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Noeline Alcorn
QSO
Alma materUniversity of California, Irvine
Scientific career
FieldsEducation research
InstitutionsMassey University
Thesis

Noeline Elizabeth Alcorn QSO is a New Zealand education-research academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.[1] In 1993, Alcorn was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[2] In 2005 she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.

Academic career

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After attending Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington, New Zealand[3] and a 1971 PhD titled Vision and nightmare : a study of Doris Lessing's novels at the University of California, Irvine, Alcorn moved to the University of Waikato, rising to full professor.[1][4]

Honours and awards

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In 1993, Alcorn was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[2] In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[5]

Alcorn was twice selected for the Herbison Lecture by the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, in 1992 and again in 2005.[6][7]

Selected works

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  • Alcorn, Noeline. To the fullest extent of his powers: CE Beeby's life in education. Victoria University Press, 1999.
  • Locke, Terry, Noeline Alcorn, and John O’Neill. "Ethical issues in collaborative action research." Educational Action Research 21, no. 1 (2013): 107–123.
  • Alcorn, Noeline. "Teacher education in New zealand 1974–2014." Journal of Education for Teaching 40, no. 5 (2014): 447–460.
  • Alcorn, Noeline. "Knowledge through a collaborative network: a cross‐cultural partnership." Educational action research 18, no. 4 (2010): 453–466.
  • Alcorn, Noeline, and Martin Thrupp. "Uncovering meanings: The discourses of New Zealand secondary teachers in context." New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 47, no. 1 (2012): 107.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Noeline Alcorn - Staff Profiles: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz.
  2. ^ a b "New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Professor Noeline Alcorn QSO (2012) - Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Karori - MyMarsden". marsden.ultranet.school.nz.
  4. ^ "Does education shape society? | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
  5. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Herbison Lecture". web.archive.org. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ^ "HERBISON LECTURE | NZARE". www.nzare.org.nz. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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