Doctoral Students in CSSME
Applying for a Higher Degree in Science Education
Students from around the world undertake Doctoral degrees in the CSSME. If you are interested in applying for a higher degree in the CSSME, please consult the following:- Information about how to apply for a higher degree through the School of Education.
- Information about sponsorship.
Doctoral Studies in Progress
Asma Al-Mahrouqi (Oman) Nature of dialogue in Omani science classes under the system of new basic education. (Supervisors: Phil Scott, John Leach and Jaume Ametller).
Paul Makacho (Malawi) HIV intervention programmes in schools. (Supervisors: Jenny Lewis and Nancy Gerein, Nuffield Centre for Health and International Development).
Mohammed Alzaghibi (Saudi Arabia) Instructional design: the development, implementation and evaluation of teaching about plant nutrition in Saudi Arabia. (Supervisors: John Leach and Jenny Lewis).
Brin Best (UK) Logovisual Pedagogy In The Classroom: An Evaluation.(Supervisors: Phil Scott and John Leach).
Nur Jayhan Ahmad (Malaysia) Teaching And Learning Introductory Electrochemistry In Malaysian Secondary Schools. (Supervisors: John Leach and Phil Scott).
Svava Petursdottir (Iceland) The role of ICT in teaching and learning science in Icelandic Schools (Supervisors: Phil Scott and Aisha Walker)
Sue Pearson The Impact of Continued Professional Development Course for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators involving a collaboration between an LEA and a Higher Education Institution. (Supervisors: Phil Scott and David Sugden)
Benny Mboya (Tanzania) Evaluation/development of training programmes for health workers (Supervisors: Ricky Kalliecharan, Nuffield Centre for Health and International Development, and Jenny Lewis)
Birgitte Lund Nielsen (Denmark) Introduction into teaching science in primary and lower secondary school in Denmark .(Joint supervision with the University of Aarhus. Leeds supervisors: Hilary Asoko and Jenny Lewis)
Birgitte Pontoppidan (Denmark) Developing teacher knowledge in science by intergrating college-based and school-based training through partnership (Joint supervision with the University of Aarhus. Leeds supervisors: Hilary Asoko and Jenny Lewis)
Dora Orphanidou (Cyprus) Improving students' understanding of energy through the use of computer-based simulations. (Supervisors: Phil Scott, Jim Ryder and Jaume Ametller)
Helen Morris (UK) Girls' responses to the teaching of socioscientific issues. (Supervisors: Jim Ryder and Jim Donnelly)
Khalid Alhammad (Saudi Arabia) Designing, implementing and evaluating teaching sequences about the chemical change concept: A case study of Year 10 students (age 15-16) in Riyadh. (Supervisors: Phil Scott and John Leach).
Shaista Shirazi (UK) Science curriculum reform and post-16 science take-up. White Rose student. (Supervisors: Jim Donnelly, Stuart Bevin, Sheffield Hallam University).
Arthur Galamba (Brazil) The contribution of Romulo de Carvalho to science education in Portugal. (Supervisors: Jim Donnelly, Jim Ryder and Palmira Fontes da Costa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Katie Hall (UK) The development of PGCE students’ views on motivating pupils. (Supervisors: Jim Donnelly and Andy Edwards)
Previous completions
Jan Haskins (2008) Experiences drawn upon by post-16 students whilst exploring environmental subject matter through photography. (Supervisors: John Leach and Jenny Lewis).
Gultekin Cakmakci (2005) A Cross-sectional Study of the Understanding of Chemical Kinetics among Turkish Secondary and Undergraduate Students. (Supervisors: John Leach and Jim Donnelly).
Maria Theresa Guerra-Ramos (2005) Ideas about science in Mexican primary education: curriculum demands and teachers' thinking (Supervisors: John Leach and Jim Ryder).
Matthew Binding (2003) Code switching strategies in science lessons in Kenyan primary schools: an analysis of their contribution to the meaning making process. (Supervisors: Phil Scott and John Leach).
Daz Twigger (2002). A longitudinal study of the acquisition of selected science concepts by secondary school children. (Supervisors: Phil Scott and John Leach).
Peter Laws (2000). Conceptions of teaching among student teachers of science and English. (Supervisor: Jim Donnelly).
Filiz Mirzalar-Kabapinar (1999). Teaching for conceptual understanding: Developing and evaluating Turkish students' understanding of the solubility concept through a specific teaching intervention. (Supervisors: John Leach and Phil Scott).
Sabri Kocakulah (1999). A study of the development of Turkish first year university students' understanding of electromagnetism and the implications for instruction. (Supervisors: Phil Scott and Geoff Welford).
Halil Aydin (1999). Turkish high school students' understanding of some concepts of heredity. (Supervisors: Geoff Welford and Jenny Lewis).
Paul Mushi (1999). Training engineers in Tanzania: the relationship between formal industry and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam. (Supervisor: Jim Donnelly).
Last updated by Jim Ryder on 2nd November 2009