Dr
Genee MarksProfile page
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
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- Senior LecturerFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
- +61 3 522 78258 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
BIO
Course Director, Masters of Specialist Inclusive Education
Over four decades, I have taught in primary, secondary, specialist and
tertiary education, as well as having extensive policy development and
implementation experience in the community sector, and in industry. I have
also carried out consultancies for government departments, the NSW Police
Service, UNESCO, the TAFE system across Australia, and a variety of NGOS. I
see myself as an educator, adventurer and social change agent who has a
passionate commitment to social justice and equity across a variety of areas,
including dis/ability, gender and cultural diversity. Specifically, I aspire
to see changed social and educational outcomes both for people in our
community with dis/abilities (especially those with intellectual or cognitive
impairments), and for Aboriginal Australians. I see transformed policy,
pedagogy and curriculum as pivotal to this change. All my research and
curriculum development involves a deep engagement with co-design, co-research,
co-development and co-presentation, drawing on relevant communities, and is
approached with a critical edge.
Research Groups
* Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI) , Deakin University (Member)
* Co-leader, Decolonising Knowledges and Practices Strand, Centre for Regenerating Futures
* Transforming Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy (TCAP) (Member)
* Being and Becoming Learners (BBL) Member
* Invited member of the international Peripheries Research Stream, coming out of the School of Education and Social Work, the University of Dundee, Scotland. The group argues: "Peripheries ruptures dominant western approaches to research in its turn to the periphery (sometimes, but not exclusively, referred to as the majority world, global South, marginal, disabled, incarcerated, banished, subaltern or displaced persons- and territories." https://www.dundee.ac.uk/esw/research/themes/peripheries/
* As an Adjunct Researcher at FederationUniversity, I am a member of SJIDE: Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity in Education, Research Focus Area- School of Education, Federation University
Over four decades, I have taught in primary, secondary, specialist and
tertiary education, as well as having extensive policy development and
implementation experience in the community sector, and in industry. I have
also carried out consultancies for government departments, the NSW Police
Service, UNESCO, the TAFE system across Australia, and a variety of NGOS. I
see myself as an educator, adventurer and social change agent who has a
passionate commitment to social justice and equity across a variety of areas,
including dis/ability, gender and cultural diversity. Specifically, I aspire
to see changed social and educational outcomes both for people in our
community with dis/abilities (especially those with intellectual or cognitive
impairments), and for Aboriginal Australians. I see transformed policy,
pedagogy and curriculum as pivotal to this change. All my research and
curriculum development involves a deep engagement with co-design, co-research,
co-development and co-presentation, drawing on relevant communities, and is
approached with a critical edge.
Research Groups
* Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI) , Deakin University (Member)
* Co-leader, Decolonising Knowledges and Practices Strand, Centre for Regenerating Futures
* Transforming Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy (TCAP) (Member)
* Being and Becoming Learners (BBL) Member
* Invited member of the international Peripheries Research Stream, coming out of the School of Education and Social Work, the University of Dundee, Scotland. The group argues: "Peripheries ruptures dominant western approaches to research in its turn to the periphery (sometimes, but not exclusively, referred to as the majority world, global South, marginal, disabled, incarcerated, banished, subaltern or displaced persons- and territories." https://www.dundee.ac.uk/esw/research/themes/peripheries/
* As an Adjunct Researcher at FederationUniversity, I am a member of SJIDE: Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity in Education, Research Focus Area- School of Education, Federation University
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Senior LecturerDeakin University, School of Education
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Lecturer in Inclusive EducationDeakin University, School of Education, Australia1 Jan 2018 - present
- Research Fellow in Disability and InclusionThe University of Melbourne, School of Social and Political Sciences, Australia9 Nov 2016 - 8 Nov 2019
- Senior Lecturer (STEM; Dis/ability and Inclusion)Federation University, School of Education, Australia1 Feb 2005 - 8 Feb 2015
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Strategic Development Coordinator (Social Inclusion)ScopeVic2015 - 2016
- Special Projects Coordinator/ Project ManagerCorio Bay Innovators Inc, Trading as dal Gourmet Cafe and Catering2003 - 2006
- Director and Research ConsultantBricolage Consulting1995 - 2020
- Senior Manager- Research, Education and Student SupportDeakin University Student Association2002 - 2002
- Equity and Diversity OfficerDeakin University Student Association2001 - 2001
- Women's Research and Development OfficerThe University of NSW1997 - 1998
- Senior Education Officer (Transition)TAFE NSW, Disabilities Services, Corporate Services1995 - 1996
- LecturerMelbourne College of Advanced Education, Centre for Integration Studies, Faculty of Education1987 - 1987
DEGREES
- Doctor of PhilosophyDeakin University
- Master of EducationDeakin University
- Graduate Diploma of Teaching English to Speakers of Other LanguagesDeakin University
- Graduate Certificate of Education (Tertiary Education)University of Ballarat
- Bachelor of ArtsMonash University
- Bachelor of Special EducationMonash University
- Diploma of Community Services ManagementGeelong Adult Training and Edu
- Diploma in EducationLa Trobe University
- Diploma of Training and Assessment SystemsGeelong Adult Training and Edu
- Certificate IV in Workplace TrainingGeelong Adult Training and Edu
LANGUAGES
- Spanish; CastilianCan read and write
FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)
- Sociology
- Curriculum and pedagogy
- Education systems
- Specialist studies in education
- Social work
AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION
- Masters by Research and PhD supervision
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE
- School of Education
STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE
- Research for Educational Impact