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Programmes
Postgraduate (Associate Dean Postgraduate)
Academic Qualifications
- PhD Waik.
- BA
- BSc
- DipTchg
Teaching Area/Interests
My teaching areas of interest at the undergraduate level are teacher education practicum, professional development (for teachers upgrading to degrees), secondary science and biology teaching. At the masters level I teach aspects of research methods and professional development and supervision within practice.
I mostly supervise research students in the areas of science education, science teacher education, professional development and practicum, though I have supervised students whose research is situated in other curriculum areas.
Research Interests (area & methodologies)
My research areas are in science education and science teacher education, teacher professional development, supervision within professional practice, classroom based research, higher education.
Primarily an interpretivist researcher, I utilise both qualitative and quantitative data generating modes as appropriate.
Professional Links
Member of the following professional societies: Royal Society of New Zealand, Auckland Science Teachers Association, New Zealand Association of Science Educators, Australasian Science Educators Association, New Zealand Association of Research in Education, Association for Practical Experiences in Professional Education, British Education Research Association, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasian Inc.
University Committees served on
- Currently serving on the following university committees:
- Board of Graduate Studies Senate subcommittee (as faculty representative)
- Faculty Postgraduate Committee (Chair)
- Faculty Research Committee (co-opted member) and Research Grants subcommittee
- Faculty Academic Programmes Committee
- Faculty International Committee
- Faculty Finance committee (a subcommitte of the Faculty Management Committee)
- Faculty Publications and Marketing Committee (a subcommittee of the Faculty Management Committee
- School of Teaching, Learning and Development Research Committee
Qualifications / Degrees
- PhD (Science Education) - University of Waikato
- BA - The University of Auckland
- BSc - The University of Auckland
- TTC - Secondary Teachers College, Auckland
- Dip Tchg - Secondary Teachers College, Auckland
Previous professional experience (prior to present position)
- Head of Centre for Practicum, Teacher Education, Auckland College of Education
- Acting Head of Centre for Science, Teacher Education, Auckland College of Education
- Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Teacher Education, Auckland College of Education
- PR2 Professional Development, Pakuranga College, Auckland
- Various Science, Biology and Chemistry teaching positions (Pakuranga College, Macleans College and Glenfield College, Auckland; Freyberg High School, Awatapu College and Queen Elizabeth College, Palmerston North).
- Junior Lecturer in the School of Medicine, The University of Auckland
Other information, interests or things that drive you
I am particularly interested in the links between the tertiary education sector and professional practice sectors. Both of the TLRI research projects that I am currently engaged on focus on the professional lives of teachers in secondary schools. I also have a particular interest in the professional and academic lives of postgraduate students from graduate diploma to doctoral levels.
I am also interested in aspects of education for adult learners, whether they be pre-service or engaged in ongoing professional development. I am concerned about equity of access and experience for these learners.
Recent Publications
Refereed journal articles
HAIGH, M.A., DIXON, H. ‘‘Why and I doing these things?’: Engaging in classroom-based inquiry around formative assessment’, Journal of In-service Education, 33(3), 359-376, 2007.
HAIGH, M. A. ‘Can investigative practical work in high school biology foster creativity?’ Research in Science Education, 37, 123 - 140, 2007.
HAIGH, M.A., TURNBULL, M.D., 'Replacing the nods and smiles: Raising questions about philosophy and pedagogy in a predominantly web-based master's paper', Journal of Distance Learning, 11(1), 1 - 13, 2007.
HAIGH, M.A., FRANCE, B.2, FORRET, M.3 Is 'doing science' in New Zealand classrooms an expression of scientific inquiry?, International Journal of Science Education, 27(2), 215-226, 2005.
FRANCE, B.2, HAIGH, M.A., WARD, G.F. 2, BURCHILL, D.J. 2 'Exemplars or examples?', New Zealand Science Teacher, 110, (0), 29-34, 2005.
Section in a book:
HAIGH, M. A., PINDER, H., McDONALD, L., Practicum’s contribution to learning to teach, in press with Nova Science Publishers, in press, 2007.
HAIGH, M.A. ‘Outputs from research: Points for PBRF? - Potential for professional impact?’ In J. Jesson, R. Smith (eds.), Punishing the discipline - the PBRF regime: Evaluating the position of Education - Where to from here?, Auckland, The University of Auckland and AUT University, 112-123, 2005.
Quality assured conference contributions with full paper publication as indicated
HAIGH, M., PINDER, H., McDONALD, L. ‘Practicum’s contribution to students learning to teach’ British Educational Research Association, Coventry, September, 2006, Education Line.
HAIGH, M., HEDGES, H., JONGEJAN, J.M. 1, LEONARD, R.S., MCDONALD, L.G. et al. ‘The enablers and hinders of learning to teach during the practicum - the students' voice'’, British Educational Research Association, Glamorgan, Wales, September, 2005, Education Line.
Report for external body
HIPKINS, R.3, BOLSTAD, R. 3, BAKER, R. 3, JONES, A. 3, BARKER, M. 3, BELL, B. 3, FRANCE, B. 2, HAIGH, M., et al. 'Curriculum, learning and effective pedagogy: A literature review in science education', Ministry of Education, 1-272, 2002.
Technical Reports
PETERSON, E,1, IRVING, E.2 (with BROWN, G., DIXON, H., HAIGH, M.) Conceptions of assessment and feedback: Final TLRI report, 2006.
IRVING, E. 2, PETERSON, E.R., DIXON, H.R., HAIGH, M., BROWN, G.T.L. 'Students' and Teachers' conceptions of assessment and feedback - Maths and English', Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, Milestone Report 2, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1-45, 2005.
PETERSON, E.R., IRVING, E. 2, HAIGH, M., DIXON, H.R., BROWN, G.T.L. ''Students' and teachers' conceptions of assessment and feedback - Maths and English'', Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, Milestone Report 3, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2005, 1-30
Selection of full papers prepared for conference presentation from 1995. All papers have been published in conference reports or proceedings where these have been available
ANTHONY, G.3, BELL, B.3, HAIGH, M. KANE, R.3 ‘Induction into the profession: Findings from New Zealand beginning teachers’, paper presented - as part of the symposium ‘The professional life cycle of a teacher: International perspectives from longitudinal studies’ - at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007.
Books
HAIGH, M. A., BEDDOE, E., ROSE, D. (Eds.) Toward excellence in PEPE: A collaborative endeavour; Proceedings of the conference of Practical Experiences in Professional Education, Auckland, NZ, 2006.
