Dr Nadine D Ballam

Senior Lecturer

Keywords

Education; Gifted and Talented Education; Human Development; Human Development and Education; Inclusive Education; Inclusive Learning; Special Education

Qualifications: PhD

Papers Taught

About Nadine

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and am located on the Tauranga campus.  Prior to completing my Bachelor of Teaching (Hons) at the University of Waikato, I spent several years working in administration and the health industry both in New Zealand and overseas.  My PhD research, which is titled 'Defying the Odds': Gifted and Talented Young People from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds, focused on the development of talent in young people from 'less privileged' backgrounds.

Research Supervised

PhD supervision:

Julie Hest (2nd supervisor)

• The pedagogical architecture of modern learning environments: Case study research in four New Zealand secondary schools

Kwame Otu-Danquah (2nd supervisor)

• Researching together: Using a collaborative approach and the voice-centred relational methodology to examine the experiences of students with visual impairment in higher education

Lesley Lyons (2nd supervisor)

• Talking the walk or walking the talk? An examination of the discursive positioning of disabled children in long-day early childhood education and care centres in Aotearoa New Zealand

Sara Chynoweth (3rd supervisor)

• Student experiences in the modern learning environment in New Zealand secondary schools

Mellisa Chin Lee (2nd supervisor)

• A critical realist discourse analysis of inclusive education policy and practice in a rural Malaysian Primary School

Research Interests

Giftedness and talent

Risk and resilience

Human development

Identity and wellbeing