Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   Ms Pauline Ho

Position Casual Research
Email pauline.ho@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education Research
Phone N/A
Campus Burwood
Location N2.18 Centre for Partnerships & Projects in Education
Role and profile Research Fellow - Centre for Partnerships & Projects in Education
Research interests - Teacher professional identity, learning and development.
- Educational equity as influenced by pedagogical and policy practices, particularly of schools and students from disadvantaged communities and backgrounds.
- Student outcomes as influenced by socio-economic status, poverty, cultural differences.
- Family-school-community relationships.
- Ethnomethodology
Current research projects Longitudinal Teacher Workforce Main Study (DEEWR)
Awards 2011 Outstanding Research Student Paper Award (University of Sydney)
2010 Thomas T. Roberts Research Fellowship Award (University of Sydney)
2010 New South Wales International Educational Research (IER) Post-Graduate Student Research Award
2005 National Day Parade Appreciation Award (Government of Singapore)
Qualifications PhD candidate (University of Sydney)
MEd (Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore)
BA, Dip Ed (Nanyang Technological University, National Institute of Education, Singapore)
Memberships International Society for Music Education (ISME)
Conferences Ho, P. (2011). Rethinking Power, Culture & Knowledge: E(merging) discourses of Technical Students in Singapore. Paper presented at the University of Sydney Research Forum 2011, Sydney, Australia, 19 May. (Award-winning paper)

Ho, P., & Chong, N. Y. (2010). Preparing Quality Teachers: An Academic Quality Management Framework. Paper presented at The 2nd East Asian International Conference on Teacher Education Research, 15-17th December.

Ho, P. & Chong, N. Y. (2008). Cultural Perspectives on the Talent Development of a Musically Gifted Adolescent in Singapore. Paper presented with proceedings at the International Society of Music Education Conference 2008, Bologna, Italy, 20-25 July.

Ho, P. & Chong, N. Y. (2008). Factors Contributing to Musical Talent Performance: An Exemplary Case Study of a Musically Gifted Adolescent in Singapore Using DMGT-based analysis. Paper presentation at the 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Singapore, 14-17 July.


Publications

Book Chapter

Chong, S. & Ho, P. (2012). A Systems Approach to Teacher Quality in Singapore. In J. Hartford, B. Hudson & N. H. Niemi (eds.), Quality Assurance and Teacher Education: International Challenges and Expectations. Peter Lang International Academic.


Refereed Publications

Ho, P. (2012). I have won a world championship and now I can retire: Normal technical students' ways of unpacking academic expectations in Singapore. International Journal of Educational Development, 32(1), 111-119.

Ho, P. & Chong, N. Y. (2010). The talent development of a musically gifted adolescent in Singapore. International Journal of Music Education, 28, 47-60

Chong, S. & Ho, P. (2009). Quality Teaching and Learning - A QA Framework for Initial Teacher Preparation Programs. International Journal of Management in Education (IJME), Vol 3 (Nos. 3/4), 302-314.

Ho, Pauline SK and Chong, Sylvia NY. (2008). A study on the factors influencing the talent development of a musically gifted adolescent in Singapore using Gagne's DMGT-based analysis. Australian Journal of Music Education, 1, 7-17.


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22nd April 2013