Senior Lecturer
PhD (UTAS) MEd (UTAS) DipEdLdrship (DCE) CertEdMan TTC
Southland Campus
Tel 64 3 211 6843
Email brenda.shanks@otago.ac.nz
Biography
I am a Lecturer at the College of Education’s Southland Campus in Invercargill. I teach and mentor in the Primary programme and have responsibility within the campus for the delivery of curriculum science. I also coordinate and lecture in the 300-level Education Studies paper EDUC 335 Construction of Learning in Educational Settings across both Dunedin and Southland campuses. Within the postgraduate programme I am a member of the team delivering the online paper EDUC428 Becoming a Research-Capable Teacher.
In 2010, I completed my PhD, Forgotten Students, Forgotten Teachers: Positioning the Middle Years in New Zealand Teacher Education. Middle level (Years 7-10) education continues to be the key focus for my research.
Teaching Area
- Education Studies
- Curriculum: English; Science; Technology
Research Interests
- Middle level (Years 7-10) education
- Initial teacher education
- Primary science education
Publications
Shanks, B., & Dowden, T. (2013). Reinvigorating middle-years teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 48(1), 99-112.
Shanks, B. (2010). Forgotten students, forgotten teachers: Positioning the middle years in New Zealand teacher education (PhD). University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. 212p.
Paris, J., Polson-Genge, A., & Shanks, B. (2010). Effective pedagogy: The influence of teacher educators' practice on student teachers' practice and philosophy. Waikato Journal of Education, 15(1), 145-155.
Shanks, B., & Dowden, T. (2010). Sustaining middle level teacher education in Australia. In S. Howard (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference: Making a Difference. Retrieved from http://www.aare.edu.au/10pap/abs10.htm
Shanks, B. (2012, June). Positioning the "middle years" in New Zealand teacher education. College of Education Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Shanks, B., & Dowden, T. (2013). Reinvigorating middle-years teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 48(1), 99-112.
Journal - Research Article
Shanks, B. (2010). Forgotten students, forgotten teachers: Positioning the middle years in New Zealand teacher education (PhD). University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. 212p.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Paris, J., Polson-Genge, A., & Shanks, B. (2010). Effective pedagogy: The influence of teacher educators' practice on student teachers' practice and philosophy. Waikato Journal of Education, 15(1), 145-155.
Journal - Research Article
Shanks, B., & Dowden, T. (2010). Sustaining middle level teacher education in Australia. In S. Howard (Ed.), Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference: Making a Difference. Retrieved from http://www.aare.edu.au/10pap/abs10.htm
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Shanks, B. (2012, June). Positioning the "middle years" in New Zealand teacher education. College of Education Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Shanks, B. (2010, November). Teacher education for the middle years. Verbal presentation at the Inaugural New Zealand Middle Schooling Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shanks, B., & Dowden, T. (2011, November-December). Forgotten students, forgotten teachers: Reinvigorating middle level teacher education in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Conference and Annual Meeting, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Shanks, B., & Dowden, T. (2010, November-December). Sustaining middle level teacher education in Australia. Verbal presentation at the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference: Making a Difference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paris, J., Polson-Genge, A., & Shanks, B. (2009, June). Congruence between pedagogy in ITE and the New Zealand Curriculum. Verbal presentation at the Initial Teacher Education and the New Zealand Curriculum/Te Marautanga o Aotearoa Symposium, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paris, J., Shanks, B., Livingstone, S., & Polson-Genge, A. (2008, July). Enculturation: The impact on student teachers' practice and philosophy. Verbal presentation at the Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, Maroochydore, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paris, J., Buckley, J., Livingstone, S., Shanks, B., Kelly, M., Snowden, M., & Polson-Genge, A. (2006, July). Innovative practice: One team's approach. Verbal presentation at the Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand Biennial Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
