Research - Griffith University

Site Degrees

Research & field development projects

Australian Research Grants Commission (1984). Life Roles: Concerns, Needs, Attributions & Skill Levels of Adolescents. Group grant. $27,000.
TAFE National Centre for Research and Development (1984). The Learning Processes of TAFE Students. Group grant. $30,000.
Social Science Research Grant, The University of Queensland (1985). Work and Neighbourhood Effects on Childrens Development. Group grant. $3,000.
Social Science Research Grant, The University of Queensland (1986). Fixed Role Treatment: Exploration & Elaboration of Teachers Pedagogy. Individual grant. $3,500.
Ontario Ministry of Education (1991). Review of Recent Literature on Innovations in Teacher Education. Group grant. $16,000.
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (1992-1004). Becoming and Being a Teacher. Individual grant. $95,764 (requested).
Vice-Presidential (Research) Fund Distribution, University of Toronto (1993). Becoming and Being a Teacher. Individual grant. $3,333.
Vice-Presidential (Research) Fund Distribution, University of Toronto (1994). Preservice and Induction Teacher Education. Principal Investigator [with Mary Beattie]. $2,200.
SSHRC Small Scale Grant, University of Toronto (1994). Preservice and Induction Teacher Education. Principal Investigator [with Mary Beattie]. $2,500.
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (1995-1999). Teacher self: Stories of Preservice and Induction. Principal Investigator [with Mary Beattie]. $75,000.
Ontario Principals' Council (OPC). (2000-2001). Teacher Induction Agents of Change: Principals' Understandings and Practices. Principal Investigator [with Margie Buttignol]. $11,000.
Transfer Grant (Ontario Ministry of Education) (2000-2002). Impact of Elementary and Secondary School Reform on Teacher Preparation. Group grant. $86,000.

Funded consultancies

Consultant for Department of Corrective Services, Queensland State Government, 1988.
Consultant for Queensland Art Gallery, 1990.
Consultant for Queensland Distance Education College, Department of Employment, Vocational Education and Training, 1990-1991.
Consultant for the Audience Research Consortium (Ernst & Young, Royal Ontario Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario, Science Museum, Toronto Zoo), 1991-1992.
Consultant for the Ministry of Education, Ontario Provincial Government, Standards, 1993-1994.

Unfunded consultancies

Member, Convenor Research Sub-Committee, Queensland Teacher Education Course Consultative Committee, Board of Teacher Registration 1989-1990.
Member, Consultant on In-Service, Working Party on Teachers' Professionalism, Teacher Education Council, Ontario, 1991-92.

Selected papers for professional groups

Centre for Personal Construct Psychology, London (1984); Centro di Psicoterapia Cognitiva, Rome (1984); Centro Studio Umanologio, Rome (1985); Barbican Grid Group, London (1988); London Open University Psychological Society, Westminister (1988); Teacher Development, Peel Board of Education, Toronto (1992-1995).

Selected university seminars

Educational Development Group, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (1984); York University, Canada (1984); Queen?s University, Canada (1984); Institute of Education, University of London (1984); Department of Educational Studies, University of Surrey (1988); Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, University of Tubingen (1988); Graduate School of Education, New York University (1988); Centre for Teacher Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (1990, 1991); Faculty of Education, University of Toronto (1991, 1995); Educational Development Group, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (1992); Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto (1994); Adaptive Instruction and Special Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (1994); Collaborative Resources (CORE), Centre for Teacher Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (1994); Faculty of Education, University of Sydney (1996, 1997); University of New England, Armidale (1997); University of Melbourne (Melbourne), (1997); Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (1997); State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo (1997); Institute of Education, Hong Kong (1998); Centre for Teacher Development, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (2000); Art-informed Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (February and November, 2000); Modern Languages Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto (2001); Shortwood Teachers College, Kingston, Jamaica (2001); Institute of Education and Department of Educational Studies, University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica (2001); Faculty of Education, Griffith University, Brisbane (2006, March and October, 2007).