Dr Dorothy Bottrell
BADipEd(La Trobe), MEd(Sydney), EdD(Sydney) Honorary Senior Lecturer |
Email: Phone: + 61 2 Fax: +61 2 9351 5027 Building.Room: A35. |
Research interests
Educational history, sociology and philosophy
- Sociology of education
Social structures, inequalities and social justice
- Social change
Social work and social policy
- Counselling, welfare and community services
Keywords
resilience, schools and communities, youth work, social justice, juvenile justice, social policy
Professional and community roles
Member, Youth Justice Coalition and YJC Education working group 2009-11
Member, Glebe Community Development Project steering committe 2007-13
Editorial Board, International Journal on School Disaffection
Current projects
- Personal Resilience, System Resilience and Educational Opportunity (2011-12), funded by US Spencer Foundation; with Profs. Andrew Martin, Derrick Armstrong (Sydney) and Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University)
- Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion: Transformation and Innovation through education, social work and community development research (2010-11) with Dr Sue Goodwin.
- Pre-service Teachers’ and Community Agency Staff’s Experience of Collaborative Community Development Projects (2010-11)
Selected publications
Books
- Groundwater-Smith, S., Dockett, S., & Bottrell, D. (2015). Participatory Research with Children and Young People. London: Sage Publications.
- France, A., Bottrell, D., & Armstrong, A. (2012). A political ecology of youth and crime. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bottrell, D. and Goodwin, S. (Eds.). (2011). Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion. Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bottrell, D., & Meagher, G. (2008). Communities and change. Selected papers. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Book chapters
- Bottrell, D. (2015). Schools and Communities Fit for Purpose. In H. Proctor, P. Brownlee & P. Freebody (Ed.), Controversies in Education: Orthodoxy and Heresy in Policy and Practice (pp. 27–38), Cham: Springer.
- Ungar, M., Bottrell, D., Tian, G., & Xiying Wang, X. (2013). Resilienz, stärken und ressourcen im jugendalter . In C. Steinebach & K. Gharabaghi (Hrsg.) (Ed.), Resilienzförderung im jugendalter: Praxis und perspektiven (pp. 1–19), Berlin: Springer.
- Bottrell, D. & Armstrong, D. (2012). Local resources and distal decisions: the political ecology of resilience. In M. Ungar (Ed.), The social ecology of resilience: A handbook of theory and practice (pp. 247–264), New York: Springer.
- Bottrell, D. & Goodwin, S. (2011). Contextualising schools and communities. In D. Bottrell & S. Goodwin (Ed.), Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion (pp. 1–20), Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bottrell, D. & Goodwin, S. (2011). Schools, communities and the achievement turn: The neo-liberalisation of equity. In D. Bottrell & S. Goodwin (Ed.), Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion (pp. 22–37), Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bottrell, D. (2011). Shifting perspectives, representations and dilemmas in work with young people . In A. Campbell & P. Broadhead (Ed.), Working with children and young people: Ethical debates and practices across disciplines and continents (pp. 159–178), Oxford: Peter Lang.
- Bottrell, D. & Goodwin, S. . (2011). School-community engagement: Beyond neoliberalism? . In D. Bottrell & S. Goodwin (Ed.), Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion (pp. 282–294), Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bottrell, D. (2011). Learning through community development projects. In D. Bottrell & S. Goodwin (Ed.), Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion (pp. 125–139), Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Velkou, S. & Bottrell, D. (2011). Schools as community centres in New South Wales. In D. Bottrell & S. Goodwin (Ed.), Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion (pp. 228–240), Melbourne: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bottrell, D. (2008). TGG: Girls, Street Culture and Identity. In Harris, A. (Ed.), Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism (pp. 37–62), New York and London: Routledge.
Journal articles
- France, A., Bottrell, D., & Haddon, E. (2012). Managing everyday life: The conceptualisation and value of cultural capital in navigating everyday life for working class youth . Journal of Youth Studies, iFirst a, 1–15. DOI:10.1080/13676261.2012.733814
- Bottrell, D., Armstrong, D., & France, A. (2010). Young people's relations to crime: Pathways across ecologies. Youth Justice, 10(1), 56–72.
- Bottrell, D. (2009). Dealing With Disadvantage: Resilience and the Social Capital Of Young People’s Networks. Youth & Society, 40(4), 476–501.
- Bottrell, D. (2009). Understanding 'marginal' perspectives: Towards a social theory of resilience [* Most downloaded article in 2010 in this journal (of all articles published in 2009 and 2010)]. Qualitative Social Work Research & Practice, 8(3), 321–339. DOI:10.1177/1473325009337840
- Bottrell, D. (2007). Resistance, Resilience and Social Identities: Reframing 'Problem Youth' and the Problem of Schooling. Journal of Youth Studies, 10(5), 597–616.
- Bottrell, D, Armstrong, D. (2007). Changes and exchanges in marginal youth transitions. Journal of Youth Studies, 10(3), 353–371.
Conference papers
- Bottrell, D., Freebody, K., & Goodwin, S. (2011). School-community engagement: Shifting boundaries of policy and practice. In Wright, J. Conference Proceedings, Australian Association for Research in Education Annual International Conference, Researching Across Boundaries (pp. 1–13). Hobart, 27 November-1 December.
- Bottrell, D. & Goodwin, S. (2010). Communities and schools: a community development relationship. In State Conference of NSW Department of Education and Training Multicultural Consultants and Community Liaison Officers. Sydney, 20 August.
- Bottrell, D. (2010). Growing up public: “problem youth”, residualisation and resilience. In The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, “Social Causes, Private Lives”. Macquarie University, 6-9 December.
- Bottrell, D. (2010). Social justice and the epistemic ecology of young people's resilience: Four questions about listening. In Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 7-10 June.
- Bottrell, D. (2009). Young people’s understandings of resilience. Invited Keynote. In 'Heads Up’ Hope and Resilience Conference. Headspace Mid-North Coast, Coffs Harbour, 21 March.
- Bottrell, D. (2007). Dealing with disadvantage: Community, place and resilience in girls’ identity work. In Australian Social Policy Conference. UNSW, 11-13 July.
Other
- Bottrell, D. & Russell, K. (2009). International 'best practice' for out of school services and activities for 9-12 year old children. Literature review report for UnitingCare Burnside, .