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Mengnan Li

Job Title: 
Kairangahau | Researcher
mengnan.li@nzcer.org.nz

Mengnan has experiences in providing quality research, analysis and evaluation to support the development of innovative, international best-practice teaching and learning frameworks which drive equitable outcomes for all learners.

Mengnan joined the NZCER team in August 2022. As a teacher before, her doctoral project showcases the relations between teaching beliefs and student self-concept outcomes. Mengnan explores educational issues from a social-psychological perspective and has experience and expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Areas of Expertise

  • Educational and social psychology.
  • Teacher emotions.
  • Student and teacher beliefs.
  • Systematic literature review.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Education, University of Auckland
  • MSc (Distinction) in Education, University of Edinburgh
  • BA in Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University
Research projects I have worked on: 
Financial Capability in Aotearoa
National Survey of Schools
Me aro ki te hā o Hine-ahu-one - Wāhine Māori in Leadership

Research outputs

Year published Title Publication type Category
2024 Assessing how schools are responding to the Equity Index Research report School governance and management
2023 Secondary principals’ perspectives from NZCER's 2022 National Survey of Schools Research report
2023 Sorted in Schools, Te whai hua – kia ora 2022/23 evaluation report Research report
2023 Teacher perspectives from NZCER’s 2023 national survey of area schools Research report
2023 What do students say about Sorted in Schools and financial capability? Research report
2022 Research Briefs: National Survey of Schools Research summary NCEA
2022 Sorted in Schools, Te whai hua – kia ora: 2021/2022 evaluation report Research report