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Head of School Education

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

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Head of School Education
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education

+61 3 522 71440 (Work)

damian.blake@deakin.edu.au (opens in a new tab)

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

Applied Learning
Strategies for Youth Engagement
Community and industry partnerships and interagency collaboration
Teachers professional learning
Mixed-method research approaches including case study, action research and
phenomenological research methods.

Projects
Building Innovative Partnerships to Improve Youth Engagement in Education
Alternative pathways into Higher Education
Examining the development of the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning and
its implications for schools and teacher education in Australia
The influence of learning environment on student conceptions of learning.
Supporting Teachers as Action Researchers
Investigating the use of mixed-mode learning in higher education.
Developing a rural and regional science challenge to utilise community and
industry-based partnerships.

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TENDER
Supporting access to and retention in early childhood teaching degrees through an employment-based mode
1 Jan 2025 - 1 Jan 2028
People funded by this grant:
- Robertson N,
- Mooney A,
- Blake D,
- Cooke M,
- Wishart L
DETVic Tender - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $4,160,512.00
TENDER
Isolation, placement poverty and learning to teach in the Bush
29 May 2024 - 27 Mar 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Thomas M,
- Blake D,
- Robertson N,
- Mooney A,
- Hyde B
Department of Education - $249,901.09
CONTRACT RESEARCH
VET Employment Based Pathways Program
22 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
People funded by this grant:
- McGlynn K,
- Blake D,
- Ryan C,
- Erekson J,
- Ollis T
Department of Education and Training Victoria - $910,740.46
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Implementing a Multi-Provider Professional Practice Model in Victorian Regional Communities.
28 Jun 2023 - 30 Aug 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Thomas M,
- Blake D,
- Johnstone K,
- Hachem EE,
- Longaretti L
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $208,330.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Innovative ITE intervention to address teacher workforce supply.
31 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Mooney A,
- Blake D,
- McGlynn K,
- Usher A,
- Ryan C
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $700,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Central VET Specialist Services.
20 Oct 2022 - 20 Dec 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Usher A,
- Ollis T,
- McGlynn K,
- Ryan C
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $4,347,489.09
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Improving Mentoring in Teacher Education.
13 Apr 2022 - 30 Sep 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Thomas M,
- Mooney A,
- Johnstone K,
- Blake D,
- Brown T
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $150,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Study and Pilot testing of a Multi-Provider Teaching Academy of Professional Practice Model for workforce creating in Victorian Rural and Regional.
28 Jun 2021 - 30 Dec 2022
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Mooney A,
- Thomas M,
- Hachem EE,
- Toe D
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $150,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
VET Employment-based pathways into Teaching Program for qualified educators student cohorts
24 May 2021 - 30 Jun 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Mooney A,
- Ollis T,
- Usher A,
- Ryan C
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $917,205.35
CONTRACT RESEARCH
VCAL Teachers Scholarships Program - Graduate Certificate of Applied Learning and Teaching.
15 Jan 2021 - 30 Jun 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Mooney A,
- McGlynn K,
- Erekson J,
- Ryan C
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $1,594,519.85
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Accelerated Bachelor of Early Childhood Education for diploma qualified educators ("Accelerated BECE") student cohorts
7 Dec 2020 - 31 Dec 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Robertson N,
- Mooney A,
- Rouse L,
- David N
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $1,998,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Deakin University - Master of Applied Learning and Teaching (Secondary) - 2021 and 2022 Cohorts.
13 Nov 2020 - 28 Feb 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- McGlynn K,
- Ryan C,
- Usher A,
- Mooney A
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $1,112,202.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Secondary Mathematics and Science initiative for out-of-field teachers.
28 Aug 2020 - 28 Apr 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Tytler R,
- Brown J,
- White P,
- Hobbs L,
- Lynch J
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $6,037,606.31
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
ARC Linkage - Projects - LP150100558 - $444,779.05
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
La Trobe University - $7,000.00
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
Department of Education and Training Victoria - $56,000.00
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
Anglicare Tasmania Inc. - $70,000.00
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
Bendigo South East Secondary School - $3,500.00
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
Crusoe 7-10 Secondary College - $2,500.00
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
Eaglehawk Secondary College - $3,500.00
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
Northern Bay P-12 College - $7,000.00
GRANT
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
29 Jul 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Blake D,
- Tytler R,
- Deed C,
- Muir T,
- Mooney A
Weeroona College Bendigo - $3,500.00
COLLABORATIVE GRANT
Support Agreement - Northern Bay Guarantee
1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2015
People funded by this grant:
- Damian Blake
Shell Refining (Australia) Pty Ltd - $58,000.00
COLLABORATIVE GRANT
Literacy and Numeracy Strategy - Literature Review
18 Feb 2013 - 29 Apr 2013
People funded by this grant:
- Vale C,
- Blake D,
- Auld G,
- Bragg L,
- Paatsch L
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - $54,420.00
GRANT
Innovative partnerships for youth engagement in education and work
1 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2015
People funded by this grant:
- Polesel J,
- Keating J,
- Starr K,
- Blake D,
- Gallagher D
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - $75,600.00

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