Sociology of education
Sociologists of education study learning and teaching as social processes, and the social contexts in which they occur. How schools work as institutions, who gets educated, the educational effects of class inequality, of gender, ethnicity, and relations between generations. Sociologists are also interested in the knowledge that forms the school curriculum, where it comes from and why it takes the form it does, how we test and evaluate learning, and what are the social effects of the way we test. Research projects can involve interviewing, field observation, surveys and a variety of other approaches.
Researchers in this area include:
| Associate Professor Nigel Bagnall | Associate Professor, Comparative Education
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| Honorary Associate Professor Dianne Bloomfield | Associate Professor; Director, Professional Experience
Keywords: professional experience, teacher identity, inservice and preservice professional learning |
| Dr Dorothy Bottrell | Honorary Senior Lecturer
Keywords: resilience, schools and communities, youth work, social justice, juvenile justice, social policy |
| Dr Lucila Carvalho | Postdoctoral Research Associate
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| Kate (Catherine) Keeley | Lecturer; Curriculum Coordinator, Geography, Economics, Business Studies BA/BEd(Secondary combined degree) ; Curriculum Coordinator, Geography, Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and Society and Culture Master of Teaching Program
Keywords: Early career teachers and accreditation, Aboriginal education, Global education, Juvenile justice, Legal Studies and legal issues within education, Social justice and equality, Environmental education |
| Dr Helen Proctor | Senior Lecturer; Research Higher Degree Student Co-ordinator
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| Dr Lesley Scanlon | Senior Lecturer, Teaching and Learning; Coordinator, Professional Doctorates
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| Dr Arathi Sriprakash | Lecturer, Sociology of Education & International and Comparative Education
Keywords: socio-cultural diversity, pro-poor development, policy translations, ethnographic methodologies |
| Professor Anthony Welch | Professor of Education
Keywords: international higher education, Australian education, comparative and international education, education and social policy, education and equality |
| Christabel Wescombe | Honorary Associate, Faculty
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