The future of the next generation is in our hands.
Our researchers are at the cutting edge of some of the most pressing issues impacting learners, teachers and educational leaders. We are future-focussed, improving the educational outcomes of learners in Australia and beyond through theory-led and practical research initiatives. Our key areas of expertise include:
Digital technologies and pedagogies
Diversity and inclusivity
Early years
Literacy education
Science and STEM Education
Teacher education
Teaching, learning and assessment experts:
Elaine Chapman, Vaille Dawson, Christine Howitt, Fiona Mayne, Peter Merrotsy, Gerardine Neylon, Grace Oakley, Mark Pegrum, Gemma Scarparolo, Jennifer Shand
Research in education must be able to make a difference.
Our researchers are dedicated to generating transformative new knowledge about policy, leadership and sociology that has both theoretical and practical impact. Our key areas of expertise include:
Education politics and governance
Educational improvement and system change
Globalisation and comparative education
History of education
Leadership for learning
We seek to harness critical knowledge, skills and dispositions to generate evidence-informed debate and improvement across all sectors of education. We are a diverse and vibrant group of scholars who use interdisciplinary perspectives and methods to examine the big issues in Australian education and beyond.
Educational policy, leadership and sociology experts:
Simon Clarke, Tanya Fitzgerald, Tom O’Donoghue, Lesley Vidovich, Ren-Hao Xu, Wei Zhang
For young people to flourish in everyday real-world contexts, positive mental health is critical.
Childhood and adolescent mental health problems are a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and disability worldwide. Confronting the challenge of managing mental health and emotional wellbeing efficiently and effectively to ensure that young people can be shifted from pathological trajectories and reach their full potential is therefore a priority. Schools and other educational settings are uniquely positioned to meet this challenge and to address the key mental health and emotional wellbeing needs of children and adolescents.
Our research applies a range of quantitative and qualitative research approaches to understand mental health and to develop innovative best practice based mental health programs that educate, support and prevent adverse mental health in young people. Our key areas of expertise include:
Interventions using 3-D animation techniques
Loneliness and friendships
Neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and adolescence
Promoting positive wellbeing in schools
Worry and cognitive distortions in children and adolescents
Youth suicide prevention
Mental health and wellbeing in education experts:
Ken Glasgow, Stephen Houghton, Simon Hunter
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