Staff - Faculty of Education: University of Waikato

Mr Anthony Fisher

Senior Lecturer

Primary Programme Leader for initial teacher education. ... more

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

Professor Bronwen Cowie

Director Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, Associate Dean Research

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

Professor Brian Findsen

Professor

I have worked in adult and continuing education in universities for most of my career. I am currently a professor of (adult) education in Te Whiringa School of Educational leadership & Policy with a special research interest in learning in ... more

Ms Barbara Whyte

Senior Lecturer

Colleen Wills

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Chris Henderson

IPL Associate Director Hamilton

Carolyn Jones

IPL General Manager Hamilton

Dr Catherine Buntting

Senior Research Fellow

My research interests straddle science and technology education, including biotechnology education, the teaching of ethical and futures thinking skills, and how digital technologies can be used to enhance learning. I have a Masters degree in biochemistry and a PhD in ... more

Miss Claire Coleman

Lecturer

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

Dr Chris Eames

Director, TEMS Education Research Centre, Senior lecturer

Dr Carol Hamilton

Senior Lecturer

My research interests include contemporary issues in disability, diversity and inclusion. I completed my PhD - "In our house we're not terribly sexual" : exploring the barriers to supporting intellectually disabled people in the area of sexuality and intimacy - ... more

Ms Carolyn Jones

Manager

I have worked in the Faculty of Education since 2001, having been variously employed as an project administrator, researcher, Manager of the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research and now Manager of the Institute of Professional Learning. ... more

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

Practicum Co-ordinator

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

Administrator

I have been employed by The University of Waikato, Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty 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's creative and innovative approach to teaching has sparked her own ... 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 Finance Administrator

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

Professor Don Klinger

Dean of Te Kura Toi Tangata Faculty of Education

Deborah Ryder

Communications

BackgroundDeborah's qualifications include post graduate studies in research methodologies and marketing undertaken at Waikato University. She has over ten years experience as a researcher/research consultant in both the tertiary and private sectors. All research roles included research, research project management ... more

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

Lecturer

Nominated for Excellence in Tertiary Teaching and the Nola Campbell e-learning Excellence Awards in 2018.Member of NCEA Achievement Standard Reference Group (2019), Curriculum Essence Review Group (Technology) (2019), and the ITE Approval, Monitoring and Review Panel (Teaching Council) (2019).Editorial Board ... more

Dr Frances Edwards

Senior Lecturer

Gemma Gardiner

IPL Facilitator Napier

Gaynor Terrill

IPL Associate Director Hamilton

Mrs Gaynor Terrill

Associate Director IPL, and Facilitator - Mathematics

Honor Ronowicz

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Ingrid Frengley-Vaipuna

IPL Facilitator Hamilton, Patea

Jo Matthews

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Jill Parfitt

IPL Project Manager, PB4L Auckland

Jan-Marie Kellow

IPL Facilitator Hamilton, Whangamata

Jill Peterson

IPL Facilitator Tauranga

Janine Mackay

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Jill Lunn

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Ms Judy Bailey

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

Dr Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips

Senior lecturer

Formerly a kindergarten teacher, Jeanette has been at the University of Waikato in the Faculty of Education since 2005. She completed her Masters of Education in 2007 with a thesis entitled: Distributing the leadership: A case study of professional development. ... more

Jenny Ferrier-Kerr

Senior Lecturer

I teach students in the Bachelor of Teaching, Primary Teacher Education for Graduates and Masters of Educational Leadership programmes. In the leadership field my teaching and research is centred on coaching and mentoring. I am currently a member of the ... more

Mrs Jeanne Gilbert

Teaching Fellow

Mrs J.Ngarewa Hawera

Senior Lecturer

Dr. Judy Hunter

Senior Lecturer

Mrs Joan-Marie Kay

Practicum Co-orinator (secondary) Senior Lecturer

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

Lecturer in ECE, Te Oranga

Mrs Jillian Lunn

Facilitator - Te Toi Tupu/NAPP

I started as a teacher trainee at Ardmore College and this has had a lasting impact on my life. I was a teacher for many years in my hometown of Gisborne before shifting to work in Hamilton. I taught in ... more

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

Kirsty Ferguson

IPL PB4L Restorative Practice Facilitator Wellington

Kay Stevenson

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Kay Watene

IPL Facilitator Napier

Kath Jones

IPL Facilitator Gisborne

Kathryn Hodson

IPL Director Hamilton

Associate Professor Kathie Crocket

Associate Dean Postgraduate Research, Faculty of Education

My teaching is mostly in the MCouns programme, of which I was Director for thirteen years. I teach and research in counselling with a particular focus on narrative practice, counselling ethics, counselling supervision, school counselling, and counsellor education.My research contributions ... more

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

Senior Lecturer

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

Lyn Pascoe

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Loti Hensman

IPL Facilitator Napier

Lisa Rapana

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Leigh Hynes

IPL Facilitator Rotorua, Taupo

Dr Laura Gurney

Lecturer

Mrs Leigh Hynes

Accredited Facilitator

Certified Google Education Trainer ... more

Dr Louise Milne

Senior lecturer

Professor Linda Mitchell

Dr Lesley Rameka

Moana Brown

IPL Facilitator/PB4L Regional Coordinator Tauranga

Maika Te Amo

IPL Facilitator 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

Professor Margie Hohepa

Ms Maggie Lyall

Doctoral Assistant

Michele Morrison

Senior lecturer Te Whiringa School of Educational Leadership and Policy

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

Dr Nigel Calder

Associate Professor

Nigel has experience in a range of educational positions including teaching, management, curriculum advisory, resource publications (including the Figure it Out series) and research. He has several community-based roles. His academic work encompasses a diversity of contexts, but his research ... 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 Research Officer/Senior Lecturer

Pip Newick

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Paul Ashman

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Paul Flanagan

Senior Lecturer

I teach in the post-graduate counsellor education programmes, within Te Oranga School of Human Development. These programmes (MCouns and two specialist PGCertCouns) emphasise postmodern, poststructuralist, and narrative approaches.My professional background in counselling and supervision includes practice in statutory and non-governmental ... 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

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

Professor Roger Moltzen

Shelly Good

IPL Facilitator Hamilton

Stephen Ross

IPL Facilitator Taupo

Stephanie Geddes

IPL Facilitator Napier, Taupo

Shirley Collins

IPL Facilitator Rotorua

Shannon Dryden

IPL Facilitator Wellington

Sara Archard

Lecturer

Dr Sonja Arndt

Senior Lecturer, ECE, Global Studies in Education, Philosophy in/of Education

Sussi Bell

Ms Sharon Campbell

Senior tutor

'Titiro whakamuri, kia pai ai tō titiro whakamua' Reflect on the past to understand the present and navigate the pathway ahead!As an experienced rumaki reo Māori teacher and principal in the Māori medium schooling sector within Aotearoa NZ. My philosophy ... more

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 and Secondary Graduate Programme Co-ordinator

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

Professor Tina Besley

Professor, Te Whiringa School of Educational Leadership and Policy; Associate Dean International (Education)

I was appointed Associate Dean International in the Faculty of Education in 2017. Until end of 2017, I was Director, Centre for Global Studies in Education, which I established in 2012.Having been a NZ secondary school teacher for 16 years ... more

Tania Heke

Viv Aitken

IPL Facilitator Wanganui

Vivienne Russell

IPL Facilitator Hamilton, Tauranga

Vanessa Paki

Lecturer

Tenei te mihi ki a koutou katoa. I belong to Taranaki and Tainui. Trained in early childhood, my experience in educational and leadership contexts is wide-ranging where I have worked in early childhood, tertiary and community settings. I coordinate papers ... more

Dr Wendy Carss

Senior lecturer

I lecture in literacy education courses within the Bachelor of Teaching (primary) and Masters of Education programmes.Current research interests include participation in a collaborative project with educators from Australia and Fiji investigating the use of locally created information texts in ... more

Associate Professor Wendy Fox

Associate Professor

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