Nesta Devine

Nesta Devine (born 1947) is a New Zealand education academic. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.[1]

Nesta Devine
Born1947 (age 73–74)
England
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
InstitutionsSchools, University of Waikato, Auckland University of Technology
Thesis

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 and has taught in schools, University of Waikato and Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor.[1][2][3]

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. "Professor Nesta Devine - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz.
  2. "Mixed response to prison education places". 19 March 2015.
  3. "At NZ's first bush school, kids play with knives, eat possums and are free to roam". Stuff.


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