Senior Assistant Professor
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education
About
Adeline gained her Ph.D from the Institute of Lifelong Learning at the University of Leeds in the UK. In addition to this, Adeline has a First Class Honours in Masters in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK and also a Postgraduate Technical Certificate in Education with a distinction from UBD. Recently, she was appointed as an Honourary Research Fellow at the Birkbeck College, University of London. Adeline has years of experiences in training adult learners; for example pre and in–
service teachers. Prior to her joining the university of Brunei, she taught for several years at one of Brunei’s Vocational and Technical Education colleges, Maktab Teknik Sultan Saiful Rijal. Having always taught young adults, her research work focuses on the ways individuals learn across a wide variety of contexts, more specifically the ways in which they learn in the workplace and education. Adeline is interested specifically in the learning of teachers, although she is also keen to research on other professionals in the workplaces. Her research also focuses on the transitions of individuals from education into work. She is a strong advocate of lifelong learning.
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D (Leeds,UK), M.Eng (Sheffield, UK), PGCTE (UBD, Brunei)
Teaching Area
- Social and Professional Contexts
- Learners, Pedagogy and Curriculum
- Learning in Vocational Contexts
- Supervision of Master students’ research exercise
Current Research
- Understanding Teachers Informal Workplace Learning (2012- 2013) – Principal Investigator. Funding body: Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
- Promoting Understanding of Science Concepts with Professional Development of Science Teachers (2012-2013). Funding body: JPKE fund.
- Workforce Development in collaboration with Department of Planning, Research and Development, MOE
Research Interests
- workplace learning
- teachers’ professional learning
- transitions from education to work
- vocational and technical education and training
- social theories of learning
- career decisions
- qualitative/interpretative methodologies
Publications
- Goh, A.Y.S. (2013) The Significance of Social Relationships in Learning to Become a VTE Teacher: a case study of three individuals. Studies in Continuing Education. DOI:10.1080/0158037X.2013.770390
- Goh, A.Y.S. (in press) Insights from a Bourdieusian Lens: The relationship between collegebased and workplace learning in becoming a vocational-technical education teacher in Brunei, Journal of Workplace Learning.
- Goh, A.Y.S. (2013) Learning across Communities of Practice. Paper presented at AVETRA 16th Annual Conference, 3th- 5th April, 2013, Freemantle – Western Australia.
- Goh, A.Y.S (2013) The relationship between career decision-making and workplace learning. Paper proceedings 8th International Conference: Research in work and learning, 19th -21st June, 2013, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
- Goh, A.Y.S. (2012) Understanding the transitioning of individuals in between two learning sites: Using a Cultural Approach to Understand Learning. Paper proceedings Canadian International Conference on Education, 18th – 21st June 2012, University of Guelph, Toronto.