Sarah Isabella Leberman is a New Zealand

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academic, as of 2012 is a full professor at the

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

Academic career

After a 1999

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titled '' 'The transfer of learning from the classroom to the workplace: a New Zealand case study ' '' at the

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

, Leberman moved to the

, rising to full professor.

Awards and honours

In 2019, Leberman won the NEXT Woman of the Year in the Sport category. In the

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, Leberman was appointed a

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, for services to women, sport and tertiary education. In 2020 Leberman received the Zonta New Zealand Woman of the Biennium Award.

Selected works

Books

# Leberman, Sarah, and Lex McDonald. ''The transfer of learning: Participants' perspectives of adult education and training''. Routledge, 2016.;-

Peer reviewed journal articles

For up to date publication list refer to https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Leberman

References

External links

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