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Te Kura Ākau Taitoka (College of Education, University of Otago) is a Te Tiriti-led research community.  We acknowledge the mana whenua of this takiwā.

The following presents staff research interests.  Please follow the links to individual staff profiles for more detail about their research.

Arts / Dance / Drama / Music / Visual arts / Aesthetic Education

  • Professor David Bell – Aesthetic education; Learning in cultural institutions; Japanese arts in New Zealand contexts; Substantive aesthetics in the Japanese visual field; Visual arts education.
  • Professor Jeff Smith – Psychology of aesthetics.
  • Trish Wells – Learning in and through drama education.

Assessment

Childhood and Youth Studies, Children/Youth Rights and Participation

Professor Vivienne Anderson – Refugee-background young people and educational participation.

Curriculum

Disability Studies in Education

Early Childhood Education

Gender and Sexuality in Education

Health / Physical Education / Outdoor Education


History of Education

  • Associate Professor Hugh Morrison – New Zealand missionaries and global interaction; New Zealand and Australasian religious history; New Zealand's historical interface with the wider world; Children and young people as historical subjects and agents.

Inclusive Education and Social Justice Issues

Leadership

  • Dr Sylvia Robertson – Leadership identity; Leadership in high-needs settings; Leadership for social justice; Leadership preparation in educational settings.

Learning Theory

Literacy / Multiliteracies

Māori and Indigenous Education

Mathematics Education

Mentoring

Online/Blended/Flexible Learning

  • Dr Keryn Pratt – Computer/technology supported learning; distance/online/blended/flexible learning; virtual schools.
  • Dr Sylvia Robertson – Online/blended/flexible learning; Tertiary first-year experience.

Pasifika Education

  • Karina Nafatali – Pasifika learners.

Pedagogy and Initial Teacher Education

Policy

Professional Learning and Development

Science Education

Technology Education

Theory and Practice of Teaching and Learning

Transitions

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