{{Short description|New Zealand education research academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Noeline Alcorn | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=100%}} | image = <!--(as myimage.jpg, no 'File:')--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | other_names = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Education research | workplaces = Massey University | patrons = | alma_mater = University of California, Irvine | thesis1_title = Vision and nightmare : a study of Doris Lessing's novels | thesis1_url = https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991014359419704701&context=L&vid=01CDL_IRV_INST:UCI&search_scope=MyInstitution&tab=LibraryCatalog&lang=en | thesis1_year = 1971 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} '''Noeline Elizabeth Alcorn''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=85%}} is a New Zealand education-research academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url=https://www.waikato.ac.nz/staff-profiles/people/alcorn|title=Noeline Alcorn - Staff Profiles: University of Waikato|website=www.waikato.ac.nz}}</ref> In 1993, Alcorn was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.<ref name=":0" /> In 2005 she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.
==Academic career== After attending Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington, New Zealand<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marsden.ultranet.school.nz/Web/4855/|title=Professor Noeline Alcorn QSO (2012) - Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Karori - MyMarsden|website=marsden.ultranet.school.nz}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bio"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0608/S00102.htm|title=Does education shape society? | Scoop News|website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== In 1993, Alcorn was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/new-zealand-royal-honours-system/types-new-zealand-royal-honours/other-distinctive-new-zealand-honours/suffrage-medal-register |title=New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients |date=26 July 2018 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=29 May 2020}}</ref> In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2005 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2005 |date=6 June 2005 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=29 May 2020}}</ref>
Alcorn was twice selected for the Herbison Lecture by the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, in 1992 and again in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-19 |title=Herbison Lecture |url=http://www.nzare.org.nz/herbison-lecture.aspx |access-date=2024-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319155627/http://www.nzare.org.nz/herbison-lecture.aspx |archive-date=19 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HERBISON LECTURE {{!}} NZARE |url=https://www.nzare.org.nz/herbison-lecture/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=www.nzare.org.nz}}</ref>
== Selected works == * 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.
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==External links== * {{ResearchGate | id= Noeline_Alcorn }}
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