Our Projects

The projects undertaken by CERC include research areas that:

• Examine Christian schools’ connections to current education trends
• Establish the efficacy of curriculums, initiatives and projects of Christian schools from a Christian standpoint.
• Seeks to examine the faith development of students in Adventist schools.

Current Projects

Project title	Partner/Funding Body	Avondale Researchers	Completion details	Project information
The Integration of a school market gardening program into the Australian F-6 curriculum: A case study of one Adventist primary School	CERC	Bev Christian, Sandra Ludlow, Dr Jason Morton, Karyn Stanton, Dr Peter Williams, Dr Robyn Pearce, Marion Shields, Andrea Thompson	2019-2021	Explores how one Adventist primary school integrates a school market gardening program into both the Australian F-6 curriculum & the objectives of Adventist education for authentic learning.
Why Avondale?	CERC	Maria Northcote, Jane Fernandez, Steve Currow, Peter Kilgour, Carolyn Rickett	2021-	Aims to investigate, firstly, why MPhil and PhD candidates choose Avondale to complete their research degrees and, secondly, to determine why these candidates stay at Avondale throughout their postgraduate studies.
Teachers’ perspectives of the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns, and how they perceive the future, for ASA (Adventist Schools Australia) schools	CERC/Adventist Schools Australia	Peter Kilgour, Maria Northcote, Jason Morton, Megan Cousins, Kirsty Pearce	2021-	Will investigate teachers’ perspectives on the journey of Adventist schools in managing the COVID-19 response, especially during the COVID-19 school shutdown and on return to face-to-face teaching. The study will also come to understand their perceptions of what the ‘new normal’ for education may look like in the future.