Andrew Kingsford-Smith
Supervisors: Tony Loughland, Rebecca Collie, Hoa Nguyen
Andrew Kingsford-Smith is a current Scientia PhD Candidate. Andrew's research interests focus on student and teacher motivation, wellbeing, and engagement using quantitative analyses. In his Master’s at UNSW, Andrew investigated student engagement profiles and their association with student motivation and academic achievement. In his PhD at UNSW, Andrew is investigating teacher wellbeing in rural, regional, and metropolitan schools. In this research, he is using multivariate statistical analyses to examine the challenges and supports that are associated with teachers’ school experiences, wellbeing, and retention-related outcomes.
Andrew has worked on several research projects as a Research Assistant at UNSW, including the Rural & Regional Education Project. He is also a passionate teacher and has taught in schools and universities. He has experience coordinating a university unit in the Masters of Education at the University of Sydney and has also taught at UNSW. As a schoolteacher, he was worked in mainstream primary and high schools, as well as hospital schools and SSPs (Schools for Specific Purposes). Andrew has recently started implementing student support programs (both in schools and online) that use Dungeons & Dragons to support student wellbeing, engagement, and academic skills.
- Research area
- Research outputs
- Educational psychology
- Teacher wellbeing and motivation
- Student motivation and engagement
- Job demands and resources theory
- Self-determination theory
- Evans, P., Vansteenkiste, M., Parker, P., Kingsford-Smith, A., & Zhou, S. (2024). Cognitive load theory and its relationships with motivation: A self-determination theory perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 36(7), 1–25.
- Turton, P. (2023). Radio interview on teacher collaboration: Radio interview with Andrew Kingsford-Smith [Radio broadcast]. ABC Mornings NSW with Paul Turton.
- Hill, S. (2023). Improving teacher well-being: Radio interview with Andrew Kingsford-Smith [Radio broadcast]. The Wire, 2SER Sydney Radio with Stephen Hill.
- Kingsford-Smith, A. A., Collie, R. J., Loughland, T., & Nguyen, H. T. M. (2023). How do we retain teachers? Supporting them to work together could help. The Conversation.
- Kingsford-Smith, A. A., Collie, R. J., Loughland, T., & Nguyen, H. T. M. (2023). Teacher wellbeing in rural, regional, and metropolitan schools: Examining resources and demands across locations. Teaching and Teacher Education, 132, 104229.
- Gunnan, S. (2022). “The heart of learning”: Revealing the science behind student engagement [Interview with Andrew Kingsford-Smith]. Education HQ.
- Kingsford-Smith, A., & Evans, P. (2021). A longitudinal study of psychological needs satisfaction, value, achievement, and elective music intentions. Psychology of Music, 49(3), 382–398.
- Kingsford-Smith, A. A. (2020). Engaged or just compliant? A person-centred investigation of the dimensionality and structure of student engagement and motivation [Master’s thesis, University of New South Wales].