Dr Yvonne Haig

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5491  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5850  
Email: y.haig@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO8.226  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD, Edith Cowan University .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Focused Intervention for Early Literacy Intervention,  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations,  Grant(**),  2010,  $62,057.
  • Focused Intervention for Early Literacy Intervention,  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations,  Grant,  2009,  $77,571.
  • The Identification of Resources to Support Children Learning to Read in the Early Years of School,  Dept of Education & Training WA,  Grant,  2008,  $4,718.
  • Monitoring the Progress of Early Phase English as a Second Language Learners,  Association of Independent Schools of WA,  Grant,  2008,  $20,000.
  • The Identification of Resources to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development,  Dept of Education & Training WA,  Grant,  2008,  $4,718.
  • Exploring the Educational needs of African refugee students,  Westralian Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages,  Grant,  2007,  $500.
  • The Identification of Resources to Support Children Learning to Read in the Early Years of School,  Dept of Education & Training WA,  Grant,  2007,  $42,467.
  • The Identification of Resources to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development,  Dept of Education & Training WA,  Grant,  2007,  $42,467.
  • Exploring the Educational needs of African refugee students,  Westralian Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages,  Grant,  2006,  $18,182.
  • Tackling Talk: Using action research to investigate the communicative competence of Western Australian School Students,  Association of Independent Schools of WA,  Grant,  2005,  $20,524.
  • Tackling Talk: Using action research to investigate the communicative competence of Western Australian School Students,  Association of Independent Schools of WA,  Grant,  2004,  $68,273.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • De Jong, T., Cullity, M., Haig, Y., Sharp, S., Spiers, S., Wren, J., (2011), Enabling Group-Based Learning in Teacher Education: A Case Study of Student Experience. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 36(5), 92-105, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Oliver, R., Haig, Y., Grote, E., (2009), Addressing the educational challenges faced by African refugee background students: Perceptions of West Australian stakeholders. Tesol in Context, 19(1), 23-38, Australia.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Classroom Interaction Of Languages Learners: Theory, Practice And Perceptions..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Acquisition Of Japanese As A Second Language And Processability Theory: A Longitudinal Study Of A Naturalistic Child Learner.