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Thursday, 5 February 2015

Dr Mark Fielding, who won the Faculty’s ‘Fogarty Foundation Success through Educational Excellence Prize for the Best Piece of Research in the Doctor of Education,' has won a further award for his thesis. Mark’s thesis about international education in Australia was rated highest by the International Educational Association of Australia (IEAA).

In his thesis Mark analysed the perspectives of Australian independent secondary school leaders, teachers and students on their school’s engagement with the internationalisation of education. “Secondary schools are engaging with the processes of internationalisation in different ways depending on a number of significant factors such as how participants conceptualised the internationalisation of education, the goals and strategic plans of the school, the nature of student demographics, family expectations and school resources,” said Mark.

“The research shows that schools need to take a more critically active role in engaging with internationalisation in order to shape it beyond its current predominantly neoliberal manifestation, so that the outcomes of education are better suited to the aspirations of the societies they serve.”

Mark will present on his research at the IEAA symposium in Melbourne this year.

Media references

Martin Swann (Faculty of Education) - (+61 8) 6488 2443

Dr Mark Fielding (Faculty of Education) - [email protected]

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