Martin Andrew
Dr Martin Andrew has worked in a variety of educational and leadership roles in tertiary and Foundational education in New Zealand, Australia and Vietnam for almost 30 years. He has published close to 50 refereed and journal papers, presented more than 100 conference papers internationally, participated as a researcher-writer in ten projects, and supervised 12 doctoral students through to completion. A specialist in postgraduate education, he has worked with trans-disciplinarity and cross-disciplinarity in both Higher Educational and Polytechnic contexts. His doctoral students have researched and written on many educationally-related topics within traditional doctorate models as well as creative and professional models.
Martin’s research interests include anything with a language or discourse bent, studies related to identity, interculturality, international education, creativity, educational and human development and alternative modes of assessment. He has supervised and mentored Masters students in Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam and examined many theses as an external invited examiner. A co-creator of an online Masters in Writing, he is well versed in creative uses of online spaces and communities of learning, and enjoys mentoring in a range of spaces, including face to face, and across a range of e-media.
An NZ Dunedinite returned home after nearly thirty years in other educational contexts, he is involved in mentoring Postgraduate learners on generic and institutional Master of Professional Practice and Doctor of Professional practice in NZ and in programmes around the world.
Career Highlights include ...
Dr Martin Andrew has worked in a variety of educational and leadership roles in tertiary and Foundational education in New Zealand, Australia and Vietnam for almost 30 years. He has published close to 50 refereed and journal papers, presented more than 100 conference papers internationally, participated as a researcher-writer in ten projects, and supervised 12 doctoral students through to completion. A specialist in postgraduate education, he has worked with trans-disciplinarity and cross-disciplinarity in both Higher Educational and Polytechnic contexts. His doctoral students have researched and written on many educationally-related topics within traditional doctorate models as well as creative and professional models.
Martin’s research interests include anything with a language or discourse bent, studies related to identity, interculturality, international education, creativity, educational and human development and alternative modes of assessment. He has supervised and mentored Masters students in Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam and examined many theses as an external invited examiner. A co-creator of an online Masters in Writing, he is well versed in creative uses of online spaces and communities of learning, and enjoys mentoring in a range of spaces, including face to face, and across a range of e-media.
An NZ Dunedinite returned home after nearly thirty years in other educational contexts, he is involved in mentoring Postgraduate learners on generic and institutional Master of Professional Practice and Doctor of Professional practice in NZ and in programmes around the world.
Career Highlights include ...
- Published 100 plus refereed articles and presented 100 conference papers since 2005 on e-learning; communities of learning; professional practice pedagogies; writing, language and textuality; culture and identities; doctoral mentoring; creativity; work-based learning ...
- Completed or about to complete a total of 30 plus doctorates to completion; including traditional, professional and creative models;
- Creative and highly innovative academic mentor in professional practice doctorates and masters programmes;
- Until 2018 Team Leader of Victoria University Melbourne’s MTESOL (Vietnam) at Hanoi University;
- Worked four years as Discipline Leader and Senior Lecturer in Writing at Swinburne University, Melbourne, as a doctoral supervisor, e-moderator and online course writer;
- Two decades experience delivering innovative educational programs online, and a Certificate in Online Learning from the UK's Open University;
- 35 years’ in tertiary and secondary education in English (Creative and Professional Writing, Literary Studies, Linguistics) and English as an Additional Language
- Local/institutional teaching awards and nominated for national awards;
- PhD and BA (Hons) in English (Minors in Languages, Social Sciences);
- Graduate teaching qualifications in Language Teaching, Higher Education and Cambridge TEFLA;
- Three years as university preparation curriculum designer/manager in foundational industry contexts;
- Experienced in team leadership in tertiary and secondary contexts as Discipline/team leader or assistant principal;
- Published poet, librettist, short story writer, creative writer and journalistic/features writer.
Core Beliefs
- Guiding people to maximise their potential, creativity and success in their chosen areas at their particular level is a major life mission.
- Understanding individuals’ desire to affirm their identities and to belong to a wider community both motivates successful learners and adds value to teaching and learning.
- Success in tertiary educative context in the 2010s requires a commitment to quality and innovation in online and flexible delivery of targeted learning packages
Professional Qualifications
- PhD (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand)
- BA (First Class Hons.) (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand)
- RSA/Cambridge Cert. TEFLA (University of Cambridge, England)
- Graduate Diploma in Language Teaching (GDLT)(Unitec New Zealand)
- Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (GDHE)(Unitec New Zealand)
- Recipient, Unitec Excellence in Teaching Staff Award, 2004
- Nominee, NZQA Tertiary Teaching Award, Excellence in Innovation, 2005
- Recipient, Excellence Award, Leadership in Transnational Education, Victoria University, Melbourne, 2016
- Recipient, Otago Polytechnic Excellence Award, 2019, Research Supervision
- Orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-5195
