Imagine a world in which all young people achieve their full potential. Imagine making the difference. At the forefront of teacher education for more than a century, the Graduate School of Education stands as a world top 100 school of education (QS 2020).
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UWA is set to light up November and December with a series of events promoting equity and diversity across its campuses.
The Executive Director of West Australian Opera will be awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music in a winter graduation at The University of Western Australia this week.
The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.
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If you’re planning to study teaching, whether you’re a school leaver or career changer the Commonwealth Teaching Scholarship provided by the Department of Education is available to eligible new full-time students.
Not only does the scholarship help with study costs but it also provides opportunities to teach in government schools or government-run early learning settings once you graduate.
For information on eligibility and how to apply visit education.gov.au
The future of the next generation is in our hands.
Our researchers are at the cutting edge of some of the most pressing issues impacting learners, teachers and educational leaders. We are future-focussed, improving the educational outcomes of learners in Australia and beyond through theory-led and practical research initiatives. Our key areas of expertise include:
Teaching, learning and assessment experts:
Elaine Chapman, Vaille Dawson, Christine Howitt, Fiona Mayne, Peter Merrotsy, Gerardine Neylon, Grace Oakley, Mark Pegrum, Gemma Scarparolo, Jennifer Shand
Research in education must be able to make a difference.
Our researchers are dedicated to generating transformative new knowledge about policy, leadership and sociology that has both theoretical and practical impact. Our key areas of expertise include:
We seek to harness critical knowledge, skills and dispositions to generate evidence-informed debate and improvement across all sectors of education. We are a diverse and vibrant group of scholars who use interdisciplinary perspectives and methods to examine the big issues in Australian education and beyond.
Educational policy, leadership and sociology experts:
Simon Clarke, Tanya Fitzgerald, Tom O’Donoghue, Lesley Vidovich
For young people to flourish in everyday real-world contexts, positive mental health is critical.
Childhood and adolescent mental health problems are a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and disability worldwide. Confronting the challenge of managing mental health and emotional wellbeing efficiently and effectively to ensure that young people can be shifted from pathological trajectories and reach their full potential is therefore a priority. Schools and other educational settings are uniquely positioned to meet this challenge and to address the key mental health and emotional wellbeing needs of children and adolescents.
Our research applies a range of quantitative and qualitative research approaches to understand mental health and to develop innovative best practice based mental health programs that educate, support and prevent adverse mental health in young people. Our key areas of expertise include:
Mental health and wellbeing in education experts:
Ken Glasgow, Stephen Houghton, Simon Hunter
Key projects:
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Answering the Call is the first national survey of the mental health and wellbeing of police and emergency services.
This project is looking at using performance indicators in primary schools (PIPS) to assess students on literacy, numeracy and phonological awareness.
This research helps teachers obtain valid, reliable and comparable student assessment information by using the Brightpath assessment application.
Dr. Elaine Chapman, from the Graduate School of Education, is researching the affective aspects of education across primary, secondary and tertiary levels.
This project uses case study methodology to investigate the use of socioscientific issues (SSI) to promote critical thinking in Year 7 to 10 classes in schools in disadvantaged areas.
This project is exploring the historical background, recent developments and current issues associated with primary school leadership.
This project is an in-depth historical and contemporary analysis of radical university curriculum reforms in research-intensive universities across the globe.
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