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Dr Steven Sexton
Senior Lecturer (Science Education)
BSc(Penn State) MTeach PhD(Sydney)

Dunedin Campus
Tel +64 3 479 4285
Email steven.sexton@otago.ac.nz

Biography

I am a primary school teacher now working at the University of Otago. I completed my PhD in teacher cognition in 2007 which investigated how those who are entering their initial teacher education programme see themselves as the teacher and how this role-identity was formed by their prior experiences in the classroom. My research interest areas are in teacher cognition, heteronormativity in the classroom and science education.

Publications

Sexton, S. S. (2026). The role of cognitive psychology in science education. In B. Akpan & B. Svendsen (Eds.), The convergence of learning sciences and science education. (pp. 73-89). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-16939-6_4 Chapter in Book - Research

Murphy, S., & Sexton, S. (2026). To be or gan a bheith: An instructional coaching intervention for Irish secondary science. Trends in Higher Education, 5, 64. doi: 10.3390/higheredu5030064 Journal - Research Article

Sexton, S. S. (2025). Embedding culturally responsive and sustaining teaching practice in an Aotearoa New Zealand initial teacher education programme. Education Sciences, 15(10), 1415. doi: 10.3390/ educsci15101415 Journal - Research Article

Sexton, S. S. (2024). New Zealand student teachers’ reflections on planning, preparing, and delivery for effective and culturally responsive teaching practice. Education 3-13, 52(4), 465-475. doi: 10.1080/03004279.2022.2100441 Journal - Research Article

Sexton, S. (2023). Three Male Primary Student Teachers' Intersections of Languaging and Teaching. Journal of Language & Education, 9(4), 99-109. doi: 10.17323/jle.2023.14494 Journal - Research Article

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