Profile
Research
Administrative
Teaching
Home  /   Staff  /   Researcher Profiles  /  Dr Rod Beattie

Dr Rodney ( Rod ) Beattie

Work Phone (02) 9872 0816
Fax (02) 9873 1614
Email
Position Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Education
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office 28, Renwick Centre

Biography

After completing my PhD in 1989/1990, I was awarded two postdoctoral fellowships and that period of over 5 years was a very productive time for research and publication. During that time and for the first two years when I moved to Australia I was also the editor of the Journal of the Canadian Association of Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

After settling in at Renwick College/Centre I continued to publish actively until I assumed the role of Head of College/Graduate Programs in 2001. Since this time student enrollment numbers have consistently increased and research and publication has had to take a back seat to teaching and administration.


Research

Research keywords

  • Cochlear implants
  • Ethics
  • Hearing aids
  • Language development

Research expertise

  • Five years researching pragmatic language competencies of individuals with hearing impairments.
  • Three years working on a study of children with hearing impairments using cochlear implants and hearing aids.
  • Two years working on an edited book on ethics, education, and deafness.

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
130300 Specialist Studies In Education 75
119999 Medical And Health Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified 25

Centres and Groups

Centre