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At BTI, you will learn from staff who are experienced teachers and educators, researchers, practitioners, health workers and graduates themselves. Many have worked in private practice, for public institutions and for universities in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
Biography
Daniela is the programme leader of the Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute. Her research interests (Masters and current PhD study) explore pedagogies that support the navigation of the Biblical, Cultural and Policy environments in education. Keenly aware of the impact of teacher’s dispositions towards students of diversity, she is creating a conceptual framework that can be actualised into a pedagogical resource to support the efficacy of Christian education.
Research
Brown, D., Mafile’o, T & Ralston. M. (Forthcoming). Developing a research agenda for collaborative and impactful research for Adventist ministry and education in Australia and New Zealand. In J. Verdouw, J. Ireland, C. Rayner, F. Partridge. (Eds). Educating for hope (Vol 1). National Institute for Christian Education. DOI or URL
Brown, D. R. A.-M. (2025, October 24). Discomfort as catalyst. NZARE Blog. https://nzareblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/discomfort-as-catalyst
Brown, D. R. A. M. (2023). Non-Indigenous Positionality when Engaging in de-colonising/re-indigenising Research and Its Place Within Visual Methodology. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231159794
Brown, D. (2023). Talk less and yarn more: Seeking student voice to explore effective pedagogy in a Christian environment. TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 17(1), 4-11. https://research.avondale.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/d9965c56-b886-4755-b304-16d3606556f0/content
Brown, D. R. A. (2020). Do you even see me? [Unpublished master’s thesis], Bethlehem Tertiary Institute.
Contributions
Brown, D. R. A., & Baker, S. (2024). Professional learning and development project. Relationships and Sexuality Education. Ngā Whānau O Karaiti Kāhui Ako.
Brown, D. R. A. (2023). Peer review of manuscript #IJQM-23-0483 entitled “Engaging young people in peace education research: Using an arts-based approach to gain congruence with democratic values” for International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
Research Projects
“Talk less and Yarn more. Seeking student voice to explore effective pedagogy in a Christian environment.”
“Developing a research agenda for collaborative and impactful research for Adventist ministry and education in Australia and New Zealand”. With Prof Tracie Mafile’o, Dr Erika Puni, Dr Branimir Schubert, & Dr Michelle Ralston.
Conference Presentations
Brown, D. (2025, November 07). Te Taputoru Ōrite: Reimagining Gender and Sexuality Discourses in Christian Teacher Education. [Oral presentation]. Auckland University of Technology: Lighting the Academy Rainbow Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brown, D. (2025, September 11). Navigating Gender and Sexuality discourses in Christian Initial Teacher Education: ‘Te Taputoru Ōrite’, an experimental pedagogical resource. [Oral presentation]. Auckland University of Technology Postgraduate Research Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brown, D. R. A. (2024, July 18). Developing a Research Agenda for Collaborative and Impactful Christian Education Research. [Paper presentation]. National Institute of Christian Education Research Symposium, Perth, Australia.
Brown, D. R. A. (2024, July 12). Te Taputoru ōrite – a sacred threefold framework for Christian educators drawn from Biblical, legislative, and indigenous perspectives. Exploring the navigation of Gender and Sexuality in schools- a site for this hopefilled framework. [Paper Presentation]. Teacher Education Forum Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ). Auckland University.
Brown, D. R. A. M. (2023, May 25-27). Developing a research agenda. Collaborative and impactful research for Adventist Ministry and Education in Australia and New Zealand [Paper presentation]. Adventist Human-Subject Research Association 2023 Conference, Adventist University Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Brown, D. (2021, April 22-23). Traveling to Samaria: Embracing the unembraceable [Paper presentation online]. ICCTE Virtual Conference, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH, United States.
At BTI, you will learn from staff who are experienced teachers and educators, researchers, practitioners, health workers and graduates themselves. Many have worked in private practice, for public institutions and for universities in Aotearoa New Zealand and overseas.
Biography
Daniela is the programme leader of the Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute. Her research interests (Masters and current PhD study) explore pedagogies that support the navigation of the Biblical, Cultural and Policy environments in education. Keenly aware of the impact of teacher’s dispositions towards students of diversity, she is creating a conceptual framework that can be actualised into a pedagogical resource to support the efficacy of Christian education.
Research
Brown, D., Mafile’o, T & Ralston. M. (Forthcoming). Developing a research agenda for collaborative and impactful research for Adventist ministry and education in Australia and New Zealand. In J. Verdouw, J. Ireland, C. Rayner, F. Partridge. (Eds). Educating for hope (Vol 1). National Institute for Christian Education. DOI or URL
Brown, D. R. A.-M. (2025, October 24). Discomfort as catalyst. NZARE Blog. https://nzareblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/discomfort-as-catalyst
Brown, D. R. A. M. (2023). Non-Indigenous Positionality when Engaging in de-colonising/re-indigenising Research and Its Place Within Visual Methodology. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231159794
Brown, D. (2023). Talk less and yarn more: Seeking student voice to explore effective pedagogy in a Christian environment. TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 17(1), 4-11. https://research.avondale.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/d9965c56-b886-4755-b304-16d3606556f0/content
Brown, D. R. A. (2020). Do you even see me? [Unpublished master’s thesis], Bethlehem Tertiary Institute.
Contributions
Brown, D. R. A., & Baker, S. (2024). Professional learning and development project. Relationships and Sexuality Education. Ngā Whānau O Karaiti Kāhui Ako.
Brown, D. R. A. (2023). Peer review of manuscript #IJQM-23-0483 entitled “Engaging young people in peace education research: Using an arts-based approach to gain congruence with democratic values” for International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
Research Projects
“Talk less and Yarn more. Seeking student voice to explore effective pedagogy in a Christian environment.”
“Developing a research agenda for collaborative and impactful research for Adventist ministry and education in Australia and New Zealand”. With Prof Tracie Mafile’o, Dr Erika Puni, Dr Branimir Schubert, & Dr Michelle Ralston.
Conference Presentations
Brown, D. (2025, November 07). Te Taputoru Ōrite: Reimagining Gender and Sexuality Discourses in Christian Teacher Education. [Oral presentation]. Auckland University of Technology: Lighting the Academy Rainbow Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brown, D. (2025, September 11). Navigating Gender and Sexuality discourses in Christian Initial Teacher Education: ‘Te Taputoru Ōrite’, an experimental pedagogical resource. [Oral presentation]. Auckland University of Technology Postgraduate Research Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brown, D. R. A. (2024, July 18). Developing a Research Agenda for Collaborative and Impactful Christian Education Research. [Paper presentation]. National Institute of Christian Education Research Symposium, Perth, Australia.
Brown, D. R. A. (2024, July 12). Te Taputoru ōrite – a sacred threefold framework for Christian educators drawn from Biblical, legislative, and indigenous perspectives. Exploring the navigation of Gender and Sexuality in schools- a site for this hopefilled framework. [Paper Presentation]. Teacher Education Forum Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ). Auckland University.
Brown, D. R. A. M. (2023, May 25-27). Developing a research agenda. Collaborative and impactful research for Adventist Ministry and Education in Australia and New Zealand [Paper presentation]. Adventist Human-Subject Research Association 2023 Conference, Adventist University Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Brown, D. (2021, April 22-23). Traveling to Samaria: Embracing the unembraceable [Paper presentation online]. ICCTE Virtual Conference, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH, United States.
Daniela is the programme leader of the Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute. Her research interests (Masters and current PhD study) explore pedagogies that support the navigation of the Biblical, Cultural and Policy environments in education. Keenly aware of the impact of teacher’s dispositions towards students of diversity, she is creating a conceptual framework that can be actualised into a pedagogical resource to support the efficacy of Christian education.
Brown, D., Mafile’o, T & Ralston. M. (Forthcoming). Developing a research agenda for collaborative and impactful research for Adventist ministry and education in Australia and New Zealand. In J. Verdouw, J. Ireland, C. Rayner, F. Partridge. (Eds). Educating for hope (Vol 1). National Institute for Christian Education. DOI or URL
Brown, D. R. A.-M. (2025, October 24). Discomfort as catalyst. NZARE Blog. https://nzareblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/discomfort-as-catalyst
Brown, D. R. A. M. (2023). Non-Indigenous Positionality when Engaging in de-colonising/re-indigenising Research and Its Place Within Visual Methodology. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231159794
Brown, D. (2023). Talk less and yarn more: Seeking student voice to explore effective pedagogy in a Christian environment. TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 17(1), 4-11. https://research.avondale.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/d9965c56-b886-4755-b304-16d3606556f0/content
Brown, D. R. A. (2020). Do you even see me? [Unpublished master’s thesis], Bethlehem Tertiary Institute.
Brown, D. R. A., & Baker, S. (2024). Professional learning and development project. Relationships and Sexuality Education. Ngā Whānau O Karaiti Kāhui Ako.
Brown, D. R. A. (2023). Peer review of manuscript #IJQM-23-0483 entitled “Engaging young people in peace education research: Using an arts-based approach to gain congruence with democratic values” for International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
“Talk less and Yarn more. Seeking student voice to explore effective pedagogy in a Christian environment.”
“Developing a research agenda for collaborative and impactful research for Adventist ministry and education in Australia and New Zealand”. With Prof Tracie Mafile’o, Dr Erika Puni, Dr Branimir Schubert, & Dr Michelle Ralston.
Brown, D. (2025, November 07). Te Taputoru Ōrite: Reimagining Gender and Sexuality Discourses in Christian Teacher Education. [Oral presentation]. Auckland University of Technology: Lighting the Academy Rainbow Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brown, D. (2025, September 11). Navigating Gender and Sexuality discourses in Christian Initial Teacher Education: ‘Te Taputoru Ōrite’, an experimental pedagogical resource. [Oral presentation]. Auckland University of Technology Postgraduate Research Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Brown, D. R. A. (2024, July 18). Developing a Research Agenda for Collaborative and Impactful Christian Education Research. [Paper presentation]. National Institute of Christian Education Research Symposium, Perth, Australia.
Brown, D. R. A. (2024, July 12). Te Taputoru ōrite – a sacred threefold framework for Christian educators drawn from Biblical, legislative, and indigenous perspectives. Exploring the navigation of Gender and Sexuality in schools- a site for this hopefilled framework. [Paper Presentation]. Teacher Education Forum Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ). Auckland University.
Brown, D. R. A. M. (2023, May 25-27). Developing a research agenda. Collaborative and impactful research for Adventist Ministry and Education in Australia and New Zealand [Paper presentation]. Adventist Human-Subject Research Association 2023 Conference, Adventist University Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Brown, D. (2021, April 22-23). Traveling to Samaria: Embracing the unembraceable [Paper presentation online]. ICCTE Virtual Conference, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH, United States.