PhD, HD Education, Bachelor Arts (Hons), M Environmental Edn

Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

Contact details for Ms Jo-Anne Ferreira

Research Expertise

Jo-Anne Ferreira is an active researcher in the field of environmental education. She has undertaken research projects in Australia and South Africa, most notably in the area of teacher professional development. Most recently, she has developed teaching resources for Brisbane City Council and has undertaken a review of models of professional development in teacher education in Australia for the Australian Federal Government. She is also undertaking research into the strategies utilised by environmental educators to encourage the adoption of environmentally responsible behaviours.

Current Teaching Areas

• Introduction to Environmental Education
• Community Environmental Education
• Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future
• Education, Sustainability and Social Change

Selected Publications

• Ferreira, J., Ryan, L. and Tilbury, D. (2007) ‘Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development in Initial Teacher Education in Australia: A review of existing professional development models’, Journal of Education for Teaching, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 225-239. 
• Ferreira, J., Ryan, L. and Tilbury, D. (2006) Whole School Approaches to Sustanainability: A review of models for professional development in pre-service teacher education, Canberra: Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage and the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES).
• Davis, J. and Ferreira, J. (2006) 'Higher Education Inc.: The personal and professional dilemmas of environmental educators undertaking research with/for private corporations', Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol 22, No. 1, pp 39-47.
• Ferreira, J. and Davis, J. (2005) 'Education for sustainability: New possibilities', Education Quarterly, Summer, p.20.
• Hudson, A. and Ferreira, J. (2004) 'Changing Schools for a Changing World: Curriculum Trends for a 'Planetist' Future', in B. Burnett, D. Meadmore, and G. Tait (Eds), New Questions for Contemporary Teachers, Frenchs Forest: Pearson Prentice Hall.
• Ferreira, J. (2000) Learning to govern oneself: environmental education pedagogy and the formation of an ethical subject, Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol 16, pp. 31-36.