Meet our Staff
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
Denice Morgan is an Educator/Kaiako and teaches in the Early Childhood programme. Wales is Denice’s homeland, however she gained her BEd, DipTchg (ECE) in Aotearoa. After gaining her qualifications in education she became an early childhood teacher/supervisor in Aotearoa before returning to Wales.
While in Wales, Denice joined Communities First, where she developed an educational project for children and young people aged 3–14, designed to engage and sustain their participation in education. During this time, she also undertook further study and completed a Master of Arts in Educational Drama at Trinity University College. Alongside her postgraduate studies, she worked as a nursery school teacher and assistant supervisor.
After completing her MA, Denice returned to Aotearoa and joined the BTI Teacher Education team. In this role, she has further developed her interests in early childhood education, educational drama, and cultural sustainability. She has also taught in Papua New Guinea and contributes to strengthening Pasifika partnerships within the School of Teacher Education, with a focus on developing and maintaining collaborative relationships.
Areas of Expertise
Within her teaching Denice has used educational drama (which also includes drama therapy) which she believes has been an incredible way to support children with diverse and emotional needs.
Denice is interested in cultural sustainability, and is currently developing an early childhood program with Dr Marion Sanders to be taught in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Research Projects
Denice completed a therapeutic picture book for pre-school children. Chickadee and the Scary Blary.
Selected Publications
Morgan, D., Kiyimba, N. & Beattie, A. (2024). Chickadee and the Scary Blary. Christian Education Trust. ISBN: 0473714582, 9780473714581
Morgan, D. (2017, Summer). Beliefs and values that support sustainability: Christian Early Childhood Education Association of Aotearoa (C.E.C.A.A.). Te hono Magazine 6-7.
Meet our Staff
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
Denice Morgan is an Educator/Kaiako and teaches in the Early Childhood programme. Wales is Denice’s homeland, however she gained her BEd, DipTchg (ECE) in Aotearoa. After gaining her qualifications in education she became an early childhood teacher/supervisor in Aotearoa before returning to Wales.
While in Wales, Denice joined Communities First, where she developed an educational project for children and young people aged 3–14, designed to engage and sustain their participation in education. During this time, she also undertook further study and completed a Master of Arts in Educational Drama at Trinity University College. Alongside her postgraduate studies, she worked as a nursery school teacher and assistant supervisor.
After completing her MA, Denice returned to Aotearoa and joined the BTI Teacher Education team. In this role, she has further developed her interests in early childhood education, educational drama, and cultural sustainability. She has also taught in Papua New Guinea and contributes to strengthening Pasifika partnerships within the School of Teacher Education, with a focus on developing and maintaining collaborative relationships.
Areas of Expertise
Within her teaching Denice has used educational drama (which also includes drama therapy) which she believes has been an incredible way to support children with diverse and emotional needs.
Denice is interested in cultural sustainability, and is currently developing an early childhood program with Dr Marion Sanders to be taught in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Research Projects
Denice completed a therapeutic picture book for pre-school children. Chickadee and the Scary Blary.
Selected Publications
Morgan, D., Kiyimba, N. & Beattie, A. (2024). Chickadee and the Scary Blary. Christian Education Trust. ISBN: 0473714582, 9780473714581
Morgan, D. (2017, Summer). Beliefs and values that support sustainability: Christian Early Childhood Education Association of Aotearoa (C.E.C.A.A.). Te hono Magazine 6-7.
Denice Morgan is an Educator/Kaiako and teaches in the Early Childhood programme. Wales is Denice’s homeland, however she gained her BEd, DipTchg (ECE) in Aotearoa. After gaining her qualifications in education she became an early childhood teacher/supervisor in Aotearoa before returning to Wales.
While in Wales, Denice joined Communities First, where she developed an educational project for children and young people aged 3–14, designed to engage and sustain their participation in education. During this time, she also undertook further study and completed a Master of Arts in Educational Drama at Trinity University College. Alongside her postgraduate studies, she worked as a nursery school teacher and assistant supervisor.
After completing her MA, Denice returned to Aotearoa and joined the BTI Teacher Education team. In this role, she has further developed her interests in early childhood education, educational drama, and cultural sustainability. She has also taught in Papua New Guinea and contributes to strengthening Pasifika partnerships within the School of Teacher Education, with a focus on developing and maintaining collaborative relationships.
Within her teaching Denice has used educational drama (which also includes drama therapy) which she believes has been an incredible way to support children with diverse and emotional needs.
Denice is interested in cultural sustainability, and is currently developing an early childhood program with Dr Marion Sanders to be taught in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Denice completed a therapeutic picture book for pre-school children. Chickadee and the Scary Blary.
Morgan, D., Kiyimba, N. & Beattie, A. (2024). Chickadee and the Scary Blary. Christian Education Trust. ISBN: 0473714582, 9780473714581
Morgan, D. (2017, Summer). Beliefs and values that support sustainability: Christian Early Childhood Education Association of Aotearoa (C.E.C.A.A.). Te hono Magazine 6-7.