Social & Health Sciences

Register of Supervisors

Find a supervisor for masters or doctorate study in your area of research interest for the programmes below:

  • Master of Education
  • Master of Educational Leadership and Management
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Education).
Name Preferred Methodologies Supervision Areas

Professor Carol Cardno QSO

Masters and Doctoral level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 7411
ccardno@unitec.ac.nz

 Qualitative Research
Action Research

 

 Educational leadership and management in all education sectors
Management development
Organisational learning and Dilemma management
Strategic management
Performance appraisal
Collaborative management
Team leadership

Dr Ken Blaiklock

Masters level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8485
kblaiklock@unitec.ac.nz

 Empirical
Quantitative

Literacy Acquisition
Fostering language in early education settings

Angel Chan

Masters level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8251
achan@unitec.ac.nz

 Qualitative Research

Cultural studies
Sociology of childhoods
Immigrant families
Critical pedagogy
Diversity & difference in early childhood education
Chinese perspectives of learning and childrearing

Associate Professor Jennifer Collins

Masters and Doctoral level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8369
jcollins@unitec.ac.nz

 Qualitative research
Historical methods
Educational Biography
Case study		 Educational policy, gender and leadership issues
International education
Catholic educational administration and leadership issues

Dr Josephine Howse

Masters and Doctoral level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8348
jhowse@unitec.ac.nz

 Qualitative research

Educational leadership and management
Strategic management
Management of change
Mentoring and collegial support
Secondary and tertiary education

Melanie Miller

Masters  level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8176
mmiller@unitec.ac.nz

 Qualitative Research Academic professional development
Assessment in higher education
Curriculum design
Holistic education
Vocational training/unit standards

Associate Professor Eileen Piggot-Irvine

Masters and Doctoral level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8936
epiggoti@unitec.ac.nz

 Success Case Study
Mixed Method Research
Action Research		 Appraisal
Leadership development
Organisational learning
Change Leadership
Human resource development

Associate Professor Jenny Ritchie

Masters and Doctoral level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8317
jritchie@unitec.ac.nz

 Qualitative Research
Narrative Research
Critical Ethnography

Philosophy, history, sociology of childhoods and of early childhood education
Reconceptualising early childhood studies
Role of early childhood education in language revitalization
Anti-racism within teacher education & NZ society in general
Equity issues and strategies in education
Strategies for non-violent child-rearing and compassionate communication in education and elsewhere
Education and teacher education for sustainabilities: cultural, relational, economic, and ecological

Howard Youngs

Masters level supervision

+64 9 815 4321 ext 8411
hyoungs@unitec.ac.nz

 Qualitative Research
Case study research
Mixed Method Research
Action Research		 Distributed leadership
Educational leadership and management in all sectors
Leadership development
Managing and leading change in learning and teaching
Micropolitics in educational organisations
Team leadership and dynamics