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The role of arts education in predicting students’ academic motivation and engagement
Although increasing demands on the school curriculum have resulted in less time for arts education, there is growing – but incomplete – evidence suggesting potential benefits of the arts in learning and achievement. more...
Supervisor(s):
Martin, Andrew (Associate Professor)
Research Location:
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Program Type:
N/A
Keywords:
Education, Child Psychology, motivation, engagement, achievement, quantitative research methods. evidence-based research motivation, and achievement, cognate areas, boys' education, gifted and talented, academic resilience and academic buoyancy, personal bests, pedagogy, parenting, teacher-student relationships, Aboriginal education. sport, music, and work.
Motivation Systems for Curious Design Agents
The development of computational models of motivation, including curiosity, to promote the autonomous exploration of complex design domains.. more...
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Research Location:
Design Lab, at the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Planning
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Keywords:
Curious design agents, computational models, autonomous exploration, complex design domains, computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence, computational models of curiosity, creative computing, computational creativity, agent based modelling, motivated agents, Motivation Systems, Design Studies, Machine learning
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
The TESOL research program explores issues relating to language teaching and learning and socio-cultural aspects of language education. more...
Supervisor(s):
Paltridge, Brian (Professor), Harbon, Lesley (Dr), Shen, Huizhong (Dr), Woodrow, Lindy (Dr), Phakiti, Aek (Dr), Stevenson, Marie (Dr), Hirsh, David (Dr), Dufficy, Paul (Dr)
Research Location:
Faculty of Education and Social Work
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Keywords:
TESOL, Language Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition, Intercultural Language Education, Bilingual Education, Language Testing, and English for Specific Purposes, Academic Writing, Critical Discourse Analysis. Genre Analysis, Vocabulary Learning, motivation, Language Teacher, second Professional Development, language reading, language learning strategies, strategic competence, metacognition, English as an additional language; English as a second language; multilingual classrooms; additive bilingualism; challenging academic tasks; task design; assessment; sociocultural perspectives; action research; professional development in schools
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Academic resilience and academic buoyancy (in school generally and in particular school subjects)
According to OECD and MCEETYA, too many students fail to reach their academic potential. more...
Supervisor(s):
Martin, Andrew (Associate Professor)
Research Location:
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Program Type:
N/A
Keywords:
Education, Child Psychology, motivation, engagement, achievement, quantitative research methods. evidence-based research motivation, and achievement, cognate areas, boys' education, gifted and talented, academic resilience and academic buoyancy, personal bests, pedagogy, parenting, teacher-student relationships, Aboriginal education. sport, music, and work.
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Adaptability (academic and non-academic) in childhood and youth
Adaptability is vital to outcomes relevant to education, health, well-being, and social relations. more...
Supervisor(s):
Martin, Andrew (Associate Professor)
Research Location:
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Program Type:
N/A
Keywords:
Education, Child Psychology, motivation, engagement, achievement, quantitative research methods. evidence-based research motivation, and achievement, cognate areas, boys' education, gifted and talented, academic resilience and academic buoyancy, personal bests, pedagogy, parenting, teacher-student relationships, Aboriginal education. sport, music, and work.
Educational Psychology
This program of research aims to explore how we can improve student learning by better understanding cognition, motivation, emotion, and/or behaviour.. more...
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Research Location:
Faculty of Education and Social Work
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N/A
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Organ donation - who donates their brains for research and why?
Contemporary research has identified several factors influencing people’s decisions to donate organs, such as blood and bone marrow for transplant. more...
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Research Location:
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
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Keywords:
Organ donation, brains, transplantation, motivation, Research
Adult Education
This research is an exploration of why adults return to study and the impact this has on their lives.. more...
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Research Location:
Faculty of Education and Social Work
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N/A
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Music Education
Research in music education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music encompasses a wide range of perspectives on the teaching and learning of music in culturally diverse settings from pre-school to tertiary levels, within and outside of formal settings.. more...
Supervisor(s):
Marsh, Kathryn (Associate Professor), Dunbar-Hall, Peter (Associate Professor), Renwick, James (Dr), Rowley, Jennifer (Dr), Webb, Michael (Dr), McEwan, Neil (Dr)
Research Location:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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Keywords:
Australian musical identity, cognition and instruction, cultural diversity in music education, educational psychology, e-learning, ethnomusicology, gifted education, history and philosophy of music education, informal learning, instrumental pedagogy, motivation, music psychology, musical creativity, musical play, new literacies, popular music, practising behaviour, primary music education, teacher education, teacher effectiveness, teaching and learning
Emotion, cognition and psychiatric disorders
The key goal of this project is to identify objective brain and behaviour markers of major mental illnesses and their treatment. more...
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Research Location:
The Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Millennium Institute
Program Type:
PHD
Keywords:
Schizophrenia, First episode Psychosis, ADHD, Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa, anxiety, Conduct Disorder, depression, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), stress, Integrative Neuroscience, Affective neuroscience, Cognitive neuroscience, Brain imaging, Electrophysiology, cognition, Emotion, Genetic polymorphisms, Behavioural & psychiatric disorders, Neuroscience & psychology