Andy Begg
Associate Professor
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 extension 7355
Email: andy.begg@aut.ac.nz
Physical Address:
AR411, School of Education, North Shore Campus
Qualifications:
BSc, BCom (Auck.), DPhil (Waik.), PhD (Open, UK), DipTchg
Biography:
High school teacher and principal
Government curriculum officer
Senior lecturer, University of Waikato
Independent educational consultant
Contract researcher
Visiting/contract academic at University of Auckland, Monash University (Australia), Aga Khan Institute of Education (Pakistan) and Open University (UK) Have supervised many doctoral and masters candidates in a range of educational topics, and have externally marked theses from NZ, Australian, & UK universities.
Member of a number of professional associations concerned with education, in particular with research, mathematics education, and curriculum
Member of numerous AUT school and faculty committees
Convened and been on planning committees for numerous national and international conferences and working groups.
Teaching Areas:
Research areas:
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Curriculum (content, process, thinking, aims, learning/teaching tasks)
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Educational development (professional, curriculum, and resource development)
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Learning theories (constructivism, enactivism, other ways of knowing, complexity)
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Mathematics education (children’s ideas, etnomathematics, statistics, geometry)
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Alternative education
Research Summary:
Current Research Projects:
Publications:
Theses:
- (2006) Emerging curriculum. Unpublished PhD thesis, Open University (UK)
- (1994) Professional Development of High School Mathematics Teachers. Unpublished DPhil Thesis, University of Waikato
Books (co-authorships)
Books (co-edited)
Books (chapters authored or co-authored)
Membership of Editorial Boards
- Held editorships of 3 journals, on editorial boards of 3 series of publications.
Refereed conference proceedings
Journal articles
Other conference, seminar and workshop contributions, papers and resources