Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of Psychology, Dubai Campus

Bio

Joana Stocker is an Assistant Professor at Zayed University (Dubai) since 2013, where she teaches courses related to counseling, psychological assessment, and research methods. Joana is a PhD holder in Psychology (College of Psychology and Sciences of Education of University of Porto – Portugal) and her research focuses, generally, on Educational Psychology, and, specifically, on motivational factors related to the learning process and academic success. Constructs related to self-theories and motivation, as self-concept, personal conceptions of intelligence, causal attributions, self-efficacy, and emotional competence, are the core of her investigation. At the moment she is involved in several research projects, for example: Computational approach to analyze eye tracking data to diagnose early Autism Spectrum Disorder in young children in UAE, and Academic self-concept and high school academic success: A study with Emirati students. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

2010-2013 - Instructor in the Psychology Themes Master (Methodology and Epistemology in Psychology Investigation – Quantitative and qualitative research methods) at Faculty of Psychology and Education Science – University of Porto / Portugal

2009 – 2011 - Instructor in the professional course: Practices of Educational Action at Your Exit – Porto / Portugal

2007 – 2009 - Psychologist - Individual Psychological Consultation and Therapy (students), Groups of Development, Vocational Orientation, Workshops – at Colégio Nossa Senhora do Rosário (CNSR – Private school) – Porto / Portugal

Office

Dubai Academic City, A-L2-041

Phone:

+971-4-402 1864

Email:

Teaching Areas

Counseling, assessment, psychological interventions, research methods

Research and Professional Activities

Research fields

            Self-theories (self-concept, self-efficacy, self-perception, theories of intelligence, causal attributions, emotional competence); motivation; academic success; parent-child relationship; autism; child development.

Research projects

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Stocker, J., & Faria, L. (accepted). Concepções pessoais de competência e rendimento académico: Estudo longitudinal no ensino secundário Português. [Personal conceptions of comepetence and academic achievement: Longitudinal study in Portuguese high school]. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa.

Stocker, J. (2015). Self-Description Questionnaire: Adaptation to Emirati High Schools. In N. Mastorakis, O. Corbi, I. Corbi, Z. Bojkovic, A. Brooks, I. Rudas, M. Katehakis, C. Bulucea, A. Ding, M. Shitikova, K. Psarris (Eds.), 11th International Conference on Educational Technologies (pp. 78-86). Dubai, UAE. 

Stocker, J. & Hassan Ali, K. (2014). Parent-Child relationships in the United Arab Emirates.  International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology, 1(3), 363-374.

Stocker, J., & Faria, L. (2012). Evolução intraindividual da competência percebida no ensino secundário português [Intra-individual development of personal conceptions of competence throughout the secondary school]. Boletim de Psicologia, 52(137), 183-199.

Stocker, J., & Faria, L. (2012). Competência percebida no ensino secundário: Do conceito à avaliação através de um questionário compósito [Perceived competence in secondary education: From concept to evaluation through a composite questionnaire].

sicologiarevista nacionalPsicologia, 26(2), 113-140.

Stocker, J., Pina Neves, S., & Faria, L. (2011). Competência percebida e realização escolar: Que relações em alunos do ensino secundário? [Perceived competence and school achievement: What relations in secondary school students?]. Psychologica, 52(1), 427-446.