Staff - School of Education: University of Waikato

Beverley Cooper

Senior Lecturer

Currently Senior Lecturer and chair of the Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ) which represents institutions who offer degree level Initial Teacher Education programmes ... more

My research is focussed on classroom interactions and learning, with an emphasis on Assessment for Learning in science and technology classrooms and culturally responsive pedagogy in science education. This aspect of my research is underpinned by a sociocultural view of ... more

Ms Barbara Whyte

Senior Lecturer

Colleen Wills

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Dr Cathy Buntting

Director, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research

Cathy is Director of the award-winning Science Learning Hub and Principal Investigator for On2Science: Multiple affordances for learning through participation in online citizen science. Her research interests straddle science, technology and STEM education across the school years, with a strong ... more

Dr Claire Coleman

Lecturer; Academic Co-ordinator of Graduate Diploma of Primary Teaching

I began my career in education as a puppeteer in a disability awareness education programme. Since then I have taught both general primary school and specialist drama in a variety of educational settings. I discovered process drama through my studies ... more

Associate Professor Chris Eames

Director Postgraduate Research and Programmes and Director, TEMS Education Research Centre

Professor Claire McLachlan

Honorary Professor, Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research

Professor Claire McLachlan is an Honorary Professor in the Wilf Malcolm Insitute for Educational Research in the Faculty of Education. She is currently Dean, School of Education at Federation University in Victoria, Australia. She was previously Head of School, Te ... more

Mr Clark McPhillips

Professional Experience Coordinator

Dr Carl Mika

Associate Professor

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou.My iwi affiliations are (among others) Tuhourangi and Ngati Whanaunga.I completed my PhD thesis in German Studies in 2013. The title of the thesis is 'Reclaiming mystery: A Māori notion of Being, in light of ... more

Corinne Nicholson

Professional Experience Administrator

I have been employed by The University of Waikato, Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education for 24 years, and during the past 16 years I have worked within the Centre for Teacher Education. I am the Administrator for the ... more

Deborah Reeves

IPL Facilitator Gisborne

David Bradford

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Dr Donella Cobb

Senior Lecturer

Donella came to the Faculty of Education with a background as a teacher, Director of Music and Assistant Principal in primary schools in New Zealand, England, Africa and Australia. Donella currently teaches in the Bachelor of Teaching, Bachelor of Social ... more

Dr Dianne Forbes

Senior Lecturer

My background is as a Primary School Teacher and Assistant Principal. I have worked in schools in Auckland, and my interests as a classroom teacher revolved around special needs and gifted and talented education, and the integration of ICT with ... more

Mrs Denyse Graham

Research Manager

My responsibilities include developing research budgets and monitoring project accounts. ... more

Professor Don Klinger

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Division of Education

Mr. Derek Shafer

Lecturer

Derek has joined the University of Waikato with a background of Teaching English in New Zealand Secondary Schools. Derek’s work as a classroom specialist in critical thinking, digital literacy, and student engagement developed into broader interests in working with teachers ... more

Dr Elaine Khoo

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Elmarie Kotzé

Senior Lecturer

Dr Elizabeth Reinsfield

Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Programmes; Programme Leader (GradDipT); Senior lecturer

2020: Awardee for the TEFANZ Emerging Researcher in Teacher Education Award.2019: Awardee for the Technology Education New Zealand (TENZ): Outstanding teacher educator in technology. Member of NCEA Achievement Standard Reference Group (2019), Curriculum Essence Review Group (Technology) (2019), and the ... more

Dr Frances Edwards

Senior Lecturer

Gaynor Terrill

IPL Associate Director Hamilton

Mrs Gaynor Terrill

Associate Director IPL, and Facilitator - Mathematics

Honor Ronowicz

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Jo Matthews

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Jill Parfitt

IPL Project Manager, PB4L Auckland

Janine Mackay

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Jan-Marie Kellow

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Jill Lunn

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Jill Peterson

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Ms Judy Bailey

Senior Lecturer

Researcher (Mathematics Education) - Technology, Environmental, Mathematics, and Science Education Research Centre Programme Co-ordinator (GradDipT Hamilton & MMP) - Office of Initial Teacher Education and Undergraduate Studies Senior Lecturer - Te Hononga School of Curriculum and Pedagogy ... more

Dr Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips

Senior lecturer

NOTE: Jeanette is currently on unpaid leave from the University of Waikato to fulfil a 2 year fixed-term contract at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). She can be contacted at: Jeanette.Clarkin-Phillips@rmit.edu.auFormerly a kindergarten teacher, Jeanette has been at ... more

Mrs Jeanne Gilbert

Teaching Fellow

Mrs Joan-Marie Kay

Teaching Fellow

Jan-Marie Kellow

Facilitator at the Institute of Professional Learning

MoE accredited, experienced facilitatorExperienced school leader and primary school teacherSpecialist in digital fluencies and learning with and about digital technologiesPassionate about student inquiry, future-oriented learning and deeper learning pedagogies ... more

Dr Janette Kelly-Ware

Senior Lecturer in ECE

Dr Judith Mills

Lecturer - Mathematics Education

ProfileI am a fully registered teacher. I taught for many years at all levels of the primary school, with a particular interest in teaching at the upper primary school level (years five to eight). I have always had an interest ... more

Kay Watene

IPL Facilitator Napier

Kathryn Hodson

IPL Director Hamilton

Kay Stevenson

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Kath Jones

IPL Facilitator Gisborne

Dr Kerry Earl Rinehart

Senior Lecturer

I am a senior lecturer in the School of Education and General Editor of the Teachers and Curriculum journal.I am interested in the work of educators and learners, and the processes of judgement of that work or study whether classroom ... more

Kathryn Hodson

Mrs Kath Jones

Accredited Facilitator - Literacy

Dr Katrina McChesney

Lecturer

Originally a secondary school mathematics teacher in Aotearoa NZ, I spent six years working on a large education reform project in Abu Dhabi in the Middle East from 2009-2015. There, I was involved in teacher professional development, curriculum development, assessment ... more

Dr Kathy Saunders

Teaching Fellow

I am a senior lecturer in science and biology and teach in both primary and secondary initial teacher education programmes as well as supervising research students in science education. I hold a BSc and Dip Tchg from University of Auckland, ... more

Mr Karaitiana Tamatea

Kaiurungi / Senior Lecturer

2011 - current: Matatū Aotearoa (Education Council) Monitor for ITE Māori medium programmes.2009 – current: Kaiuringi of the Faculty of Education. Senior Management member and Mana whenua representative to the Dean.2008 - current: Co-Chair of Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Iwi Trust.1983 ... more

Loti Hensman

IPL Facilitator Napier

Lisa Rapana

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Leigh Hynes

IPL Facilitator Rotorua, Taupo

Dr Laura Gurney

Senior Lecturer

I am a languages educator who specialises in academic literacies, languages in higher education, and the theorisation of language practice.Divisional Teaching Excellence Award 2019 recipientUniversity of Waikato Teaching Excellence Award 2019 recipient ... more

Mrs Leigh Hynes

Accredited Facilitator

Certified Google Education Trainer ... more

Dr Louise Milne

Senior lecturer

Professor Linda Mitchell

Professor Linda Mitchell is internationally recognised for her evaluation and analysis of early childhood education policies. Her research has influenced the development of policy frameworks that support good teaching and learning both in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. She is ... more

Dr Lesley Rameka

Moana Emett

IPL Facilitator/PB4L Regional Coordinator Tauranga

Marama Reweti-Martin

IPL Associate Director Tauranga

Mary Jamieson

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Merimeri Anania

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Dr, Professor Mere Berryman

Professor, Director of Poutama pounamu

In my work, I aim to challenge the pervasive and historical discourses that perpetuate educational disparities for Māori students and disrupt these through school leadership and reform initiatives. In my research, I combine understandings from kaupapa Māori and critical theories ... more

Ms Moana Brown

Regional Coordinator & Mao

Professor Margaret Carr

Professor

Ms Maggie Lyall

Teaching Fellow

Dr Michele Morrison

Senior Lecturer, Master of Educational Management (MEdM) Programme Leader

Dr Michele Morrison attunes practising and aspiring leaders to identity and practice that transforms educational settings and secures high performance, equity outcomes for all.An experienced teacher and senior school leader, Michele’s research and teaching focuses on the professional formation of ... more

Professor Martin Thrupp

Martin Thrupp's research interests are in education policy, with a particular focus on school reform as it plays out in different national and local settings. He has previously undertaken research in England and across several other European countries as well ... more

Natasha Jacobs

IPL Facilitator Napier

Dr Nadine Ballam

Senior Lecturer

Associate Professor Nigel Calder

Associate Professor

I have experience in a range of educational positions including teaching, management, curriculum advisory, research projects, resource publications, and research. While my academic work encompasses a diversity of contexts, my research and interests focus predominantly on using digital technologies and ... more

Dr. Nicola Daly

Senior Lecturer

I am a senior lecturer in Te Hononga, the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education where I teach in the Learning Languages learning area in both the primary and secondary teaching programmes, and in children's literature. ... more

Dr Noeline Wright

Senior Lecturer

Pip Newick

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Paul Ashman

IPL Professional Experience Coordinator - Secondary Hamilton

Paul Flanagan

Senior Lecturer

I came from a professional background in counselling and supervision to teach in the post-graduate counsellor education programmes in Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education. These programmes (MCouns and specialist PGCertCouns) emphasise postmodern, poststructuralist, and narrative approaches.I have practiced ... more

Dr Philippa (Pip) Hunter

Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences Education and Curriculum Studies: Te Hononga School of Curriculum and Pedagogy

Dr Philippa Hunter Profile (2018) My fields of research and teaching include social sciences education, critical pedagogy, and curriculum perspectives. Key themes are curriculum as discursive policy, positioning, and production, teacher narratives, and identity work. These themes are evident in ... more

Rachel Carson

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Ros Bartosh

IPL Facilitator Napier

Rhian Johnson

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Ruth Foulkes

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Richard Calderwood

Richard Calderwood has a background in economic geography, planning for retail location, marketing and supermarketing and is a Research Developer in the Institute for Business Research. His current research interests are in: advertising creativity, effectiveness, and strategy, retail marketing. Richard ... more

Dr Richard Hill

Senior Lecturer

I am senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato. I trained as a New Zealand primary school teacher, and taught in bilingual and kura kaupapa Māori schools before taking up my position at the University ... more

Associate Professor Rachel McNae

Director - Centre for Educational Leadership Research, Associate Professor, Master of Educational Leadership Programme Leader

Dr Rachel McNae is Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership Research at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand and Co-Founder of The Good Human Project, an organisation supporting young people and their families to flourish. Rachel’s research ... more

Shannon Dryden

IPL Facilitator Wellington

Stephanie Geddes

IPL Facilitator Napier, Taupo

Stephen Ross

IPL Facilitator Taupo

Shirley Collins

IPL Facilitator Rotorua

Sussi Bell

Ms Sue Cheesman

Senior Lecturer in Dance Education

Miss Sheralyn Cook

Lecturer

Dr Sue Dymock

Senior Lecturer

Ms Sharyn Heaton

Senior Lecturer

Sharyn teaches in Māori education undergraduate and graduate courses and supervises masters and doctoral students across a range of Māori education topics. She has taught in primary schools, Kura Kaupapa Māori, Whare kura and PTE settings. Her field of research ... more

Associate Professor Sally Peters

Head of School, Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education

My main research interests relate to transitions, key competencies and children’s thinking (working theories). These interests interweave, with a central focus on the ways in which learning can be fostered within and across settings, and some of the dilemmas associated ... more

Dr Sashi Sharma

Senior Lecturer

Dr Simon Taylor

Lecturer

Simon was born in Gisborne and his passion for astronomy as a young boy was sparked when his Scottish grandmother came to stay. He remembers how they would lie under the stars on summer nights chatting about moon exploration, time ... more

Mrs Shirley Tuteao

Tainui te WakaTaupiri te MaungaWaikato te awaKawhia te moanaTahaaroa te hau kaingaMaketu,Te Koraha me Aruka nga maraeKo au te Maori me te Pacific Student Support coordinator mo te Kura Toi Tangata'Ko Te Reo me ona Tikanga te taonga hei arahi ... more

Tammy Gardiner

IPL Associate Director Rotorua

Tania Heke

Vivienne Russell

IPL Facilitator Hamilton, Tauranga

Dr Wendy Carss

Senior lecturer

I lecture in literacy education papers within the Bachelor of Teaching (primary) and Masters of Education programmes.Currently Programme Leader for the Bachelor of Teaching.Professional affiliations:- Elected member of the International Literacy Association's Board of Directors (2018-2021).- Member of the Waikato ... more

Associate Professor Wendy Fox

Associate Professor

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