Academic resilience and academic buoyancy (in school generally and in particular school subjects)
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Summary
According to OECD and MCEETYA, too many students fail to reach their academic potential. Onene reason for this is their inability to deal with adversity in their academic lives; that is, they are nottot academically resilient.
Supervisor(s)
Associate Professor Andrew Martin
Research Location
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Program Type
N/A
Synopsis
This proposed study traverses complex terrain to identify key individual and contextual attributes of academically resilient students and tackle methodological challenges that have impeded progress in research in this vital area. The proposed study extends multi-method approaches to create innovative solutions for pedagogy, psychological research, and practice aimed at developing students’ academic resilience.
Additional Information
Prof Martin is happy to support eligible Doctoral candidates’ applications for Australian Postgraduate Awards (APAs) or Sydney University Postgraduate Awards (UPAs). As the proposed studies are quantitatively-oriented, Doctoral candidates are expected to demonstrate a basic quantitative proficiency (eg. correlation, ANOVA, regression etc). However, solid and extensive support will be provided to candidates to extend their basic quantitative skills to the more advanced quantitative methods required in their PhDs. A/Prof Martin also emphasizes the need for Doctoral candidates to publish in academic journals throughout their PhD (so they are highly competitive in the ‘marketplace’ upon graduation) and solid assistance and encouragement is provided for this as well.
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Keywords
Education, Child Psychology, motivation, engagement, achievement, quantitative research methods. evidence-based research motivation, and achievement, cognate areas, boys' education, gifted and talented, academic resilience and academic buoyancy, personal bests, pedagogy, parenting, teacher-student relationships, Aboriginal education. sport, music, and work.
Opportunity ID
The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 429
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