Eve Coxon | |
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 Coxon in 2022 | |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Pacific education |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Doctoral students | Moʻale ʻOtunuku |
Evelyn Imelda Coxon CNZM is a New Zealand education academic,and an expert in Pacific education. In 2021,Coxon was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to Pacific and tertiary education.
Coxon completed a master's degree titled A critical education:the ’Atenisi alternative at the University of Auckland and PhD titled The politics of 'Modernisation' in western Samoan education. [1] [2] Coxon then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland,where she was the founding director of the university's Research Unit in Pacific Education. [3] She led the development of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Pacific studies and education. [4] Coxon was also involved in the development of Rethinking Pacific Education Initiative for Pacific Peoples,which celebrated twenty years of educational leadership development in 2022. [5]
Coxon has been president of the Oceania Comparative Education Society,and served on the World Council of Comparative Education Societies. [4] She has consulted on educational leadership throughout the Pacific,including advising the education ministries in Fiji,Samoa and Tonga. [3] [4]
In 1991,Coxon was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship for a project titled Educational environments and the factors that contribute to educational success and/or failure among Pacific Island pupils in Auckland schools;Rarotonga and Western Samoa. [6]
In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours,Coxon was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to Pacific and tertiary education. [4]
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