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Spiritual, Moral and Religious Education is a key area for Teaching and Research in Australian Catholic University

List of postgraduate research students related to the School of Religious Education

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This includes academic staff doing doctoral research and postgraduate research students supervised by academic staff in the School of Religious Education; it also notes postgraduate research students from other schools being supervised by School of Religious Education academic staff.

Recent successful Doctoral research completions

Dr Dan White, Dr Jan Grajczonek, Dr Brendan Hyde, Dr Mei Ling Chung, Dr Ronald Sproston, Dr Chris Hayes, Dr A Baldwin, Dr Jan Barnett , Dr Gina Bernasconi, Dr Josephine Brady, Dr Michael Downey, Dr Vivienne Mountain, Dr Carmel Laffan, Dr Mark Turkington.

Academic Staff in the School of Religious Education

Degree		Academic staff member	Topic	Institution
1	PhD	Mr Michael Buchanan (St Patrick’s Melbourne)	An investigation of how religious education coordinators in Victorian Catholic schools have managed a particular curriculum change	ACU Supervisors: Dr K Engebretson, Dr R Rymarz

ACU Postgraduate Research Students (PhD and EdD)

Degree		Student	Topic	Supervisor and Supervisory team
2	EdD	Kerry Ang VIC	Religious Education (TBA)	(TBA)
3	EdD	Sarah Cody VIC	Religious Education (TBA)	(TBA)
4	PhD	James Cooper South Aust.	Philosophical critique of contemporary educational theory (TBA)	Prof G Rossiter, Dr J.Quilter
Degree		Student	Topic	Supervisor and Supervisory team
5	EdD	Anthony Finn VIC	Religious Education (TBA)	Dr M de Souza Prof G Rossiter
6	EdD	Joanne Hack NSW	Interrelationships between theories of schooling and the spirituality of contemporary young people.	Prof P.Malone, Prof G.Rossiter
7	EdD	Alexandra Harvey TAS	Teaching Religion---Teachers’ perceptions of professional development for Religious Education (TBA)	Dr K.Engebretson,
8	PhD	Helen Healy VIC	Professional development models for religion teachers The use of textbooks in Religious Education in Victorian Catholic schools.	Dr R Rymarz Dr K Engebretson
9	EdD	Meryl Jennings South Aust	Lutheran conceptions of education and Religious Education (TBA)	Prof G Rossiter, Dr M Bartsch (Australian Lutheran College)
10	EdD	David Kenyon NSW	Religion teachers’ perceptions of what factors contributed to their experience of “success” in the teaching of religion.	Prof G.Rossiter, Dr R Keating
11	EdD	Jacqueline Sexton VIC	Religious Education (TBA)	(TBA)
12	EdD	Dianne Taveira VIC	Religious Education TBA	Dr M de Souza Dr K Engebretson
13	EdD	Rachele Tullio South Aust	Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of the capacities needed by teachers for the conduct of retreats for secondary school students	Dr G.English, Prof G.Rossiter
14	PhD	Christopher Venning VIC	History of chaplaincy in state schools in Victoria	Dr R Rymarz Dr M Ryan
15	PhD	Kevin Wanden New Zealand	New Zealand Catholic School Religious Education teachers’ understandings of the nature and purposes of Religious Education	Prof G Rossiter, Dr T.Willmett
16	EdD	Andrew Watson Vic	Perceptions of the Transmission of the Edmund Rice Charism: In a time of Changing Leadership from Religious to Lay in Christian Brothers' Schools.	Dr M. de Souza.
17	PhD	Ann Maree Whenman NSW	Aspects of Religious Education in the CCD (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine) (TBA)	Dr G English Prof G Rossiter
18	EdD	Michael Maroney	Spirituality of Year 11 Students in Catholic schools	Prof G Rossiter A/Prof D McLaughlin
19	EdD	Stephen Whitelaw NSW	Religion teachers’ understandings of the nature and purposes of Religious Education.	Prof G Rossiter Dr S Carroll

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