Research Supervision

I supervise Honours, Masters and Doctoral students in the areas of sociology of education, education policy, teacher professional learning, curriculum and pedagogy, and I’m always happy to talk through ideas with prospective students. Some of my students’ completed projects are:

  • Not So Basic: The Purpose of Mathematics Education Depicted by Print Media - BSc/BEd(Hons), 2022 (Hons I)

  • “Is this actually a good thing?” Teacher professional identity and professional ethics under neoliberalism - PhD, 2021

  • Class of COVID-19: Representations of Teachers in the Australian Print Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic - BA/BEd(Hons), 2021 (Hons I)

  • What does it mean to teach history well? Exploring the practice architectures of exemplary history teaching - PhD, 2019

  • 'Quality' feminist teaching in a time of neoliberalism - BA/BEd(Hons), 2018 (Hons I, University Medal)

  • Magnifying the Teacher Experience with Curriculum Integration - MEd(Research), 2018

  • Toward a theory of Pedagogical Change: The role of Leadership and Teacher Professional Learning - PhD, 2017

  • A framing analysis of the WA Independent Public Schools initiative - BEd(Hons), 2015 (Hons I, University Medal)

  • The Sustainability of Collaborative Teacher Professional Learning - PhD, 2014

  • Learning Management Systems and Improved Pedagogy - PhD, 2014

  • Research and Analysis on the Use of ICT in Early Childhood Education Settings in Shanghai China - PhD, 2014

  • Beyond ‘Critical Gobbledygook’: Finding a Place for Critical Literacy in the Australian Curriculum (English) - BTeach(Sec)/BA Hons, 2013 (Hons I, University Medal)