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Academic qualifications
- Tiwhikete mo te reo Maori: Te Pu. Certificate of Proficiency 2005
- Tiwhikete mo te reo Maori: Te More. Certificate of Proficiency 2005
- PhD in Education, University of Auckland (2000)
- MEd (Hons 1st) University of Auckland University (1993)
- BA (Sociology) University of Auckland (1988)
- Diploma of Teaching
- TTC Wellington Teachers College (1969)
Background
Vicki has spent much of her career teaching in low decile and rural schools and has held management positions in many of those schools. She lectures in the sociology of education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where she leads the Doctor of Education programme. She chairs the Faculty Library Committee. Vicki has led the development of a range of papers at undergraduate level, and two Masters level papers. Vicki is the external monitor for the graduate programmes at the University of Waikato, and she is moderator for Secondary programmes at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
Current teaching, 2008
- Supervision of Masters and Doctoral theses.
- Coordinator and lecturer for the Doctor of Education programme (2007 cohort)
- Coordinator and lecturer for EDUC 320, Macro Issues in Education, a compulsory third year BEd course.
- EDPROFST 777 Curriculum: Theory, Issues and Practice (Masters course)
- EDPROFST 774 Low Decile Education (Masters course)
Research
Vicki’s research interests centre on curriculum and matters of social justice. Freire’s ideas are central to her analyses. Her qualitative research examines schooling in low SES communities; the political context, effective pedagogy, and policy/curriculum matters. More recent publications and presentations focus on methodological issues surrounding cross-cultural research, in particular those related to Pakeha and Maori working together.
Selection of publications and presentations:
Edited books
Carpenter, V.M., Jesson, J, Roberts, P. Stephenson, M., (2008 in process) Ngā kaupapa Here: Connections and Contradictions in Education. Cengage Leaning, Melbourne.
Carpenter, V., H. Dixon, et al., Eds. (2001). Theory in Practice for Educators. Palmerston North, Dunmore.
Articles (refereed journals)
Carpenter, V. M., & McMurchy-Pilkington, C. (2008 in process). Cross-cultural researching: Maori and Pakeha in Te Whakapakari. Qualitative Research, 8(2), 205-222.
McMurchy-Pilkington, C., & Carpenter, V. M. (2005/2006). Te Whakapakari. Research for social justice. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 5(4), 9-14.
Carpenter, V. M. (2005). Takiwa, a case study of politics in education: exit, voice and loyalty. Change: Transformations in Education, 8(2), 1-15.
Carpenter, V. M. (2003). New Zealand's low socio-economic urban and rural schools: Pre-service teacher education. Pacific-Asian Education, 15(2), 67-78.
Carpenter, V. M., McMurchy-Pilkington, C., & Sutherland, S. (2002). Kaiako Toa - highly successful teachers in low decile schools. set(No 1), 4-8.
Chapters (refereed books)
Carpenter, V. M. (2008 in process). Teaching New Zealand's 'children of the poor'. In V. M. Carpenter, J. Jesson, P. Roberts & M. Stephenson (Eds.), Ngā kaupapa here: connections and contradictions in education. Melbourne: Cengage Learning.
Carpenter, V. M. (2001). Curriculum and the (Re)production of Education. Theory in Practice for Educators. V. Carpenter, H. Dixon, E. Rata and C. Rawlinson. Palmerston North, Dunmore.
Bell, A. and V. Carpenter (1994). Education's Role in (Re)producing Social Class in Aotearoa. The Politics of Learning and Teaching in Aotearoa - New Zealand. E. Coxon, K. Jenkins, J. Marshall and L. Massey. Palmerston North, Dunmore Press: 112-147.
Reports/monographs
Carpenter, V. M., & McMurchy-Pilkington, C. (2007). Te Whakapakari: Pouako me nga akonga. The strengthening: learners and teachers. Project report for the Manurewa Enhancement Initiative (MEI). Auckland: Manurewa Enhancement Initiative.
Carpenter, V. M., McMurchy-Pilkington, C., & Sutherland, S. (2004). Kaiako Toa (ACEpapers monograph series No. 6). Auckland: Faculty of Education, University of Auckland.
Conference presentations
Carpenter, V. M., & McMurchy-Pilkington, C. (2006). Teachers, action research, curriculum change: Te Whakapakari. Paper presented at The Second World Curriculum Studies Conference, Tampere, Finland.
McMurchy-Pilkington, C., & Carpenter, V. M. (2005). Te Whakapakari; Research for social justice. Paper presented at The Fifth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations., Beijing, China.
Carpenter, V. M., McMurchy-Pilkington, C., & Sutherland, S. (2001). Kaiako Toa - the beliefs and attitudes which are common to successful teachers in Auckland's low SES schools. Paper presented at the BERA conference, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Carpenter, V. M. (2001, September 2001). Democratic voice and the creation of an education alternative. Paper presented at the ECER conference, Universite Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France.
