Research Topics

Research Topics

1. Education

   • Students with disabilities
     • How classrooms can be designed to be inclusive of persons with different physical and learning capacities.
     • The effects of having specialised schools on society's attitude towards persons with diabilities, and how this affects their future employment prospects.
   • Australia's education system
     • Comparison of Australian system to Finnish system.
     • How Australia can increase the quality of its teachers.
   • How classrooms can be designed to be stimulating environments on low budgets.
   • Education and technology
     • To what extent could MOOCs be used to provide access to education for adolescents and children in rural and/or impoverished areas?
   • Education reform
     • Whether interdisciplinary learning increases students' motivation to learn and there retention and application of knowledge.
     • What interventions can be introduced to classes based on the Traditional Learning model to increase student's retention of knowledge and engagement with material?
     • To what extent has the education system evolved from factory model schools to prepare students for a future of innovation?
     • In the words of Ken Robinson, "Do schools kill creativity?"
     • What impact is the drive for STEM having on the arts, and is the concept of STEAM more effective preparation for the workplace?
   • What are the most effective revision techniques for students, and are learning styles valid?

2. Equality

   • To what extent racism and stereotypes are engrained in Australian culture as a consequence of the Australian sense of humour.

3. Environment

   • To what extent has social media lead to the rise of fast fashion and its environmental consequences, and how can this be combated?
   • Whether insects are a sustainable protein alternative and what factors are preventing them from becoming a mainstream protein choice.
   • What impact public rubbish bins have on the volume of rubbish present on streets.