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Principal Supervisor of doctoral students, or person qualified to take on this role, indicated by (P).

Adult basic education

ABE curriculum assessment and evaluation Philosophy, policy and history of ABE

Sheilagh Kelly
Hermine Scheeres
Rosie Wickert(P)
Keiko Yasukawa (P)

Adult learning and development

Adult development
Cooperative education
Learning styles
Memory
Motivation studies
Development and counselling
Identity and learning
Skills acquisition
Transfer of learning

James Athanasou (P)
David Boud (P)
Clive Chappell (P)
Ian Cornford (P)
Geof Hawke
Susan Knights
Elyssebeth Leigh
Bob Pithers (P)
Peter Russell
Jane Sampson
Shirley Saunders (P)

Assessment of learning

Assessment and accreditation of prior learning Self, peer and collaborative processes
Assessment of skills and competencies
Assessment of vocational interests and abilities
Outcomes based learning in the school curriculum
Authentic assessment

James Athanasou (P)
David Boud (P)
Ian Cornford (P)
Kathie Forster (P)
Andrew Gonczi (P)
Paul Hager (P)
Geof Hawke
Tony Holland (P)
Bob Pithers (P)
Peter Russell

Competencies

Higher level competencies especially critical thinking
Assessment of competence
Establishment of competency standards
Analysis of changes in competence
Nature of generic competencies

Clive Chappell (P)
Andrew Gonczi (P)
Paul Hager (P)
Geof Hawke
Tony Holland (P)
Robyn Johnston

Computer-based education and training

Computers in the teaching and learning process Information technology in education
Designing, implementing and evaluating computer mediated learning environments
Issues in computer education and training

Graham Barnsley (P)
Debra Hayes (P)
Tony Holland (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Matthew Kearney (P)
Lynette Schaverien (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Cooperative learning

Reciprocal peer learning
Collaborative learning
Learning in informal settings

David Boud (P)
Laurie Brady (P)
Janette Griffin (P)
Susan Knights
Elyssebeth Leigh
Jane Sampson
Sandy Schuck (P)
Alan Scully

Creative and performing arts education

Children's theatre
Educational drama
Storytelling
Music education
Drama in education
Creative writing
Integrated arts
Art education
Dance education
Music therapy
Drama therapy

Anne Bamford (P)
Kate Collier
Peter DeVries (P)
Rick Flowers
Rosemary Johnston (P)
Paul March
Barbara Poston-Anderson (P)

Curriculum studies

Curriculum design
Contemporary curriculum issues
Curriculum management
Curriculum evaluation
Curriculum theory in adult education Construction of knowledge
Sociology of curriculum change

Peter Aubusson (P)
Lori Beckett (P)
Laurie Brady (P)
Clive Chappell (P)
Rick Flowers
Deb Hayes (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Discourse analysis

Approaches to discourse analysis
Critical discourse analysis
Studies of classroom interaction
Studies of spoken language corpus
Analysis of casual conversation
Ethnography of communication
Discourse and policy

Pauline Gibbons (P)
Jenny Hammond (P)
Chris Nesbitt (P)
Alastair Pennycook (P)
Hermine Scheeres
Diana Slade (P)
Rosie Wickert (P)

Education and social action

Parental involvement and participation
Empowerment in education
Community organisations and learning
Community development
Activism
Learning in social contexts
Popular education
Social movements
Trade union education
Aboriginal adult education
Community adult education

Lori Beckett (P)
John Buchanan
Kate Collier
Rick Flowers
Kathie Forster (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Jenny Newman
Jane Sampson
Sallie Saunders
Lynette Schaverien (P)
Rosie Wickert (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Educational leadership

Applied communication theory and research
Leadership in education
Organisational psychology
Group and organisational communication
Managerial development in education and HRD
Change process in educational organisations
Managing educational organisation
Managing education programs

Ian Cornford (P)
Andrew Gonczi (P)
Debra Hayes (P)
Robyn Johnston
Elyssebeth Leigh
Bob Pithers (P)
Geoff Riordan (P)
Shirley Saunders (P)
Rosie Wickert (P)

Experience-based and practice-based learning

Action learning
Games and simulations in training
Learning in informal settings
Learning in the workplace
Models of learning
Problem-based learning
Role of reflection
Self-directed learning
Work-based learning
Autobiography and learning
The practicum
Museums and learning

David Boud (P)
Kate Collier
Ian Cornford (P)
Peter DeVries (P)
Janette Griffin (P)
Paul Hager (P)
Geof Hawke
Susan Knights
Elyssebeth Leigh
Mike Newman (P)
Jane Sampson
Shirley Saunders (P)
Lynette Schaverien (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)
Alan Scully

First and second language development

Bilingual education
Mother tongue development
Second language development
Second language literacy development
Studies in cultural diversity

Pauline Gibbons (P)
Jenny Hammond (P)
Liam Morgan (P)
Alastair Pennycook (P)

Flexible, open and distance education

Flexible learning and delivery
Open and distance education
Computer mediated communication
Policy studies in open and distance education

Janette Griffin (P)
Tony Holland (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Matthew Kearney (P)
Elyssebeth Leigh
Shirley Saunders (P)
Lynette Schaverien (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)

Gender and education

Gender equity in education
Women and learning
Feminist pedagogy
Language, literacy and gender
Gender as practice
Sociology of gender

Debra Hayes (P)
Susan Knights
Alastair Pennycook (P)
Jane Sampson
Sallie Saunders
Hermine Scheeres
Nicky Solomon (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Higher and professional education

Innovation in course design and development
Assessment practice
Experience-based learning approaches
Conceptions of teaching and learning
Professional development practices
Research supervision

Peter Aubusson (P)
David Boud (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Historical, philosophical and social perspectives

Australian studies
Philosophy of adult and vocational education
History of adult education
Sociology of education
Cultural theory
International/comparative adult education
Adult education in the Third World
Language and globalisation
Comparative adult and vocational education

John Buchanan
Ian Cornford (P)
Rick Flowers
Kathie Forster (P)
Andrew Gonczi (P)
Paul Hager (P)
Debra Hayes (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Susan Knights
Roger Morris (P)
Alastair Pennycook (P)
Barbara Poston-Anderson (P)
Geoff Riordan (P)
Hermine Scheeres
Rosie Wickert (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Literacies academic and workplace

Academic writing
Studies in cultural diversity
Studies of language and literacy in workplaces
Workplace communication

Alastair Pennycook (P)
Hermine Scheeres
Diana Slade (P)
Nicky Solomon (P)
Rosie Wickert (P)

Literacy education

Learning perceptions
Learning in informal settings
Literacy development
Policy development in literacy education
School literacy education
Remedial reading and spelling
Children's literature
Ethnography of literacy practices
Literacy assessment
Policy analysis
Tertiary literacy

Rhondda Brill
Pauline Gibbons (P)
Janette Griffin (P)
Jenny Hammond (P)
Rosemary Johnston (P)
Sheilagh Kelly
Paul March
Alastair Pennycook (P)
Hermine Scheeres
Rosie Wickert (P)
Keiko Yasukawa (P)

Mathematics education

Mathematics as social practice
Maths anxiety
Beliefs about maths
Attitude to maths
School numeracy education
Adult numeracy education
Theories of numeracy
Numeracy practices of the young unemployed
Language and mathematics

Graham Barnsley (P)
Lynette Schaverien (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)
Keiko Yasukawa (P)

Mentoring

Mentoring students in schools
Mentoring student teachers on practicum
Mentoring beginning teachers

Graham Barnsley (P)
Peter Russell
Sandy Schuck (P)
Alan Scully

Organisational learning and change

Organisational development
Human resources development
Organisational planning and learning
Change management
Staff development
Organisational culture

Clive Chappell (P)
Tony Holland (P)
Robyn Johnston
Bob Pithers (P)
Nicky Solomon (P)

Partnership and action research

Collaborative research
Teachers as researchers
Self-study

Peter Aubusson (P)
Lori Beckett (P)
Laurie Brady (P)
Janette Griffin (P)
Debra Hayes (P)
Geoffrey Riordan (P)
Lyn Schaverien (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)

Policy in education and training

Adult and vocational education policy
Politics of adult education
The role of government in adult education and school education
Policy studies in post-secondary education and training
Educational planning and implementation
Politics in school education
Politics of higher education
Language policy and education

Lori Beckett (P)
Clive Chappell (P)
Ian Cornford (P)
Kathie Forster (P)
Andrew Gonczi (P)
Paul Hager (P)
Geof Hawke
Debra Hayes (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Susan Knights
Roger Morris (P)
Alastair Pennycook (P)
Geoff Riordan (P)
Shirley Saunders (P)
Hermine Scheeres
Rosie Wickert (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Professional development

Self-study of practice
Self-appraisal for professional development
Staff/professional development
Organisational aspects
Role of supervisors
Professional development of school principals
Development review/appraisal
Professional development of adult educators and teachers
Mentoring beginning teachers

Peter Aubusson (P)
Lori Beckett (P)
David Boud (P)
Laurie Brady (P)
Rhondda Brill
Clive Chapell (P)
Ian Cornford (P)
Janette Griffin (P)
Susan Knights
Elyssebeth Leigh
Roger Morris (P)
Jane Sampson
Lynette Schaverien (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)

Program design, implementation and evaluation in adult and vocational education

Models of program development
Needs assessment
Collaborative processes of program design
Implementation strategies
Instructional design
Evaluation models and procedures

Clive Chappell (P)
Ian Cornford (P)
Rick Flowers
Geof Hawke
Tony Holland (P)
Susan Knights
Roger Morris (P)
Jane Sampson
Diana Slade (P)

Recognition and assessment of prior learning

Credit transfer/articulation
Portfolio development

Rick Flowers
Tony Holland (P)

Research and evaluation strategies

Illuminative/responsive approaches
Cooperative inquiry
Methodological issues
Interpretive research
Ethnography of education settings
Action research
Case studies and grounded theorising
Problem-based methodology
Qualitative research
Quantitative research
Research design and statistical analysis
Social critical research
Narrative enquiry

James Athanasou (P)
Peter Aubusson (P)
David Boud (P)
Rhondda Brill
Clive Chappell (P)
Ian Cornford (P)
Peter DeVries (P)
Janette Griffin (P)
Viktor Jakupec (P)
Geof Hawke
Roger Morris (P)
Bob Pithers (P)
Barbara Poston-Anderson (P)
Lynette Schaverien (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Science and technology education

Learning beyond the classroom
Gender and science
Computer-based learning
Communities of learners
Social constructivist approaches to learning

Peter Aubusson (P)
Janette Griffin (P)
Debra Hayes (P)
Matthew Kearney (P)
Lynette Schaverien (P)

Social change and education

Subjectivity
Cultural change
New educational and work pathways
New technologies and learners
Policy changes and schooling

Lori Beckett (P)
John Buchanan
Clive Chappell (P)
Debra Hayes (P)
Geoffrey Riordan (P)
Sandy Schuck (P)
Nicky Solomon (P)
Lyn Yates (P)

Social and environmental education

Primary teacher education: studies of society and environment
Curriculum development, NSW: human society and its environment (K-6)

Laurie Brady (P)
John Buchanan
Lyn Yates (P)

Special education

Special needs education
Learning difficulties
Gifted and talented students

Graham Barnsley (P)
Barbara Poston-Anderson (P)
Jennifer Stephenson (P)

Systemic functional linguistics

Analysis of classroom interaction
Genre analysis
Theory of systemic linguistics
Spoken and written language
Educational applications of systemic linguistics Analysis of spoken language

Pauline Gibbons (P)
Jenny Hammond (P)
Chris Nesbitt (P)
Hermine Scheeres
Diana Slade (P)

TESOL curriculum and methodology

TESOL curriculum
Language assessment
Approaches to TESOL
Languages other than English
Program evaluation
TESOL and cultural difference

Rhondda Brill
Pauline Gibbons (P)
Jenny Hammond (P)
Rosemary Johnston (P)
Sheilagh Kelly
Lesley Ljungdahl (P)
Liam Morgan (P)
Alastair Pennycook (P)
Diana Slade (P)
Jacquie Widin

Training and development

Skill formation
Industrial training
Evaluation of educational and training programs
Competency-based education
Workplace reform and training

James Athanasou (P)
Clive Chappell (P)
Paul Hager (P)
Geof Hawke
Tony Holland (P)
Robyn Johnston
Elyssebeth Leigh
Bob Pithers (P)
Peter Russell
Hermine Scheeres
Diana Slade (P)
Nicky Solomon (P)

Work-based learning

Learning at work
Links between learning and performance
Learning and organisational goals
Capability

David Boud (P)
Clive Chappell (P)
Andrew Gonczi (P)
Paul Hager (P)
Nicky Solomon (P)