Research within the School

Research is a priority in the School of Education. The future direction of research and possible areas for research supervision by our academic staff include:

Professor Tania Aspland

• Teacher Education
• Postgraduate Pedagogy
• Thesis Supervision of International Students
• Productive Pedagogies in Higher Education
• Higher Education Curriculum Studies
• Students of Difference
• Curriculum Leadership
• Professional Development

Dr Sivakumar Alagumalai

• Science and Mathematics Education
• Comparative Epistemologies and Ontologies
• Implications of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neural Network for Education
• Intelligent Teaching-Learning-Assessment Systems
• Measurement and Evaluation in Education
• Computer Adaptive Testing and Learning Diagnostic Systems
• Hierarchical Linear Modelling and Educational Research

Dr Francis Ben

• Physics and Mathematics Education
• Technology in Education
• Measurement in Evaluation in Education

Dr I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan

• Information Technology
• Sciences in Teaching
• Measurement in Educational Research
• Multivariate and multilevel modelling in Educational Research

Dr Cally Guerin

• Doctoral writing and thesis writing groups
• Pedogogies of research supervision
• Research in the multicultural academy
• Researcher identities and collaborative communities

Dr Chad Habel

• Game-based learning and assessment
• Constructive Alignment and approaches to learning in tertiary education
• Academic self-efficacy and student motivation
• Social media in education
• Academic integrity and plagiarism

Dr Andrew Hope

• Critical explorations of eductation technology
• Schools and social control
• Young people, risk and surveillance
• Representation, authority and power in qualitative social research

Mr Jarrod Johnson

• ICT Integration
• AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers
• Mobile Learning
• Education Innovations

Ms Peggy Lynch

• International comparative studies

• Mathematisation

• Transfer ability from the mathematics classroom to real life situations

• Modelling

• Mathematics educationa and minority groups

• Upskilling of practicing mathematics teachers 

Dr Nina Maadad

• Languages Education
• Ethnic minorities in Education

Dr Vegnes Maniam

• Socio-cultural Dimensions of Sport and Physical Activity
• Multicultural Issues in Outdoor Education
• Historical Development of Sports and Physical Education

Dr Robert Matthews

• Creativity, the Unconscious and Education
• Teahcer Wellbeing and Rejuvination
• Applications of Analytical Psychology to Education and Learning
• Applications of Jungian Studies to Education and Learning
• Teacher Developement and Individuation

Dr Julia Miller

• Teaching English as an Additional Language
• Learners and Dictionaries
• English Grammar
• Phraseology
• Cultural Dictionaries

Dr Edward Palmer

• Technology Aided Assessment
• Mobile Technologies
• Game Based Learning

Dr Michelle Picard

• Doctoral writing and supervision
• Academic integrity
• Educational technology
• Language and learning across the curriculum
• English for academic purposes

Dr Anthony Potts

• The academic career
• Life in new universities
• University student cultures
• Politicans' perspectives on universities

Dr Grant Rodwell

• Curriculum research and practice
• History curriculum research
• Educational policy
• History education research
• History childhood

Ms Judith Thomas

• Literacy
• Language and Methodology
• International Studies
• English as a Second Language (ESL)

Dr Linda Westphalen

• Gender
• Cultural Studies and Educational ICTs
• Reflective Practice
• Qualitative Research Processes
• Teaching in Higher Education

SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC RESEARCH SEMINARS

CONSIDERING FURTHER STUDIES FOR PRACTISING TEACHERS: COURSEWORK OR RESEARCH