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The Faculty of Education is proud to annouce the following selection of our grants and publications for 2012*;

Grants
Of the 185 ARC linkage grants awarded nationally in 2012, only 10 addressed education. Amongst them was

‘Evaluating and developing music-based strategies   for   teaching   and   learning in remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia’

This is a collaboration between Associate Professor Robert Faulkner (UWA) with Dr Andrea Emberley (UWA), Dr Sally Treloyn (University of Melbourne); Prof. Jane Davidson (UWA); A/Prof. Kathryn Marsh (University of Sydney); Mrs Patsy Bedford (Kimberley Language Resource Centre); and Miss Siobhan Casson (Kimberley Language Resource Centre),

The project examines music-based teaching and learning as a means to support Aboriginal stakeholders in the Kimberley region of WA in their  efforts to sustain  critically endangered cultural practices. Partnering with the Kimberley Language Resource Centre, the research team will explore strategies to develop programming for cultural  teaching and learning in remote communities.

Faulkner, R., Sharplin, E. (2012). Teaching Fellowship  Scheme Project “Identifying     inherent     requirements to  enhance  practicum   experiences and course outcomes in  education.”
$20,000

Wildy, H., Oakley, G., Faulkner, R., Pegrum, M. (2012). Public Endowment Trust “iPad my Story: Belonging, being and becoming through multimodal storytelling”. How does use of mobile technologies to create multimodal stories impact on the literacy learning of young children? $54,981.98

Books
Clarke,  S.  R.  P  &  O’Donoghue, T. A. (In Print). (eds). “School-level Leadership in Post-Conflict  Societies: The importance of context.” London: Routledge.

Dobos, K., Chapman, A., & O’Donoghue, T.  (in  press  for  2012) “A study of Australian and Overseas Academics Delivering University Programs Offshore: A Western Australian Focus.” New York: Edwin Mellen Press.

Faulkner, R, McPherson, G. E. & Davidson,   J.  W.  (2012).   “Music  in Our Lives: Rethinking Musical Ability, Development   and  Identity.”   Oxford University Press.

Martin,  T., O’Donoghue, T. & O’Neill, M. (2012)  “Teachers and Teaching in Vocational Education and Training Institutions: Reflections from Western Australia.” New York: Nova Science Press.

Mirceica,  P., Chapman, A. & O’Neill. M. (2012).  “To the Ends of the Earth: Northern Soul and  Southern Nights in Western Australia.” Lanham, MD: University Press of America Inc.  Final manuscript in press.

O’Donoghue, T. (2012). “Catholic Teaching Brothers: Their Life in the English-speaking World, 1891-1965.” New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Rennie, L., Venville, G. Wallace, (Eds.). (2012). “Integrating science, technology, engineering and mathematics: Issues, reflections and ways forward.” New York: Taylor Francis.

Rennie, L., Venville, G. & Wallace, J. (2012).   “Knowledge   that  counts  in a global community: Exploring the contribution of integrated curriculum.” London: Routledge.

Venville, G., & Dawson, V. (Eds.). (2012). “The art of teaching science” (2nd edition). Sydney: Allen and Unwin.

Wahi, W., Chapman, A., & O’Neill,  M. (2012).  “English  Language Academic Literacy Practices and Competencies of Malaysian Undergraduate Engineering Students” (working title). Accepted by Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter, Wales, UK.

*the full  list  including  book  chapters and papers will be in the next Education Research Developments newsletter