Our research experts

The dynamic and contemporary relevance of our research means our researchers are highly sought after as experts; to consult, publish and present their findings.

At the forefront of their diverse fields, our staff members are continually engaged in research activities – both individually and in partnerships – locally, nationally and internationally.

Our experts guide will put you in touch with researchers who are pursuing a broad range of educational research questions across a range of disciplines and paradigms, in an ongoing quest to contribute to lifelong learning, knowledge and to provide solutions to the needs of society.

Name	Area of expertise/interest	Name	Area of expertise/interest
Dr Lindy Abawi	Pedagogical practices Teacher leadership School wide meaning making processes	Professor Peter Albion	Educational multimedia Applications of ICT to education Online education
Associate Professor Dorothy Andrews	School change and development Educational leadership Professional development of teachers/leaders	Dr Margaret Baguley	Visual Arts education Creative collaboration Arts engagement
Dr Alice Brown	Early childhood environments, health, well-being and active play Exploring context using qualitative research methods Social ecological frameworks for understanding socio-environmental and personal determinants of behaviour in parents and children	Dr David Cleaver	Issues, ideas and identity within music and creative arts education Teaching and learning - theory and philosophy
Dr Joan Conway	Teacher professional development and shared meaning making Educational leadership Capacity building for sustainable progress in school communities	Professor Patrick Danaher	Open and distance education Social education Student mobility
Dr Ann Dashwood	Classroom talk Second language teacher thinking Language teacher education	Dr Mark Dawson	Grounded theory Career development School improvement
Associate Professor Ken Edwards	Health and physical Education (pedagogy, curriculum) Socio-cultural aspects of sport and physical activity (biographies, traditional games etc) Thinking skills (Marzano, Costa etc)	Dr Barry Fields	Behaviour management policy and practice Strategies for managing defiant students Anger management in school settings
Dr Nicholas Flegg	Mathematics Education Science Education Mathematics Anxiety	Dr Rahul Ganguly	Testing accomodations and large scale assessment in mathematics Secondary mathematics instruction for at-risk students Transition from school to work foor students with disabilities
Dr Helmut Geiblinger	Health and physical education Biomechanics Sports coaching	Dr Carole Haeusler	Assessment and higher order thinking Science education Teacher professional development
Associate Professor Robyn Henderson	Literacy, multiliteracies and literacy pedagogy Diversity, social justice and disadvantage Critical discourse analysis	Dr Andrew Hickey	Cultural studies Sociology of community Qualitative research methodologies
Associate Professor Romina Jamieson-Proctor	Transforming learning, teaching and the curriculum with ICTs Mathematics education Intelligence, thinking, problem solving and creativity	Associate Professor Anne Jasman	Development of authentic assessment strategies Futures research Initial teacher education
Dr David Jones	Transforming education and educational organisations with ICTs Design research and theory	Dr Janice Jones	Transformative and creative pedagogy, the hidden curriculum and alternative education Online and virtual environments for learning Narrative and autoethnographic research methods
Dr Marian Lewis	Learning in professional communities School change and development Educational leadership	Dr Noah Mbano	TESOL Cultural adjustment and English language acquisition/proficiency Methodologies in 2nd Language Teaching
Dr Peter McIlveen	Career counselling and development Training career development practitioners Evaluation of career development interventions using quantitative or qualitative methods	Dr Warren Midgley	Bilingualism and bilingual education Language, culture and identity Qualitative research
Dr Karen Noble	Early childhood education Scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education Workforce capacity building	Dr Patrick O'Brien	Guidance and counselling Multiple intelligences and use in counselling Teacher attrition
Associate Professor Shirley O'Neill	Teaching English as a second language and global education Cross-cultural communication and intercultural literacy Language and literacies learning and assessment	Dr Petrea Redmond	Online and blended learning in school and higher education ICT integration Community of inquiry and critical thinking
Dr Stewart Riddle	Literacies education and English curriculum Post structuralism Alternative schooling	Associate Professor Jeong-Bae Son	Computer-assisted language learning Second language classroom research Language teacher education
Dr Karen Spence	Science education Professional experience as an embedded and integral component of preservice teacher education Supporting girls in science as a career	Professor Nita Temmerman	Arts education Internationalism of education Teacher education
Dr Henriette van Rensburg	Computer aided learning Language teaching ICT in education	Dr Kathie Young	Teaching English as an international language Curriculum development, evaluation and textbooks and teacher autonomy Identity and voice as a post-colonial challenge

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