Theses from 2016
Digital storytelling as a means of supporting digital literacy learning in an upper-primary-school English language classroom, Natalia Churchill
The transformative effect of study abroad: Australian teaching experience on US pre-service teacher identity formation, Jennifer Collins and Audrey Geste
Utilising voice recognition software to improve reading fluency of struggling adolescent readers, Peter Count
A large-scale inquiry-based astronomy intervention project: Impact on students' content knowledge performance and views of their high school science classroom, Michael Fitzgerald, David H. McKinnon, Lena Danaia, and James Deehan
Balancing relationships and intellectual rigour in research for government agencies, Graeme C. Gower Dr. and Gary Partington
Evaluating the effect of the digital divide between teachers and students on the meaningful use of information and communication technology in the classroom, Andrew Thomas Grigg
MOOC's barriers and enables, Yuwanuch Gulatee and Prachyanun Nilsook
Examining student ICT ownership, use and preferences towards electronically delivered learning resources in Nakhon Phanom University and Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University, Yuwanuch Gulatee, Vijittra Vonganusith, Jeremy E. Pagram, and Martin G. Cooper
Integrating written communication skills: Working towards a whole of course approach, Anne Harris
Preservice teachers’ professional identity development and the role of mentor teachers, Mahsa Izadinia
Student teachers’ and mentor teachers’ perceptions and expectations of a mentoring relationship: Do they match or clash?, Mahsa Izadinia
Promoting early career teacher resilience: A socio-cultural and critical guide to action, Bruce Johnson, Barry Down, Rosie LeCornu, Judy Peters, Anna Sullivan, Jane Pearce, and Janet Hunter
Journeys towards expertise in technology-supported teaching, Lorraine H. Kershaw
Smoothing the way: Investigating the role of a supported playgroup located at a school, Marianne J. Knaus, Judy Warren, and Rebecca Blaxell
Embodiment and becoming in secondary drama classrooms: The effects of neoliberal education cultures on performances of text and self, Kirsten Lambert, Peter Wright, Jan Currie, and Robin Pascoe
Performativity and creativity in senior secondary drama classrooms, Kirsten Lambert, Peter R. Wright, Jan Currie, and Robin Pascoe
Issues and challenges of school governance, Bridget M. Leggett, Glenda Campbell-Evans, and Jan Gray
Immersion, relevance and transferability: The motivational preferences of lower secondary students towards a newly created praxis-based class music program, Geoffrey Lowe and Neil Coy
Supporting positive school culture through interpersonal engagement: Phase one report: Mindarie Senior College April 2016, Geoffrey Lummis, Julia Morris, and Graeme Lock
The Western Australian art and crafts superintendents’ advocacy for years k-12 visual arts in education, Geoffrey William Lummis, Julia Elizabeth Morris, and Graeme John Lock
Building positive secondary school communities through participatory action research, Geoff W. Lummis, Julia Morris, and Graeme Lock
Supporting the transition to inclusive education: Teachers’ attitudes to inclusion in the Seychelles, Susan Main, Dianne J. Chambers, and Paulette Sarah
Focus on the journey, not the destination: Digital games and students with disability, Susan Main, John O'Rourke, Julia Morris, and Helen Dunjey
A classification matrix of examination items to promote transformative assessment, Mark McMahon and Michael B. Garrett
What would make them read more? Insights from Western Australian adolescents, Margaret K. Merga
The impact of social influences on high school students' recreational reading, Margaret K. Merga and Brian R. Moon
Estimation in the primary school: Developing a key mathematical skill for life, Paula M. Mildenhall
Introducing literature : a practical guide to literary analysis, criticism, and theory, Brian R. Moon, Bronwyn Mellor, and Stephen Mellor
Lessons learnt from the history of primary visual arts education, Julia Morris, Geoff W. Lummis, and Graeme Lock
Logical and causal reasoning, David Moshman and Pina Tarricone
Pre-service teachers need more than online and flipped learning, Christopher Paul Newhouse
Online moderation of external assessment using pairwise judgements, Christopher Paul Newhouse and Pina Tarricone
What if pre-service teacher education had a BYODD policy?, Christopher P. Newhouse, Martin Cooper Dr, and Jeremy Pagram
Digital forms of assessment in schools: Supporting the processes to improve outcomes, C. Paul Newhouse
Scaffolding the mathematical “connections”: A new approach to preparing teachers for the teaching of lower secondary algebra, Christine Ormond
The Joondalup story : A city and a university campus in the making, John Renner and Sybe Jongeling
Safe Schools review findings: experts respond, David Rhodes and Lucy Nicholas
Reflection: A renewed and practical focus for an existing problem in teacher education, Pauline Roberts
ePortfolio-based learning environments: Recommendations for effective scaffolding of reflective thinking in higher education, Pauline Roberts, Dorit Maor, and Jan Herrington
Transforming research into practice: Implications of a family literacy program for early childhood professionals, Mary Rohl and Caroline Barratt-Pugh
Developing educational goals: Insights from a peer assisted teaching scheme, Bella Ross, Angela Carbone, Katherine Lindsay, Steve Drew, Liam Phelan, Caroline Cottman, and Sue Stoney
Going online on behalf of others: An investigation of ‘proxy’ internet consumers, Neil Selwyn, Nicola Johnson, Selena Nemorin, and Elizabeth Knight
Creating the student writer: A study of writing identities in non-academic senior English classes, Jennifer Shand and Deslea Konza
Integrative course design and pedagogy to humanize online learning: A case study, Kuki Singh
iSTAR first light: Characterizing astronomy education research dissertations in the iSTAR database, Stephanie J. Slater, Coty B. Tatge, Paulo S. Bretones, Timothy F. Slater, Sharon P. Schleigh, David H. McKinnon, and Inge Heyer
Supporting teachers to develop substantive discourse in primary science classrooms, Prudence Smith and Mark W. Hackling
Formative assessment: Improvement, immediacy and the edge for learning, Mike Staunton and Chris Dann
The impact of attitude, subjective norm, and motivation on the intention of young female hosts to marry with a Middle Eastern tourist: A projective technique relating to Halal sex tourism in Indonesia, U. Suhud and Gregory B. Willson
A study of the use of pairwise comparison in the context of social online moderation, Pina Tarricone and Christopher P. Newhouse
Using comparative judgement and online technologies in the assessment and measurement of creative performance and capability, Pina Tarricone and Christopher P. Newhouse
Gifted Students: Perceptions and Practices of Regular Class Teachers, Tracy Taylor
Educative curricula and PCK development driven by STEM professional learning in rural and remote schools: A longitudinal type IV case study, Arthur Townsend, David H. McKinnon, Michael Fitzgerald, Julia Morris, and Geoff W. Lummis Dr
Counter conjectures: Using manipulatives to scaffold the development of number sense and algebra, John West
Power patterns: Extending number sense through last digit investigations, John West
Enhancing the assessment experience: Improving student perceptions, engagement and understanding using online video feedback, John West and Will Turner
Cyberbullying and the role of the law in Australian schools: Views of senior officials, Hannah Young, Marilyn Campbell, Barbara Spears, Des Butler, Donna S. Cross, and Phillip Slee
Submissions from 2015
Practicing critical pedagogy in second language reading, Arman Abednia
Using management procedure gaps to enhance e-learning implementation in Africa, Isaiah T. Awidi and Martin Cooper
Growing Better Beginnings: An evaluation of a family literacy program for pre-schoolers, Caroline Barratt-Pugh and Carmel Maloney
'Better Beginnings has made me make reading part of our everyday routine': Mothers' perceptions of a family literacy program over four years, Caroline Barratt-Pugh and Mary Rohl
What we know, what we do and what we should do with regard to the delivery of health education in lower secondary government schools in Western Australia, Donna M. Barwood
What we know, what we do and what we could do: Creating an understanding of the delivery of health education in lower secondary government schools in Western Australia, Donna Michelle Barwood
Why do policies fail in Nigeria?, Stephen D. Bolaji, Jan R. Gray, and Glenda Campbell-Evans
The synergistic effect of teaching a combined explicit movement and phonological awareness program to preschool aged students, Deborah Callcott, Lorraine Hammond, and Susanne Hill
Attitudes toward the capabilities of deaf and hard of hearing adults: Insights from the parents of deaf and hard of hearing children, K. Crowe, S. McLeod, David H. McKinnono, and T.Y.C. Ying
Mobile video collection in preservice teacher practicum placements, Christopher E. Dann
Deepening understanding of ‘pedagogical outcomes’ through video data collection: a catalyst for guided reflective learning conversations, Christopher E. Dann and Tony Richardson
Improving the work integrated learning experience through mobile technologies, Christopher E. Dann and Tony Richardson
Inquiry-Based Educational Design for Large-Scale High School Astronomy Projects Using Real Telescopes, Michael Fitzgerald, David H. McKinnon, and Lena Danaia
Photometric and proper motion study of the neglected open cluster NGC 2215, Michael T. Fitzgerald, L. Inwood, David H. McKinnon, W.S. Dias, M. Sacchi, B. Scott, M. Zolinski, L. Danaia, and R. Edwards
Transformational learning in a first year Western Australian Bachelor of Education primary course, Clare Christine Freeman
Teacher emotion research: Introducing a conceptual model to guide future research, Leanne Fried, Caroline Mansfield, and Eva Dobozy
Ethical research in indigenous contexts and the practical implementation of it, Graeme Gower
Communication channel what students want, LMS or Facebook, Yuwanuch Gulatee and Prachyanun Nilsook
Language-based reasoning in primary science, Mark Hackling and Barbara Sherriff
Think piece: Preparing today's children for the workplaces of tomorrow: The critical role of STEM education, Mark W. Hackling
A pedagogical model for engaging Aboriginal children with science learning, Mark W. Hackling, Matt Byrne, Graeme C. Gower, and Karen L. Anderson
Early childhood educators' perceived and actual metalinguistic knowledge, beliefs and enacted practice about teaching early reading, Lorraine Hammond
There are many remedial programs superior to Reading Recovery, Lorraine Hammond
Music for life: A self-reflective study on childhood experiences formulating music education perspectives and philosophies, John Heyworth
Knowing and teaching: the impact of teachers’ knowledge on students’ early literacy achievement, Janet Hunter
Immersion within 360 video settings: Capitalising on embodied perspectives to develop reflection-in-action within pre-service teacher education, Khadeeja Ibrahim-Didi
A closer look at the role of mentor teachers in shaping preservice teachers' professional identity, Mahsa Izadinia
In search of a lost identity: Iranian women and their identity issues, Mahsa Izadinia
The ‘integration of theory and practice’ as a central focus for senior schooling Physical Education Studies, Andrew Jones
‘Time for Being’: Why the Australian Early Years Learning Framework opens up new possibilities, Marianne Knaus
A supported playgroup located on school grounds: Developing family relationships within a school environment to support children’s transition to school, Marianne Knaus and Judy Warren
The power of pedagogy: When all else fails, Deslea Konza and Susan Main
Desiring machines and nomad spaces: Neoliberalism, performativity and becoming in senior secondary drama classrooms, Kirsten Lambert, Peter Wright, Jan Currie, and Robin Pascoe
Data-driven performativity: Neoliberalism's impact on drama education in Western Australian secondary schools, Kirsten Lambert, Peter R. Wright, Jan Currie, and Robin Pascoe
The integration of technology enhanced learning in initial teacher education programmes: collaborative research from Australia and South Africa, Jenny Lane, Arend E. Carl, and Sonja Strydom
A multimodal discourse on the use of touch enabled mobile devices for mathematics education, Jenny M. Lane
Engaging children in reading for pleasure: A better beginnings project linking libraries with primary schools, Natalie Leitao, Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Karen Anderson, Lennie Barblett, and Yvonne Haig
Higher education students' use of technologies for assessment within Personal Learning Environments (PLEs), Lynnette Lounsbury, Paula Mildenhall, David Bolton, Maria Northcote, and Alan Anderson
I see a spark and blow on it: Drama practice in Year 1 and the new Australian Curriculum in the Arts, Christine Lovering
Puppet power, Christine Lovering
Hearing but not listening: Actively engaging students in listening to music beyond the superficial in the music classroom, Geoffrey M. Lowe