Research
Welcome to Research at The Faculty of Education!
As you enter through our ‘doors’ here, we invite you to share the stories about what our researchers are doing, and they way we strive to make a difference in the lives of children, families, and communities while making key contributions to the research literature and working to advance the study of education. For details on our faculty members' areas of research please visit our Faculty profiles page.
What we do, and the way we do it, are driven by our goal of making a difference in the lives of children, families and communities through education. Our strategic priorities (PDF) provide us with a clear direction, and ones which we are proud to share:
- INNOVATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
- ADVANCING THE RELEVANCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE KNOWLEDGE GENERATION
- EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP
- STRENGTHENING A CULTURE OF SCHOLARSHIP
Research Clusters (Core Research Areas):
Research expertise at the Faculty of Education is categorized within three distinct and overlapping areas, which are united in purpose to promote conditions in which children, families and communities thrive.
Critical Policy, Equity and Leadership Studies:
CPELS members employ multidisciplinary approaches to interrogate the socio-political contexts of education policy, practice, and leadership and administration, through a range of perspectives, including traditional and Indigenous knowledges. CPELS members focus on domestic and global systems, networks, organizations, communities, and individuals, and have expertise in critical policy analysis; educational leadership and administration; global and international and comparative education, Indigenous education, and social equity, including critical race, gender, and queer studies. A number of members direct large externally-funded research projects and are part of global, national, and local research partnerships.
Curriculum Studies and Studies in Applied Linguistics:
This cluster is made up of programs & research that include two interrelated threads: Curriculum Studies & Applied Linguistics. Curriculum studies is an established, but not uniform, discipline that has been identified as the first (& perhaps only) discipline to be birthed from education itself. Applied linguistics in the Faculty of Education is concerned with investigating issues pertaining to the nature of language teaching and learning.
Applied Psychology
Applied Psychology includes faculty members with expertise in Mental Health, Inclusive and Special Education, and Cognition and Neuroscience.
