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Research in the School of Education

The School of Education has a history of over 120 years of educational research and in teacher education in South Australia. A strong nexus between research, teaching and learning underpins the structure of our comprehensive programs and the courses included in them.

Our programs are benchmarked with other Go8 universities, and our international collaborations in research introduce broader issues (UNESCO and OECD reports, TIMSS and PISA studies) into our theory and practice of education.


Research Leaders:


students on stairs

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 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 Andrew Hope

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

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 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 Julie 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


More Information

For more information, please contact the Postgraduate Coordinator for the School of Education, Dr Igusti Darmawan.



Adelaide Graduate Centre
Address

Level 6
115 Grenfell Street
The University of Adelaide
South Australia 5005
Australia

Contact

T: +61 8 8313 5882
F: +61 8 8313 5725

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