Professor Hitendra Pillay

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Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership


Personal details

Positions

Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership

Keywords

co-operative/community based learning., cognition and learning, development of multimedia learning materials, education reform, educational computer games, learning strategies for higher-order thinking skills, learning to learn, workplace education & training

Research field

Specialist Studies in Education, Education Systems

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • PhD (University of New South Wales)
  • MA (The University of the South Pacific)
  • MSc (University of New South Wales)
  • BEd (The University of the South Pacific)
  • DipEd (The University of the South Pacific)

Experience

Publications

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/h.pillay

Selected research projects

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.

Supervision

Current supervisions

  • Investigating the Alignment between English Language Academic Support Courses and Students' Transition to English Medium Instruction at a Sri Lankan University
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Margaret Kettle, Dr Mallihai Tambyah, Dr Jennifer Smith
  • To aid or not to aid: effectiveness of human capital development flowing from the development partner support - Case of secondary education sector in Bangladesh
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Donna Tangen
  • Capacity development of research supervisors to support sustainable post graduate supervision in developing countries
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor Karen Dooley
  • Integration of ICT to support critical reading in Bogotá
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Shaun Nykvist
  • Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor Denise Beutel
  • Teachers' use of self-regulated learning skills to embed the Australian Curriculum's general capabilities in Years 7-8 History
    Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor Denise Beutel
  • Secondary school leadership in disrupting times: the role of entrepreneurship in leading contemporary learning organisations
    Professional Doctorate, Mentoring Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Chris Blundell, Associate Professor James Davis

Supervision topics