

The Practicum in Teacher Education, gender, collaborative learning and learning communities, teacher identity, beliefs and practices.

Masters

Philosophy of Education, history of educational thought, professional ethics of teaching & ethical issues in education research.

Masters & Doctoral

Visual arts education; cultural diversity

Masters & Doctoral

Masters

History of Education (especially Native Schools; Industrial Schools & other institutions of correction/normalisation; eugenics & education.
Sociology of Education (especially state theory; political economy of education; state/community relationships in education; the sociology of institutions).

Masters & Doctoral

Health education; risk; health and safety policy and practice; NZ school health curriculum.

Masters

Politics and education, art education, secondary education, learning and teaching in low decile schools: primary and secondary.

Masters

Dr Helen Sword

+64 (9) 623 8899
Ext 86686
h.sword@auckland.ac.nz

Higher education pedagogy (especially Arts education); academic development; teaching of literature; academic writing; multiple intelligences.

Masters & Doctoral

Early childhood education, early intervention, developmental psychology, family support and parent education, principles of assessment, development of language and literacy, academic writing skills, research design, special education and inclusive practice, de-institutionalisation, alternative education.

Masters & Doctoral

Curriculum Theory
Assessment
Policy and Practice
Secondary Education (Music)
Discourse Theory, Postmodernity, Phenomenology and Heidegger. Aesthetics & culture & difference.

Masters & Doctoral

Organisational learning & change; Changing achievement patterns of under-represented groups; Professional learning & development.

Masters & Doctoral

Development of Maori medium curriculum. Maori medium mathematical discourse. The teaching and learning of mathematics in Maori medium contexts.

Masters

Literacy and /or biliteracy acquisition and development and Children’s Literature. Related aspects of critical literacy and multiliteracies.

Masters

Collaborative problem solving in school contexts; Inclusive education strategies; Professional development of teachers and/or supervision; School change and improvement initiatives.

Masters

Educational administration, science and chemistry education, secondary teacher education, learning and work environment studies.

Masters

Cross-cultural studies, History of Education, Mission Schools, Postgraduate Research.

Masters & Doctoral

Identity, Ethnicity, and/or Hybridity studies. Teaching, Learning and Maori students.

Masters

Teacher Professional Development - both pre-service & in-service, junior classroom practice, reflection.

Masters

Pasifika Education, Emergent Literacy, Student Retention and Achievement, Leadership Skills. Any topics on Early Childhood Education especially with Pasifika communities.

Masters & Doctoral