DrPiper Rodd
Lecturer In Education
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education
- Lecturer In EducationFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Education
- +61 3 924 43907 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
TEACHING EXPERTISE
Piper is an experienced and highly regarded educator. She has two decades of secondary and tertiary teaching experience. Her eclectic and considered approach to teaching incorporates knowledge and skill spanning the cognate disciplines of Australian Studies, history, sociology and education.
She utilises her academic expertise in critical pedagogy and adult learning to expetly engage diverse learners to think critically and develop skills in adaptive, evidence-based reasoning to be agile thinkers and professionals in contemporary workplaces. As someone expert in radical adult education and pedagogies, she works collaboratively to ensure authentic learning experiences tailored to individual student needs by using a strength-based approach to education in context.
She teaches adult learner-centred pedagogies to those working higher education and the the VET sector.
Piper is a Senior Fellow of the Advance HE Academy and mentors others to sucessfully achieve Fellowship.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- UNIT TAUGHTPiper teaches mainly in the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education Learning and Teaching. She also teaches the history and philosophy of education within the Bachelor of Arts (BA). In the past, she has taught in the Associate Degrees of Arts and Education, proudly supporting students' entry into university education through considered, explicit and critical pedagogies designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in their futures.
- UNIT TAUGHTPiper teaches about student-centred pedagogies in HE in the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Teaching and Learning
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONExploring relationships between critical reflection and teacher agency
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBreaking Barriers: Unveiling the True Value of Vocational Education and Training (VET) Professional Development
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONYoung People's Aspirations and Hopes for Higher Education and Employability in Nepal
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONExploring the Role of Australian VET Policies and Public Providers in Supporting Young Refugees Displaced by Climate Change
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMicro-Resistance in the Neoliberal University: How Educators and Students Find Spaces for Critical Reflection in Social Entrepreneurship Education
- CURRENT MASTERS SUPERVISIONConstructing "Quality": Neoliberalism, Governmentality and TAFE Policy in the Kirby and Deveson Reviews
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Educational Experiences of Incarcerated Girls: Epistemic Injustice at the Nexus of the Education and Carceral Systems
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEstablishing a Context-responsive Inquiry Approach in Senior Secondary Biology