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PhD graduate Lin Sophie Teng Listed in Top 2% Most-Cited Scholars in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in China.
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Currently at the start of the second year of her PhD, Carine’s research is incredibly close to her heart.
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Natasha's research looks at songs in Samoan funerals and what these may tell us about what the current Samoan culture looks like in New Zealand.
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Qun Ma is a Doctoral Candidate in Early Childhood Education (ECE) with EDSW’s School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice (LDDP), supervised by Dr. Maria Cooper, Prof. Helen Hedges, and Assoc Prof. Fiona Ell.
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Mirko's research looks at improving student understanding of primary mathematics by coaching parents online.
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International student, Hoa Pham, is looking at how children’s identities emerge through their construction of stories, authoring themselves in the world.
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Chris is loving his experience as a doctoral candidate. “It feels like such a privilege to be able to learn and engage at this level".
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Mary’s research explores what it feels like to be a student in a high-decile school but from a low-socioeconomic home, and the invisibility of that experience.
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Alison’s doctoral research focuses on children’s storying experiences in inclusive early childhood education settings in Aotearoa New Zealand and Hong Kong.
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