What forms of resistance did higher education academics undertake during the Covid-19 pandemic? Teaching in Higher Education 2024: https://teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/what-forms-of-resistance-did-higher-education-academics-undertake-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
New curriculum teaches cultural diversity, dumps Christian heritage. The Age 2021: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/new-curriculum-teaches-cultural-diversity-dumps-christian-heritage-20210429-p57nh9.html
Generation lost: Young peoples futures are suspended in limbo, dark optimism prevails. Education HQ 2020: https://educationhq.com/news/generation-lost-young-peoples-futures-are-suspended-in-limbo-dark-optimism-prevails-85573/#
Year 12s look towards university after disrupted year. The Age 2020: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/year-12s-look-towards-university-after-disrupted-year-20201009-p563j5.html
Creating a climate of viable hope. UNEVOC RMIT 2020: https://unevocrmit.org/2020/10/11/creating-a-climate-of-viable-hope/
The student voice in practice: who gets to speak? Education Review 2019: https://www.educationreview.com.au/2019/08/the-student-voice-in-practice-who-gets-to-speak/
What will my students like? Ask them! Primary Learning 2019: https://primarylearning.com.au/2019/01/21/what-will-my-students-like/
Generation Z taking over the worlds population. Daily Telegraph 2019: https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/generation-z-taking-over-the-worlds-population-ng-b4cb1fb2fc5de92eeb0c4685554218fc
CAREER HIGHLIGHT
Recent career highlights
My recent career highlights include the following:
Being awarded the Leading Scholar Alberts Award, School of Education
Winning an Arts and Education Faculty Teaching and Learning Award as part of a team with Lihua Xu, Bonnie Yim, Matthew Thomas, Shirley Spiteri, Gary Levy, Tao Bak, Amy Sellers, Dominique Coorey, Chrissy Freestone and Lisa Grbin
With Eve Mayes, having our paper awarded winner of the British Educational Research Journal Editors’ Choice 2021 and Wiley Top Cited Article 2020-2021: Black, R. & Mayes, E. (2020). Feeling voice: The emotional politics of ‘student voice’ for teachers. British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 1064-1080. 10.1002/berj.3613
With Amanda Keddie and Claire Charles, having our paper shortlisted for the Springer/Australian Educational Researcher Award for Best Paper of 2020: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13384-019-00322-6
