Griffith University

Professor of AVE, School of Education and Professional Studies
ARC Future Fellows 2011-2015
Editor-in-Chief: Vocations and Learning: Studies in vocational and professional education
Editor: Professional and practice based learning book series
National Teaching Fellow of the Australian Teaching and Learning Committee (2009-2010)
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Research expertise

Learning and work

• Historical, cultural, situational and individual contributions to thinking and acting
• Development of vocational expertise in the workplace
• Authenticity in learning activities and settings
• Interaction between social and personal contributions to human development and societal change.

Vocational education

• Policy and practice issues.

Work and vocations

• Historical, cultural, situational and individual contributions to work and vocations.

Current research grants

• ARC Future Fellowship (2011-2015) Towards a curriculum, pedagogy and epistemology of practice: Enhancing and legitimating practice-based learning experiences ($797,532)
• NCVER (2011-2014) Change, work and learning: Aligning continuing tertiary education and training ($398,000)
  

Current teaching grants

• ALTC National Teaching Fellowship project, Curriculum and Pedagogic bases for effectively integrating practice-based experiences ($340,000) 2009-2010.
  
• Carrick Associate Fellowship - Developing agentic professional through practice-based pedagogies (2008).
  

Current teaching areas

• Theories of learning and development
• Workplace Learning
• Lifelong and Worklife Learning
• Changing nature of work and worklife learning
• Contemporary Issues in VET
• Curriculum Development in AVE
• Instructional Design
• VET in schools
  

Publications