School of Education

A case study on learners' 'skills o discovery and interaction' in instant messenger-mediated intercultural dialogue between university students in Taiwan and in UK

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Achievement of Nepalese pupils in Hong Kong primary schools : barriers and education needs

Supervisor: Hill, T. (Supervisor) & Tikly, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Acquisition of Implicit Knowledge of Second Language Syntax: The Effects of Input Modality and Working Memory

Supervisor: Yu, G. (Supervisor) & Kazanina, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

A Critical Realist Analysis of the Legitimising Affects of the Entrepreneurial University

Supervisor: Manchester, H. (Supervisor) & Orchard, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

A critical review of the role of the English funding body for higher education in the relationship between the State and higher education in the period 1945-2003

Supervisor: McMahon, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

A formative perspective on language teaching and assessment: supporting young ethnic minority children in English primary classrooms

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

A meta-theory analysis of teachers’ beliefs and practice with regard to low prior attaining students in mathematics: The representations of teacher voice.

Supervisor: Coles, A. (Supervisor) & Browne, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Science (MSc)

A mixed methods approach to understanding the relationship between computing students’ approaches to learning and academic performance for different entry pathways

Supervisor: Browne, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

A Mobile Learning Model for Clinical Learning in Hong Kong: A Case Study

Supervisor: Manchester, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

A multidimensional investigation of a data-driven approach to learning collocations

Supervisor: Woodfield, H. (Supervisor) & Yu, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Analysis of longitudinal jaw growth data to study sex differences in timing and intensity of the adolescent growth spurt for normal growth and skeletal discrepancies

Supervisor: Leckie, G. (Supervisor), Tilling, K. (Supervisor) & Hughes, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

An application of social categorisation and social identity theory to mental retardation.

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

An exploratory study into the perceptions of maternity service managers and midwives of succession planning and the midwifery leadership role in England

Supervisor: McMahon, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

An investigation of the relationship between carriage of Leptospira and kidney disease in cats

Supervisor: Cogan, T. (Supervisor) & Jeffery, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Science (MSc)

An investigation on the attitudes of Hong Kong adult learners and continuing education providers towards government funding on continuing learning

Supervisor: Robertson, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

A progressively focused qualitative study of teacher thinking in English for academic purposes (EAP) classroom language assesssment

Supervisor: Rea-Dickins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

A study of some effects of information technology programs on Emirati women students' lives

Supervisor: Deem, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Attainment of a global perspective through study abroad programmes in Hong Kong

Supervisor: Robertson, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

'Beauty Girls': Gendered Subjectivity, Agency and Symbolic Violence in Further Education

Supervisor: Deem, R. (Supervisor) & Bradley, H. K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Changes Experienced by Established Teachers After Inclusion Training, and the Resultant Changes in Their Inclusive Practices

Supervisor: Rose, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Chinese educational 'aid' to Africa : a different 'donor logic'?

Supervisor: Robertson, S. (Supervisor) & Dale, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Chinese Language Needs of South Asian Undergraduates: A Case Study in a Self-financing Vocational Institute in Hong Kong

Supervisor: Browne, W. (Supervisor) & Tikly, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Chinese postgraduate business students in the UK : a preliminary exploration of their experiences and learning development

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Choice and decision-making in upper secondary education : a comparative study of pupils' perspectives in England and Norway

Supervisor: Osborn, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Classroom mathematical learning with computers: the mediational effects of the computer, the teacher and the task

Supervisor: Sutherland, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Cognition in the classroom : exploring the role of working memory in children's mathematical learning at Key Stage 2

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Cognitive bias as an indicator of emotional states in animals

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Collaborative learning experience in project groups : an analysis of collaborative process and discourse patterns in peer discussions of college students in Hong Kong

Supervisor: Lucas, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Conceptualising educational quality in Kenyan secondary education : comparing local and national

Supervisor: McNess, E. (Supervisor) & Crossley, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Conversing with Island Mangroves: Towards a New Story of Humanity’s Relationship with the Earth

Supervisor: Tucker, K. (Supervisor) & Pancost, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Corrective feedback and learner uptake: focus-on-form instruction in primary school EFL classrooms in China

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Cyberbullying among youths in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangzhou

Supervisor: Manchester, H. (Supervisor) & McKeown Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Deaf-Hearing family life

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Deaf-Hearing family life

Supervisor: Hughes, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Dearing and Derrida, a strange double guard : on higher education in the learning society

Supervisor: Squires, J. (Supervisor) & Sutherland, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Effective school leadership and head teachers�? professional learning in Zanzibar secondary schools : a mixed-method exploratory study of the perceptions of key education stakeholders

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Effective teacher-pupil interaction in classrooms of pupils with specific learning difficulties learning English as a foreign language

Supervisor: Rea-Dickins, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

EFL for young learners in Thailand : a classrom study

Supervisor: Kiely, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

English Language Policy in Higher Education in Hong Kong: a Critical Discourse Analysis and A Comparative Study

Supervisor: Giampapa, F. (Supervisor) & Dale, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Examining Non-formal Education in Complex Knowledge-production: A Case Study of the Safety Match work and workers in South India

Supervisor: Dale, R. (Supervisor) & Robertson, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Exploring diagnostic listening assessment in the classroom : A Saudi academic context

Supervisor: Woodfield, H. P. (Supervisor) & Isaacs, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

Exploring leadership in primary schools in Male', the Maldives : a local perspective

Supervisor: Robertson, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Exploring the Impact of Learning in Out-of-School Time Settings on Saudi University Graduates’ Aspirations to Major and Work in Science and Engineering-related Fields

Supervisor: Dillon, J. (Supervisor), Bainton, D. (Supervisor) & Barrett, A. M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)

From courses to processes: teachers' and tutors' experiences and perceptions of an in-service training course in Greece

Supervisor: John, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

From interaction to presentation : oral English skills development in the Thai university context

Supervisor: Kiely, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Gender differences in learning achievement in Eritrean secondary schools with emphasis on science.

Supervisor: Mebrahtu, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms

Supervisor: Manley, D. (Supervisor), Timpson, N. J. (Supervisor) & Leckie, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Governance in higher education: a comparative study of English and Scottish University governing bodies

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Governing the knowledge economy : the World Bank as a gatekeeper for development

Supervisor: McLennan, G. (Supervisor) & Osborne, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Growing up Between Cultures: Ethnic Identity Development and Mental Health amongst British-born Children of Immigrants from Turkey

Supervisor: Rose, J. (Supervisor) & Mckeown Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)