School of Teacher Education
Donna Mathewson-Mitchell
Adjunct Lecturer
Donna Mathewson-Mitchell
Charles Sturt University Faculty of Education
Bathurst, NSW, Australia
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Donna Mathewson Mitchell is an Adjunct lecturer in the Faculty of Education, at CSU in Bathurst. Donna began her career as a Visual arts teacher and has taught in both Tasmania and NSW. Her in-school teaching experience has encompassed the K-12 continuum, but has been particularly focused on secondary visual arts education. This experience informs her teaching in the secondary courses.
Donna has been involved in educational research since 1996, and in 2007 graduated from UNSW with a PhD in Art Education. Her research has focused on relationships between schools and museums, and most particularly between, art education and art museums, as alternative sites for learning.
Research
- Museums as sites for learning
- Art education and cultural practice
- Relationships between learning and place
- Professional learning and new pedagogies
- Relational approaches to teaching practice
- Reid, J., Harrison, L., Mackenzie, N., Matthewson-Mitchell, D., Moriarty, B., Smith, T., and Wood, D. (2008) Evaluating the assessment of student literacy for Initial Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University Faculty of Education Innovation in Learning & Teaching Competitive Grant: $15, 635.
Research interests
Grants
Professional Engagement
- ATEA
- AARE
- 2009 HSC Visual Arts Assessment Committee
- Initial Teacher Education Committee Assessment Panel for NSW Institute of Teachers
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Publications
Unpublished thesis
- Mathewson, D. (2006). A socio-cognitive model for learning in art museums: Establishing a foundation for cultural practice in the secondary school years. Unpublished PhD. thesis, UNSW.
- Mathewson, D (1994). The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery: A Resource for Secondary Teachers. Unpublished Honours Project B.Ed University of Tasmania
Refereed publications
- Mathewson Mitchell, D. (in review). Art museums and education: A socio-cognitive model for teaching and learning in alternative pedagogical sites. Submitted to Teaching and Teacher Education.
- Mathewson Mitchell, D. (in review). Exploring new pedagogical terrain: Teaching and learning in art museums. Submitted to the International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning.
- Mathewson-Mitchell, D. ( in review). A model for learning in art museums: Connections beyond the classroom. Submitted to the conference proceedings of the Dialogues and Differences Arts Education Conference. University of Sydney.23rd-24th November, 2007.
- Mathewson Mitchell, D. (2008). A model for school-based learning in informal settings. .2007 AARE Conference proceedings, Fremantle, 25th-29th November, 2007 (refereed paper).
- Mathewson, D. (2003). Disrupting notions of collaboration: Investigating the social basis of educational relationships between museums and schools. Australian Art Education. 26,(2), 18-26.
Non-refereed publications
- Mathewson Mitchell, D. (2008). Multiliteracies in non-school contexts: Museums as cultural texts. 2007 AARE Conference proceedings, Fremantle, 25th-29th November, 2007.(non-refereed paper)
Conference presentations
- Developing a pedagogical framework for relational thinking. Paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association Annual Conference, Sunshine Coast, July, 2008.
- Establishing Foundations of Practice: A Continuing Research Journey. Paper presented to the School of Teacher Education Brown Bag, Charles Sturt University, May 2008.
- Exploring New Pedagogical Terrain: Teaching and Learning in Art Museums. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning at the University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane, 2007.
- An Art Educational Model for Learning in Art Museum Settings: Reflections on the Field. Paper presented at the Research Seminar in Art Education at the School of Art Education, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, 2006.
- An Art Educational Model for Learning in Art Museum Settings. Paper presented at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) annual conference in Chicago, USA, 2006.
- Invited to co-present a session at “Focus Fest”– an annual conference for Visual Arts teachers at the Art Gallery of NSW, 2002
- Invited to introduce Associate Professor Ghassan Hage at a guest lecture at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, 2003
- Reconceptualising Educational Engagements Between Museums and Schools. Paper accepted for presentation, and subsequent publication, at the combined annual conferences of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) and the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) in Auckland in December 2003
- Reconceptualising the Role of Art Educators in their Engagements with Art Museums. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Mini-Conference “Defining the Doctorate” in Newcastle in October 2003. Subsequently published on the associated CD publication.
- Disrupting Notions of Collaboration: An Alternative Approach to Educational Engagements in Museum Settings. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Australian Council of University of Art and Design Schools (ACUADS) in Hobart in October 2003. Subsequently published on the associated CD publication.
- Disrupting Notions of Collaboration: The Problematic Engagement of Museums and Schools. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education conference in Brisbane 2002. Subsequently published on the CD publication of the conference proceedings.
- Museums and Schools: An Analysis of the “Educational Game”. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education conference in Fremantle 2001. Subsequently published on the CD publication of the conference proceedings.
- Museums and Schools: An Analysis of the “Educational Game”. Paper accepted for presentation at the Australian Institute of Art Education conference in Adelaide, 2002
- Extending the Boundaries: Empowerment Beyond the Classroom. Paper presented at the Annual Australian Institute of Art Education conference in Melbourne, 2001
- An Investigation of Learning in Art Museums as Cultural Practice. Paper presented at a Research Seminar on Learning in Informal Settings at UTS, 2001