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Professor Letitia Fickel

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Department: Faculty of Education

Phone Number: +64 3 369 3999 ext. null

Office: Rehua 222

Language: English

Working toward equitable and culturally sustaining education.
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Fields of Research

  • Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning
  • Teacher Professional Learning and Teacher Education
  • Social-Emotional Learning

Researcher Summary

Prof Fickel is an experienced academic, researcher and program evaluator in the area of teacher professional development and learning (PLD), with a focus on the development of culturally responsive practice, pedagogical innovation, and enhanced student learning. In particular, her scholarship focuses on the design and implementation of innovative, research-informed models of initial teacher education and professional development, and subsequent evaluation and examination of the practice that emerges. Prof Fickel has been both lead researcher and co-researcher on a range of collaborative projects reflective of this research stance. Currently she is Principal Investigator (PI) for a Teaching & Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) project entitled,  Co-constructing a culturally and linguistically sustaining, Te Tiriti -based Ako framework for socio-emotional wellbeing in education.  Previously, she was the external evaluator for a multi-year PLD project funded by the Ministry of Education, was Co-PI for programme research and evaluation of the Exemplary Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Programme Initiative, and was a member of the Huakina Mai Project team. Prior to coming to UC, Prof Fickel worked in Alaska where she served as PI on four large scale, US government-funded projects focused on innovative educational programmes to expand teacher learning and practice, develop school-university collaborative models of teacher and leadership education, and implement research-informed strategies to assist schools in enhancing education outcomes for Alaska Native youth.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Education: Diversity; Educational Innovation; Pedagogy; Practice-based Research; Pre-Service Teacher Education; Socio-Cultural Theories of Education; Teacher Learning

Resources

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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Denston A., Martin R., Fickel L. and O'Toole V. (2022) Strengthening Socio-Emotional Learning in Aotearoa New Zealand: Teacher and Whānau Understandings of Wellbeing. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40841-022-00261-4.
  • Denston A., Martin R., Fickel L. and O'Toole V. (2022) Teachers’ perspectives of social-emotional learning: Informing the development of a linguistically and culturally responsive framework for social-emotional wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Teaching and Teacher Education 117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103813.
  • Lim J., Fickel L. and Greenwood J. (2022) Mapping the landscape of professional inquiry as a form of teacher learning in New Zealand: a narrative inquiry into one teacher’s experience. Professional Development in Education 48(1): 120-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2019.1689526.
  • Lim J., Fickel L. and Greenwood J. (2022) Meaningful teacher accountability through professional inquiry: A narrative interpretation of one teacher’s experience. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education 50(2): 202-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2021.1914319.
  • Jones K-L., Fickel L., King J., Torepe T., Fletcher J. and Macfarlane S. (2021) Teachers and stakeholders’ perceptions about Māori partial immersion environments contribution to Kaupapa Māori (Māori medium) education. Set: Research information for teachers (1): 3-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.18296/set.1.2021.
  • Zeng W. and Fickel L. (2021) Exploring collective identity of a group of teaching-oriented academics amid research discourse: a Chinese case. Higher Education 82(3): 651-668. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00728-1.
  • Fletcher J., Everatt J., Mackey J. and Fickel LH. (2020) Digital Technologies and Innovative Learning Environments in Schooling: A New Zealand Experience. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 2020(55): 91-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40841-020-00156-2.
  • Everatt J., Fletcher J. and Fickel L. (2019) School leaders’ perceptions on reading, writing and mathematics in innovative learning environments. Education 3-13 47(8): 906-919. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2018.1538256.
  • Fickel L. and Abbiss J. (2019) Supporting secondary pre-service teacher identity development as culturally responsive and sustaining teachers. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education 5(2): 138-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.32865/fire201952152.
  • O'Toole V., Martin R., Fickel L. and Britt E. (2019) Emotional wellbeing as perceived and understood through the lenses of SEL and PYD: A qualitative commentary and suggestions for future research in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Psychology 48(2) 9: 91-102.
  • Fickel LC., Abbiss J., Brown E. and Astall C. (2018) The Importance of Community Knowledge in Learning to Teach: Foregrounding Māori Cultural Knowledge to Support Preservice Teachers' Development of Culturally Responsive Practice. Peabody Journal of Education 93(3): 285-294. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2018.1449858.
  • Fickel LH., Angel MN., Macfarlane S. and Macfarlane A. (2017) Humanizing Secondary School Contexts: Learning from Aotearoa New Zealand and Peru. Knowledge Cultures 5(6): 45-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.22381/KC5620174.
  • Fickel LH., Henderson C. and Price G. (2017) Language, culture and identity at the nexus of professional learning. Educational Research 59(4): 391-407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2017.1373029.
  • Fletcher J., Mackey J. and Fickel L. (2017) A New Zealand case study: What is happening to lead changes to effective co-teaching in flexible learning spaces? Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice 32(1): 70-83.
  • Nieto M., Cavanagh T., Fickel LH., Macfarlane S., Macfarlane A. and Duckworth F. (2015) Una perspectiva humanista para la educacion del futuro: Revelaciones internacionales. International Multilingual Journal of Contemporary Research 3(1): 42-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15640/imjcr.v3n1a5.
  • Savage C., Macfarlane S., Macfarlane A., Fickel L. and Te Hēmi H. (2014) Huakina Mai: A Kaupapa Māori Approach to relationship and behaviour support. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 43(2): 165-174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jie.2014.23.
  • Jester TE. and Fickel LH. (2013) Cross-cultural Field Experiences in Alaska Native Villages: Implications for Culturally Responsive Teacher Education. The Teacher Eductors 48(3): 185-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08878730.2013.793762.
  • Fickel LH. (2005) Teachers, Tundra, and Talking Circles: Learning History and Culture in an Alaska Native Village. Theory and Research in Social Education 33(4): 476-507.
  • Fickel LH. (2002) Quality professional development: Suggestions for process and content. Educational Forum 67(1): 47-54.
  • Fickel LH. and Jones K. (2002) The tundra is the text: Using Alaska Native contexts to promote cultural relevancey in teacher professional development. www.indianeduresearch.net.
  • Fickel LH. (2001) The high school department as a professional learning community: What teachers learn from their colleagues. Teacher Education and Practice 14(2): 119-155.
  • Fickel LH. (2000) Democracy is Messy: Exploring the personal theories of a high school social studies teacher. Theory and Research in Social Education 28(3): 359-389.
Chapters
  • Denston A., Fickel L., Martin R. and O'Toole V. (2022) Laying the Foundation for Wellbeing in Youth in New Zealand: Developing socio-emotional understandings in students, families and teachers through a co-constructed culturally and linguistically sustaining framework.. In McLellan R; Faucher C; Simovska V (Ed.), Wellbeing and Schooling: Cross Cultural and Cross Disciplinary Perspectives: 121-133.Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95205-1.
  • Fickel L., Mackey J. and Fletcher J. (2019) The Changing Spaces of Education in Aotearoa New Zealand. In Kamp A (Ed.), Education Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand Key Disciplines and Emerging DirectionsNzcer Press.
  • Fickel LH. and Guerin A. (2019) Creating cultures of belonging: engaging diversity to enhance learning. In Hill MF; Thrupp M (Ed.), The professional practice of teaching in New Zealand (6th ed.): 194-212. South Melbourne: Cengage Australia.
  • Macfarlane A., Macfarlane S., Cavanagh T., Angel MN., Duckworth F. and Fickel LC. (2019) Psychosocial Analyses and Actions for Promoting Restorative Schools: Indigenous Determinants Connecting Three International Sites. In McKinley EA; Smith LT (Ed.), Handbook of Indigenous Education: 847-872. Singapore: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3899-0_36.
  • Lewis T., Fickel LC., Mackey G. and Breeze D. (2018) Informing Teaching Through Community Engagement: A New Zealand Approach. In Meidl TD; Dowell M-MS (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Service-Learning Initiatives in Teacher Education Programs: 278-298. Hershy: IGI Global. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4041-0.ch015.
  • Lewis T., Fickel LH., Mackey G. and Breeze D. (2018) Informing teaching through community engagement: A New Zealand approach. In Meidl T; Sulentic Dowell M-M (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Service-Learning Initiatives in Teacher Education Programs: 278-298. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4041-0.ch015.
  • Macfarlane AH., Macfarlane S., Cavanagh T., Angel MN., Duckworth F. and Fickel LH. (2018) Psychosocial Analyses and Actions for Promoting Restorative Schools: Indigenous Determinants Connecting Three International Sites. In McKinley E; Smith L (Ed.), Handbook of Indigenous Education: 1-25. Singapore: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1839-8_36-1.
  • Fickel L., Macfarlane S. and Macfarlane A. (2017) Culturally Responsive Practice for Indigenous Contexts: Provenance to Potential. In Reid C; Major J (Ed.), Global Teaching: Southern Perspectives on Teachers Working with Diversity: 101-127. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52526-0_6.
  • Powell JH., Fickel LH., Chesbro P. and Boxler N. (2010) What's that noise? Things that keep us awake at night: The cost of unexamined assumptions in pre-service assessment and accreditation. In Erikson LB; Wentworth N (Ed.), Tensions in Teacher Preparation: Accountablility, Assessment, and Accreditation: 163-181. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3687(2010)0000012013.
  • Fickel LH. (2008) Unbanking' Education: Exploring constructs of knowledge, teaching, and learning. In Spears-Burton LA; Powell R (Ed.), Toward a Literacy of Promise: Joining the African American Struggle: 41-56. New York: Routledge.
  • Fickel LH. (2006) Paradox of Practice: Expanding and Contracting Curriculum in a High-Stakes Climate. In Grant SG (Ed.), Measuring History: Cases of State-Level Testing Across the United States: 75-103. Greenwich: Information Age Publishing.
  • Fickel LH. (2000) Teacher Community and Commitment: A case study of a high school social studies department. In Whitford BL; Jones K (Ed.), Accountability, Assessment and Teacher Commitment: Lessons from Kentucky Albany: SUNY Press.
  • Whitford BL., Ruscoe G. and Fickel LH. (2000) Knitting it all together: Collaborative teacher education in Southern Maine. In Darling-Hammond L (Ed.), Studies of excellence in teacher education: Preparation at the graduate level.: 173-258. New York, Washington, DC: National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future and American Association of College for Teacher Education.
Conference Contributions - Published
  • Obonyo C., Davis N. and Fickel L. (2020) Teacher educators’ practices with m-learning: A case study of ‘far transfer’ into schools of practices learned during preservice teacher education. In Langran E (Eds). In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of SITE Interactive 2020 Online Conference: 725-730. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Obonyo C., Davis N. and Fickel L. (2018) Mobile Learning Practices in Initial Teacher Education: Illustrations from Three Teacher Educators. In Langran E; Borup J (Eds). Proceedings - SITE 2018: 2424-2429.
  • Obonyo C., Davis N. and Fickel L. (2018) New forms of teaching and learning: Examples from one teacher educators’ mobile pedagogical practices. In Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ) Conference Handbook: 127-131. FLANZ.
  • Obonyo C., Davis NE. and Fickel L. (2017) Mobile learning in initial teacher education. In Yu FY (Eds). Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE).
  • Astall C., Abbiss J., Cunningham U., Clarke T., Davis NE., Fickel LH., Dunn K. and Brown E. (2016) Shifting practice in teacher preparation with a poutama and an ePortfolio: Charting our journey. In Wright N (Eds). DEANZ 2016 Conference Proceedings: 15-20.
  • Fickel LH. and Chesbro P. (2010) Creating a circle of knowledge through networked learning:Extending the professional learning community beyond school walls. In Proceedings of ULearn10 - Research Stream: 24-29.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Martin R., Denston A., Fickel L. and O'Toole V. (2021) Understanding how teachers perceive socio-emotional wellbeing: Contributing to the development of a linguistically and culturally responsive SEW framework in Aotearoa New Zealand. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand: 13th Educational Psychology Forum, 1-2 Feb 2021.
  • Fickel L., Denston A., Martin R. and O'Toole V. (2020) Collaborating for Children's Well-Being: Families, Teachers, and Reserchers Co-Constructing a Framework for Socio-Emotional Learning. San Francisco, canceled due to pandemic: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting., 17-21 Apr 2020.
  • Martin R., Fickel L., O'Toole V. and Denston A. (2019) Co-constructing a framework for socio-emotional well-being in children in Years 5 to 9: A Te Tiriti based Ako approach. University of Canterbury, Christchurch: New Zealand Association for Research in Education, 17-20 Nov 2019.
  • O'Toole V., Martin R., Fickel L. and Denston A. (2019) Co-constructing a culturally and linguistically sustaining, Te Tiriti –based Ako framework for socio-emotional wellbeing in education: A collaborative project among teachers, whanau, hapū and iwi, to enable a holistic approach to education.. Chicago Illinois: Collaborative for Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) 2019 Conference, 2-4 Oct 2019.
  • O'Toole VM., Martin R., Fickel L. and Denston A. (2019) Co-Constructing a culturally and linguistically sustaining, Te Tiriti-based Ako framework for socio-emotional wellbeing in education. University of Canterbury: Child Well-being Research Symposium Programme, 6-7 Jun 2019.
  • Everatt J., Fletcher J., Subramaniam Y., Fickel L., Mackey J. and Wise S. (2018) Impacts of innovative learning environments in schooling for low progress literacy learners and children with English as an additional language. Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.: World Literacy Summit, 25-27 Mar 2018.
  • Mackey J., Fickel L. and Fletcher J. (2018) Transition to collaborative teaching in ILEs from a change leadership perspective. Pullman, Auckland: NZEALS conference, 18-20 Apr 2018.
  • Solomon K., O'Toole V., Martin R. and Fickel L. (2018) "Māhunga ake" (Heads Up) – A Pilot Study. Co-constructing a context-sensitive emotional literacy programme for adult learners in a Māori organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.. Sydney: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), 2-6 Dec 2018.
  • Abbiss JE. and Fickel L. (2017) Developing pre-service teacher agency. University College UCC, Copenhagen, Denmark: Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and educational research, ECER Conference 2017, 22-25 Aug 2017.
  • Abbiss JE. and Fickel L. (2017) Learning to teach for equity: How context mediates preservice teacher learning. The Education University of Hong Kong: World Educational Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting, 30 Nov-2 Dec 2017.
  • Fickel L. and Abbiss JE. (2017) Enabling Preservice Teacher’s Intercultural Competence Through Community-based Learning. University College UCC, Copenhagen, Denmark: Conference Theme: Inclusion and Exclusion. Resources for Educational Research, ECER Conference 2017, 22-25 Aug 2017.
  • Fickel L. and Abbiss JE. (2017) Supporting secondary teacher candidates' teacher development as culturally responsive teachers. San Antonio, Texas: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, 27 Apr-1 May 2017.
  • Fletcher JF., Mackey J. and Fickel L. (2017) Leading change for future focused learning in Innovative Learning Environments. Dublin, Ireland: 11th World Conference on Computers in Education (WCCE 2017), 3-6 Jul 2017.
  • Mackey G., Lewis T., Fickel L. and Breeze D. (2017) Informing Teacher Education Through Commumity Engagement. University of Waikato, Hamilton: NZARE, 1 Nov 2017.
  • Martin R., Fickel L., O'Toole VM. and Britt E. (2017) Making the Unseen Seen: Using a Treaty Framework to Support Holistic Well-being in Education. Hamilton, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Research in Education Annual Conference 2017 (NZARE), 20-22 Nov 2017.
  • Obonyo C., Davis NH. and Fickel L. (2017) Mobile learning practices in initial teacher education. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Postgraduate Showcase - College of Education, 1 Sep 2017.
  • Fickel LH., Abbiss J. and Astall C. (2016) Developing initial teacher action competence in working with culturally diverse learners. Dublin, Ireland: European Council for Educational Research (ECER), 23-26 Aug 2016.
  • Fickel LH., Abbiss J., Brown L. and Astall CM. (2016) The importance of community engagement in learning to teach. The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia: Global Learning Equity Network. Research Symposium: Reframing Teacher Education for Learning Equity, 11 Mar-11 May 2016.
  • Fickel LH., MacFarlane S. and Macfarlane AH. (2016) Culturally responsive practice for indigenous contexts: Provenance to potential. Dublin, Ireland: Global Teaching: Southern Perspectives on Working with Diversity Symposium. European Conference on Educational Research, 23-26 Aug 2016.
  • Fischetti J., Reynolds K. and Fickel LH. (2016) Reframing Teacher Education for Learning Equity. Washington DC: American Education Research Association, 8-12 Apr 2016.
  • Nieto M., Fickel LH., MacFarlane S. and Macfarlane AH. (2016) Humanizing secondary school contexts: Comparisons between Aotearoa and Perú (Latin America). University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: 2016 New Zealand Association of Research in Education (NZARE) Annual Conference, 29-29 Aug 2016.
  • Abbiss J., Astall C., Davey R., Fickel LH. and Morton M. (2015) Developing graduate teacher adaptive expertise: From broad intentions to practice. Budapest, Hungary: 2015 European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), 7-11 Sep 2015.
  • Fickel LH., Bonisch A., Henderson C. and Price G. (2015) Culturally Responsive Professional Learning and Development for Capacity-Building and Innovation in Literacy Practices that Support Diverse Learners. Chicago, IL USA: 2015 American Education Research Association Conference (AERA), 14-20 Apr 2015.
  • Morton M., Fickel LH., Abbiss J. and Astall C. (2015) Adaptive Expertise and Inclusive Teacher Education in One Programme in New Zealand. World Education Research Association 2015 Focal Meeting (WERA), 8-10 Sep 2015.
  • Stark R. and Fickel LH. (2015) Teacher Education in indigenous contexts: Critical considerations of teacher educator understandings and decision-making related to treaty issues and social justice. Budapest, Hungary: World Education Research Association 2015 Focal Meeting (WERA), 8-10 Sep 2015.
  • Davis NE. and Fickel LH. (2014) Equitable Evaluation of Teacher Preparation to Develop Culturally Sensitive Adaptive Expertise in Collaboration with 21st Century Networked Schools in New Zealand. Jacksonville FL: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014, 17-21 Mar 2014.
  • Davis NE. and Fickel LH. (2014) Equitable Evaluation of Teacher Preparation to Develop Culturally Sensitive Adaptive Expertise in Collaboration with 21st Century Networked Schools in New Zealand. Jacksonville, FL, USA: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014, 17-21 Mar 2014.
  • Fickel LH. (2014) Examining Context and Process of Professional Development for Culturally Responsive Practice: A Cross-Case Synthesis. Philadelphia, PA, USA: American Educational Research Association 2014 Annual Meeting (AERA), 3-8 Apr 2014.
  • Fickel LH. (2014) Shifting conceptualisations of initial teacher education: International and local understandings. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education and New Zealand Association for Research in Education Joint Conference 2014 (AARE/NZARE), 30 Nov-4 Dec 2014.
  • Fickel LH. and Dabner N. (2014) Fostering professional connections across spaces: An evaluative study of a co-constructed school-based initiative within a Graduate Teacher Education qualification. Hamilton, New Zealand: Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference (TEFANZ), 8-10 Jul 2014.
  • Macfarlane A., Nieto M., Cavanagh T., Macfarlane S. and Fickel LH. (2014) Learning to care - caring to learn. Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga 6th Biennial International Indigenous Development Research Conference, 25-28 Nov 2014.
  • Macfarlane S., Savage C., Macfarlane A., Fickel LH., Te Hēmi H., Leonard J. and Duckworth F. (2014) Huakina Mai: Opening doorways for Māori learners. World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education Conference (WiPCE), 19-24 May 2014.
  • Fickel LH., Henderson C. and Price G. (2013) Centering Language, Culture and Identity at the Nexus of Professional Learning and Practice. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Education Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), 27 Apr-1 May 2013.
  • Savage C., Leonard JR. and Fickel LH. (2013) Mau ki te Ako: Tribal-led Culturally Responsive Professional Development. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Education Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA), 27 Apr-1 May 2013.
  • Savage C., Macfarlane A., Macfarlane S., Fickel L. and Te Hemi H. (2013) Opening doors for indigenous students: A Kaupapa Māori approach to behaviour support. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Education Research Association Annual meeting (AERA), 27 Apr-1 May 2013.
  • Fickel LH. (2012) Enhancing Educational Outcomes for Alaska Native Students through Networked Inquiry. Palmerston North, New Zealand: New Zealand Collaborative Action Research Network Symposium (NZCARN), 23-23 Oct 2012.
  • Fickel LH. (2012) Learning on behalf of each other: An Alaskan journey in professional learning for culturally responsive practice. Christchurch, New Zealand: CANTESOL Expo, 23-23 Jun 2012.
  • Macfarlane AH., Savage C., Fickel L. and Tarena E. (2012) Whānau aspirations for special education services. University of Auckland, New Zealand: International Indigenous Development Conference (IIDRC), 27-30 Jun 2012.
  • Fickel LH., Chesbro P. and Boxler N. (2011) Culturally Responsive Practice - It's not just for the kids: Exploring a CRT framework for professional learning. New Orleans, LA, USA: American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, 8-12 Apr 2011.
  • Fickel LH., Chesbro P., Boxler N. and Tucker S. (2011) Creating the Conditions for Professional Learning Communities: Reconceptualizing the Facilitative Role. Honolulu, HI, USA: Hawaii International Conference on Education, 3-7 Jan 2011.
  • Fickel LH., Chesbro P., Tucker S. and Boxler N. (2011) Evolution of a Network Learning Community: Interweaving action-research and programme evaluation to create a PK-20 school-university collaborative partnership for learning and innovation. Vienna, Austria: Bringing a different world into existence: Action research as a trigger for innovations, 4-6 Nov 2011.
  • Jester TE. and Fickel LH. (2011) Intercultural Field Experiences in Alaska: Contextual Learning in Teacher Education. Honolulu, HI, USA: Hawaii International Conference on Education, 3-7 Jan 2011.
  • Jester TE. and Fickel LH. (2009) Intercultural Field Experiences in Alaska: Engaging Local Contexts. San Diego, CA, USA: American Educational Research Association (AREA) 2009 Annual Meeting, 13-17 Apr 2009.
  • McLain E., Tucker SA. and Fickel LH. (2009) Closing the Circle of Knowledge: A Grounded Study of Developing Data Evaluation Capacity in Schools. San Diego, CA, USA: American Educational Research Association (AREA) 2009 Annual Meeting, 13-17 Apr 2009.
  • Feldman K., Hatch M., Shaw DG., Fickel L., Shesbro P. and Pekar F. (2008) An Innovative Holistic Approach To Pacific-Rim Teacher Education Today: An Arts and Sciences College Partners with a College of Education in Alaska. Normal, IL, USA: 2nd Pacific-Rim Conference on Education, 24-26 Oct 2008.
  • Hill AR., Whitmore C., Hirshberg D. and Fickel LH. (2008) Experimental Design in the Evaluation of Teacher Professional Development in Alaska. American Education Research Association 2008 Annual Meeting, 22-28 Mar 2008.
  • Lester TJ. and Fickel L. (2008) Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers in Alaska: Intercultural Field Experiences. Normal, IL, USA: 2nd Pacific-Rim Conference on Education, 24-26 Oct 2008.
  • McLain E., Tucker S. and Fickel L. (2008) Consequences of Building Evaluation Capacity in Schools: A Case Study of Iteration in Team Development. Denver, CO, USA: American Evaluation Association Conference 2008, 5-8 Nov 2008.
  • McLain E., Tucker S. and Fickel L. (2008) The care and feeding of school improvement "data teams": A partnership of one university and five districts. New York, NY, USA: American Education Research Association 2008 Annual Meeting (AERA), 24-28 Mar 2008.
  • McLain E., Tucker SA. and Fickel LH. (2008) The care and feeding of school-improvement "data teams": A partnership of university and five districts. New Orleans, LA, USA: 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), 7-10 Feb 2008.
  • Powell JH., Chesbro PR., Fickel LH. and Henrikson LM. (2008) Connecting the dots: Facilitating high-quality distance-delivered professional development opportunities. New Orleans, LA, USA: 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), 7-10 Feb 2008.
  • Tucker S., Shapiro N. and Fickel LH. (2008) From sea to shining sea: Evaluating Title II partnership strategies to ensure quality. New Orleans, LA, USA: 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), 7-10 Feb 2008.
  • Jester T. and Fickel L. (2007) Preparing Culturally Responsive Educators: A Case Study of the Alaska Education Innovations Network. Baltimore, MD, USA: Comparative and International Education Society 51st Annual Conference, 25 Feb-1 Mar 2007.
  • McLain E., Fickel L. and Tucker S. (2007) Building a culture of inquiry in a statewide network. Morgantown, WV, USA: National Network for Educational Renewal Annual Conference, 1-1 Oct 2007.
  • McDiarmid GW., Hill AR., Fickel LH., Frazier R., PIngagaq J., Shackleford D. and Ongtooguk P. (2006) Immersion Experience and Cultural Identity: Urban Stduents and Teachers Learning in Rural Alaska Native Communities. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA 2006), 7-11 Apr 2006.
  • Fickel LH. (2005) Developing a critical mass, or not: Case study of a PDS working toward cultural responsiveness. Montreal, Canada: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (AERA), 11 Apr 2005.
  • Fickel LH., Christian T., Leveen L., Armitage S., Lang W., Engstrand I., Patotzka J., Zorea W., Campnell G. and Murphy S. (2005) Teaching American History Grants: How are they going? Boise, ID, USA: 58th Annual Pacific Northwest History Conference, 28 Apr 2005.
  • Wolfe AW. and Fickel LH. (2005) Preparing preservice teacher for equity and diversity: Learning within an Alaska Native cultural context. Montreal, Canada: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (AERA), 11 Apr 2005.
  • Fickel LH. (2003) Teachers, tundra, and talking circles: Learning history and culture in an Alaska Native village. Chicago, IL USA: NCSS Annual Meeting, 1 Nov 2003.
  • Fickel LH. (2001) Curriculum Influences: A case study of a high school deparment's response to state reform. Seattle, WA, USA: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, 1 Apr 2001.
  • Fickel LH. (2001) Pre-Service issues in civic education. How can colleges and universities prepare future teachers for civic education? Newcastle, Northern Ireland: CIVITAS Summer Seminar, 1 Jun 2001.
  • Fickel LH. (2001) What's the content of culture? Teachers' opportunities to learn during a social studies institute in an Alaskan village. Seattle, WA, USA: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, 1 Apr 2001.
Reports
  • Fickel LH., Henderson C. and Price G. (2016) PLD Facilitated Support to Engage Teachers in Linking Family & Whānau to Classroom Literacy Pedagogy.Commissioned by Ministry of Education. 16.
  • Fickel LH., Henderson C. and Price G. (2015) Inquiring into PLD Facilitator Practice to Support Culturally Responsive Literacy Pedagogy.Commissioned by Ministry of Education. 10.
  • Henderson C., Price G. and Fickel L. (2015) Literacy Language Learning Te Waipounamu PLD Report 3.80.
  • Fickel LH., Henderson C. and Price G. (2014) Centering Language, Culture, and Identity at the Nexus of Professional Learning and Practice.Commissioned by Ministry of Education. 25.
  • Henderson C., Fickel L. and Price G. (2012) Literacy Language Learning Te Waipounamu Milestone 5.Commissioned by Ministry of Education. 89.
  • Macfarlane A., Fickel L., Savage C., Macfarlane S. and Tarena E. (2012) Evaluation of Kaupapa Māori Teams: Final Report.Commissioned by Ministry of Eduation. 76pp.
  • Macfarlane A., Savage C., Fickel L., Macfarlane S. and Tarena E. (2012) Kaupapa Māori Teams in the Ministry of Education.Authors. Commissioned by NZ Ministry of Education. 55pp.
  • Savage C., Macfarlane A., Macfarlane S., Fickel L. and Te Hēmi H. (2012) Huakina Mai: A whole school strength based behavioural intervention for Māori.Authors. Commissioned by NZ Ministry of Education. 108pp.
  • Savage C., Macfarlane A., Macfarlane S., Fickel L. and Te Hēmi H. (2012) Huakina Mai: Implementation.Authors. Commissioned by NZ Ministry of Education. 32.
  • Fickel LH., Hill A., Chesbro P., Villalobo A., Tucker S. and Hirshberg D. (2010) Alaska Educational Innovations Network: Annual Performance Report.Commissioned by US Department of Education. 20pp.
  • Fickel LH., Hill A., Chesbro P., Villalobo A., Tucker S. and Hirshberg D. (2009) Alaska Educational Innovations Network: Annual Performance Report.Commissioned by US Department of Education. 23pp.
  • Fickel LH., Hill A., Curry M., Chesbro P., Tucker S. and Hirshberg D. (2008) Alaska Educational Innoations Network: Annual Performance Report.Commissioned by US Department of Education. 69pp.
  • Hood B. and Fickel L. (2008) Alaska State Legislature's Citizen's Advisory Task Force on Civics Education Policy: Final Report & Recommendations.Commissioned by Alaska State Legislature. 43pp.
  • Fickel LH., Hill A., Tucker S., Hirshberg D. and Chesbro P. (2007) Alaska Educational Innovations Network: Annual Performance Report.Commissioned by US Department of Education. 103pp.
  • Fickel L., Hood B., Hill A. and Hirshberg D. (2006) Alaska Civic Learning Assessment Project: Final Report and Policy Brief.Commissioned by Alaska Teaching Justice Network: Civic Mission of Schools Grant Project. 60pp.
  • Fickel LH., Hill A., England T. and Hirshberg D. (2006) Alaska Partnership for Teacher Enhancement, Final Report.Commissioned by US Department of Education, Title II Grant Office.
  • Fickel LH., Hill A., Hirshberg D., Chesbro P. and Tucker S. (2006) Alaska Educational Innovations Network: Annual Performance Report.Commissioned by US Department of Education. 41pp.
  • Fickel LH. (2005) Alaska Civic Learning Assessment Project, YR 1 report.Commissioned by National Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. 6pp.
  • Fickel LH. and Tucker S. (2005) Alaska Educational Innovations Network: Annual Perfomance Report.Commissioned by US Department of Education. 36pp.
Edited Volumes
  • Astall C; Fastier M; Fickel L (Ed.) (2015) Journal of Initial Teacher Inquiry Volume 1, Special Issue: Contemporary Teaching and Learning Issues. Christchurch: University of Canterbury. 74.
Oral Presentations
  • Everatt J., Fletcher J., Subramaniam Y., Fickel L., Mackey J. and Wise S. (2018) Impacts of innovative learning environments in schooling for low progress literacy learners and children with English as an additional language. Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom: World Literacy Summit, 27 Mar 2018.
  • Macfarlane A., Fickel LH., Savage C., Macfarlane S. and Tarena E. (2012) Oral Report to Ministry of Education: Kaupapa Māori Teams (KMTs) Research Project. Wellington, New Zealand: Presentation of final report to the Ministry..
  • Fickel LH., Hood B., Hirshberg D. and Hill A. (2006) Civics Education in Alaska: How much are schools teaching & how much do Alaskans know? Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.: Seminar Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska.

Student Supervision

Displaying items from 2010 - present.
    Current
  • PhD - Brown E: Implementing Bicultural Change: Implications of the Treaty of Waitangi for Initial Teacher Education (2020)
  • Completed
  • PhD - Burrows P: Leading Bi-culturally: Principal Leadership in a South Island Context (2018)
  • PhD - Contreras O: Examining Contradictions in Theoretical and Practical Understandings of Formal Concepts of Learning-Teaching among Teacher Educators (2022)
  • PhD - Habibyar T: Hegemonic Forces Influencing Education in Afghanistan and Methods of Resistance of Afghan Educational Activists (2015)
  • PhD - Jones K-L: Nga Hua o te Puna Reo Rua Te Ao o te Kaihautu (2023)
  • PhD - Lim J: Teacher Inquiry in New Zealand: A Montage (2017)
  • PhD - Neito M: Factors that Promote and Sustain Authentic Pedagogy of Care and Reconciliation (2018)
  • PhD - Obonyo CN: Use of Mobile Technologies in Initial Teacher Education (2020)
  • PhD - Tapper C: Understanding of Underachievement in gifted and talented students (2014)
  • PhD - Zeng W: Social Networks, identity and contexts: A narrative ethnography of a group of College English teachers' learning amid the research discourse. (2017)
  • PhD - Zohairy S: Between Learning and Business: ESOL Teachers’ Perceptions of their Professional Practice in Post-school Private Training Establishments (2019)
  • Masters - Affagard T: Exploring culturally relevant practices in an international school context: an ethnographic study case of one school (2017)
  • Masters - Johnson C: The conditions required for collaboration and informed decision making within the Teaching As Inquiry (TAI) model (2016)
  • Masters - Jones K: The forgotten other of kuapapa Maori education, Level 3 immersion classrooms - a case study (2015)
  • Masters - Paniora R: What does "Maori achieving education success as Maori" mean to Maori students in mainstream South Island secondary schools? (2017)
  • Masters - Stark R: Exploring teacher educators' understandings and application of the provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi (2015)
  • Honours - Webb L: A Collaborative Approach in the Professional Practice Setting (2012)

Review and Refereeing

Displaying all items.
  • Australian Journal of Teacher Education ( 2015 - 2023)
  • Educational Research ( 2016 - 2023)
  • Journal of Education for Teaching ( 2017 - 2023)
  • The Teacher Educator ( 2018 - 2023)

Affiliations

  • American Educational Research Association (AERA) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Teaching Council of New Zealand (Professional Organisation): ITE Advisory Board Member

Research Groups

  • Learning Environments
  • Te Rū Rangahau: The Māori Research Laboratory

Research Projects

  • Co-constructing a culturally and linguistically sustaining, Te Tiriti -based Ako framework for socio-emotional wellbeing in education: A Teaching & Learning Research Initiative (TLRI) Funded Project
  • Global Learning Equity Network
  • Huakina Mai: Opening doorways for Maori learners
  • Trialling the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand’s draft professional teaching standards in the setting of Initial Teacher Education
  • Exemplary ITE Programme Initiative: UC Masters of Teaching and Learning
  • Growing Teacher Practice to Increase Student Agency and Whānau Engagement in the MLE: Teacher Led Innovation Fund, MOE

Key Methodologies

  • Qualitative Research: case study, ethnography, autobiography, narrative inquiry and grounded theory
  • Action Research/Self-Study
  • Socio-cultural theories
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