School of Education
Dr Jane Wilkinson
Senior Lecturer
BLitt(Hons) Deakin , BA(Hons) Monash , DipEd MelbourneStateColl , MA Melb, PhD Deakin
Dr Jane Wilkinson
Bio
Jane brings an extensive background as a curriculum consultant and senior school administrator to her current position as a Senior Lecturer in Education. Jane's teaching areas include educational leadership and sociology of education. She is currently the Master of Education course coordinator and Associate Head of School. Her research interests include feminist practice and scholarship in educational leadership, issues of diversity within school and academic leadership. Jane has recently completed Visiting Scholarships in the Universities of Gothenburg and Tromso and she has presented at a number of international forums.
Jane is currently one of four Chief Investigators of an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant (2010-2012) which is examining the interconnection between educational leadership, professional development and the impact on classroom practices and students' academic and social practices. She is co-author of Travelling towards a Mirage? Gender, leadership, and higher education (2010: Post Pressed), which examines equity and equality practices and policies in Australian and New Zealand universities and the impact these have had on the participation of women as leaders and managers in higher education. She is currently undertaking a pilot study examining the role of capital in the lives of students of African refugee background in regional New South Wales.
Research
- Diversity and leadership in schools and universities, in particular in relation to gender and ethnicity
- Women academics and equity policies in universities
- Development of praxis in leadership
Teaching
- Teacher as Researcher
- Educational Leadership
Professional Engagement
- Australian Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL)
- Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)