Nesta Devine
Born1947 (age 76–77)
England
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
InstitutionsSchools, University of Waikato, Auckland University of Technology
Thesis
Doctoral studentsGeorgina Stewart[1]

Nesta Devine (born 1947) is a New Zealand education academic. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.[2]

Academic career

Devine has a 2000 PhD titled 'An Investigation into 'Public Choice' Theory and its Implications for Education in New Zealand' from the University of Auckland.[3] She has taught in schools, the University of Waikato and Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor.[2][4][5]

Notable students of Devine's include Georgina Stewart, Professor of Māori Philosophy of Education at Auckland University of Technology.[6]

Selected works

  • Devine, Nesta. Education and public choice: A critical account of the invisible hand in education. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
  • Devine, Nesta, and Ruth Irwin. "Autonomy, agency and education: He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." Educational Philosophy and Theory 37, no. 3 (2005): 317–331.
  • Brown, Tony, Nesta Devine, Elsie Leslie, Margaret Paiti, Emilie Sila'ila'i, Sandra Umaki, and Jay Williams. "Reflective engagement in cultural history: A Lacanian perspective on Pasifika teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand." Pedagogy, Culture & Society 15, no. 1 (2007): 107–118.
  • Peters, Michael A., Petar Jandrić, Ruth Irwin, Kirsten Locke, Nesta Devine, Richard Heraud, Andrew Gibbons et al. "Towards a philosophy of academic publishing." Educational Philosophy and Theory 48, no. 14 (2016): 1401–1425.
  • Devine, Nesta. "Community, Partnership, and Collaboration." Knowledge Cultures 3, no. 5 (2015): 34–41.

References

  1. ↑ Stewart, G. M. (2007). Kaupapa Māori Science (PhD thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato.
  2. 1 2 "Professor Nesta Devine - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz.
  3. ↑ Devine, Nesta (2000). An Investigation into 'Public Choice' Theory and its Implications for Education in New Zealand (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/1962.
  4. ↑ "Mixed response to prison education places". 19 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "At NZ's first bush school, kids play with knives, eat possums and are free to roam". Stuff. 17 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Stewart, G. M. (2007). Kaupapa Māori Science (PhD thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato.


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