Teaching
Contributions to the following MEd courses:
School Effectiveness and Improvement
Managing Educational Change
Methods of Statistical Analysis
Advanced Quantitative Methods in Educational Research (course tutor)
Research Students
PhD Completed
- 2010 Kai Ren - Title: Underachievement and learning power
- 2006 Jenifer Moody - Title: A question of gender: an investigation into the relationship between the gender of question writers and student achievement.
- 2001 Thanasis Verdis - Title: The effectiveness of upper secondary schools in Athens.
EdD Completed
- 2010 Bill Egginton Title: Evaluation of project management training in Defence Services
- 2009 Hilary Hayward - Title: Is gender important in the issue of underachieving school leavers?
- 2003 Aziz Md Nor - Title: An investigation into headship training for aspiring primary school teachers in Malaysia.
Current Ph.D. Students
- Yianna Schiza (topic: School effectiveness and progress of ethnic minority students in Cyprus)
- Massoud Salim (topic: School effectiveness and school self evaluation in Zanzibar)
- Bernardita Munoz Chereab (topic: Value added measures of school performance in Chile)
- WR Wan Ali (topic: Parental involvement in schooling)
- Pippa Griew (topic: The school effect on children’s school time physical activity)
Current Ed.D. Students
- Kathleen Huxley (topic: progress of gifted and talented students)
- Louise Garland (topic: evaluating school leaders and other stakeholders’ views on educational needs ethnic minority students)
- Unyarat Sukhamongkon (topic: school effectiveness and school quality indicators in Thailand)
- Robert Legg (topic: childrens’ participation in singing in school and other contexts)
MEd Completed
- 2009 Yuan Gao – Title: A survey of school practitioners perceptions of school effectiveness and evalauation in one selected secondary school in china.
- 2009 Au Yeung Yick Fung Bernard – Title: An investigation of students learning outcomes through their participation in a community services Programme in a Hong Kong Aided Secondary School.
- 2009 Bai Xuhong – Title: The growth of education provision across boarders
- 2008Max Moder - Title: Educational Quality in Chile and England.
- 2007 Liu Na - Title: Evaluating English Teaching Quality in China.
- 2007 Jiang Na - Title: Financing higher education: an analysis of marketisation reform in financing higher education in mainland China.
- 2006 Li Wang - Title: Teaching Competitions and the impact on Teachers Professional Development.
- 2005 Yasmin White - Title: The potential of school self-evaluation to promote improvement effectiveness at the secondary school in Montserrat.
- 2003 C. Cayler - Title: Exploring Examination procedures.