Research and creative activity
The Faculty offers opportunities for research and postgraduate studies in the following areas of research strengths:
- communication, media studies, creative arts and writing;
- literacy, numeracy and science education, learning technologies, early childhood education, teacher development, leadership and school improvement;
- indigenous research methodologies applied in areas of health, education and social justice; and
- practice-led research in music, performance and visual arts.
Research students can be confident that they will receive first class support and career-building research training. If you're looking for information about our supervisors and research interest areas, head to our Researcher and Supervisor Database.
Research centres
Our Faculty boasts one of the University's research institutes and many research centres. These centres provide the focus for research activity and a wide range of collaborations with other Australian and International research providers and research users.
The Faculty of Education and Arts is home to the following Research Centres:
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
- Centre for Higher Education Teaching and Learning Research
- Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC)
- Centre for Research in Entertainment Arts Technology, Education and Communications (CREATEC)
- Centre for Schooling and Learning Technologies (CSaLT)
- Dance Research Centre
- Fogarty Learning Centre
- Kurongkurl Katitjin – Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research
- Music Research Group
- Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research
News & events
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Leading the way with video-based classroom research
ECU’s video-based classroom research partnerships are attracting international attention.
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Happy kids, happy future
At-risk children are more likely to successfully transition to secondary school if they take part in support programs during upper primary, a new study by ECU researchers has found.
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Call for Papers Landscapes Issue on Ecological Creativity
The deadline for submissions for the Landscapes Journal has been extended to December 7th 2012.
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Research support
We are committed to providing a high level of service to staff and students undertaking research activities through the functions of the Faculty Research and Higher Degrees Support Team.
Projects
Our research is centered around our areas of research strength; education and social community; areas of opportunity; and communications and the arts. Our researchers are involved in various local, national and international projects, which gives our students access to an array of knowledge and learning experiences.
Our current research projects include;