Supervision
Supervision of technology-related Master’s and Doctoral research
ongoing | Ed.D. | “Creating and using massive open online courses in teaching: A study in the Singaporean higher education sector” |
ongoing | Ed.D. | “A study of the continuing professional development of Singapore polytechnic science and technology lecturers” |
ongoing | Ed.D. | “Lecturers’ and students’ educational experiences of the flipped approach to teaching and learning at one Australian university” |
ongoing | Ph.D. | “MOOCs 4 Development? Action research into open online learning in Timor-Leste” |
completed 2018 [pass] |
Ph.D. | “Plagiarism in the digital era: A study of Australian transnational education in Singapore” |
completed 2017 [pass] |
Ph.D. | “The objectified self(ie): The manifestation of internalised sociocultural body ideals in the visual presentation of self on Facebook” |
completed 2016 [pass] |
Ed.D. | “Teacher knowledge, information and communications technology, and the teaching of Chinese as a Second Language in Singapore” |
completed 2015 [pass] |
M.Prof. Eng. | “Application of the ‘Spritz’ mobile reading app to the dynamic presentation of text in project documentation” |
completed 2012 [pass] |
M.Ed. | “Pre-service teachers’ readiness to use ICTs in schools” |
completed 2006 [pass with Distinction] |
M.Phil. | “Computer-mediated communication: A beneficial tool for modern language learning? German business professionals’ perceptions of and attitudes towards learning English via asynchronous discussion boards” |
Supervision of other Master’s and Doctoral research
ongoing | Ed.D. | “Dealing with the inquiry pedagogy in social studies: An interpretivist study on beginning social studies teachers in Singapore” |
ongoing | Ed.D. | “Development of the two specialized schools for Normal (Technical) students in Singapore: A Study of policy in practice” |
ongoing | Ed.D. | “Perspectives of employed graduates of Australian audio engineering programmes on employability attributes and skills development in their education” |
completed 2013 [pass] | Ph.D. | “Language learning, culture and identity: A study of identity development in migrant women of Iranian, Lebanese and Afghan origin” |
completed 2012 [pass] | Ed.D. | “Third generation migrant children learning their heritage language: Insiders’ perspectives” |
completed 2011 [pass] | Ed.D. | “Language switching in African song lyrics produced in Perth, Western Australia: A social semiotic approach” |
completed 2008 [pass] | M.Ed. | “From ‘Problem’ to ‘Resource’: A Place for Singlish in the Language Classroom?” |
completed 2008 [pass] | M.Ed. | “The Effects of Hong Kong’s Trilingual Policy on Language Learners’ Identities” |
completed 2007 [pass] | Ph.D. | “Challenges in Cross-Cultural Business Communication: A Study of Linguistic, Cultural and Intercultural Issues in Malaysian-Australian Business Relations” |
completed 2007 [pass] | Ph.D. | “Evasion in Australian Parliamentary Question Time: The Case of the Iraq War” |
completed 2007 [pass] | Ph.D. | “Chinese EFL Learners’ Strategies for Vocabulary Acquisition: A Longitudinal Study” [supervision for part of period] |
completed 2007 [pass] | M.Phil. | “English in the Emirates: Imposition or Empowerment?” |
completed 2005 [pass] | M.Sc. | “The Marketisation of Higher Education: Chinese Students’ Views of University Marketing in China and in the UK” |
completed 2005 [pass] | M.Sc. | “Hybridity in Cultural Globalisation: A Case Study of the Positioning of McDonald’s in Chinese Culture” |
completed 2005 [pass] | M.Sc. | “Levelling Out? The Attitude of ELT Professionals in the Ile-de-France Region, France, towards RP as an Accent Model” |
completed 2005 [pass] | M.Sc. | “A Chinese Perspective on the UCLES Business English Certificate: How International Is It?” |
Examining
(2016). Ph.D. Thesis: Digital storytelling as a means of supporting digital literacy learning in an upper-primary-school English language classroom.
(2015). Ph.D. Thesis: A multiple case study of employees’ informal learning with mobile web 2.0 in the context of foreign investment enterprises in China.
(2014) Ph.D. Thesis: Integrating technology in tertiary level English language programmes: Case studies of Moodle learning environments.
(2005) Ph.D. Thesis: The invisible empire: Border protection on the electronic frontier.
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