Postgraduate Research

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The School of Education welcomes applications from prospective students wishing to join our thriving postgraduate research community for our MA Education, MPhil/PhD Educational Research and Development, and PhD (Professional) Education programmes.

Below is a list of some of the doctoral theses that have been completed by students in the School of Education.

Completed Doctoral Theses

2020

Pinn, Keith (2020) Transnational Higher Education Students Finding their Voice: The Experts and Ultimate Insiders. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2019

Alharbi, Mayada Abdulaziz A (2019) The challenges and the possibilities to the use of technology in the teaching and learning of English language as a casestudy. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Alotaibi, Ashwaq Faleh (2019) Benchmarking best practice - preparing primary school principals for staff management: female headteachers in Saudi Arabian girls’ schools. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Bishop, Daniel (2019) Conceptualising the Student-University relationship within a UK higher education university: A case study into the involvement of students in assuring and enhancing teaching and learning and the wider student experience. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Bufalino, Giambattista (2019) Distributed Leadership in Middle Management: a comparative study of the educational and private sectors. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Harris-Lock, Ann (2019) Cognitive Immobilisation in Dyslexic Higher Education Students: Exploring Possible Triggers, Links with Aspects of Memory and Fluctuating Emotional Status, Informing Effective Coping Strategies. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Johns, Anthony (2019) “I REMEMBER WHEN …”: THE IMPACT OF TEACHERS’ STORYTELLING ON TEACHING and LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

McGinn, Janine (2019) Towards a model for creative climates in higher education organisations: A constructivist grounded theory case study of Irish academics’ experiences of creativity and innovation in curriculum development. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Norris, Stuart (2019) The effect of the Open Event on students’ attitudes towards science in school across the transfer from primary to secondary education. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Zainuddin, Suhaiza (2019) An investigation into the effectiveness of practical work in achieving curriculum objectives in engineering studies for secondary education. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2018

Early, Patrick Henry (2018) Moderating Performance Assessment: Computer or Connoisseur? Comparing Objective and Subjective Measurements of Violin Proficiency. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Farrell, Elizabeth (2018) An investigation into the implementation and impact of literacy initiatives on disadvantaged primary schools in urban Ireland. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

McGowan, Jean (2018) Learn Where We Teach: A journey to critical intersubjective awareness via self study and action research with primary school teachers. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Muscat, Matthew (2018) The essential nature of on-the-job thinking: A phenomenological study of health and fitness professionals engaged in learning experiences. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Coffey, Thomas Patrick (2018) An investigation into the teaching of numeracy in subjects other than Mathematics across the curriculum: a case study of a post-primary disadvantaged school in Ireland. PhD Professional thesis, University of Lincoln.

Kehoe, Elizabeth (Betty) (2018) An investigation into the perceptions, experiences and abilities of young students in mathematics word problem solving. PhD Professional thesis, University of Lincoln.

O'Connor, Mary (2018) How does early life adversity impact on social interaction and school engagement in middle childhood in Ireland? PhD Professional thesis, University of Lincoln. 

Macken, Aisling (2018) A state of abject terror: Corporal punishment and the emotional dimensions of teaching and learning in 1950's Irish primary schools. PhD Professional thesis, University of Lincoln.

Abdulrahman, Hadiza (2018) “The men they become” – Northern Nigeria’s former almajirai: A postcolonial critique of discourses and representations of knowledge, education and identity. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2017

Adu Gyamfi, Stephen (2017) Information and Communication Technology Acceptance in Education: A Study of Pre-service Teachers in Ghana. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln. 

Backhouse, Anita (2017) The PGCE (primary) experience: a mixed-methods case study. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Alghamdi, Abdullah (2017) The potential of adopting smart mobile tools for learning and teaching activities in Saudi Universities. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Alhammad, Mohammed  (2017) The issues of implementing inclusion for students with Learning Difficulties in mainstream primary schools in Saudi Arabia. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Alabri, Waleed (2017) The Inclusion of children with Down’s syndrome in mainstream primary schools in Saudi Arabia: understanding the perspective of school principals. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Alzaidi, Faten Abdulhadi (2017) An exploratory study on educating learners with ASD in primary inclusive setting in Saudi Arabia: issues, attitudes, and challenges. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Hernon-Jarvis, Jane (2017) The role of emotions in initial teacher training in English further education. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Indans, Claire (2017) Marketisation, values and behaviours: An investigation of how marketisation in post-sixteen vocational further education institutions within government funded private and state market environments impacts on the quality and ethics of hairdressing training in England. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2016

Zhao, Zhenhong (2016) Confucianism in the classroom: interactive EFL teaching and learning in a Chinese university. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Almarwani, Manal Ahmad (2016) E3-Electronic Education for English: developing mobile learning and teaching in Saudi Arabia. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Alzahrani, Abdulrahman Mohammed (2016)Factors that influence secondary school teachers' acceptance of e-learning technologies in teaching in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Simpson, Diane (2016) Being and becoming a social work academic: negotiating transitions and identities. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Bubbers, Fiona (2016) The Bologna Process in Germany: reform Kairos or Chimera. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Mulligan, Maria McMahon (2016) Giving teachers a voice within the teacher effectiveness paradigm: a mixed methods study focusing on teachers’ perceptions of the impact of their classroom practices on student outcomes in mathematics. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Jones, Janet Rosemary (2016) Teaching undergraduate sociology: the effects of transformational teaching practices on student learning experiences in an English further education college. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Penney, Esther (2016) Mirrors of educational potential: can learning styles predict academic achievement on short-courses for food industry students? EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2015

Vella, Kenneth (2015) Middle leadership progression in Maltese catholic schools a case study in enclosed succession. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

AL-Kahtani, Mohammed Ali (2015) The Individual Education Plan (IEP) Process for Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Solutions. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Tian, Zezhong (2015) A case study of the internationalisation of Higher Education in China: meaning, implementation and evaluation. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

McCarthy, Ann Marie (2015) A leader developing leadership: a case study. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Mousley, Perdita (2015) Dangerous and severe personality disordered patients' engagement in education: extent, rationale and developmental impacts. EdD thesis, Lincoln University.

Munday, Keith (2015) Workplace bullying and survivorship in the teaching profession. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Lindley-Baker, Julia (2015) Leaders of special education state schools facing pressures, finding solutions? EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Caulfield, Ann (2015) The contribution of the practice of mindfulness to stress reduction among school teachers: a qualitative study of Irish primary teachers. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Healy, Anita (2015) Teacher-principles of primary schools in rural Ireland: retirement motivations, preparations and experiences. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Gavin, Adrian (2015) The perceptions of sub-clinically anxious children, their parents and teachers, of a targeted intervention based on the ‘FRIENDS for Life’ programme. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Murphy, Kathleen (2015) Preceptors in nursing education: striking a balance between nursing student learning and client care. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2014

Walker, Janet (2014) Social work practice education in Russia Exploring curriculum change. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Zarb, Nicholas J (2014) Aligning governmental and organizational missions building a model of FE organizations in Malta. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Fhailghigh, Máire Nic An (2014) Beginning principalship exploring the perspectives of newly appointed principals in rural Ireland. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Tynan, Fionnuala (2014) Experiencing educational inclusion: children with Williams syndrome in Ireland. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Thurlby-Campbell, Ian (2014) The function of personal agency in determining education, employment and training outcomes. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Pace, Claire Felice (2014) Pursuing academic post-secondary education a study of retention and withdrawal factors at the junior college in Malta. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Page, Lorna Jane (2014) Further education teachers' perceptions of being observed teaching a single institution case-study. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Alothman, Abdulaziz (2014) Inclusive education for deaf students in Saudi Arabia: perceptions of schools principals, teachers and parents. PhD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2013

Grant, Amanda (2013) Inducting newly qualified Primary Level Teachers in the Republic of Ireland: rhetoric and reality. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Thornton, Maura (2013) States of mind roles of primary school teaching of traditional Irish music in creating Irish identity. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Grant, Derrick (2013) Becoming a primary school principal in Ireland: deputy-principalship as preparation. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Walsh, Frank (2013) Extra-mural and ultra vires? Professional duties of Irish post primary school principals an empirical analysis. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln

Turnbull, Margaret (2013) Education policy and social justice: the experience of South African school principals. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Lyng, Anthony (2013) Leadership Practice: an investigation of the perceptions of secondary school headteachers in South East England. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2012

Aubrey, Karl (2012) Teacher education in further education 2000-2012 analysis of teacher educators' perspectives. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Warr, Christine (2012) From industrial expert to vocational tutor stories of transition. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Joyce, Maria (2012) Towards an understanding of career progression for female professors of nursing: a small scale study. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Ware, Nicholas (2012) A case study investigation into how the role of middle managers has changed in secondary schools in England. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Scanlon-Feeley, Úna M (2012) Understanding the influence of previous achievement, student choice and attitude on achievement levels in mathematics in Ireland. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

King, Fiona (2012) Developing and sustaining teachers' professional learning: a case study of collaborative professional development. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2011

Smith, Elizabeth Jane (2011) Features of a school's specialist status as a sports college used to affect inclusion perceptions of school staff. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Morgan, Wye (2011) Inside a learning community a structure for supporting collaborative partnerships. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Chimbetete, Beauty (2011) An investigation into the roots of African primary school headship in Zimbabwe. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2010

Beckton, Julian (2010) Modelling university educational development units. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

McFarquhar, Edwena (2010) African Caribbean parents and their children's schooling exploring perceptions and experiences of participation. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2009

McEwing, Wendy (2009) Investigating the conceptualisation and management of plagarism a higher education case study. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Crawford, Karin (2009) Continuing professional development in higher education: voices from below. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Dixon, David (2009) Developing a green leader model for primary schools. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Rosen-Webb, Sarah (2009) SENCO Identity and Roles Nobody tells you how to be a SENCO. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

2008

Roberts, Lesley (2008) The challenges facing leaders and managers in the independent special school sector: a changing agenda. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.

Wilde, D. N. M (2008) Challenges and Rewards Expectations and realities experienced by school business managers in transition from the primary to the secondary sector. EdD thesis, University of Lincoln.