Current Research

A Management Framework for Community-based Early Childhood Education in Vision Impairment in Papua New Guinea

Student Researcher (Degree): Frances Gentle (PhD)
Supervisor/s:Drs Mike Steer and Rod Beattie
Funding Sources:Buckle Family Trust Scholarship.
 

Therapeutic and academic provisions for hearing impaired children who are in the early years of schooling and have a significant language delay (working title pending submission of full proposal)

Student Researcher (Degree): John Davison-Mowle (PhD)
Supervisor/s:Dr Jill Duncan; Prof. Greg Leigh
Funding Sources:Carrie Smith Memorial Scholarship (University of Newcastle).
 

Aspects of literacy acquisition in deaf children in bilingual educational environments (working title pending submission of full proposal)

Student Researcher (Degree):Michelle Baker (MPhil)
Supervisor/s:Prof. Greg Leigh; Dr Breda Carty
Funding Sources:Carrie Smith Memorial Scholarship (University of Newcastle).
 

Signed Languages of the Deaf: Competing Discourses

Student Researcher (Degree): Angela Dillon (PhD—University of South Australia)
Supervisor/s:Drs. Jenny Barnett (UniSA) & Breda Carty (RIDBC Renwick Centre)
 

Linguistic Imperialism in Egyptian Schools: Learning English as a Second Language in Egyptian Primary Schools

Student Researcher (Degree): Moamen A.A.A. Wahdan (PhD—University of Edinburgh)
Supervisor/s:Drs John Ravenscroft & Joan Cutting (University of Edinburgh)
Funding Sources: Ministry of Education, Egypt.