Nesta Devine

{{Short description|New Zealand professor of education}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Nesta Devine | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = England | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = Schools, University of Waikato, Auckland University of Technology | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Auckland | thesis1_title = An Investigation into 'Public Choice' Theory and its Implications for Education in New Zealand | thesis1_url = https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/1962 | thesis1_year = 2000 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = Georgina Stewart<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Kaupapa Māori Science |last=Stewart |first=G. M. |date=2007 |degree=PhD |publisher=Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2598}}</ref> | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }}

'''Nesta Devine''' (born 1947) is a New Zealand education academic. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/research/professors-listing/nesta-devine |title=Professor Nesta Devine - AUT |website=www.aut.ac.nz}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Devine |first=Nesta |year=2000 |type=Doctoral thesis |title=An Investigation into 'Public Choice' Theory and its Implications for Education in New Zealand |publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland |hdl=2292/1962 |url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/1962}}</ref> She has taught in schools, the University of Waikato and Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor.<ref name="bio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/269003/mixed-response-to-prison-education-places |title=Mixed response to prison education places |date=19 March 2015 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/93412553/at-nzs-first-bush-school-kids-play-with-knives-eat-possums-and-are-free-to-roam |title=At NZ's first bush school, kids play with knives, eat possums and are free to roam |website=Stuff|date=17 June 2017 }}</ref>

Notable students of Devine's include Georgina Stewart, Professor of Māori Philosophy of Education at Auckland University of Technology.<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Kaupapa Māori Science |last=Stewart |first=G. M. |date=2007 |degree=PhD |publisher=Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2598}}</ref>

==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.

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==External links== * {{LinkedIn page|in/nesta-devine-0735a922}} * {{ResearchGate|Nesta_Devine}}

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