Griffith University

B. Music (Honours), BEd, MEd (Early Childhood), AMUSA (piano), PhD
Lecturer in Early Childhood, School of Education and Professional Studies
Contact details for Dr Susanne Garvis

Research expertise

Susanne has worked in the areas of early childhood education and arts education before joining Griffith University. She currently teaches in the early childhood program. Susanne’s research interests include early childhood education, the Arts and the use of narrative inquiry. Susanne’s PhD investigated beginning teacher self-efficacy for the teaching of arts education.

Current teaching areas

• Perspective on child development and learning
• Learning and teaching in the early years
• Building social-emotional competence in the early years
• Gifted and talented children
• Arts education

Publications

Journals

• Pendergast, D., Garvis, S. & Keogh, J. (2011). Pre-Service Student-Teacher Self-efficacy Beliefs: An Insight Into the Making of Teachers (PDF 130.03KB). Australian Journal of Teacher Education 36(12), 46-57.
  
• Garvis, S. & Pendergast, D. (2010). Middle years teachers past experiences of the arts: Implications for teacher education. Australian Journal of Music Education (accepted for publication) 
• Garvis, S. (2010). These children aren’t creative: Insights from beginning teachers on early childhood arts education. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood Education (accepted for publication) 
• Garvis, S. & Pendergast, D. (2010). 'Warning- Television viewing may harm your child’s health’: Parent Perceptions of Early Childhood Viewing Habits. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood Education (accepted for publication) 
• Garvis, S., & Riek, R. (2010). Improving Generalist Teacher Education in the Arts, International Journal of Arts in Society, 5(3), 159-168 
• Twigg, D., & Garvis, S. (2010). Exploring the Arts in Early Childhood. International Journal of Arts in Society. 5(2), 193-204. 
• Garvis, S. & Pendergast, D. (2010). Does Arts Education have a Future in Australia against Literacy and Numeracy? International Journal of Arts in Society, 5(2), 111-120. 
• Garvis, S.  & Pendergast, D. (2010). Supporting Novice Teachers and the Arts. International Journal of Education and the Arts, 11(8), Retrieved 7 June 2010 from http://www.ijea.org/v11n8/. 
• Pendergast, D., Garvis, S. & Keogh, J.(2010). Plugging the leaky bucket: The need to develop resilience in novice middle years teachers. Primary and Middle Years Educator.  
• Garvis, S. (2009 in press). Improving the teaching of the arts: Pre-service teacher self-efficacy towards arts education. US-China Review.
• Garvis, S. (2009). I Just Don’t Have the Capability”: Examining the Impact of Declining Arts Education on Teacher Beliefs. International Journal of Learning, Vol 16, No. 6. 533-540.
• Garvis, S. (2009). Catering for gifted underachieving adolescents within Queensland. TalentED. Vol 26, No. 2, p.23-29.
• Garvis, S. (2009). Teaching A Middle Years, Multi-Age, Multi-School Programme: Reflections from a teacher’s perspective. Australian Journal of Middle Schooling. Vol, No. 2, p. 26-33.
• Garvis, S. (2009). Stories from working with gifted students. Gifted. Vol 153 (July), p.20-31.
• Garvis, S. (2009). Teaching a Middle Years, Multi-Age, Multi-School Gifted Education Programme. Gifted. Vol 152 (April), p. 10-24.
• Garvis, S. (2008). Teacher self-efficacy for arts education: Defining the construct. Australian Journal of Middle Schooling. Vol 8, No, 1. p. 25-32.
• Garvis, S. (2008). Working in a Middle years Environment: One Teacher's Experience of a Gifted Programme. TalentED, Vol 25, No.2, p.1-6.
• Garvis, S. & Austin, L. (2007). The forgotten children in Australian detention centres before 2005. Australian Journal of Early Childhood Education. Vol 32, No.1, p 19-23.
• Ballantyne, J., Harrison, S. Barrett, M., Temmerman, N. & Garvis, S. (2007). Bridging gaps in music teacher education: actioning the findings of the National Review of School Music Education. Music Forum. Vol 3, No 3.
• Garvis, S. (2006). Optimising the learning of gifted Aboriginal students. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning. Vol 2, No. 3, p 42-51.
  

Refereed conference proceedings

• Garvis, S. (2009). Can I use arts on my practicum?: Pre-service teachers' insights into teaching the arts in the middle years. 2009 International Conference for Australian Association of Research in Education. 29th November- 3rd December, Canberra.
• Smith, N., & Garvis, S. (2009). The Rollercoaster Ride of Establishing a Middle Years of Schooling Beginning Teaching Identity: A Narrative Account. 2009 International Conference for Australian Association of Research in Education. 29th November- 3rd December, Canberra.
• Garvis, S. (2009). Motivating or un-motivating?: Insights into beginning teachers beliefs to teach music and the arts. 7th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research. June 24-28th, Shanghai.
• Garvis, S. (2009). “Please help me!”: An investigation of beginning teacher support for music and the arts. 7th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Music Education Research. June 24-28th, Shanghai.
• Garvis, S. (2008). Improving teacher effectiveness in the arts: Insights into pre-service teacher selfefficacy. 2nd International Asian-Pacific International Research Conference. 'Educational Research for Innovation & Quality in Education: Policy & Pedagogical Engagements Across Contexts'. 26-28th "October. Singapore
• Garvis, S. (2008). Examining personal experiences on pre-service teachers engagement with arts education. XXXth Australian and New Zealand Research in Music Education Conference 2008 Innovation and Innovation: Music Education Research. October 3-5th, Melbourne.

Conference presentations

• Garvis, S., Pendergast, D., Keogh, J. (2010). A Comparative Study of Beginning Pre-Service Teacher Self-Efficacy and Identity.  Australian Association of Research in Education 2010 International Conference. Melbourne, December.
• Fluckiger, B., Garvis, S., Twigg, D. (2010). Exploring the Beliefs, Values and Perceptions of Students in a Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education. Australian Association of Research in Education 2010 International Conference. Melbourne, December. 
• Garvis, S., Pendergast, D., & Keogh, J. (2010). Looking forward, looking back...but what's missing in teacher education? 3rd Annual Narrative Inquiry in Music Education Conference, November, 2010. 
• Garvis, S. & Pendergast, D., (2010). Student Engagement in Contextualised Enrichment Programs. Asian Pacific Symposium on Gifted Education. Sydney, 29 July- 1 August. 
• Garvis, S. (2010). Entering the unknown: A Teacher’s narrative of a gifted enrichment program.  Asian Pacific Symposium on Gifted Education. Sydney, 29 July- 1 August. 
• Garvis, S. (2010). Enrichment Programs for Early Childhood. Asian Pacific Symposium on Gifted Education. Sydney, 29 July- 1 August. 
• Garvis, S. & Pendergast, D. (2010). Does arts education have a future in Australia against literacy and numeracy? International Conference for Arts in Society. Sydney, July 4-5. 
• Garvis, S. & Riek, R. (2010). Improving Generalist Teacher Education in the Arts. International Conference for Arts in Society. Sydney, July 4-5. 
• Garvis, S. (2009). Competing narrative of music education in Queensland, Australia. Paper presented at Australian Association of Research in Education 2009 International Education Research Conference. Canberra: AARE. Canberra: AARE. 29th November- 3 December.
• Garvis, S. (2008). Establishing the theoretical construct of pre-service teacher self-efficacy for arts education. Australian Association of Research in Education 2008 International Education Research Conference. 'Changing Climates: Education for Sustainable Futures. 1-4th December. Brisbane.
• Garvis, S. (2008). Establishing A Multi-Age, Multi-School Gifted Programme. Australian Association of Researching Education 2008 International Education Research Conference. 'Changing Climates: Education for Sustainable Futures. 1-4th December. Brisbane.

Posters

• Garvis, S., Pendergast, D., & Barrett, M. (2009). Exploring beginning teacher self-efficacy for music education: insights into the middle years of schooling within Australia. 7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music. 12-16th August, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
• Garvis, S. (2009). Motivation and beginning teacher self-efficacy for the arts. 7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music. 12-16th August, Jyvaskyla, Finland.