Our Higher Degree by Research Community

We have over 100 higher degree by research students studying in a diverse range of research areas in education by various study modes. About one-third are international students, adding a rich, culturally diverse dimension to our research community. 

Current candidates and their projects 

Last NameFirst NameProject TitleAdvisor RoleAdvisor Full Name
AgustinaRinaPedagogies to support academic honesty an indonesian case study

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AsPr Rhonda Faragher
Dr Stephen Heimans
Dr Vicente Reyes

Ahmad AfipLiyanaThe common European framework of reference from the perspective of Malaysian educators in higher education institutions

Principal
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Dr Obaid Hamid
Prof Peter Renshaw
Al AseriHashemEnglish as a medium of instruction in higher education in Saudi Arabia: Policy and pedagogy

Principal
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Dr Obaid Hamid
Prof Peter Renshaw

AlgatePeterTeacher Wellbeing - Developing a framework for teacher wellnessPrincipal
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Prof Annemaree Carroll

AsPr Louise McCuaig-Holcroft

AliMd MaksudThe socio-political dimensions of high-stakes English language tests in Bangladesh: scores and social policy

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Dr Obaid Hamid
AsPr Ian Hardy
AlkorbiJamaanInvestigating teachers' beliefs and practices in promoting out-ofclass autonomous EFL learning with technology in a Saudi universityPrincipal
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Dr Simone Smala
Prof Peter Renshaw
AllottaElizabethStories of struggle and success: Teachers? stories from within the teaching professionPrincipal
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AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay
AsPr Carmen Mills
AlmutairiAzizah MajedCooperative Learning in Higher Education in Saudi ArabiaPrincipal
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Dr Simone Smala
Prof Robyn Gillies
AlshammariFaisal Hakim MThe effect of cloud computing on students' skills in educationPrincipal
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Dr Katherine McLay
Dr Vicente Reyes
BarryClaytonHope is critical: an inquiry into the place of critical pedagogy in Australia and its potential to engender in students hope for the futurePrincipal
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Prof Martin Mills
Dr Linda-Dianne Willis
BeaumontGlennAdolescent Students' Creation of Knowledge through Curiosity: Bringing the Curious Mind into Science EducationPrincipal
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Prof Robyn Gillies
Prof Patricia D Morrell
BeenckeAndrewImplementing a Metacognitive Critical Thinking Program in the Primary YearsPrincipal
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Prof Robyn Gillies
Dr Peter Ellerton
Bin TahalCindyWhat do school leaders do that teachers perceive as effective school leadership and management; that motivates and encourages productive pedagogical practices?Principal
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Dr Jodie Miller
Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed
BoltonSamanthaTrust and teacher learning: a collective case study.Principal
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AsPr Katie Makar
Dr Christina Gowlett

BrazilJonathanUnderstanding why students do not use effective learning techniques and how universities can better encourage them toPrincipal
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AsPr Jason Lodge

AsPr Kelly Matthews

BreedtRadostinaActive engagement of people with disability in genomic research: honouring their knowledge and perspectives in creating recommendations and evaluation framework for designing value enhanced participatory research.Principal
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Prof Karen Nankervis

AsPr Rhonda Faragher

 

BurkeSianMarist Pastoral Care and its impact on relationships and behaviour management in schoolsPrincipal
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Prof Robyn Gillies
AsPr Rhonda Faragher
CampbellSallyWhy Go To School: Why Students Disengaged From Learning Continue To Attend School Past Compulsory School AgePrincipal
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Prof Annemaree Carroll
Dr Marnee Shay
ChuLinhAnxiety and cognitive control as predictors of primary-school student achievement in mathematicsPrincipal
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Dr Elizabeth EdwardsProf Annemaree Carroll

ClaireRebeccaLiteracy learning for the 21st Century: An investigation of literacy practices within the inquiry learning program of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years ProgramPrincipal
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Dr Linda-Dianne Willis
Dr Louise Phillips
ClarkTheoScience Education: research, policy and politicsPrincipal
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AsPr Ian Hardy
AsPr Kim Nichols
CosgroveLouiseBridging the gender gap in mental health literacyPrincipal
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Dr Elizabeth Edwards

AsPr Garth Stahl

CuskellyLaurenCommercialisation of Public SchoolingPrincipal
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Dr Anna Hogan
Prof Robert Lingard
DexterKarenLadies who stitch - online craft communities and what they can teach workplace Learning & DevelopmentPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay
Dr Louise Phillips
DillySamuelNegotiating Permanent Limbo while Reframing the Role of the Educator: How has the teaching profession in Australian schools responded to recent immigration policies for people seeking asylum?Principal
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Dr Christina Gowlett
AsPr Carmen Mills
dos Santos OcricianoMichelleInstitutional language policies, academic literacies and power: a collaborative investigation of practices in higher education in QueenslandPrincipal
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Dr Stephen Heimans

Dr Jana Visnovska

EjlertsenMariaNegotiating Affective Encounters ? An exploration of youth belonging in school through attention to affect and placePrincipal
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Dr Christina Gowlett
Prof Peter Renshaw
FletcherBrigidA study of the impact of the marketisation of the VET sector in Australia on education policy.Principal
Associate
AsPr Ian Hardy
Dr Anna Hogan
Flowers-SmithMachelleWhat?s `good care?? Care pedagogies of educational guidance counsellors.Principal
Associate
Dr Linda-Dianne Willis
AsPr Louise McCuaig-Holcroft
ForresterLouiseUnderstanding excessive school absenteeism in primary school childrenPrincipal
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AsPr Carmen Mills
Dr Christina Gowlett
GalvinPatrickLanguage Games in Primary Mathematics: a qualitative study of how dialogic pedagogy is further enabled by using Wittgenstein's notion of language games to provide rich contexts for talk in primary mathematicsPrincipal
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AsPr Katie Makar
Dr Jodie Miller
GodboldNattaliaExploring group professional learning practice, in the form of professional learning communities (PLC's), to enable deep collaboration and improved teaching practice (curriculum and pedagogy) in a University setting.Principal
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AsPr Kelly Matthews
AsPr Karen Moni
Dr Deanne Gannaway
GreenwoodKathrynFinding common ground: school leadership practices for Aboriginal parent engagement in schoolsPrincipal
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AsPr Gilbert Burgh
Prof Norman Sheehan
GriffithsDanielA meta-model of self-regulated learning to facilitate transition to higher educationPrincipal
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AsPr Jason Lodge
Dr Elizabeth Edwards
Hamarjit SinghDaljit KaurStudents? perceptions of Science inquiry method versus traditional teaching method in learning SciencePrincipal
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AsPr Kim Nichols
Dr Reshma Parveen
Hatten-RobertsToniInquiry learning vs. teacher directed instruction:  A critical synthesis and analysisPrincipal
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AsPr Jason Lodge
Dr Jodie Miller
HengKimkongPromoting Cambodian ELT research engagement and publication: Challenges and opportunitiesPrincipal
Associate
Dr Obaid Hamid
AsPr MD Khan
HurrellLisaAn Appreciative Narrative Inquiry Capturing the Voice of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Views of their Teachers to Explore Engagement and Inclusion in Secondary SchoolsPrincipal
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AsPr Rhonda Faragher
Prof Karen Nankervis
JacksonKirstyPerezhivanie and literacy learning arising from childrens' interactions with the more than human worldPrincipal
Associate
Prof Peter Renshaw
Dr Ron Tooth
JefferyDanielleDecolonising Spanish languaging practices: A critical autoethnographic, com-post analysisPrincipal
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AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay
Dr Adriana Diaz
Dr Carlos R Rivera Santana
JenningsMichaelIssues in bridging between senior secondary and first year university mathematicsPrincipal
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Prof Merrilyn Goos
Prof Peter Adams
JonesJacquiTruth to tell: Teachers' conceptions of NAPLAN in a `post-truth' agePrincipal
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Associate
AsPr Ian Hardy
Dr Obaid Hamid
Dr Vicente Reyes
JordanDavidBecoming Internationally Minded: Critical Reflection for the International EducatorPrincipal
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Dr Linda-Dianne Willis
AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay
KleissDonna MareeScientific Literacy in Primary School: Developing a Pragmatic FrameworkPrincipal
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Prof Robyn Gillies
Dr Mary Rafter
KussAdamControlling the Controllables:  Leading Pedagogical Change for School-wide Implementation of Teaching for Thinking PedagogiesPrincipal
Associate
Prof Robyn Gillies
Prof Deborah Brown
LamKai WeiCommunity-based STEM Professional Learning for Teachers of Middle Years: How can STEM be Embedded in Science/Everyday Curriculum Learning?Principal
Associate
Associate
AsPr Kim  Nichols
Dr Kay Colthorpe
Dr Reshma Parveen
LandrothAndrewUse of student data to enhance teacher performancePrincipal
Associate
AsPr Kim Nichols
Dr Kay Colthorpe
LeeHuan YikEnglish as a Global Language: Education Policies and Practices in the ASEAN ContextPrincipal
Associate
Dr Obaid Hamid
AsPr Ian Hardy
LeeRichardThe Governmentality of Queensland Public Academies and Independent Public Schools: A Foucauldian AnalysisPrincipal
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AsPr Ian Hardy

Dr Stephen Heimans

le GoullonDamianA Place to Belong the Community Experiences of Adults with Intellectual DisabilitiesPrincipal
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Prof Karen Nankervis
AsPr Rhonda Faragher
LeibovitchYaelWriting as a 21st Century Skill: Foregrounding Student Thinking in Literacy PedagogyPrincipal
Associate
Prof Robyn Gillies
Prof Deborah Brown
LeightonVictoriaCapitalising the potential environment: Activating learning strategies through Teacher Spatial Competency (TSC)Principal
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Prof Annemaree Carroll

Dr Stephanie MacMahon

LevittJenniferStudent and Teacher Perceptions of Feedback in Year 7 and Year 9 Writing: A Peer Feedback InterventionPrincipal
Associate
Prof Annemaree Carroll
Dr Cameron Brooks
LiangYifeiHow Chinese university students and lecturers understand the (western) concept of engaging students as partners in teaching and learningPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Kelly Matthews
AsPr Jason Lodge
LimaSolangeApplying learning analytics to learning management systems at a secondary school to design personalized learning plansPrincipal
Associate
Prof Peter Renshaw
Dr Katherine McLay
LiuSiyuUnderstanding local-national-global imbrications in education policy: The case of Guangdong academic credit bank as a data infrastructure in Vocational Education in ChinaPrincipal
Associate

AsPr Ian Hardy

Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed

LiWenExploring Career Development and Career related Choices of China educated International Medical and Nursing Students and GraduatesPrincipal
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Prof Robyn Gillies

Dr Mary Rafter

MaddenKarenCan I be feminist here? A critical autoethnographic perspective of feminist leadership in Australian girls' schoolsPrincipal
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AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay
Dr Christina Gowlett
MadsenBethBuilt In or Bolt On? A Policy Analysis of Non-Government Programs in Indigenous EducationPrincipal
Associate
Dr Marnee Shay
Dr Susan Creagh
McKennaThomas JamesCurriculum connection ? outdoor learning: Experiences of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder on an overnight school campPrincipal
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Prof Karen Nankervis
AsPr Rhonda Faragher
McKinnonDanielDeveloping a Typology of School TypesPrincipal
Associate
Associate
Dr Anna Hogan
Dr Greg Thompson
Prof Robert Lingard
MisitomuAndrewContextual Teaching & Learning of Chemistry/ SciencePrincipal
Associate

Prof Patricia D Morrell

AsPr Kim Nichols

MusoferMuhammadNarrative /experience of students from refugee and asylum seeker background in higher education in Australia

Principal
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Associate

AsPr Katie Makar

Dr Susan Creagh

AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay

NagyJosephExploring Design Thinking in Community-Based STEM Professional Learning for Teachers of Middle YearsPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Kim Nichols
Dr Reshma Parveen
NugrahaIkmandaTHE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIAN SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATORSPrincipal
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Prof Patricia D Morrell

AsPr Ian Hardy

NyarkohEnochReforming Initial Teacher Education in Ghana: A Multi-level Analysis of Policy in PracticePrincipal
Associate

AsPr Ian Hardy

Dr Obaid Hamid

ObergGlenysUnderstanding Trauma- An exploration into beginning teachers and their perceptions of preparedness in working with children living with complex traumaPrincipal
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Prof Annemaree Carroll

Dr Stephanie MacMahon

OlssenEmmaThe voices and experiences of Indigenous peoples working in professional rolesPrincipal
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Dr Marnee Shay
Prof Bronwyn Fredericks
PalmerZoeThe Role of Intuition in English and Literature ClassroomsPrincipal
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Dr Peter Ellerton

Prof Deborah Brown

ParkinsonMarthaTowards an effective model of mathematics and science interdisciplinary learningPrincipal
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AsPr Kim Nichols
Dr Jana Visnovska
PerkinsAdamExploring effective Indigenous programs in secondary schools: What matters most?Principal
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AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay

Dr Katelyn Barney

PerkinsRenKeeping Indigenous teachers in the profession: Indigenous Teachers? voices on why they stay in the professionPrincipal
Associate
Dr Marnee Shay
Prof Peter Renshaw
PetrieKirstiePersonalised interventions for enhancing university student self-regulated learningPrincipal
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AsPr Jason Lodge
Dr Sarah Ainscough
PlaystedSkyeInvestigating Perspectives on Pronunciation Teaching in the Adult Migrant English ProgrammePrincipal
Associate

Dr Damon Thomas

Dr Stephen Heimans

PrattMelindaTransformational learning in practice the exploration of teachers and school leaders role in the design of professional learningPrincipal
Associate

Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed

AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay

Princi-HubbardRitaThe student teacher relationship: Exploring neuroscience variables that impact upon student wellbeing and learningPrincipal
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Prof Robyn Gillies
Prof Ross Cunnington
Dr Stacey Parker
PurcellDianeLanguage is Power: Charting the Refugee Journey from Intensive English Centre to the Mainstream ClassroomPrincipal
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Dr Susan Creagh
Prof Peter Renshaw
RahimahDewiRepresentation of project based learning, problem based learning, and discovery learning in junior high schools Indonesian mathematics textbooksPrincipal
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Dr Jana Visnovska
Prof Robyn Gillies
Rillera KempsterJemimaAn investigation of the impact of crisis-prompted online learning for refugee-background studentsPrincipal
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Dr Simone Smala

Dr Katherine McLay

Dr Susan Creagh

RomMitchellTeaching on Sacred Ground: A Critical Insight into the Experiences of Academics in Teaching Preservice Teachers in Indigenous Australian CoursesPrincipal
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Associate
AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay
Dr Katelyn Barney
Prof Tracey Bunda
Rueda BalagueraLaura CristinaTeachers Performance Evaluation in South America: A comparative study in Colombia Chile and Argentina.Principal
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Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed

AsPr Ian Hardy

RyeCharmaineA Tale of Two Curricula: Supporting students for successful transition in Australian Montessori-International Baccalaureate hybrid schoolsPrincipal
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Dr Linda-Dianne Willis
AsPr Ian Hardy
Schurch SantanaRobertoInternational evidence-informed policies. A multiple-case study about the recent use of OECD studies by education policy-makers in Australia and ChilePrincipal
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Dr Susan Creagh
AsPr Ian Hardy
Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed
SeevaratnamVijayakumariDesign Thinking-Learning and its Impact on Students? Learning for the 21st CenturyPrincipal
Associate
Dr Deanne Gannaway
AsPr Jason Lodge
SintonEmiliaVocabulary-centred teaching approaches designed to enhance student understanding and success in mathematical problem solvingPrincipal
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Associate
Dr Jana Visnovska
AsPr Shelley Dole
Prof Merrilyn Goos
SkinnerElizabethDo we learn differently from print and digital text?Principal
Associate
AsPr Jason Lodge
AsPr Karen Moni
SwendsonCarolBehind our backs, yet through our heads: Capitalism and the transfer of nurse education in Queensland (1967 - 1987)Principal
Associate
Prof Robert Lingard
AsPr Ian Hardy
TaylorRichard PaulEvaluating the impact of gamification on ESL studentsPrincipalDr Chris Campbell
ten HackenLotteUsing picture books to foster children's intercultural understandingPrincipal
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Dr Damon Thomas

AsPr Kerryn Dixon

TeoAaron?We?re not helpless here!?: Counter-stories of recently-migrated Australian teachers from Asian Confucian Heritage Culture backgroundsPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Elizabeth Mackinlay
Dr Susan Creagh
TheobaldKatherineInvestigating the disconnect between perception, rhetoric and reality of the value of the Humanities in Australian higher education: a case study of Brisbane universitiesPrincipal
Associate
Dr Deanne Gannaway
EmPr Frederick D'Agostino
ThomsonAmyConceptualising Co-design with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young Peoples in the Context of Australian English EducationPrincipal
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Dr Marnee Shay

AsPr Sandra Phillips

TomlinsMelissaCritical thinking reflected in the academic writing of Chinese and Australian PhD studentsPrincipal
Associate

AsPr Garth Stahl

Prof Robyn Gillies

TorepeToniCultural taxation: A workplace myth or cultural realityPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Elizabeth  Mackinlay
Dr Marnee Shay
TrumbleEmmaStudy Strategies Used by Professors and Students of Physiotherapy

Principal
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Associate

AsPr Jason Lodge

AsPr Allison Mandrusiak

Dr Roma Forbes

Valente RamosMarceloLearning in and out doors: the experiential education (EE) praxis for a sustainable education in Australian graduate coursesPrincipal
Associate
Prof Peter Renshaw
Dr Louise Phillips
van der KrukYolandaImpact of improved classroom acoustics on the educational outcomes of students with ASDPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Rhonda Faragher
Prof Karen Nankervis
van OmmenMarkEducational Quality of Life for Students with DisabilitiesPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Rhonda Faragher
Prof Karen Nankervis
  Vaughan  KaraHow might teachers improve the quality of teacher and student questioning?: Teaching for Thinking Pedagogy in the 21st Century Thinking Classroom.

Principal

Associate

Dr Peter Ellerton

Prof Deborah Brown

VayadaPreetiSpeaking for ourselves: Exploring how students from the Indian subcontinent experience `student-staff partnership? projects in an Australian university.Principal
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Associate
AsPr Kelly Matthews
Dr Eimear Enright
Dr Suraiya Abdul Hameed
WalkerRossOrchestrating change: Music training as a mechanism of enhancing auditory discrimination for children who have a disability.Principal
Associate
AsPr Rhonda Faragher
AsPr Julie Ballantyne
  Wang  HaiyanWeChat-mediated Chinese EFL learners L2 identity construction during Covid-19 pandemic.

Principal

Associate

Dr Simone Smala

Dr Kate McLay

  Wang  LantingInvestigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia

Principal

Associate

Dr Obaid Hamid

Dr Wenying Wendy Jiang

YakoKeleProviding Inclusive education for students with learning difficulties through reliable curriculum practices at the lower primary level in Primary Schools in Papua New Guinea.Principal
Associate
AsPr Rhonda Faragher
Prof Robyn Gillies
YangSuijingThe Mechanism of Effective Learner Control in Computer-supported Collaborative Learning EnvironmentPrincipal
Associate
AsPr Jason Lodge
Dr Cameron Brooks
  YoungJohnConsidering a model for understanding the Australian Extreme Right-Wing

Principal

Associate

Associate

AsPr Garth Stahl

Dr Jonah Rimer

Dr Mair Underwood

  Zhang  WenCultural Competence Strategies to Help International Students Address the Challenges They Confront When Studying in Australia

Principal

Associate

Prof Robyn Gillies

Dr Elizabeth Edwards

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