School of Education
Annette Green
Lecturer
BA Canterbury, Dip Teach ChCh TC, MEd CSturt
Annette Green
Bio
Annette's research interests began, before joining CSU, with an interest in investigating the disparity between teacher background and expectations and student performance and beliefs in the ATSI (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) context. I have been involved in research with a team of literacy teachers on cross provider collaboration where the interest of students was deemed to be more important than institutional boundaries. I also worked on the introduction and piloting of the National Reporting System for Literacy, Numeracy and Language which was part of the reform agenda in the 1990s.
Research
Annette's current research focus is on teachers from industry as they begin their teaching careers after completing an accelerated teacher training program at CSU. The study explores the attitudes, approaches and values these new teachers bring to their new career during their internship and their first eighteen months of teaching. By using thematic analysis combined with critical discourse analysis, the study will hopefully document some of the changes to the senior secondary system in the rural sector with the shift to offering more vocationally orientated courses in schools. She is also interested in the influence of the teachers on the school and how this shifts over time.
Annette's main areas of research are:
- VET in schools
- Teacher training
- School culture
Research Project(s)
NREC - Nationally funded project with UNISA
School students' learning from their paid and unpaid work Students in Years 10 to 12 at school experience workplaces in a variety of ways: in paid part-time work, in work experience programs, and as part of formal vocational education programs, including most recently school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. This research project, carried out by the Centre for Research in Education, Equity and Work (CREEW) at the University of South Australia, and the Group for Research in Employment and Training (GREAT) at Charles Sturt University, aims to find out what school students learn from these different ways of experiencing workplaces.
GREAT - funded project
Voices in VET: What is it like to be involved in VET programs in schools?
New opportunities in Years 11 and 12 to study VET subjects have expanded senior schooling to include workplace experiences. Employer groups, educational authorities and consultative groups are joined with students, parents and teachers as Key Stakeholders in VET programs in schools. This study sets out to explore these perspectives and experiences of the stakeholders about their involvement in VET programs. Participants in this study will be interviewed in small focus groups and individually about their experiences and views on VET programs in schools.
Post-grad study
Title: Bridging two worlds: From industry to school
Research question: What are the effects of an industry background and an accelerated teacher-training course on the orientation to teaching and learning of teachers in VET in Schools?
Research Grants - Competitive
NREC project, School students’ learning from their paid and unpaid work. Project manager - Erica Smith. (NCVER). I was NSW site manager.
NREC project, Pedagogy of online learning. Project manager - Ros Brennan.(NCVER)
NREC Case Study on VET Teacher Professional Development. Project manager - Roger Harris.(NCVER)
Research Grants – Non-competitive
GREAT research project with Dr Colin Boylan: Voices in VET: What is it like to be involved with VET in schools?
Young Community study VET provision in rural communities (Doug Hill)
Possible Future Direction of Research:
Further work on VET in schools in general, teacher professional development and training. I am also interested broader issues of literacy, language, numeracy and generic skills in terms of vocational education, both in schools and beyond.
Teaching
- Teaching & learning – Educational Theory, Behaviour and Classroom Management, Literacy across the Curriculum
- Professional Practice
- Curriculum Studies Vocational Education
Professional Engagement
- Founding member of RIVET
- VETNETwork Member (1999-2008)
- AVETRA member (2000-2008)