About me
As Associate Dean in School of Education, my contribution spans curriculum development, governance, operations and liaison. In particular, I facilitate small and large teams within School of Education, to craft and sustain excellent programs, learning environments and pedagogies. I contribute to several committees and working groups at the University level, and place a high value on 'connecting up' with dynamic Educators and leaders across Murdoch University and Australia. I have a special interest in consulting students and industry as partners, and in foregrounding participatory, co-design processes wherever learning and teaching happens. These interests are reflected in my research directions.
One arm of my research models how preservice, early career and experienced teachers navigate professional learning and practice in local settings, and how this navigation takes account of institutional and policy shaping. In a second but related arm of research, I adopt a similar lens on the morphing of Higher Education teaching and learning in regard to contradictory digital futures, policy discourses and resourcing. Across various projects, my research is framed by participatory approaches, design-based thinking and Cultural Historical Activity Theory. My analyses are typically underpinned by critical discourse approaches and dialectical methods. Findings have implications for teachers, University Educators, student teachers, school leaders and sector stakeholders.
As Principal supervisor of Doctoral level students, my research activities range into related theoretical territories. For instance, EdD student Jason Graham, is analysing teacher perspectives around the resourcing of and support for Maker Spaces in Indonesian International Schools. This study is framed through systems theory. PhD student Faiza Qureshi, is framing Higher Education perspectives about quality enactment of assessment and moderation, through the lens of Cultural Historical Activity Theory.