David is an experienced primary school teacher and former primary deputy principal. He has worked in teacher education both here at Otago and at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He has taught in Nepal for 12 months and has visited schools in India, Russia, and South Africa. In 2016, David was the recipient of the Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand's Emerging Teacher Educator award.
Teaching Sectors
Undergraduate and Postgraduate - Primary Education
Teaching Areas
Professional practice (primary)
Education studies
Research methods
Research Interests
Initial teacher education
Efficacy beliefs
Teaching and learning
International education
Formative Assessment
Publications
Berg, D. A. G., Skaalvik, E. M., Asil, M., Hill, M. F., Uthus, M., Tangen, T. N., & Smith, J. K. (2023). Teacher self-efficacy and reasons for choosing initial teacher education programmes in Norway and New Zealand. Teaching & Teacher Education, 125, 104041. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2023.104041
Journal - Research Article
Berg, D. A. G. (2022). Over 40 years of teacher self-efficacy research: Theory, measurement, and application. In A. O'Donnell, N. C. Barnes & J. Reeve (Eds.), Oxford handbook of educational psychology. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199841332.013.30
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, J. K., Berg, D. A. G., & Lipnevich, A. A. (2022). Formative assessment and assessment for learning: Distinctions, mileposts, and a view to the future. In A. O'Donnell, N. C. Barnes & J. Reeve (Eds.), Oxford handbook of educational psychology. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199841332.013.27
Chapter in Book - Research
NMSSA Project Team, including Berg, D., Ward, J., Asil, M., White, J., Lancaster, D., & Young, S. (2022). The Arts 2021: Key findings [National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA) Report 25]. Dunedin, New Zealand: Educational Assessment Research Unit & New Zealand Council for Educational Research. 66p. Retrieved from https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/series/nmssa/all-nmssa-publications
Commissioned Report for External Body
Gunn, A. C., Hill, M. F., Berg, D. A. G., & Haigh, M. (2020). The promise and practice of university teacher education: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic, 208p. doi: 10.5040/9781350073517
Authored Book - Research
Beatson, N. J., Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, J. K. (2020). The influence of self‐efficacy beliefs and prior learning on performance. Accounting & Finance, 60, 1271-1294. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12440
Journal - Research Article
Beatson, N., Berg, D., & Smith, J. K. (2020). Facing failure. Accounting Research Journal, 33(2), 287-306. doi: 10.1108/ARJ-10-2018-0164
Journal - Research Article
Beatson, N. J., Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, J. K. (2019). The Sheldon effect: Fixed mindset does not always mean fragile confidence. Accounting Education, 28(5), 532-552. doi: 10.1080/09639284.2019.1661858
Journal - Research Article
Beatson, N. J., Berg, D. A. G., Smith, J. K., & Smith-Han, C. (2019). Progression to intermediate level courses; Is a “pass” enough? Pacific Accounting Review, 31(2), 275-287. doi: 10.1108/PAR-03-2018-0025
Journal - Research Article
Berg, D. A. G., Schaughency, E., van der Meer, J., & Smith, J. K. (2018). Using classical test theory in higher education. In C. Secolsky & D. B. Denison (Eds.), Handbook on measurement, assessment, and evaluation in higher education. (2nd ed.) (pp. 178-190). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Beatson, N. J., Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, J. K. (2018). The impact of mastery feedback on undergraduate students’ self-efficacy beliefs. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 59, 58-66. doi: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2018.03.002
Journal - Research Article
Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, L. F. (2018). The effect of school-based experience on preservice teachers' self-efficacy beliefs. Issues in Educational Research, 28(3), 530-544.
Journal - Research Article
Beatson, N., Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, J. K. (2018). Facing failure: Insights and reflections from six students repeating a first-year accounting course. Proceedings of the Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference. Retrieved from https://www.afaanz.org/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Berg, D., Brown, K., & Robertson, S. (2018, June). Empowering learners by scaffolding metacognition. Verbal presentation at the SERGE Symposium 2018, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Gunn, A., Hill, M. F., Berg, D., & Haigh, M. (2018, July). What might tools from teacher education classrooms tell us about teacher education for un(certain) times? Verbal presentation at the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) & Teacher Education of Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ) Conference: Teacher Education In and For Uncertain Times, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Berg, D. A. G., Gunn, A. C., Hill, M. F., & Haigh, M. (2017). Building professionals and elevating the profession? The work of university-based initial teacher educators in Aotearoa New Zealand. In P. M. Bamber & J. C. Moore (Eds.), Teacher education in challenging times: Lessons for professionalism, partnership and practice. (pp. 29-40). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Price, D., Smith, J. K., & Berg, D. A. G. (2017). Personalised feedback and annotated exemplars in the writing classroom: An experimental study in situ. Assessment Matters, 11, 122-144. doi: 10.18296/am.0027
Journal - Research Article
Beatson, N., Berg, D., & Smith, J. (2017). Confidence matters: Self-efficacy beliefs in accounting education. Proceedings of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference. Retrieved from https://www.afaanz.org/conferences
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Berg, D., & Skaalvik, E. (2017). Preservice teachers' self-efficacy and choice of teacher education in Norway and New Zealand. Proceedings of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference. (pp. 292). Retrieved from https://earli.org/earli-2017
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D., & Smith, L. F. (2017). The effect of school-based experience on preservice teachers' self-efficacy beliefs. Proceedings of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference. (pp. 5). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Gunn, A., Berg, D., Hill, M. F., & Haigh, M. (2017). Reforming and reifying educational practice through teaching and learning activities in teacher education classrooms: (Un)conscious resistance to imperatives for change. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER). Retrieved from http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/conference/22/contribution/40365/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ingram, N., Asil, M., & Berg, D. (2017). The impact of mathematics teaching efficacy on teachers' pedagogical practices. Proceedings of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference. (pp. 291). Retrieved from https://earli.org/earli-2017
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Smith, J., Beatson, N., & Berg, D. (2017). Course performance feedback as a source of university students' sense of self-efficacy. Proceedings of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Conference. (pp. 646). Retrieved from https://earli.org/earli-2017
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Beatson, N., Berg, D., Smith, J., & Smith-Han, C. (2017, November). Progression to intermediate level courses: Is a 'pass' enough? Verbal presentation at the Accounting Educators’ Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, L. F. (2016). Preservice teacher self-efficacy beliefs: An opportunity to generate "good research" in the Asia-Pacific region. In S. Garvis & D. Pendergast (Eds.), Asia-Pacific perspectives on teacher self-efficacy. (pp. 1-17). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lipnevich, A. A., Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, J. K. (2016). Toward a model of student response to feedback. In G. T. L. Brown & L. R. Harris (Eds.), Handbook of human and social conditions in assessment. (pp. 169-185). New York: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Berg, D. A. G., Gunn, A. C., Hill, M. F., & Haigh, M. (2016). Research in the work of New Zealand teacher educators: A cultural-historical activity theory perspective. Higher Education Research & Development, 35(6), 1125-1138. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2016.1149694
Journal - Research Article
Gunn, A. C., Hill, M. F., Berg, D., & Haigh, M. (2016). The changing work of teacher educators in Aotearoa New Zealand: A view through activity theory. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 44(4), 306-319. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2016.1174815
Journal - Research Article
Berg, D., Pratt, K., & van der Meer, J. (2016). Crossing boundaries to transform: Using CHAT to re-imagine professionally-orientated post-graduate qualifications. Proceedings of Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ) Conference: How Best to Educate a Nation's Teachers? Debating Quality Teacher Education for Today and the Future. Retrieved from http://www.tefanz.org.nz/conferences/2016-conference/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Gunn, A., Berg, D., Haigh, M., & Hill, M. F. (2016). Teacher educators' research: Whose counts? Whose does not? And what questions arise for the professions? Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER): Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers. Retrieved from http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/conference/21/contribution/36903/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Gunn, A., Berg, D., Hill, M., & Haigh, M. (2016). The work of teacher educators in Aotearoa NZ: An overview. Proceedings of the Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand - Te Rauika Titohu Kaiako o Aotearoa (TEFANZ) Conference: How Best to Educate a Nation's Teachers? Debating Quality Teacher Education for Today and the Future. Retrieved from http://www.tefanz.org.nz/conferences/2016-conference/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hill, M. F., Gunn, A., Berg, D. A. G., & Haigh, M. (2016). Making accommodations: Policy tensions and research as an object of university-based teacher educators' work. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.aera.net/tabid/10208/Default.aspx
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Beatson, N., & Berg, D. (2016, July). Mind-set and self-efficacy beliefs: A study of repeating students taking a first year accounting course. Verbal presentation at the Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Accounting Education Special Interest Group (SIG), Gold Coast, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Gunn, A. C., Berg, D., Hill, M. F., & Haigh, M. (2015). Constructing the academic category of teacher educator in universities' recruitment processes in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Journal of Education for Teaching, 41(3), 307-320. doi: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1041288
Journal - Research Article
van der Meer, J., Berg, D., Smith, J., Gunn, A., & Anakin, M. (2015). Shorter is better: Findings of a bite-size mobile learning’ pilot project. Creative Education, 6(3), 273-282. doi: 10.4236/ce.2015.63026
Journal - Research Article
Berg, D., Gunn, A., Haigh, M., & Hill, M. (2015, November). Planning to teach: Universities, teacher educators, and workforce planning for initial teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Conference: Emancipation Through Education, Whakatāne, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Gunn, A. C., Berg, D., Haigh, M., & Hill, M. (2015, August-September). Work of teacher educators (WoTE): NZ. Invited presentation at the National Project Fund &Teaching & Learning Research Initiative Projects in Progress Colloquium V, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Haigh, M., Gunn, A., Berg, D., & Hill, M. (2015, September). The role of recruitment processes in defining teacher educators’ work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER): Education and Transition, Budapest, Hungary.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, L. F. (2014). Pre-service teachers' efficacy beliefs and concerns in Malaysia, England and New Zealand. Issues in Educational Research, 24(1), 21-40.
Journal - Research Article
Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, L. F. (2014). Assessment of teacher self-efficacy beliefs and concerns about teaching of graduating preservice teachers in New Zealand. Proceedings of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) SIG1 Conference: Assessment and Evaluation. Retrieved from http://earli-sig1-conference.org/view-program.php
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D., & Smith, J. (2014). Teachers-in-training definitions of the 'ideal' teacher. Proceedings of the 7th Educational Psychology Forum: Working Together to Create Positive Futures. Retrieved from http://www.eenz.com/epf/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D., & Smith, L. F. (2014). Assessment of teacher self-efficacy beliefs and concerns about teaching of graduating preservice teachers in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 7th Educational Psychology Forum: Working Together to Create Positive Futures. Retrieved from http://www.eenz.com/epf/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D., Gunn, A., Hill, M., & Haigh, M. (2014). Constructing the academic category of teacher educator in university recruitment processes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the Joint Australian Association for Research in Education and New Zealand Association for Research in Education (AARE-NZARE) Conference: Speaking Back Through Research. Retrieved from http://aare-nzare2014.com.au/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D., Kendall-Smith, M., & Lipnevich, A. (2013, November). Receptivity to feedback: How we perceive what we receive. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) National Conference: Creativity in Research: Generative Inquiries for Educational Futures, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Berg, D., Kendall-Smith, M., Paris, J., & Smith, J. (2013, November). Relationship between university students study habits and achievement on differently structured assessments. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) National Conference: Creativity in Research: Generative Inquiries for Educational Futures, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Schaughency, E., Smith, J. K., van der Meer, J., & Berg, D. (2012). Classical test theory and higher education: Five questions. In C. Secolsky & D. B. Denison (Eds.), Handbook on measurement, assessment, and evaluation in higher education. (pp. 117-131). New York: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Smith, J. K., Gilmore, A., Berg, D., Smith, L. F., & Jameson-Charles, M. (2012). What makes performance tasks motivating: Influences of task characteristics, gender and ethnicity. Assessment Matters, 4, 76-94.
Journal - Research Article
Smith, J. K., Berg, D. A. G., Allan, R., & Gilmore, A. (2012). Practical and conceptual issues of dimensionality in writing assessment. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.aera.net/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D. A. G., & Smith, L. F. (2011). Preservice teachers' teacher efficacy beliefs and concerns about teaching in Malaysia, New Zealand, and England. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.aera.net/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D. (2010, September). An international comparative study of the teacher efficacy beliefs and concerns about teaching of pre-service teachers in New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and England. Verbal presentation at the British Education Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, Coventry, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Berg, D. (2009). An international comparative study of the teacher efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers from New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and England: A Hong Kong case study. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) National Conference. [CD-ROM], (pp. 102). NZARE. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Berg, D. (2009, July). An international comparative study of the teacher efficacy beliefs and concerns about teaching of pre-service teachers in New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and England. Verbal presentation at the Researching Professionals Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Lai, K.-W., Berg, D., & McDonald, F. M. (2008). Establishing an online peer-support and mentoring community for international students: Some cultural and design considerations. Proceedings of the Joint Open and Working International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Conference: ICT and Learning for the Net Generation. Retrieved from http://cs.anu.edu.au/iojs/index.php/ifip/issue/view/417
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper