Publications

Academic members of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research regularly publish journal articles and other documents based on their research and expertise in the field of learning and social change. Following is a selection of recent publications.

For more comprehensive publication lists, please see individual members' pages under the staff link on the left.

2008

Books

Hyde, M. and Hoie, G. (2008). Constructing educational discourses on deafness. Norwegian Government Printers: Skadalen Resource Centre, Oslo Norway ISBN 978-82-9165527-7.Edited Books

Piggot-Irvine, E. and Bartlett, B.J. (eds.) (2008) Evaluating Action Research. New Zealand Research Council: Auckland.NZ.

Book Chapters

Billett, S. (2008) “Adult Education - adult learning, instruction and program planning: Workplace learning frameworks”, In E. Baker, B. McGaw and P. Peterson (eds) International Encyclopaedia of Education 3rd Edition, Elsevier: Oxford.
Billett, S. (2008) “Changing conceptions of work and work practice” in R. McClean, D.N. Wilson and C. Chinien (eds.) International Handbook on Education for the World of Work, Springer Academic Publication, Dordecht, The Netherlands.
Billett, S. (2008) “Integrating contributions of workplace and college experiences in developing vocational knowledge” In R. McClean, D.N. Wilson and C. Chinien (eds) International Handbook on Education for the World of Work, Springer Academic Publication, Dordecht, The Netherlands.
Billett, S. (2008) “Transforming Teachers’ Practice Through Action Learning” In R. McClean, D.N. Wilson and C. Chinien (eds) International Handbook on Education for the World of Work, Springer Academic Publication, Dordecht, The Netherlands.
Billett, S. (2008) “The Technical, Vocational Education and Training Profession”, In R. McClean, D.N. Wilson and C. Chinien (eds) International Handbook on Education for the World of Work, Springer Academic Publication, Dordecht, The Netherlands.
Billett, S., Barker, M. and Smith, R. (2008) “Relational interdependence as means to examine work, learning and the remaking of cultural practices” In Wim J. Nijhof and Loek F.M. Nieuwenhuis (eds). The learning potential of the workplace Sense Publishers, Dordecht, The Netherlands.
Billett, S. (2008) “Rich vocational learning: Effectively utilising workplace settings and integrating them with intentional educational experiences” In Athanasou, J. (ed) Adult Education and Training, David Barlow Publishing, Sydney NSW (pp.175-186).
Billett, S. (2008) “Participation and learning in turbulent times: Negotiations between the community and the personal” In K. Church, N. Bascia and E. Shragge (eds) Out of Bounds: Participatory Practices for Learning through Community (21-36). Springer Academic Publication, Dordecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-1-4020-6653-5.
Vähäsantanen, K. and Billett, S. (2008) “Negotiating professional identity: vocational teachers’ personal strategies in a reform context” In S. Billett, C. Harteis and A. Eteläpelto, (eds) Emerging perspectives of learning through work. Sense Publishing, BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Finger, G., McGlasson, M., and Finger, P. (2008). “Information and Communication Technologies: Towards a mediated learning context”. In Craig Van Slyke (ed.) Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global.

Journal Articles

Billett, S. (2008) “Learning throughout working life: A relational interdependence between social and individual agency” British Journal of Education Studies 55 (1) 39-58.
Billett, S. and van Woerkom, M. (2008) “Personal epistemologies and older workers” International Journal of Lifelong Learning 27 (3) 333-348.
Sun, P., Tsai, R.J., Finger, G., Chen, Y., and Yeh, D. (2008). “What drives a successful e-Learning? An empirical investigation of the critical factors influencing learner satisfaction” Computers and Education. Elsevier. Vol. 50, Issue 4, pp. 1103-1586.
Fletcher, M. and Zuber-Skerritt, O. (2008). “Professional development through action research: Case studies in South African higher education.” Systemic Practice and Action Research 21: 73–96.
Haugh, M. (ed.) (2008) “Intention in pragmatics”. Special issue of Intercultural Pragmatics 5, 2: 99-260 (Mouton de Gruyter)
Haugh, M. (2008) “Intention in pragmatics”, Intercultural Pragmatics  5, 2: 99-110.
Haugh, M. (2008) “Intention and diverging interpretings of implicature in the “uncovered meat” sermon”, Intercultural Pragmatics  5, 2: 201-230.
Haugh, Michael (2008) “The discursive negotiation of international student identities”, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 29, 2: 207-222.
Smith C.D. (2008) Building Effectiveness in Teaching Through Targeted Evaluation and Response: Connecting evaluation to teaching improvement in higher education assessment and evaluation” In Higher Education (available on iFirst) 

2007

Reports

Robyn Zevenbergen, Kelly Zevenbergen, School to work transitions (2007) (PDF 998k)

Dr Dale Kerwin, Aboriginal Heroes: Dundallia ‘Turrwan’ an Aboriginal leader 1842-1854 (2007) (PDF 3751k)

Claire Wyatt-Smith, Stephanie Gunn, Evidence-based research for expert literacy teaching (2007) (PDF 606k)

Howard Middleton, Technology, Learning and Working: Blind and Vision-Impaired People’s Use of Technology For Aid for the Blind Society Queensland (2007) (PDF 819k)