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Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University

I am a senior lecturer in Curriculum and Professional Issues for Teachers at Murdoch University.

My research interests include educational policy and curriculum change at a national and global level, with a particular focus on how these impact on teachers and the nature of teachers’ work.

Specifically:

Teacher Professional standards
Performance pay
Standardised curriculum
Teaching out of Field
Fast Track Teacher Education programs (eg Teach for All schemes)
Early career teacher attrition
Teacher resilience
Career pathways for para professionals (e.g. Teacher Assistants and Australian Indigenous Education Officers)

I am also interested in teacher unionism and the history of teachers’ work in Western Australia.

Experience

  • 2006–present
    Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University

Education

  • 2005 
    Murdoch University, Ed.D

Publications

  • 2012
    Considering ‘teacher resilience’ from critical discourse and a labour process theory perspectives., British Journal of Sociology of Education, 33:1, 81-95.
  • 2012
    Don’t sweat the small stuff”: Understanding teacher resilience at the chalkface., Teaching and Teacher Education, 28, 357-367.
  • 2011
    Thriving not just surviving: A Review of research on teacher resilience., Educational Research Review. 6:3, 185 – 207.
  • 2009
    Rearranging pigeonholes: interrupting the ethnic hierarchy of a school’s workforce. , Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 29:1 61-73.
  • 2009
    Developing and Early Childhood Teacher Workforce Development Strategy for Rural and Remote Communiti, Australian Journal of Teacher Education. Vol 34, 6.
  • 2009
    Teaching Out-of-Field in Western Australia. , Australian Journal of Teacher Education. Vol 34, 6.

Grants and Contracts

  • 2012
    The Pilbarra Aboriginal Health Education and Needs Analysis
    Role:
    Senior Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Gumula Aboriginal Corporation and Rio Tinto
  • 2011
    Fast Track Teacher Education - A Review of the Research Literature on Teach for All Schemes
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    NZ Post-Primary Teachers' Assoc. Te Wehengarua
  • 2009
    Keeping Cool: Building Teacher Resilience
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    ALTC
  • 2009
    An assessment of the phenomenon of “Teaching-out-of-Field” in WA schools.
    Role:
    Co Investigator
    Funding Source:
    WACOT