Current research students
PhD
Name(Country) |
Thesis Title |
Principal &Co-Supervisor |
| Gbenga Emmanuel Afolayan (Nigeria) |
Non-Formal Education Programs as a tool for Empowering Adolescent Girls in a Region with High Levels of Child Marriage: The case of Northern Nigeria | Dr Amanda Woods-McConney & A/Prof Laura Perry |
| Bushra Afzal | Better Integration of Teachers from Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) in Australian Education System | Prof Peter Taylor & Stephen Ritchie |
| Alison Black | How Do Public High School Students in Western Australia Make Sense of Academic Streaming? A Critical Ethnographic Case Study | Prof Barry Down & Dr Chris Glass |
| Minerva Patricia Blancaneaux (Belize) |
The Rhetoric and Reality of Higher Education Access in the Anglophone Caribbean | A/Prof Andrew McConney & A/Prof Laura Perry |
| Iain William Peter Browning | School leadership in Neoliberal Times: a critical ethnographic study into the impact of independent public schools policy in Western Australia | Prof Barry Down & Dr Greg Thompson |
| Sian Natalie Chapman | Understanding, Interpreting and Enacting Arts Curriculum. The experiences of classroom teachers and Arts specialist teachers in Western Australian primary schools | A/Prof Peter Wright & Robin Pascoe |
| Fiona Jane Cumming | Exploring specific outdoor learning pedagogies as a whole school approach to support learning and wellbeing | A/Prof Libby Lee-Hammond & Dr Sandra Hesterman |
| Thi Minh Tam Dang (Vietnam) |
Enabling non-English major students to communicate in multilingual and multicultural environments: A case study in Vietnamese higher education | Dr Lindy Norris & Dr Susan Ledger |
| Kiki Evania Donnelly | Rural households' perspectives on girls' education in Yunnan Province: the case of Miao girls | A/Prof Laura Perry & Dr Amanda Woods-McConney |
| Helen Margaret Egeberg | From beliefs to practice: Examining the consilience among students', teachers and soon-to-be teachers' beliefs about classroom management | A/Prof Andrew McConney & Dr Anne Price |
| Sachindu Malshani Galappaththi (Sri Lanka) |
The Learning Journeys of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Primary Pre-service Teachers in Western Australia: Developing literacies and identities in communities of practice | A/Prof Wendy Cumming-Potvin & Dr Chris Grass |
| Veronica Ann Gardiner | Expanding Professional Literacy Learning with Western Australian Graduate Teachers: Learning through Multiliteracies and Cultural Historical Activity Theory | A/Prof Wendy Cumming-Potvin & Dr Chris Glass |
| Antoinette Geagea | Does engagement in the Arts enhance student academic aspiration? | A/Prof Judy MacCallum, Prof Bonnie Barber& Prof Andrew Taggart |
| Elizabeth Maree Jackson-Barrett | On Country Learning - Land as Pedagogy | Prof Barry Down & Dr Anne Price |
| Johanne Roberta Klap | School Principal leadership and Wellbeing - A mindfulness training Intervention | A/Prof Caroline Mansfield & A/Prof Judy MacCallum |
| Kazuhiro Kudo (Japan) |
Understanding the complexities of intercultural relationship development: A socio-ecological exploration at Japanese universities | Prof Simone Volet & Dr Craig Whitsed |
| Rebecca Loftus | STEAM Education for Sustainable Development: A Theory/Practice Dialectic | Prof Peter Taylor, A/Prof Peter Wright & Lily Taylor |
| James David Oldfield | Design principles for a tablet supported authentic learning environment | Prof Jan Herrington & Dr Jenni Parker |
| Kashi Raj Pandey (Nepal) |
Transforming the Pedagogic practices of tuture teachers through ethical dilemma stories: An autoethnographic study | Prof Barry Down & Prof Stephen Ritchie |
| Diane Margaret Parker | An institutionalized legacy; Growing up with mothers who were institutionalized in a Catholic orphanage | A/Prof Libby Lee-Hammond & Dr Sandra Hesterman |
| Nina Leanne Rovis-Hermann | Students' Embodiment of Performativity Pressure: A Critical Analysis of Upper Secondary School Pathways | A/Prof Libby Lee-Hammond, & Prof Barry Down |
| Stephen Gerard Spain | Rethinking Curriculum and History Pedagogy from a Systems Thinking Perspective | Dr Anne Price & Dr Madeleine Laming |
| Janene Leesa Sproul | My brain, your computer and the diagnostic maze for migraineurs: visually sensitive learners in contemporary digital classrooms | A/Prof Judy MacCallum & Dr Susan Ledger |
| Helen Leonie Stone | The Big Picture Education Advisory Project at Willibe High School | Prof Barry Down & Prof Andrew Taggart |
| Keryn Lorraine Sturrock | Science inquiry pedagogy in the Western Australian classrooms | Dr Amanda Woods-McConney & Dr Deborah Pino-Pasternak |
| Kevin John Sullivan | How do school resources and learning environments differ across rural, regional and metropolitan communities? A Cross national Investigation using PISA | A/Prof Laura Perry & A/Prof Andrew McConney |
| Maria Magdalena Nimas Eki Suprawati (Indonesia) |
Exploring effort-related themes in stories for primary-aged Indonesian students, and their potential in promoting effort toward challenging tasks | Dr Deborah Pino-Pasternak & Prof Simone Volet |
| Debora Similieana Valcan | The Role of Parenting on Children's Metacognitive Skills and Executive Functions | Dr Deborah Pino-Pasternak & Dr Helen Davis |
| Thi Thao Vu (Vietnam) |
Teaching Vietnamese as a second language for Indigenous Preschool Children in Lai Chau - Vietnam | A/Prof Libby Lee-Hammond & A/Prof Andrew McConney |
| Yibo Yang (China) |
The experience of Chinese International doctoral students in STEM fields in Australia and their relationships to academic achievement | A/Prof Caroline Mansfield & Prof Simone Volet |
| Sian Bennett | Understanding university student's well-being: From enabling program through to undergraduate study | A/Prof Caroline Mansfield & Dr Angela Jones |
EdD
Name (Country) |
Thesis Title |
Principal & Co-Supervisor |
| Carol Martha Ann Brady | Role play simulation the extent to which it enhances university business students' understanding sustainability: A case study approach | Prof Barry Down & A/Prof Dorit Maor |
| Anisah Dickson | The impact of the IB Middle Years Program on teaching and learning in low SES schools: Key stakeholders' perspectives | A/Prof Laura Perry & Dr Susan Ledger |
| Andrea Dodo-Balu | Implementing the Australian Curriculum's cross-curricular priority of Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia | A/Prof Dorit Maor & Dr Rebecca Saunders |
| Stuart Peter Roy Duvall | Building ICT capability by design: A community of practice approach for teachers | Prof Jan Herrington & A/Prof Judy MacCallum |
| Victoria Therese Kelleher | Afrikaans immigrant students in WA: Ethnic identify and educational experiences | A/Prof Laura Perry & Dr Susan Ledger |
| Audrey Helen Kaye Land | A History of Women Principals of Western Australian Government Co-educational Secondary Schools | Dr Lisa Cary & Dr Anne Price |
| Aidan Michael McCarthy | 21st Century Skills, Mobile Learning and Professional Development in a Hospital School Setting | A/Prof Dorit Maor & A/Prof Andrew McConney |
| Sarah Anne Penn | "How Do They Do it?" An Investigation into the practices of Australian teachers and Principals working in low SES schools | A/Prof Laura Perry & Lorraine Jacob |
| Toni Joanne Pikos-Sallie | The personal and professional benefits and challenges for returnee Saudi academics after postgraduate study abroad and the implications for higher education reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | A/Prof Andrew McConney & Dr Lindy Norris |
| Tshewang Rinzin (Bhutan) |
Peer Mentoring as a Professional Development tool for the Teachers of Bhutan | A/Prof Judy MacCallum & A/Prof Dorit Maor |
MEd. Research
Name(Country) |
Thesis Title |
Principal &Co-Supervisor |
| Rebecca Dahlstrom | English Teachers' Beliefs and Approaches to Grammar in a Time of Policy Reform | A/Prof Laura Perry & Dr Margaret Merga |
| Brett Healey | The Phenomenology of Children's Writing | Dr Susan Ledger |
| Benjamin Anders Nilsson | How English teachers are negotiating the Asia Literacy Priority |
Dr Chris Glass & Dr Susan Ledger |
| Kristina Da Silva-Branco | Understanding the integration of sustainability as a cross-curriculum priority through the lens of teachers | Dr Amanda Woods-McConney & Deborah Pino-Pasternak |
