Research Methodologies

What makes inter-institutional collaborations successful? How many Retional Hub projects have led to successful and on-going professional communities? What are the uses and benefits to members of these communities? What factors account for the sustainability of inter-institutional collaborations, and how can these be built into projects and be fostered?

The goal of this project is to design a beginning teacher development model to share with other tertiary providers.

This project investigates threshold concepts as they apply to the teaching and learning of research. It worked closely with research students and their supervisors to see ways in which threshold concepts are identified, and how the students go about crossing these thresholds. This international research was conducted with research supervisors in six countries: Australia, England, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand and Trinidad.

This project investigates the ethical issues relating to research with young indigenous participants. It scrutinises the roles of Human Research Ethics Committees with respect to protecting these participants in the research process.

This study proposes an alternative model for crafting research into ways to ameliorate the achievements of Pasifika students in tertiary education. This model, aua’i i le galuega (direct involvement) was developed by Pasifika students with reference to the notion of 'vaka' or canoe to represent the different factors which shape their educational journey. It is intended that this model will have application for other minority student groups to actively participate in the development of research into issues of direct importance to them.

This project examines the value of narrative inquiry as an approach to research, with particular application to the field of language teacher education.