Dr Laurence Tamatea
Lecturer, School of Education
Qualifications
BA (USQ), MA (UNE), PhD (RMIT)
Contact
| Email: | ltamatea@une.edu.au |
| Room: | FEHPS Building (E7) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2661 (or +61 2 6773 2661 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2445 |
Laurence Tamatea is a member of the Education Contexts Teaching and Research Group (TRG)
Profile
I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies, including Australian History (USQ), and a Masters degree in Australian History (UNE). My PhD research focused upon learner and teacher responses to the curriculum in LOTE (Indonesian) education, incorporating a sociological persepctive into second language education. I currently teach in the sociology of education and have a research interest in social responses to new technologies.
Areas of Teaching
- Social contexts of education
- Sociology of new technologies
- International schooling and development
- Education for All policy and development
Research interests
- Post colonial education;
- Globalization;
- International education and cultural diversity;
- Neo-liberalism and education;
- Second language education and identity;
- New technologies and education.
Consultancy
Education in development contexts.Research Supervision
My research supervision is principally focused on issues related to education in postcolonial contexts, the critique of neo-liberalsim and social responses to new and cutting edge technologies.