RESEARCH REGISTER 2014
Keyword
Research Project Title
Institution
Results Due to DECD
Assessment
Investigating the nature of dyslexia in Chinese and
English Monolingual Speaking Children: Similarities,
Differences and Definitional Criteria - a pilot study
Flinders University
March / April 2015
Students with
Disabilities
Wellbeing
Documenting effective building practices for
children and students with disability
Evaluation of a new online wellbeing resource "The Toolbox: the best apps for your brain and
body"
Cross-sectional associations between face-to-face
and technology-mediated help-seeking behaviour
and depressive and anxiety symptoms, and bullying
victimisation in mid-adolescents
DECD
1/02/2015
Flinders University /
Country Health
1/06/2016
Australian Catholic
University
19/12/2014
Wellbeing
Engagement
Mechanisms underlying school refusal: targeting
worry as a trans-diagnostic process
School of Psychology
Flinders University
20/12/2014
Curriculum
Asia Education Foundation Languages Research
Project
N/A
1/08/2014
Wellbeing
An investigation of Cyberbullying , Sexting and the
Law
Towards Place-based Education in the Murray Darling Basin
Old Habits Die Hard but What is their value
Dreaming our way forward: alternative ideologies
of schooling
University of South
Australia
University of Canberra
27/02/2015
Monash University
Flinders University
1/08/2015
1/12/2015
Behaviour
The development of social vulnerability in children
University of Western
Australia
Flinders University
1/03/2015
Curriculum
Curriculum
Leadership
1/09/2015
Leadership
Principals leading pedagogically in neoliberal times
Curriculum
Teachers as collaborative knowledge workers and
curriculum designers : challenging individualistic
curriculum conceptualisation in favour of more
collaborative approaches in secondary schools
University Victoria
31/07/2014
Mental Health
What's Normal? An exploration of Youth
Perceptions of Wellbeing and Help Seeking
University of South
Australia
1/07/2016
Curriculum
The student experience of learning Chinese at
secondary school
Linking NAPLAN scores to the Longitudinal Surveys
of Australian Youth (LSAY)- Pilot Project
Dental Trauma Knowledge and Management by
School Staff
University of South
Australia
NCVER
30/01/2015
University of Adelaide
1/11/2014 awaiting for
further advice from
researcher
TBA
Assessment
Health Management
15/12/2014
Child Protection
Evaluation of the Families SA Reunification Initiative
Engagement
Belonging and engagement: An investigation of
school culture and student belonging as a
foundation for engagement and success
Pedagogy
Promoting self-directed learning through explicit
teaching : using an assessment to modify a school
context and develop students' self-directed
learning
Flinders University
1/07/2015
Behaviour
Prevalence and effectiveness of anti-bullying
approaches in Australian schools
Solar Energy PV Research
University of South
Australia
University of NSW
30/06/2015
Examining The Smith Family scholarship students
and the wider low SES student population in South
Australia
The Smith Family
Technology
Other
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Telethon Kids Institute,
University of WA
University of South
Australia
1/12/2015
1/09/2017
ongoing initial results
October 2014
30/11/2014
Keyword
Research Project Title
Institution
Results Due to DECD
Curriculum
Curriculum
The Climate Schools Combined Mental Health Study
University of NSW
28/02/2016
Education for Citizenship in South Australian
Schools: A Pilot Study
Social Justice, Pedagogy and the Australian
Curriculum
Teaching Basic Life Support to Young Mothers (Age
16-25)
University of South
Australia
University of South
Australia
Flinders University
TBA
31/12/2015
Curriculum
Teacher Development
N/A
30/01/2015
Other
"Creating a better world" social inequalities in the
discourses and practices of the International
Baccalaureate
University of Adelaide
30/06/2014
Engagement
Evolution of Mind Matters
n/a
1/07/2016 subject to
release by Beyond Blue
Wellbeing
The Contribution of Social Work student
placements in school settings implementing the
Kids Matter Program
Flinders University
31/01/2015
Students with
Disabilities
An investigation into the perceived self-efficacy of
students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Deakin University
31/03/2014
Curriculum
Monash University
30/12/2016
Curriculum
Creative Pedagogies and practices in secondary
schools - Phase 2
An investigation of the Language Learning &
teaching conditions that would support ChineseEnglish Bilingual education in South Australia
University of South
Australia
28/02/2018
Engagement
Children's voices in play
31 June 2015
Accountability
An investigation into the relationship between
public investment in schools and outcome
Social Return on investment analysis of Australian
Red Cross Step Out Program
University of South
Australia
Victoria University
N/A
TBA
Curriculum
Health Management
Other
31/12/2014
28/02/2015
Curriculum
Teachers' understanding of media influence on
young children's gender-role and self-identity
development and their management and
educational strategies
University of South
Australia
8/06/2015
Aboriginal Education
Beyond Boarding: An explanation of post-boarding
school aspirations and outcomes for Australian
Indigenous students, their families and
communities
Central Queensland
University
25/04/2016
Wellbeing
Safe Schools Hub : Project Evaluation
26/05/2015
Early Childhood
Education
Teacher self-efficacy and Play In the reception
classroom: A case study of 6 South Australian
teachers
A 13 year study of the effects on reading and
spelling achievement of synthetic phonics and
grammar teaching in the first three years of school
including NAPLAN data
Si, tanti ma non bilingui: An examination of the
sociology of Italian in Victorian schools
Early Languages Australia (ELLA) Programme Trial
University of South
Australia
University of South
Australia
SPELD
1/08/2024
The University of
Melbourne
n/a
1/08/2017
28/02/2016
University of SA
1/03/2016
University of SA
30/03/2016
Assessment
Language
Early Childhood
Education
Curriculum
Engagement
healthy for life: Improving physical activity levels in
disadvantaged children aged 8-13 years
exploring the motivation and engagement to
learning impact from the use of a circus based
program in a SA school
2 | 2014 Research Register | 2015
1/09/2017
Keyword
Research Project Title
Institution
Results Due to DECD
Engagement
Staying connected: Vietnamese and African
communities school engagement project
Community Access and
Services SA (CASSA)
24/07/2015
Literacy and Language
Gauging Meaningful Access to Literacy & Language
for High School ESL Students: Implications for
schools, teacher preparation programs and teacher
Wright State University
OHIO USA and University
of South Australia
26/07/2015
Wellbeing
The relationship between cyber and traditional
bullying and body dissatisfaction and disordered
eating
Deakin University
30/05/2015
Engagement
Body-based pedagogies: Investigating the praxis of
active learning
Early childhood educators perceptions of the
Australian Early Years Learning Framework
University of South
Australia
Monash University
Mar-15
Early Childhood
Education
3 | 2014 Research Register | 2015
1/02/2016