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Mrs Helen Aitken
Teaching Fellow
Dr. Diana Amundsen
Senior LecturerI began my academic career here at The University of Waikato, where I completed my Bachelors degree majoring in psychology and Japanese. In 2000 I was offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work and study at the University of Hawai'i where ... more
Michela Anderson
Teaching Fellow
Mr Paul Ashman
Professional Experiences Coordinator, SecondaryB
Ms Judy Bailey
Senior LecturerResearcher (Mathematics Education) - Technology, Environmental, Mathematics, and Science Education Research CentreSenior Lecturer - Te Kura Toi Tangata, Division of Education ... more
Dr Nadine Ballam
Director of Tauranga (Education) / Senior LecturerI am the Director of Tauranga (Education programmes) and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education on the Tauranga campus of the University of Waikato. Prior to completing my Bachelor of Teaching (Hons), I spent several years working in ... more
Professor Mere Berryman
Director of Poutama PounamuIn 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
Ms Gaenor Brown
Teaching Fellow
Dr Cathy Buntting
Director, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational ResearchMy research interests straddle science, technology and STEM education across the school years, with a strong focus on innovative approaches to education in these disciplines, and I am proud to be Director of the award-winning Science Learning Hub - Pokapū ... more
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Associate Professor Nigel Calder
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 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 has ... more
Dr Wendy Carss
Programme leader Bachelor of Teaching; Senior lecturerSenior lecturer in literacy education papers within the Bachelor of Teaching (primary) and Masters of Education programmes.Supervisor Masters and Ph.D students2021: Member Context Matters International Advisory Committee (CODE/ILA)2018-2021:Elected member of the International Literacy Association's Board of Directors2018-2021: Chair ILA Global ... more
Ms Sue Cheesman
Senior Lecturer in Dance Education
Dr Maurice M W Cheng
Associate Professor
Mrs Linda Clark
Teaching Fellow
Dr Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips
Senior lecturerFormerly 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
Dr Donella Cobb
Senior LecturerDonella 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 Masters of Global Studies programme. She ... more
Dr Claire Coleman
Senior LecturerI began my career in education as a puppeteer in a disability awareness education programme and taught in a variety of educational settings. I discovered process drama through my studies in the Postgraduate diploma in Education and went on to ... more
Dr Michalis Constantinides
Lecturer in Educational Leadership
Dr Sheralyn Cook
Lecturer
Beverley Cooper
Senior LecturerCurrently 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
Phillipa Cosgriff
Teaching Fellow/ Academic Coordinator Bachelor of Primary Teaching (Hamilton)
Professor Bronwen Cowie
Associate Dean ResearchMy 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
Dr Emma Cunningham
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Associate Professor Nicola Daly
I am an Associate Professor in Te Kura Toi Tangata, Division of Education where I teach children's literature at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The main focus of my research is in the language used in New Zealand children's picturebooks. My ... more
Dr Bronya Dean
Lecturer
Pablo Del Monte
Lecturer in Education
Dr Melissa Derby
Senior LecturerI am a Senior Lecturer teaching early literacy and human development at the University of Waikato's Tauranga campus and online.I completed my PhD at the University of Canterbury, and my study was part of A Better Start National Science Challenge. ... more
Dr Andrew Doyle
Lecturer in Technology Education
Mrs Greta Dromgool
PLD Facilitator for the Science Learning Hub
Ms Margaret Drummond
Research AdministratorMy responsibilities are managing the publication of the Division of Education Journals, maintaining the IRIS publications system for Education staff, formatting and quality control of all Education reports and proposals, servicing DIVED Ethics, Research Committee & Research and Leave Committee, ... more
Dr Sue Dymock
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Associate Professor Chris Eames
Director Postgraduate Research and Programmes and Director, TEMS Education Research Centre
Dr Kerry Earl Rinehart
Senior LecturerI am a senior lecturer in the School of Education and Co-Editor of the Waikato Journal of Education.My PhD study was based on an interest in how school principals are judged in their work. It was titled Judging what they ... more
Dr Frances Edwards
Senior Lecturer
Dr Sonja Ellis
Associate Professor in Human DevelopmentAfter completing my BSoc.Sc. and M.SocSc.(hons) at The University of Waikato, in 1997 I was relocated to the UK to take up a once-in-a-lifetime scholarship to study as a doctoral student at Loughborough University in the UK, supervised by world-leading ... more
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Dr David Taufui Mikato Fa'avae
Senior LecturerDavid's doctoral thesis focused on inter-generational cultural capital and he drew-from Pierre Bourdieu's early theory of cultural capital to foreground an Indigenous Pacific approach - Tatala 'a e koloa 'o e to'utangata Tonga i Aotearoa mo Tonga - linked to ... more
Helen Findlay
School Administrator
Dr Paul Flanagan
Senior LecturerI 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 in statutory and non-governmental agencies, working with children, young people ... more
Dr Dianne Forbes
Senior LecturerMy 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
Associate Professor Patsie Frawley
Associate Professor Disability and Inclusion StudiesPatsie uses a human rights framework for looking at inclusion with people with disabilities through inclusive research and by engaging with the lived experience of disability in her teaching. Her research focuses on sexuality rights and issues of ableist and ... more
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Mrs Tanith Gordon
Teaching FellowI am currently working on a PhD in Education, having been awarded a Doctoral Scholarship at the end of 2020. ... more
Mrs Denyse Graham
Research ManagerI have been employed by the University of Waikato, Te Kura Toi Tangata, School of Education for a number of years. I am currently employed as Research Manager where I am responsible for research project management, developing research budgets and ... more
Dr Laura Gurney
Senior LecturerI am a languages educator who specialises in the theorisation of language practice and languages in higher education. I am also an experienced translator.Divisional Teaching Excellence Award 2019 recipientUniversity of Waikato Teaching Excellence Award 2019 recipient ... more
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Karen Harris
School Manager
Ms Sharyn Heaton
Senior LecturerSharyn 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
Dr Philippa (Pip) Hunter
Senior Lecturer, Social Sciences Education and Curriculum Studies: Te Hononga School of Curriculum and PedagogyDr 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
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Dr Olivera Kamenarac
Senior Lecturer
Mrs Joan-Marie Kay
Teaching Fellow
Jan-Marie Kellow
Facilitator at the Institute of Professional LearningMoE 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
Mrs Kate Kernaghan
Teaching Fellow
Professor Don Klinger
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Division of Education
Dr Elmarie Kotzé
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Mr Dene Langley
Teaching Fellow
Ms Maggie Lyall
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Dr Jenny Mangan
Teaching Fellow
Dr Katrina McChesney
Senior LecturerI am a senior lecturer in initial teacher education at the University of Waikato. Currently, I teach literacy and numeracy education, research methods, and concepts of teaching and learning within the Bachelor of Teaching programme both at the Tauranga campus ... more
Professor Claire McLachlan
Honorary Professor, Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational ResearchProfessor 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
Hoana McMillan
LecturerI have recently been involved in an exciting TLIF project focused on developing an assessment approach for kōhanga reo. To learn more about the project and the kōhanga reo who were also winners of the Prime Ministers Education Award for ... more
Associate Professor Rachel McNae
Director - Centre for Educational Leadership Research, Master of Educational Leadership Programme LeaderDr 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
Dr Judith Mills
Lecturer - Mathematics EducationProfileI 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
Dr Louise Milne
Teaching Fellow
Paul Milner
Teaching Fellow
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
Mr Watene Moon
Teaching Fellow
Dr Michele Morrison
Senior Lecturer, Master of Educational Management (MEdM) Programme LeaderDr 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
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Corinne Nicholson
Professional Experience AdministratorI have been employed by The University of Waikato, Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education for a number of years. I currently work as a Professional Experience administrator for the Secondary and Early Childhood Initial Teacher Education programmes. I ... more
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Associate Professor Sally Peters
Head of School, Te Kura Toi Tangata School of EducationMy 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
Jill Peterson
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Dr Elizabeth Reinsfield
Senior lecturer2021: Awardee for the Technology Education New Zealand (TENZ) Outstanding Technology Education Researcher Award2020: Awardee for the TEFANZ Emerging Researcher in Teacher Education Award.2019: Awardee for the TENZ Outstanding Teacher Educator in Technology. Member of NCEA Achievement Standard Reference Group ... more
Mrs Kate Rhodes
Teaching FellowKia ora koutou, I am a Teaching Fellow at the UOW, based on the Tauranga campus. Prior to working at the University of Waikato, I worked as a primary school teacher, teaching across all age levels up to year 8. ... more
Mrs Marianne Robertson
Teaching Fellow
Dr Jessica Cira Rubin
LecturerMy work as a teacher educator and education researcher builds from ten years experience teaching secondary English language arts. I think about literacies broadly and inclusively, and use conceptual frameworks that inspire and require critical reflection of ourselves, educational institutions ... more
Miss Casey Rudkin
Teaching Fellow
Mr Donn Rātana
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Mrs Angela Schipper
Science Learning Hubs Content Developer
Mr. Derek Shafer
LecturerDerek joined the University of Waikato with a background as an English Teacher in Secondary Schools in New Zealand. Derek’s work as a classroom specialist in critical thinking, digital literacy and learner-centred pedagogies developed into broader interests working with teachers ... more
Dr Sashi Sharma
Senior Lecturer
Dr Jenny Snowdon
Teaching Fellow
Ms Andrea Soanes
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Dr Wendy Talbot
LecturerWorkdays: Tuesday - Thursday (days may vary). ... more
Mr Karaitiana Tamatea
Kaiurungi / Senior Lecturer2011 - 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
Dr Simon Taylor
LecturerSimon was born in Gisborne and his passion for astronomy as a young boy was sparked when his Scottish grandmother came to live. He remembers how they would lie under the starry summer skies chatting about moon exploration, time travel ... 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
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
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Katie Virtue
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Mr Joshua Wetere
Teaching FellowTe Kura Toi TangataJoshua teaches Māori Education in Undergraduate Primary & ECE programmes, as well as Secondary Graduate and Primary Graduate Diploma studies. He also teaches Kākano Rua Māori Medium through the medium of te reo Māori.Joshua's work is centred ... more
Ms Barbara Whyte
Senior Lecturer
Hazel Woodhouse
Teaching FellowHazel Woodhouse has been a classroom teacher in both early childhood education and new entrants for over 20 years in both the UK and New Zealand. She is currently a teaching fellow at Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education ... more
