PhD Candidates | Research topic |
| Ravil Atlas | The efficacy of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract (SOVT) training using straws in secondary school singers Supervisors:
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| Melissa Bell | Exploring teacher efficacy beliefs of early stage teachers. Supervisors:
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| Sally Carson | Turning the tide: Experiments in engaging the community with science organisations for long-term environmental change. Supervisors:
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| Deirdre Cooper | Why teachers leave the classroom. Supervisors:
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| Jason Fan | Inter-referencing the desire of the colonised: Theorising New Zealand and Taiwan as a strategic alliance in the global south. Supervisors:
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| Li Kai | A Critical Ethnography of English Teaching in Private International Language Proficiency Exams Tutoring Schools in China. Supervisors:
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| Shannon McNatty | Girls identity narratives and life-long learning from long duration Outdoor Education experiences. Supervisors:
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| Fathimath Shiraani | Understanding the holiday experiences of disabled children Supervisors:
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| Kyle Matthews | Youth activism in New Zealand: radicalism and the political constraints of neoliberalism Supervisors:
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| Emma Osborne | The experiences, motivations and needs of students who are studying or researching aspects of their lived experience Supervisors:
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| Amee Parker | Home education in New Zealand Supervisors:
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| Jackie Tagg | From the student’s perspective: Non-English speaking background (NESB) students moving from an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) bridging program into mainstream university study and the relevance for their academic success Supervisors:
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| Justine Taylor | Gifted and talented education in Aotearoa New Zealand: Identifying factors associated with successful programmes in primary and intermediate schools Supervisors:
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| Lien Trinh | Sex talk in the homestay environment: An understanding of the sexual education/awareness of international students living with host families in New Zealand Supervisors:
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| Julia Walne | In-service learning in the ITP sector Supervisors:
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| Patricia (Trish) Wells | Process drama as pedagogy for learning across the curriculum Supervisors:
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| Pearl Wong | Teacher efficacy and curriculum change: The role of efficacy beliefs in influencing teacher behaviour during implementation of the Higher Order Thinking Skills Initiative Supervisors:
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| Saadia Yousouf Qureshi | Understanding the problem of low performance in secondary science in NZ’s low decile schools Supervisors:
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EdD Candidates | Research topic |
| Rikke Betts | I am interested in investigating how refugee children's cultural capital is honoured in the Refugees resettlement policy Supervisors:
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| Kerrin Burnell | Anxiety related to computer mediated English language testing. OR Mobile app learning and testing. OR Course evaluation using Rasch Supervisors:
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| Alison Fields | Putting support where the learners are: A multiple case study of embedded librarians within New Zealand online tertiary classrooms |
| Paula Good | Interested in the importance of international professional development for teachers in China also interested in the importance of play - China compared with NZ ECE Supervisors:
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| Juliette Hayes | School leaders’ faith and professionalism. Supervisors:
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| Fiona Humphries | New Zealand teachers’ perceptions of and insights into their wellbeing: A mixed method approach Supervisors:
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| Maxine Karl | How can a participatory action research project into writing pedagogy support teachers to enhance their writing programme? Supervisors:
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| Alex Kirk | Is there a relationship between how physiotherapy students approach learning and their clinical reasoning in online tertiary classrooms? |
| Paul Prangley | Exploring the links between measures of self-esteem and reading measures in New Zealand third wave students Supervisors:
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| Daniel Pratt | The area I am interested in is primary school mathematics. In light of the concern around NZ's falling standard/results, I want to examine best practice and approaches to teaching Supervisors:
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| Jocelyn Springthorpe | What’s it like for you? Young people’s perspectives of residential home and school care Supervisors:
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| Sandra Waayer | Clinical teaching. Preceptorship and education of undergraduate nursing students Supervisors:
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| Colin White | New Zealand teachers in the Middle East: A critical analysis of their experiences |
| Tamara Yuill Proctor | Research and develop an integrated pedagogy for the delivery of knowledge in 21st century/ flexible learning environments. Create systems for teacher to deliver content at NCEA in a collaborative, innovative, problem solving/finding, cross-curricular Supervisors:
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DBA Candidate | Research topic |
| Jill Turner | Exploring structural gender discrimination through the experiences of academic women at the University of Otago Supervisors:
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MA Candidate | Research topic |
| Lars van Beusekom | Teacher perspectives and use of ability grouping pedagogies in primary school mathematics lessons. Supervisor:
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Current research students
The College of Education offers two doctoral programmes - the Doctor of Philosophy and the Doctor of Education. A number of PhD and EdD theses are available in full text.
