Emeritus Professor James Chapman BA(H), DipTchg, MA, PhD

Contact details

• Ph: 0212856086
  Location: Mobile Number

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Victoria University (1971)
• Diploma in Teaching - Christchurch Teachers College (1972)
• Master of Arts - Victoria University (1974)
• Doctor of Philosophy - University of Alberta (1979)

Research Interests

Literacy learning difficulties

Cognitive-motivational factors associated with low achievement

Learning disabilities

Reading Recovery

Thematics

Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Education (130000):
Educational Psychology (170103): Psychology (170100): Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000)

Keywords

Achievement-related self-perceptions

Cognitive-motivation

Literacy learning difficulties

Learning disabilities

Consultancy

• Jan 2014-Jan 2016 - Semarang State University, Indonesia
  International Expert for Curriculum Re-development project across the University.
• Oct 2022 - Feb 2023 - Ministry of Education
  Common Practice Contributors Group
• 2018 onwards - Science Advisory Panel
  National Sciences Challenge, Better Start Theme

Teaching Statement

Quantitative research methods

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

• 2015 - Lalida Sasai - Doctor of Philosophy
  The Relationship between Self-Regulated Learning and the Use of Online Portfolios in an Online Learning Environment
• 2015 - Supornphan Konchiab - Doctor of Philosophy
  Development of Communication Strategy Instruction For A Tourism Education Programme in Thailand
• 2007 - Andrea Vosslamber - Doctor of Philosophy
  Strategy Instruction and Teacher Professional Development to Aid the Teading Comprehension of Year 4 students
• 2007 - Janis Carroll-Lind - Doctor of Philosophy
  Children's Perceptions of Violence: The Nature, Extent, and Impact of their Experiences
• 2005 - Sally Hansen - Doctor of Philosophy
  An Investigation of English Teacher Efficacey Beliefs: Subject-Specificity, Subject-Congruency, and Associated Factors.
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• 1996 - Colin Gibbs - Doctor of Philosophy
  Teacher Efficacy, Orientations Toward Children and Self-Esteem: The Effects of Student Teaching Practice.
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Co-supervisor of:

• 2019 - Christine Braid - Doctor of Philosophy
  The influence of teachers' knowledge and teaching practice on outcomes for beginning readers
• 2019 - Nhung Nguyen - Doctor of Philosophy
  The development of a contextualised set of evaluation criteria for studying internationalisation at a Vietnamese public university
• 2014 - Jan Chapman - Doctor of Philosophy
  Motivation and High-Stakes Certification Assessment: Secondary School Students' Perceptions
• 1998 - Keith Greaney - Doctor of Philosophy
  The Effects of Rime-Based Orthographic Analogy Training on the Word Recognition Skills of Children with Reading Disability.
• 1997 - Alexandra Iversen - Doctor of Philosophy
  Reading Recovery as a Small Group Intervention.
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• 1993 - Meryl McKay - Doctor of Philosophy
  Causal Attributions for Criminal Offending and Sexual Arousal of Four Categories of Offenders
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