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Programmes
Liberal Arts Programme
Teaching Area/Interests
Learning and development theory and research; Cognitive psychology and instruction; Learning and studying at tertiary level.
Research Interests (area & methodologies)
My research is focused on the application and evaluation of cognitive psychological theory and research within important instructional contexts. In pursuing these concerns, I have focused on a variety of content areas (psychology, education, science, and medicine), worked on many instructional levels (organisational, curriculum, classroom, teacher, student), and employed several instructional vehicles and contexts (written materials, classroom activities and discourse, and media.) My research methodologies are primarily quantitative in nature, including cross-sectional design. I utilise surveys, observation, and interviews.
Professional Links
- Member of American Educational Research Association
- Member of American Psychological Association
- Member of European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction
- Member of New Zealand Educational Research Association
University Committees served on
PAST: UOA Board of Studies; UOA Human Participants Ethics Committee, SOE Research Committee, FOA Library Committee, FOA Promotion Committee, FOA Selection and Recruitment Committees, FoED Interim Staffing Committee, FoED Interim Research Committee,
CURRENT: FoED Faculty Management Committee, FoEd Teaching and Learning Quality Committee, FoED Academic Programmes Committee, FoEd Equity Committee, FoEd Transition Committee, FoEd Publications and Marketing Committee, FoED Ethics Committee, TLD Research Committee, TLD Management Committee
Qualifications / Degrees
- BA - 1974 - University of New Hampshire
- MA - 1979 - University of Illinois at Chicago
- PhD - 1983 - University of Illinois at Chicago
Previous professional experience (prior to present position)
- 2000 - present. Senior Lecturer - School of Education - Faculty of Education -The University of Auckland
- 1998 - 2003, Research Centre for Interventions in Teaching and Learning (RCITL), School of Education, The University of Auckland - Co-director
- 1996 (August) - 2000, School of Education, The University of Auckland - Lecturer
- 1994 - 1995, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston - Chairperson
- 1992 - 1996, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston - Associate Professor
- 1986 - 1993, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston - Assistant Professor
- 1985 - 1986, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison - Visiting Assistant Professor
- 1983 - 1985, Department of Psychology , Wright State University - Visiting Assistant Professor
Other information, interests or things that drive you
I enjoy theatre, a wide variety of music and the outdoors (e.g., tramping, kayaking)
