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Dr Margaret Agee +64 9 373 7599 ext 87852 m.agee@auckland.ac.nz |
Counselling theory and practice, including school counselling, applied ethics, loss and grief, suicide and suicide bereavement, and cross-cultural issues including complex cultural identities. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Airini +64 9 623 8899 ext 48826 Airini@auckland.ac.nz |
Experienced in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, with particular strengths in critical incident technique, repertory grid and ethnographic methods. | Adult education, teacher education, international development through education, relationship between culture and education, reducing disparities and increasing achievement, equity in education, literacy, bilingual education, policy in education, leadership and management in education, quality teaching in tertiary education, quality teaching in adult education, primary education, qualitative and ethnographic research methodologies, change management Masters and Doctoral |
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Associate Professor Graeme Aitken +64 9 623 8899 ext 48821 g.aitken@auckand.ac.nz |
Mixed methods research but will work with any methodology appropriate to accomplishing the research. | Curriculum history, development, policy and design and implementation (especially in Social Studies, Geography, History and Economics); children and young peoples’ understanding of social, geographical, historical and economic concepts; teaching and learning in Social Studies, Geography, History and Economics (both Primary and Secondary Schooling); citizenship education; teaching effectiveness evaluation; programme evaluation (especially in higher education). Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Louisa Allen +64 9 623 8899 ext 85140 le.allen@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methodologies and feminist methodologies. Methods include - focus groups, interviews and some questionnaire work. | Sexuality education, masculinities and schooling, feminist post-structuralism, embodiment and education. Masters and Doctoral |
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Elizabeth Anderson +64 9 623 8899 ext 48745 e.anderson@auckland.ac.nz |
Drama education Masters |
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Dr Allen Bartley +64 9 623 8899 ext 48140 a.bartley@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods approaches - quantitative and qualitative. | 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 and Doctoral |
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Sally Birdsall +64 9 623 8899 ext 48458 s.birdsall@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and in particular case studies | Environmental education and science education Masters |
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Christine Boocock +64 9 623 8899 ext 48218 c.boocock@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods | Reading recovery, early literacy acquisition Masters |
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Isabel Browne +64 9 623 8899 ext 48509 i.browne@auckland.ac.nz |
Interpretive case study | Social Studies - Education Masters |
| Pauline Buchanan +64 9 623 8899 ext 48444 pz.buchanan@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Children's literature, Teaching of written language. Masters |
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Dr Vicki Carpenter +64 9 623 8899 ext 48511 v.carpenter@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Sociology of Education: particular interests in social class, cross cultural issues and diversity, low decile urban and rural schooling, curriculum, teacher practice and beliefs, parents and schooling, alternative forms of education, and the politics of education). Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Helen Dixon +64 9 623 8899 ext 48547 h.dixon@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methodology, In particular case study and action research. | Assessment: in particular assessment for learning, feedback, self assessment, goal setting. Teachers’ beliefs about learning, teaching and assessment. Teacher professional development. Masters and Doctoral |
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Trevor Dobbin +64 9 623 8899 ext 48658 t.dobbin@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods | All aspects of print and media literacy, drama and theatre, Shakespeare studies and performance. Masters |
| Dr Iris Duhn +64 9 623 8899 ext 46422 i.duhn@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methodologies; poststructural; feminist; discourse analysis, textual analysis | Sociology of childhood, globalisation and childhood, cultural studies, governmentality, ethics of care for self, other and the environment, gender and early childhood. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Martin East +64 9 623 8899 ext 48345 m.east@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative, qualitative and ‘mixed method’ approaches, including interviews, focus groups and questionnaires | Theory and practice of second/foreign language teaching, learning and assessment; language policies Masters and Doctoral |
| Dr Fiona Ell +64 9 623 8899 ext 89847 f.ell@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and quantitative approaches | Mathematics education, specifically primary. Masters and Doctoral |
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Debbie Espiner +64 9 623 8899 ext 48716 d.espiner@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research | Inclusive education, facilitation, learning styles, collaborative consultation, adapting curriculum. Masters |
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Dr Sandy Farquhar +64 9 623 8899 ext 48270 s.farquhar@auckland.ac.nz |
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 and Doctoral |
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Dr Susan Farruggia +64 9 623 8899 ext 48326 s.farruggia@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative: Longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveys, interviews and assessments. | 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 and Doctoral |
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Associate Professor Christa Fouché +64 9 623 8899 ext 48648 c.fouche@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed Methods research and Applied Research, including Evaluation research, Action research, Intervention Research and Need Assessments | Social Services, Workforce development, Practice Research Masters and Doctoral |
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Associate Professor Bev France +64 9 623 8899 ext 48439 b.france@auckland.ac.nz |
Interpretivist using qualitative data gathering modes of inquiry and quantitative data as a means of gathering base line data when required | 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 and Doctoral |
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Dr Dawn Garbett +64 9 623 8899 ext 48972 d.garbett@auckland.ac.nz |
Practitioner research, action research, self-study and story-telling narratives. | Science education, gender and science, assessment, collaborative classrooms, early childhood, primary and secondary teacher education. Masters and Doctoral |
| Dr Barbara Grant +64 9 623 8899 ext 88160 bm.grant@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative; feminist; critical; post structural; discourse analysis; textual analysis | 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 and Doctoral |
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Dr Susan Gray +64 9 623 8899 ext 48514 s.gray@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Teacher development in language teacher education, language through the curriculum. Masters and Doctoral |
| Dr Lexie Grudnoff +64 9 623 8899 ext 48890 l.grudnoff@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research methodologies | Beginning teachers, teacher development, mentoring, and teacher education. Masters and Doctoral |
| Dr Cathy Gunn +64 9 623 8899 ext 88354 ca.gunn@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Education eLearning Masters and Doctoral |
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Associate Professor Mavis Haigh +64 9 623 8964 m.haigh@auckland.ac.nz |
Interpretivist using qualitative data gathering modes of inquiry and quantitative data as a means of gathering base line data when required. Classroom based research. | Science and science teacher education, but happy to consider any curriculum implementation focus, teacher professional development, supervision within professional practice, beginning teachers. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Richard Hamilton +64 9 623 8899 and + 64 9 373 7599 ext 85619 rj.hamilton@auckland.ac.nz |
Survey Research, Interview, Quasi-experimental, Evaluation Studies, Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Design. | Educational Psychology: Cognitive Psychology, Tertiary Teaching, Learning and Achievement, Science Education, Learning from Reading. Masters and Doctoral |
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Phil Harington +64 9 623 8899 ext 48652 p.harington@auckland.ace.ac.nz |
Sociological research designs particularly small scale and qualitative. Policy review, analysis, evaluation and proposal making | Research planning and 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 and the role of sociology in the professional practice of social works and teachers. Masters |
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Dr Jenny Harnett +64 9 623 8899 ext 48743 j.harnett@auckland.ac.nz |
Action research / Case study | Learning and Teaching / Pedagogy / Formative assessment / Reflective practice / Professional development Masters |
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Professor John Hattie +64 9 373 7599 ext 82496 j.hattie@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative Methods, Evaluation Design, Meta-analysis, or Mixed Methods. | Measurement, educational psychology, teaching and learning. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Eleanor Hawe +64 9 623 8899 ext 48733 e.hawe@auckland.ac.nz |
Naturalistic field study; ethnography; case study; grounded theory; qualitative strategies, eg: interviews, participant observation; analysis of qualitative data. | Assessment (primary, secondary, tertiary); feedback; curriculum; teacher education; appraisal. Masters and Doctoral |
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Rena Heap +64 9 623 8899 ext 48636 r.heap@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and mixed-methods. Practitioner research, action research | Teacher education, Primary education and science education (including the philosophy of science). Masters |
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Dr Helen Hedges +64 9 623 8899 ext 48606 h.hedges@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative/interpretivist, especially case study. | 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 and Doctoral |
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Paul Heyward +64 9 623 8899 ext 48447 p.heyward@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Drama in Education, Critical reflection, the Moral and Political nature of teaching, Boys underachievement. Masters |
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Diti Hill +64 9 623 8899 ext 48584 d.hill@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methodology; ethnographic approach. | Early childhood education as sector-specific framework. Theory in practice; reflective practice; teacher education; philosophy of education; comparative education. Masters |
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Dr Mary Hill +64 9 623 8899 ext 48630 mf.hill@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research methodologies, including interpretive approaches, case study, policy and classroom ethnographies, genealogy, and practitioner and action research. | 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 and Doctoral |
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Dr Ngaire Hoben +64 9 623 8899 ext 87371 n.hoben@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research | Pre-service teacher education and secondary curriculum areas of English and Media studies or secondary school management. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Margie Hohepa +64 9 470 1000 ext 47012 m.hohepa@auckland.ac.nz |
‘Kaupapa Māori’ sociocultural methodologies, quantitative and qualitative methods | Māori education; language and literacy development; bilingualism; Māori child development and socialisation. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr John Hope +64 9 623 8899 ext 87515 j.hope@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative or mixed methodology, not purely qualitative. | Research related to international policy or international students; Pedagogy related to information and communication technology; Educational leadership with an ICT emphasis; Teacher education graduation standards. Masters and Doctoral |
| Te Kawehau Hoskins +64 9 623 8899 ext 84213 tk.hoskins@auckland.ac.nz |
‘Kaupapa Māori’ and other sociological approaches. | Māori Education Masters |
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Tony Hunt +64 9 623 8899 ext 48656 t.hunt@auckland.ac.nz |
Flexible learning methods, internet based education, information technology in teacher education. Masters |
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Dr Joce Jesson +64 9 623 8899 ext 48859 j.jesson@auckland.ac.nz |
Policy analysis and implementation, evaluative studies, historiography, programme evaluations. | Educators’ work, adult teaching/learning, education policy, unions and union education, teacher appraisal, continuing professional education, rural education. Masters and Doctoral |
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Professor Alison Jones +64 9 623 8899 ext 88117 a.jones@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methodologies; theoretical argument; text analysis; discourse analysis. | Sociology of education; Māori education; cross-cultural pedagogy; Pacific education; feminist theory and research; critical theory; education and risk anxiety; various applications of post structuralism in education. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Peter Keegan +64 9 623 8899 ext 84406 p.keegan@auckland.ac.nz |
Māori language and education Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Barbara Kensington-Miller +64 9 373 7599 ext 82091 b.kensington-miller@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and Quantitative | Mathematics education, Professional development, Mentoring, Cultural issues, Secondary and tertiary education in mathematics. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Louise Keown +64 9 373 7599 ext 86435 l.keown@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantative methods, including observational, questionnaire and structured interview data collection methods. | Developmental Psychology, especially social and emotional development, parenting and family relationships and atypical behavioural development including preschool, behaviour problems and hyperactivity. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Blair Koefoed +64 9 623 8899 ext 48219 b.koefoed@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods; case studies, clinical methods, conceptual analysis, interpretative analytics | Early literacy, literacy processing theory and early literacy interventions; critical literacy, the philosophy of literacy particularly in reference to Heidegger, Foucault, Wittgentstein. Masters and Doctora |
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Dr Mei Kuin Lai +64 9 623 8899 ext 48142 mei.lai@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative); Problem-based methodology | Schooling improvement and school change; research-development interventions to improve teaching and learning; sustainability of school reforms; professional learning communities. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Frances Langdon +64 9 623 8899 ext 48769 f.langdon@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methods including action research. | Beginning teacher learning and induction, teacher effectiveness and children’s learning, professional development and inquiry, supervision, mentoring, initial teacher education. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Deidre Le Fevre +64 9 623 8899 ext 89843 d.lefevre@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and mixed-methods. Longitudinal, ethnographic, case-study approaches. Practitioner and action research | Teacher learning, professional development, school change and improvement initiatives, leadership, pre-service pedagogy, beginning teacher development, literacy and arts education. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Maureen Legge +64 9 623 8899 ext 48758 m.legge@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative - Narrative inquiry, case studies, autoethnography approaches. | Field education, more specifically physical education, outdoor education, adventure based learning, being bicultural, pedagogy for physical and outdoor education, reflective practice. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Libby Limbrick +64 9 623 8899 ext 48445 l.limbrick@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and quantitative - experimental and descriptive | Literacy (including comprehension, literacy practices, vocabulary development, writing students with literacy difficulties), language, languages. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Gregor Lomas +64 9 623 8899 ext 48517 g.lomas@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methodology approaches - qualitative and quantitative. | Mathematics education, quality mathematics pedagogy, teacher effectiveness. Masters and Doctoral |
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Associate Professor Emmanuel Manalo +64 9 373 7599 ext 87896 e.manalo@auckland.ac.nz |
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 and Doctoral |
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Kathy Martindale +64 9 623 8899 ext 48685 k.martindale@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative - some statistical analysis. | Quality of life and 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 |
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Barbara Matthews +64 9 623 8899 ext 48674 b.matthews@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methodologies - action research | Applied Linguistics - Functional Grammar - ESL Writing - Discourse Analysis - Educational Linguistics - Post colonial literacy analysis Masters |
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Dr Brent Mawson +64 9 623 8899 ext 48533 b.mawson@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research, mainly interpretivist case study. | Technology education, Early years (0-8) curriculum, ECE/Primary transitions. Masters and Doctoral |
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Lyn McDonald +64 9 623 8899 ext 48710 l.mcdonald@auckland.ac.nz |
Case study | Mentoring, student teachers experiences on practicum, role of associate teachers, links between practicum/University, educational leadership Masters |
| Associate Professor Elizabeth McKinley +64 9 623 8899 ext 82554 e.mckinley@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative; co-supervise on mixed methodology. | Māori education and related fields of culture, gender and education. Curriculum (especially science education and issues of identity and representation) the use of social theory (especially feminist poststructuralist and / or postcolonial). Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Margaret McLean +64 9 623 8899 ext 48691 ma.mclean@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research methodologies. Thematic analysis, analysis using principles of grounded theory and the use of Nudist technology to manage qualitative data. | Ableism and disability, school and classroom-based approaches to problem behaviour. Special education, history, philosophy, policy. NZ education history. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Colleen McMurchy +64 9 623 8899 ext 48735 c.mcmurchy@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative; ‘Kaupapa Māori’ | Mathematics education, Māori education, gender and maths, policy development, sociology of education. Masters and Doctoral |
| Dr Irena Madjar +64 9 623 8899 ext 48582 i.madjar@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methods, including ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory and narrative analysis | Social, cross-cultural, and ethical issues in education; professional education; health issues. Masters and Doctoral |
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Professor Stuart McNaughton +64 9 373 7599 ext 87541 s.mcnaughton@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative and qualitative using both experimental and descriptive approaches including case studies. | Developmental psychology in general and aspects of children’s literacy and language development and cultural processes, in educational and family settings. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Pam Millward +64 9 968 8765 ext 7363 pam.millward@manukau.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Organisational learning, teachers’ use of student achievement information to enhance students’ learning outcomes. Masters and Doctoral |
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Wayne Mills +64 9 623 8899 ext 48711 w.mills@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Children’s Literature - Boys and Literacy Masters |
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Dr Kevin Moran +64 9 623 8899 ext 48620 k.moran@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative | Survey, cross-sectional, ecological studies. Physical, health and sports education, injury prevention, drowning prevention, water safety and aquatics education. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Alan Ovens +64 9 623 8899 ext 48605 a.ovens@auckland.ac.nz |
Methodologies for researching lived experience such as phenomenological hermeneutics, group memory-work, and narrative analysis. Also interested in action research and the concept of reflexivity in methodology. | 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 and Doctoral |
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Assoc Prof Judy Parr +64 9 623 8899 ext 88998 jm.parr@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative and qualitative, using both quasi-experimental and descriptive approaches, including case studies. | Developmental/cognitive psychology; learning issues. Literacy, specifically written language; the interface between literacy and technology; computer-mediated communication. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Elizabeth Rata +64 9 623 8899 ext 46315 e.rata@auckland.ac.nz |
Ethnography, document analysis, policy analysis, historical research, qualitative methods. | Cultural Politics; History of Education; Sociology of Education; Public Policy; Political Studies; Māori Education; Indigeneity, ethnicity and identity studies; Socio-economic class. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Catherine Rawlinson +64 9 623 8899 ext 48736 c.rawlinson@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Gifted and talented education; self concept, education psychology. Masters and Doctoral |
| Dr Te Tuhi Robust +64 9 373-7999 ext 88711 t.robust@auckland.ac.nz |
Kaupapa Māori Research Collaborative Research Quantitative Research |
Māori Education Education Masters and Doctoral |
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Professor Viviane Robinson +64 9 623 8899 ext 87372 vmj.robinson@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods and qualitative | Leadership, administration and organisational and school effectiveness. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Dennis Rose +64 9 623 8899 ext 48902 d.rose@auckland.ac.nz |
Experimental designs Single case repeated measures (i.e. ABA) design; programme evaluation. |
Studies of learning, especially the effects of teaching on learning; Remedial intervention; developmental disabilities; behaviour change; self-management; study skills; precision teaching; direct instruction; applied behaviour analysis. Remedial intervention (e.g. reading); autism and other developmental disabilities; behaviour change. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Bruce Ross +64 9 623 8899 ext 48477 b.ross@auckland.ac.nz |
Physical education history and philosophy, Freirean pedagogy, work physiology, motor unit recruitment and control Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Christine Rubie-Davies +64 9 373-7599 ext 82974 c.rubie@auckland.ac.nz |
Quantitative and Qualitative methodology | 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 and Doctoral |
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Dr Adrienne Sansom +64 9 623 8899 ext 48400 a.sansom@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative, including narrative, phenomenology, and interpretive and critical inquiry | Dance education, arts education, early childhood education and cultural foundations. Masters and Doctoral |
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Jeanne Sheehan +64 9 623 8899 ext 48536 j.sheehan@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research methodologies, particularly case study. | The Practicum in Teacher Education, gender, collaborative learning and learning communities, teacher identity, beliefs and practices. Masters |
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Dr Claire Sinnema +64 9 623 8899 ext 46426 c.sinnema@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods | Curriculum, pedagogy, curriculum implementation, educational leadership, appraisal, social studies. Masters and Doctoral |
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Alexis Siteine +64 9 623 8899 ext 48508 a.siteine@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Citizenship and Identity as well as Social Studies Education Masters |
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Professor Robin Small +64 9 623 8899 ext 82151 r.small@auckland.ac.nz |
Philosophy | Philosophy of Education, history of educational thought, professional ethics of teaching and ethical issues in education research. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Jill Smith +64 9 623 8899 ext 48713 j.smith@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Visual arts education; cultural diversity Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Wayne Smith +64 9 623 8899 ext 48760 w.smith@auckland.ac.nz |
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Dr Maxine Stephenson +64 9 623 8899 ext 87906 ms.stephenson@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and Archival | History of Education (especially Native Schools; Industrial Schools and other institutions of correction/normalisation; eugenics and education. Sociology of Education (especially state theory; political economy of education; state/community relationships in education; the sociology of institutions). Doctoral |
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Roslin Sullivan +64 9 623 8899 ext 48451 r.sullivan@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative methodologies | Health education; risk; health and safety policy and practice; NZ school health curriculum. Masters |
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Sue Sutherland +64 9 623 8899 ext 48734 sue.sutherland@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative research methodologies | 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 |
Textual analysis | Higher education pedagogy (especially Arts education); academic development; teaching of literature; academic writing; multiple intelligences. Masters and Doctoral |
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Dr Avril Thesing +64 9 623 8899 ext 48396 a.thesing@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative and quantitative but not statistical analysis. | 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 and Doctoral |
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Dr Trevor Thwaites +64 9 623 8702 ext 48702 t.thwaites@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative Research | Curriculum Theory Assessment Policy and Practice Secondary Education (Music) Discourse Theory, Postmodernity, Phenomenology and Heidegger. Aesthetics and culture and difference. Masters and Doctoral |
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Professor Helen Timperley +64 9 373 7599 ext 87401 h.timperley@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods | Organisational learning and change; Changing achievement patterns of under-represented groups; Professional learning and development. Masters and Doctoral |
| Tony Trinick +64 9 623 8899 ext 48905 t.trinick@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods | Development of Māori medium curriculum. Māori medium mathematical discourse. The teaching and learning of mathematics in Māori medium contexts. Masters |
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Helen Villers +64 9 623 8899 ext 48548 h.villers@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Literacy and /or biliteracy acquisition and development and Children’s Literature. Related aspects of critical literacy and multiliteracies. Masters |
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Joanne Walker +64 9 623 8899 ext 84759 jo.walker@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed Methods | Collaborative problem solving in school contexts; Inclusive education strategies; Professional development of teachers and/or supervision; School change and improvement initiatives. Masters |
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Dr Gillian Ward +64 9 623 8899 ext 48840 g.ward@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed methods | Educational administration, science and chemistry education, secondary teacher education, learning and work environment studies. Masters / Doctoral |
| Dr William Barry White ext 89048 b.white@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative/Documentary | Cross-cultural studies, History of Education, Mission Schools, Postgraduate Research. Masters and Doctoral |
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Melinda Webber +64 9 623 8899 ext 48456 m.webber@auckland.ac.nz |
Qualitative | Identity, Ethnicity, and/or Hybridity studies. Teaching, Learning and Māori students. Masters |
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Dr Ruth Williams +64 9 623 8899 ext 48739 ruth.williams@auckland.ac.nz |
Mixed Methods | Teacher Professional Development - both pre-service and in-service, junior classroom practice, reflection. Masters / Doctoral |
| Dr Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki ext 89052 Ea.wolfgramm@auckland.ac.nz |
Pasifika Methodology, Qualitative | Pasifika Education, Emergent Literacy, Student Retention and Achievement, Leadership Skills. Any topics on Early Childhood Education especially with Pasifika communities. Masters and Doctoral |
