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.

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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 Stephanie Burley

History of Catholic Girls Schooling in South Australia : Teachers, Curriculum and Students
Literature available in the above in U.S.A., Canada, England, Ireland and Australia
History of the interaction of religion, education and social change
Emerging trends in gender studies
Australian Studies, its emergence and development in SA senior secondary classes
History of Catholic girls schools in South Australia - 1945 - 1990s