Dr Nadine D Ballam
Director of Tauranga (Education) / Senior Lecturer
Qualifications: PhD
About Nadine
I 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 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.
Papers Taught
Research Supervised
PhD supervision:
Tracyanne May (2nd supervisor)
Samantha Heaney (2nd supervisor)
- Educators' knowledge of concussion in New Zealand
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 across the lifespan
Risk and resilience
Lifespan development
Identity and wellbeing
Keywords
Education; Gifted and Talented Education; Human Development; Human Development and Education; Inclusive Education; Inclusive Learning; Special Education