AUT - Lyn Lewis

Lyn Lewis

Acting Head of School

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7952

Email: lyn.lewis@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

• Master of Arts (Durham, UK)
• Bachelor of Arts (University of Natal, South Africa)
• • Honours (Unisa, South Africa)
• University Education Diploma (University of Natal, South Africa)
• Diploma of Specialized Education (Edgewood College of Education, South Africa).

Memberships and Affiliations:

• TEFANZ.
  

Biography:

• Currently Deputy Head of School with responsibility for academic programmes and staff  in the School of Education.
• Research oversight in the School.
• Lecturer/senior lecturer in teacher education (early childhood, primary and secondary) in South Africa and New Zealand.
• Secondary teacher of Geography.

Teaching Areas:

• Teaching the ethnically diverse student population
• Social Studies
• Professional Inquiry and Practice.

Research areas:

• ePortfolios
• Migration and settlement
• Key competencies.
  

Current Research Projects:

• Student perceptions of learning through ePortfolios
• Social Studies and the key competencies.

Publications:

• Lewis, L. & Gerbic, P. (2012). The student voice in using ePortfolios to address professional standards in a teacher education programme. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 3(1), 17-25.
• Lewis, L. (2012). "It's your spell-checked version of yourself": Student perceptions around (re)presenting ‘self’ through eportfolio, pp. 88-93,  ePIC Conference Proceedings, London: United Kingdom.
• Gerbic, P., & Lewis, L. (2012). Developing sustainable practice with ePortfolios: taking a blended approach?  ASCILITE Conference Proceedings, December 2012, Wellington: New Zealand.
• Gerbic, P., & Lewis, L. (2011).   Dimensions of ePortfolios: Research perspectives from a teacher education programme, pp. 19-34. Educational Provocation, School of Education, AUT University.
• Gerbic, P., Lewis, L., & Md Amin, N. (2011). Student perspectives of ePortfolios: Change over four semesters. ASCILITE Conference Proceedings, December 2011, Hobart: Tasmania.
• erbic, P., Lewis, L., & Northover, M. (2009). Student perspectives of ePortfolios: A longitudinal study of growth and development. ASCILITE Conference Proceedings, December 2009, Auckland: New Zealand.