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Current PhD Students

 
Name Supervisor Project Title
Razilah Abdul Raman

Co-supervisors:
Dr Hamish Macleod
Brian Martin

 The design, implementation and evaluation of an integrated problem-based e-learning in an English course for engineering students
Alaba
Olaoluwakotansibe
Agbatogun		 Supervisors:
Dr Hamish Macleod
Dr Aileen Irvine
Dr Rory Ewins
Dr Cristina Iannelli		 Comparative effects of Digital Animation and Interactive Mobiles on Educationally Disadvantaged Nigerian Pupils in EFL Classrooms
Linda Ahlgren Supervisor 1:
Prof Lyn Tett
Supervisor 2:
Elisabet Weedon		 Adult learning in small and medium sized enterprises in Scotland
Muhammed Al-Shehri Co-supervisors:
Brian Martin
Dr Mike Cowie		 --
Fatma Al Hajri Supervisor 1:
Brian Parkinson
Supervisor 2:
Dr Aileen Irvine		 Evaluating Language Assessment in the foundation year of the Colleges of Applied Sciences (CAS) n Oman
Hamood Naser Al Rasbi Supervisor:
Brian Martin

Management of Motivation: An investigation into Teachers' motivators and their effective management
Fahad Saad Al Sahli Supervisor 1:
Prof Dai Hounsell
Supervisor 2:
Dr Velda McCune

Teaching and learning of translation in three Saudi Colleges: an Empirical Study
Mubarak H Alkhatnai Supervisor 1:
Dr Hamish Macleod
Supervisor 2:
Prof Dai Hounsell		 Computer-based assessment versus traditional assessment in Saudi EFL context 
Katerina Apostolou Supervisor 1:
Brian Martin
Supervisor 2:
Prof John Walton		 Developmental managers: line managers? influence on career management practices
Mark Baker Supervisor 1:
Dr Pete Allison
Supervisor 2:
Prof Pete Higgins		 The current status and extent of outdoor provision in the UK
Mary Bovill Supervisor 1:
Dr Charles Anderson
Supervisor 2:
Prof Noel Entwistle		 The impact of a 'philosophical toolkit' on the teaching and learning of student teachers
Danielle Bryant Supervisor 1:
Dr John Sproule
Supervisor 2:
Dr Tony Turner
/Dr Shirley Gray		 The impact of optimism as a moderating factor on stress perception among trainee teachers.
Anna Katarzyna Byerly Supervisor 1:
Prof Sheila Riddell
Supervisor 2:
Dr Sue Walters		 Early education and its ways of responding to the challenges of multiculturalism in contemporary society
Mario Cardona Supervisor 1:
Dr Jim Crowther
Supervisor 2:
Mae Shaw		 Drafting a way forward for community-based agriculture in Malta through an investment in education and training
Chia-Wen Chang Supervisor 1:
Prof Sheila Riddell
Supervisor 2:
Dr Shereen Benjamin		 Views of school headteachers of mainsteam and special schools on inclusion of students with special educational needs (SEN) in Taiwan
Rong-Xuan Chu Supervisor 1:
Dr Rosemary Douglas
Supervisor 2:
Dr Aileen Irvine		 Whose correction is more beneficial in oral practice: teacher correction vs. peer correction?
Michela Clari Supervisor 1:
Dr Sian Bayne
Supervisor 2:
Brian Martin		 In the hands of the user: changing patterns of participation and learning through the digital Commission on the Ancient and Historical Museums of Scotland
Sherice N Clarke Supervisor 1:
Brian Martin
Supervisor 2:
Dr Rosemary Douglas		 Language Learning in Museums: an exploration of identity and social inclusion
Christopher Connaboy Supervisor 1:
Prof Ross Sanders
Supervisor 2:
Dr Simon Coleman 		 Biomechanics in Swimming 
Hazel Crichton Supervisor 1:
Dr Charles Anderson
Supervisor 2:
Dr Joan Cutting		 Identifying Techniques used by Modern Language Teachers to promote Confident Communicators
John Crosbie Co- supervisors:
Prof Jennifer Wishart Prof Pete Higgins
 The Value of Outdoor Education for Disabled People: An in-depth case study based on the work of the Calvert Trust
Qian Dai Supervisor 1:
Dr Joanne Williams
Supervisor 2:
Dr Evelyn McGregor		 The Understanding of Social Identity among British-born Chinese Children
Erin Dougherty Supervisor 1:
Dr Gari Donn
Supervisor 2:
Dr Alan Barnard		 Language Learning and Instruction in Namibian Secondary Schools
Richard Easton Supervisor 1:
Dr Charles Anderson
Supervisor 2:
Dr Richard Wakely		 Translation Studies at non-expert levels
Peter Evans Supervisor 1:
Dr Sian Bayne
Supervisor 2:
Prof Jeff Haywood		 The impacts of social media applications on the theory and practices of work based learning for professionals/ knowledge based occupations
Kilines Sekwiha Emmanuel Supervisor 1:
Prof Sheila Riddell
Supervisor 2:
Dr Joan Cutting		 English literature and gender in education
Yvonne Foley Co-supervisors:
Dr Joan Cutting
Dr Pauline Sangster		 Uncovering Teachers' Beliefs About the Reading Literacy Needs of EAL Pupils in Scottish Secondary Schools
Justine Geyer Supervisor 1:
Prof Candace Currie
Supervisor 2:
Prof Pete Higgins		 Adolescents' Engagement with Greenspace: Perceptions, Use and Impact on Physical Activity Levels and Well-being
Jia Guo Supervisor 1:
Dr Joanne Williams
Supervisor 2:
Dr Janine Muldoon		 Cross-Cultural study of early adolescent girls undergoing the onset of puberty and primary to secondary transition
David Griffith Supervisor 1:
Brian Martin
Supervisor 2:
Prof Jeff Haywood		 Knowledge Management
Georgy Hadwen Supervisor 1:
Brian Martin
Supervisor 2:
Dr Rory Ewins		 The place of emergent Web technologies and knowledge sharing in Social Work
Xu Han Supervisor 1:
Brian Martin
Supervisor 2:
Dr Mike Cowie		 Testing Guskey's model - evaluating continuing professional development: a case study from China
Andrew Hancock Supervisor 1:
Dr Pat McLaughlin
Supervisor 2:
Dr John Landon		 Literary Practices in Multiligual Communities
Sam Harrison Supervisor 1:
Prof Morwenna Griffiths
Supervisor 2:
Dr Robbie Nicol		 A Praxis of Place: A case study of place-based education in the outdoors
Charlotte Hastings Supervisor 1:
Dr Gari Donn
Supervisor 2:
Afeosemime Adogame		 Metropole-Colony in education policy for girls' education in colonial Africa, with particular reference to Southern Nigeria c.1925-40
Byul-Rim Hong Supervisor 1:
Dr Jim Crowther
Supervisor 2:
Dr Ian Fyfe		 Citizenship, Formal and Informal Education
Laura Hughes Supervisor 1:
Prof Lyn Tett
Supervisor 2:
Dr Shereen Benjamin		 --
Tsung-Pang Hung Supervisor 1:
Prof Jim O'Brien
Supervisor 2:
Dr Mike Cowie		 A Comparative Study of Leadership and School Improvement for Secondary Head Teachers in Taiwan and Britain
Michael Jess Supervisor 1:
Prof Pamela Munn
Supervisor 2:
Dr John Sproule		 The Basic Moves Project: Complex Ecological Educational Change in Action
Gitit Kadar Satat Supervisor 1:
Prof Lyn Tett
Supervisor 2:
Dr Cristina Iannelli		 Patterns of involvement in ‘Out-of-School’ programs: Class, ethnic and gender differences among primary school children
Eugenia Katartzi Supervisor 1:
Dr Pat McLaughlin
Supervisor 2:
Dr Joan Stead		 Sociology of Education and intercultural education
James Kearney Supervisor:
Dr Gari Donn		 Post-Conflict Education for Children and Adolescents in East Africa
Khurshid Khan Co-supervisors:
Prof Lyn Tett
Brian Martin		 A case study of school performance of Northern Areas' (NAs) newly migrant Ismaili girls in private and community-based schools in Karachi
Kaori Kimura Supervisor 1:
Prof Jennifer Wishart
Supervisor 2:
Dr Katie Cebula		 Attachment and Amae: A comparative study of mother-child close relationships in Japan and Britain
Kristina Konstantoni Supervisor 1:
Prof Pamela Munn
Supervisor 2:
Prof Sheila Riddell		 Young Children's Perceptions and Constructions of Social Identities and Social Implications: Promoting Social Justice in Early Childhood
Miki Koyama Supervisor 1:
Dr Pat McLaughlin
Supervisor 2:
Dr Joan Cutting		 Defining and measuring teacher autonomy of primary school English teachers in Thailand: Teachers' principals' and policy makers' views
Wing Huen Lee Supervisor 1:
Dr Ken McCulloch
Supervisor 2:
Dr Jane Brown		 Hong Kong citizenship education and the gendered citizenship construction
Jingyi Li Supervisor 1:
Dr Gari Donn
Supervisor 2:
Dr Lesley Reid		 Primary Education in China: Curriculum reformation in current context and its possibilities for change
Ai Keow Lim Supervisor 1:
Dr Joanne Williams
Supervisor 2:
Dr Katie Cebula		 A Longitudinal Cross-Cultural Investigation on the Role of Pretend Play in Children's Socio-Cognitive Development
Kelly Love Supervisor 1:
Dr John Davis
Supervisor 2:
Dr Gale Macleod		 Liberated Learning: A Dialogic, Trans-national Investigation of Culture and Creation in Arts-Based Educational Communities
Ling-Ying Lu Supervisor 1:
Prof David Raffe
Supervisor 2:
Dr Lorna Hamilton		 Mixed-ability grouping in junior high schools in Taiwan
Michael Lynch Supervisor 1:
Prof Morwenna Griffiths
Supervisor 2:
Dr Heather Malcolm		 Teachers' perceptions of best practice in teaching modern languages in school and in higher education
James MacAllister Supervisor 1:
Prof David Carr
Supervisor 2:
Dr Gale Macleod		 What should Discipline in Schools be for?
Ann MacDonald Joint Supervisors:
Prof Lindsay Paterson / Prof Jenny Ozga		 Women Teachers in Post-Presbyterian Scotland: gender, nation, faith and identity
Georgios Machtsiras Supervisor 1:
Prof Ross Sanders
Supervisor 2:
Prof Bill Easson		 Utilizing Flow Characteristics to Increase Propulsion in Swimming
Thomas MacIntyre Supervisor 1:
Prof Lindsay Paterson
Supervisor 2:
Prof David Raffe		 Using and applying national and international survey data on numeracy, mathematics and science
Lynn MacNair Supervisor 1:
Dr John Davis
Supervisor 2:
Dr John Ravenscroft		 Rules, rules, rules and we're not allowed to skip: Listening to the children's voices about the transition to primary one
Lulu Mahai Supervisor 1:
Prof Carolin Kreber
Supervisor 2:
Dr Sian Bayne		 Support Services for distance learners in higher learning institutions in Tanzania
Carolyn Douglas Martin Supervisor 1:
Dr John Davis
Supervisor 2:
Prof Lyn Tett		 Inter-relationships between the developmental needs of children, the service response to meeting these needs and the potential for change in staff roles and relationships in early years services in Scotland, taking account of a potential social pedagogical model
Amanda Martindale Supervisor 1:
Dr Pat McLaughlin		 Professional Judgement and Decision Making in Applied Sport Psychology
Ling Meng Supervisor 1:
Prof Morwenna Griffiths
Supervisor 2:
Dr Bróna Murphy		 Ethnographic Research on Chinese College English Teachers? Professional Development
Mark Millar Supervisor 1:
Prof Jeff Haywood
Supervisor 2:
Dr Hamish Macleod		 The impact of digital technologies on learning and teaching practice
Audrey Milton Supervisor 1:
Prof Lindsay Paterson
Supervisor 2:
Prof David Raffe		 The Impact of Formal Business Education in a Rural Environment
Raheleh Mireslami Supervisor 1:
Prof Morwenna Griffiths
Supervisor 2:
Dr Gale Macleod		 Critical thinking as a method of education
Fiona Mitchell Supervisors:
Prof Candace Currie
Jo Inchley
Dr Janine Muldoon		 Evaluation of the Fit for Girls programme
Julie Moote Supervisor 1:
Dr Joanne Williams
Supervisor 2:
Dr John Sproule 		Exploratory Investigation of Self-regulated learning in high school students and practical implications for teachers
Peggy Mwanza Supervisor 1:
Dr Gari Donn
Supervisor 2:
Dr Barbara Bompani		 Forms and Impact of Participation of Non-Governmental organisations in basic education in Lusaka Province of Zambia
Fiona Malcolm O'Hanlon Supervisor 1:
Prof Lindsay Paterson
Supervisor 2:
Dr Wilson Macleod		 Celtic Language Education in Scotland and Wales: Continuity of provision, policy and practice in the transition from primary to secondary school
Rachel O'Neill Supervisor 1:
Prof Sheila Riddell		 To investigate the discourse structure of academic BSL
Elpida Pavlidou Supervisor 1:
Dr Joanne Williams
Supervisor 2:
Dr Louise Kelly		 Developmental Dyslexia and Implicit Learning in Primary School Children: Is there a case?
Jon Davis Perkins Supervisor 1:
Prof Dave Lee
Supervisor 2:
Benjamin Schogler		 Developing non-invasive therapeutic technology to improve motor coordination in cerebellar ataxias
Shaun Phillips Supervisor 1:
Dr John Sproule
Supervisor 2:
Dr Tony Turner		 The effects of carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions of different concentrations on the intermittent endurance capacity of adolescents in thermoneutral and non-thermoneutral environments
Geoffrey Platt Supervisor 1:
Dr John Sproule
Supervisor 2:
Dr Pat McLaughlin		 The Effect of Load-bearing and Compressive Exercise on Children aged from 2 years to 16 years
Aggeliki Plouma Supervisor 1:
Dr Pete Allison
Supervisor 2:
Dr Jim Crowther		 Could experiential training be really effective? Under what contingencies, conditions, circumstances?
Richard Purves Supervisor 1:
Prof Sheila Riddell
Supervisor 2:
Dr Elisabet Weedon		 Further Education Colleges and their role in the promotion of lifelong learning
Shu Qin Supervisor 1:
Prof Jenny Ozga
Supervisor 2:
Dr Sotiria Grek		 Cultural aspects of Chinese academics' diaspora
Ann Rae Supervisor 1:
Prof Jim O'Brien
Supervisor 2:
Prof Pamela Munn		 Women Primary Teachers' Perspectives of their own learning: The Scottish context
Frances Ranaldi Supervisor 1:
Prof Sheila Riddell
Supervisor 2:
Dr Gale Macleod 		Investigating the Implications of the Curriculum Accessibility for Students with Dyslexia in Craft and Design
Hugh Richards Supervisor 1:
Prof Dave Collins
Supervisor 2:
Dr Andy McKinlay		 Proactive coping: Examining the Construct, its Mechanisms and Interaction with Individual Differences
Jen Ross Supervisor 1:
Dr Hamish Macleod
Supervisor 2:
Dr Sian Bayne		 Online reflective practices and performances in Higher Education
Mark Sanderson Supervisor 1:
Dr Tony Turner
Supervisor 2:
Dr John Sproule
Dr Shirley Gray		 Investigation into the optimal recovery of muscle performance post injury
Roger Scrutton Supervisor 1:
Prof Pete Higgins
Supervisor 2:
Dr Simon Beames		 Statistical modelling of the benefits of outdoor education programmes
Michael Eduard Seibold Supervisor 1:
Dr John Sproule
Supervisor 2:
Dr Pat McLaughlin		 Optimising Talent Development in Tennis
Farah Jeelani Shaik Supervisor 1:
Prof Jenny Ozga
Supervisor 2:
Dr Christina Boswell		 Comparative study on immigrant students' educational opportunities in Switzerland, Germany UK and Finland
Panagiota Sidiropoulou Supervisor 1:
Prof David Carr
Supervisor 2:
Dr Pat McLaughlin		 The forgotten potential of Arts' Education/examining philosophically the Scottish educational policy
Iain Stewart-Patterson Supervisor 1:
Dr Pete Allison
Supervisor 2:
Prof Pete Higgins		 Human Factors in the Decision Process of Expert Decision Makers - an analysis of decision-making in Adventure Education
Victor Paul Stonehouse Supervisor 1:
Dr Pete Allison
Supervisor 2 -
co-supervisors:
Prof Pete Higgins
Dr Alison Lenton		 Outdoor Education as a Moral Equivalent of War
Ann Swinney Supervisor 1:
Prof Lyn Tett
Supervisor 2:
Dr Gavin Reid 		Developing effective strategies for sustainable engagement of excluded individuals and communities in sport and physical activity
Marta Szczepaniak Supervisor 1:
Tony Lynch
Supervisor 2:
Gillian Brown		 An investigation of ways in which university lecturers adapt their lectures for international audiences
Chun Ming Tai Supervisors:
Prof Dai Hounsell
Dr Velda McCune		 Students' Involvement in Assessment in Higher Education
John Telford Supervisor 1:
Dr Pat McLaughlin
Supervisor 2:
Prof Pete Higgins		 Residential outdoor education experiences and influences on health and physical activity
Jerry Tracey Supervisor 1:
Prof Martin Lawn
Supervisor 2:
Dr Simon Beames		 Globally marketed 'lifestyle' and 'extreme' pursuits and their social and cultural interaction with more traditional, nationally-based sports
Nuala Toman Supervisor 1:
Prof Carolin Kreber
Supervisor 2:
Dr Charles Anderson		 A critical investigation of student and graduate identity following higher education transitions
Deirdre Torrance Supervisor 1:
Dr Pat McLaughlin
Supervisor 2:
Dr Tony Kinder		 Distributed leadership in Scottish Schools: Myth or Actuality?
Jen Van Bekkum Supervisor 1:
Dr Joanne Williams
Supervisor 2:
Dr Paul Morris		 Understanding and Encouraging Cycle Commuter Behaviour in a Workplace Setting
Grace Vickers Supervisor 1:
Prof Jim O'Brien
Supervisor 2:
Dr Pat McLaughlin		 Managing staff absence in Scottish secondary schools
Moamen Wahdan Supervisor 1:
Dr Joan Cutting
Supervisor 2:
Dr John Ravenscroft		 Primary English Language Teaching in Egypt: A Study of Language Curriculum Ideology and Curriculum Design
Tomoko Watanabe Supervisor 1:
Dr Joan Cutting
Supervisor 2 -
co-supervisors:
Dr Bróna Murphy		 What forms of English vague language Japanese learners of English use in speaking English and what they seem to be used for
Jenn Watts Supervisor 1:
Dr Ken McCulloch
Supervisor 2:
Dr Hamish Ross		 Current Pedagogical Practice of Risk Management and Safety Training in a Bachelor Outdoor Studies Leadership Course
Ralf Westphal Supervisor 1:
Prof Pete Higgins
Supervisor 2:
Dr Pete Allison		 The outcomes of personal development by the use of Outdoor Training
Kevin Wright Supervisor 1:
Prof Sheila Riddell
Supervisor 2:
Dr Shereen Benjamin		 How, and to what extent, are the understandings and interpretations of inclusion held and made by teaching staff in Scottish schools nuanced by the rhetoric of inclusion promoted by official policy and publications, post the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004
Chien-Chen Yang Supervisor 1:
Dr Hamish Macleod
Supervisor 2:
Dr Sian Bayne		 The influence of Computer Mediated Communication for international Taiwanese students in the UK
Ozlem Yazlik Supervisor 1:
Prof Morwenna Griffiths
Supervisor 2:
Dr Shereen Benjamin		 Women educators and learners in the Turkish Speaking Communities in the UK
Wei Zhao Supervisor:
Prof Dai Hounsell		 Impacts of studying in a UK teaching-learning environment on Chinese overseas Master's students' ways of thinking about and approaching their learning
Jian Zhu Supervisor 1:
Prof Lyn Tett
Supervisor 2:
Prof Sheila Riddell		 Employment expectations of female college seniors in a university of central China

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