Olivia Johnston

Olivia is a Lecturer in Postgraduate and HASS Education in the School of Education.

Current teaching:

EDU6195 - Advanced Seminar
HSS6711 - Humanities and Social Sciences Education Foundations
HSS6712 - Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences Education
HSS3110 - Planning and Teaching Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences
HSS3213 - Assessment and Learning in Lower Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences
EDU6187 - Advanced Seminar
SSE6622 - Planning Assessment for the Lower Secondary Social Sciences

Background: Olivia's professional experience as a teacher includes eight years teaching HASS and English in a variety of Perth public and private schools.

Awards and recognition:

Government of Western Australia Research Training Program Scholarship
Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER) – Annual Research Grant, 2019
Fogarty Foundation Postgraduate Student Researcher Prize 2019
National and international research awards
Nomination for the Australian Association of Educational Research’s Ray Debus Award for excellence in Doctoral Research in Education - 2021
The Cameron Prize for Education – best PhD thesis in 2020
Dr Teck Jin Lian Memorial Prize in Education for 2020 - best track record of research achievements over period of PhD candidature
UWA Dean's List Award Recipient for PhD Thesis - 2020
3Minute Thesis: Matariki Network International Finals - Runner-up

Research Interests:
Teacher expectations
Ability grouping/streaming
Grounded theory methods
Composite narratives
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2021.
Secondary, Edith Cowan University, 2020.
Master of Education, The University of Western Australia, 2014.