Emeritus Professor Derrick Armstrong
BA(Lond), MA(Lanc), PhD(Lanc)
Emeritus Professor
Member of China Studies Centre
A35 - Education Building
The University of Sydney
Biographical details
Derrick is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Education and Social Work. Prior to this he was the University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) and Registrar where hisresponsibilities included Learning and Teaching, Research Students, Student Recruitment, Administration, and Support Services. He also led the University's Social Inclusion and Widening Participation strategy, introducing the "Compass" program in 2007 and subsequently the 5-university collaboration, "Bridges to Higher Education".
In February 2005 Derrick was appointed to the Deanship of the Faculty, a position he held until December 2008 when he became Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Under his leadership the Faculty moved from a three Schools system to an integrated Faculty structure, established the DoctoralDivision, and introduced the Research Networks strategy.
Derrick's research field is the sociology of education but he has been particularly interested in multi-disciplinary collaborations. In the UK, he led the £1.5m UK Economic and Social Research Council Research Priority Network 'Pathways Into and Out of Crime". This Network involved a collaboration between five universities in the UK and partners in Australia and the USA. The research explored the experiences and perspectives of children and young people in relation to anti-social and criminal behaviour in contexts of multi-agency intervention. Other projects he has led include the national evaluation of the "On Track" crime-reduction program in the UK which examined the efficacy of multiple interventions with childrren aged 6-12 year and their families. He has also undertaken work on the history of special educational policy since 1944, on 'Self-advocacy, Civil Rights and the Social Model of Disability', on the construction of motivational styles in the context of school subject and classroom contexts, and he has a longstanding interest in the experience and perspectives of children and their parents involved in special educational assessment.
In addition, Derrick has worked extensively with teachers, non-government organisations and education ministries in educational development and capacity building in developing countries, particularly in the Caribbean and China.
Derrick has published 9 books and over 150 journal articles and papers.
Awards and honours
· 2013 Emeritus Professor, The University of Sydney
· 2006 – 2009 Visiting Professor University of Dundee
· 2006 Honorary Professor University of Sheffield
· 2003 National Association for Special Educational Needs Academic Book Prize/Times Educational Supplement Academic Book Prize for ‘Experiences of Special Educational Needs: Re-evaluating Policy and Practice through Life Stories’ "judged the book which has made the most significant contribution to the academic study of special educational needs for this year”
· 1996 Honorary Professor Yunnan Radio and Television University, PRC
· 1995National Association for Special Educational Needs Academic Book Prize for ‘Power and Partnership in Education’ “judged the book which has made the most significant contribution to the academic study of special educational needs for this year”.
· 1994British Educational Research Association Dissertation Award, awarded "for the best Ph.D. or D.Phil. for research in Education awarded by a British university to a member of the Association during the previous calendar year."
International links
(China 9 Universities)
Program Committee Member of the GO8-China 9 Summit on Learning and Teaching in Higher Education |
Selected grants
2010
- Personal resilience, system resilience and educational opportunity; Martin A, Bottrell D, Armstrong D; Spencer Foundation/Research Support.
2003
- ESOL and Special Needs Review; Armstrong D; Department for Children, Schools and Families/Grant.
2001
- Community engagement; Armstrong D; Home Office/Research.
- Citizenship; Armstrong D; Home Office/Research.
- Pathways into and out of Crime: Risk, Resilience and Diversity.; Armstrong D; Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK/Research Grant.
- Special Education Policy and Practice in the Eastern Caribbean; Armstrong D; UK Department for International Development (DFID)/Research Grant.
- Research, design, development and publication of a generic evaluation framework for universal servic; Armstrong D; Home Office/Research.
2000
- 'On Track Programme' Evaluation; Armstrong D; Home Office/Research.
Selected publications
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A Political Ecology of Youth and Crime (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
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Inclusive Education: International Policy and Practice (Sage Publications, 2009)
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Experiences of Special Education: Re-evaluating policy and practice through life stories (Taylor and Francis, 2003)
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Inclusive Education: Policy, Contexts and Comparative Perspectives (David Fulton Publishing, 2000)
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