PhD
Lecturer, School of Education and Professional Studies
Contact details for Dr Bob Funnell
Research expertise
- Ethnography, community research, school to work transitions, biographical methods.
Current teaching areas
- Education as a social institution
- Understanding education through social issues
- Research methods
Publications
Refereed journals
- Funnell, R. (2008). Finding What Doesnt Fit?: Adjusting the Focus on Education in Country Towns as a Limiting Case for the `Learning or Earning? Years. The Australian Educational Researcher, Volume 35, Issue Number 2, pp 107?122.
- Funnell, R. (2008). "Tracing variations within 'rural habitus': an explanation of why young men stay or leave isolated rural towns in southwest Queensland". British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume 29, No 1, pp 15-24.
- Funnell, R. and Lee, I. (2007). Institutional Categories at Work: a consideration of how labelling can slow down rates of learning in a rural primary school. Australian Journal of Education.
Refereed proceedings
- Searle, J., Funnell, R. and Behrens, K (2005). 'Young people, Identity and Life Transitions', in Vocational Learning: Transitions. Interrelationships, Partnerships and Sustainable Futures, Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd, Brisbane.
- Funnell, R., Bryer, F., Grimbeek, P. and Davies, M. (2004). 'Demographic profiling for educational researchers: Using SPSS Optimal Scaling to identify distinct groups of participants'. In Educating: Weaving research into practice, School of Cognition, Language and Special Education, Queensland.
- Funnell, R. and Tully, T. (2004). 'Developing and sustaining education programs that matter for remote communities.' In Doing the Public Good, Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne.
- Funnell, R. and Foster, W. (2004). 'Interrupted trajectories: an analysis of four life transition points, from ages 10 to 20 in a rural, remote town. In Doing, Thinking, Activity, Learning, Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd, Brisbane.
- Funnell, R. (2003). "Behaviour management": how useful is it for schools and for the sociology of education?' In New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, The Australian Sociological Association and the University of New England, Armidale, NSW.
Government reports
- Funnell, R. (November 2002). Transitions for Charleville's Youth: Indigenous pathway options, from primary school to post compulsory participation. A Research report commissioned by Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) and Bidjara Aboriginal Housing and Land Company Limited.