Preschool, primary and secondary
In modern societies, formal education for children and young people takes place primarily in institutions – primary and secondary schools, and increasingly in preschool and child care settings. This area of research focuses on these institutions as organizations. Specifically, research investigates the policies, practices and actors that shape the governance, administration and development of these institutions over time.
Researchers in this area include:
| Honorary Associate Professor Dianne Bloomfield | Director, Professional Experience; Associate Professor Keywords: professional experience, teacher identity, inservice and preservice professional learning |
| Professor Peter Freebody | Professor Keywords: equity and literacy education, classroom research, ICT and literacy learning, critical literacy, literacy across the curriculum and the school years |
| Honorary Professor Susan Groundwater-Smith | Honorary Professor, Division of Professional Learning Keywords: Teacher professional learning, student voice, mixed methods in school inquiry |
| Associate Professor Deb Hayes | Associate Professor, School Leadership, Management and School Partnership; Director, Education I-IV Program |
| Dr Kevin Laws | Convenor, Management and Leadership Program; Honorary Senior Lecturer Keywords: Organisational culture and change, Program evaluation, Organisational learning, Leadership, International education, Continuing professional development of teachers and teacher educators in Asia and Pacific region |
| Dr George Odhiambo | Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management; Research Progress Manager, Office of Doctoral Studies; Coordinator, Leadership & Management Program |
| Professor Alison Elliott | Chair in Early Childhood Education |