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Dr Harsha Perera

Dr Harsha Perera
Name Harsha Perera
Position Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Section School of Education
Email
Qualifications BEd(Hons) Sydney , PhD UTS

Research Career


  • Education Assessment and Evaluation ( 130303 )
  • Educational Psychology ( 170103 )
  • Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 179999 )
  • Education Assessment And Evaluation ( 390402 )
  • Educational Psychology ( 520102 )
  • Cognitive And Computational Psychology not elsewhere classified ( 520499 )
  • Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Cognitive And Computational Psychology ( 520400 )

Methodological interests: educational and psychological measurement, especially item factor analysis and Item response theory analysis; estimation of latent variable models (e.g., confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation, multi-level, finite mixture); statistical mediation and moderation; meta-analysis; Monte Carlo methods.

Substantive interests: the role of personality and cognate constructs in educational and career-related outcomes (e.g., engagement, achievement, career choice, interest); teacher selection, efficacy, well-being, and engagement

Theme Leader (Statistical Methods and Modelling), the Australian Collaboratory for Career, Employability, and Learning for Living (ACCELL)


Affiliate, American Psychological Association
Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Member, Australian Association for Research in Education
Member, Social Psychology Network
Member, Statistical Society of Australia


Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Career Development

Teaching


EDX3250 Adolescence: Issues and Challenges
EDC1100 Lifespan Development and Learning
EDR8802 Research Methods in Education (Quantitative)
Masters and Doctoral Supervision in the areas of educational, vocational, and quantitative psychology.


MALT Committee Member

Supervision


  • Education Assessment and Evaluation ( 130303 )
  • Educational Psychology ( 170103 )
  • Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified ( 179999 )
  • Education Assessment And Evaluation ( 390402 )
  • Educational Psychology ( 520102 )
  • Cognitive And Computational Psychology not elsewhere classified ( 520499 )
  • Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Cognitive And Computational Psychology ( 520400 )