School of Teacher Education
Jane Mitchell
Associate Professor
BA; Dip Ed; M.Ed; PhD
Jane Mitchell
Charles Sturt University Faculty of Education
Bathurst, NSW, Australia
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Jane Mitchell was appointed to the Faculty of Education at Charles Sturt University in July 2007. She has previously held positions at Monash University, The University of Queensland, and the University of Canberra. She completed her PhD at the University of British Columbia (Canada) in 2001. Jane’s teaching and research interests are concerned with teacher education, professional learning, curriculum and pedagogy. She has co-authored two books concerned with teacher education (Secondary Schooling in a Changing World and the Middle Years: More than a Transition) and has a number of other publications concerned with professional learning.
Research
- Teacher education and professional learning. Specific areas include: curriculum and pedagogy in initial teacher education; relationship between policy and practice; professional learning communities; professional learning leadership; professional standards and accreditation; school-university partnerships.
- Curriculum and pedagogy. Understanding relationship between context/culture, curriculum content, pedagogy and assessment in range of educational settings.
Teaching
- Reconceptualising secondary education
Professional Engagement
- President, Australian Teacher Education Association
Publications
Books and Edited Books
- Groundwater Smith, S., Brennan, M., McFadden, M., & Mitchell, J. (2009) Secondary Schooling in a Changing World (2nd edition). Melbourne: Cengage.
- Berry, A., Blaise, M., Clemans, A., Loughran, J., Mitchell, J., Parr, G., Riley, P. & Robb, D. (2008). Leading Professional Learning: Cases of professional dilemmas. Melbourne: Victoria DEECD & Monash University.
- Groundwater-Smith, S., Mitchell,J. & Mockler, N. (2007). The Middle Years of Schooling: More than a transition. Melbourne: Thomson Publishing.
- Carrington, V., Mitchell, J., Rawolle, S. & Zavros, A. (Eds). (2002). Troubling Practice. Flaxton, Qld: Post Pressed.
- Groundwater Smith, S., Brennan, M., McFadden, M., & Mitchell, J. (2001) Secondary Schooling in a Changing World. Sydney: Harcourt.
Book chapters
- Mitchell, J. (2008). The Leading Professional Learning Program. In Berry, A., Blaise, M., Clemans, A., Loughran, J., Mitchell, J., Parr, G., Riley, P. & Robb, D. (eds.). Leading Professional Learning: Cases of professional dilemmas. Melbourne: Victoria DEECD & Monash University.
- Mitchell, J., Kelleher, H. & Saundry, C. (2007). Learning by Design: A multimedia mathematics project in a teacher education program. In Farr Darling, L., Clarke, A. and Erickson, G. (eds.) Collective Improvisation in Teacher Education. Springer.
- Clarke, A. & Mitchell, J. (2007). Teacher Educators Using Technology: Functional, Participative, and Generative Competencies. In Farr Darling, L., Clarke, A. and Erickson, G. (eds.) Collective Improvisation in Teacher Education. Springer.
- Mitchell, J., Murray, S. & Nuttall, J. (2006). Teacher Education: what are its prospects? In Doecke, B., Howie, M. & Sawyer, W. (eds.) Only Connect: English Teaching, Schooling and Community. Wakefield Press.
- Mitchell, J., Hunter, L., Stevens, L. & Mayer, D. (2005) Teacher Education for the Middle Years of Schooling: Making connections between fields of knowledge, educational policy reforms and pedagogical practice. In Gary Hoban (Ed.) The Missing Links in Teacher Education. Kluwer Academic Press.
- Erickson, G., Darling, L., Clarke, T. & Mitchell, J. (2004). Creating a Community of Inquiry in a Teacher Education Program. In Bednarz, N. & Jonnert, P. (eds.) Paradigmes soci-constructivistes et information des intervenants. Bruxelles; Editions de Boeck.
Contract reports
- Murray, S., Mitchell, J., Gale, T., Edwards, J. & Zyngier, D. (2004). Student disengagement from primary school: a review of research and practice. A report to the CASS Foundation.
- Mitchell, J. (2004) Reforms in Queensland State School. In Loughran, J. and Doecke, B. (eds) Teaching and Learning Environmental Scan for Victoria Department of Education and Training.
- Mitchell, I., Mitchell, J., Parr, G., Berry, A. & Mitchell, J. (2004). Review of DET Principles for Teaching and Learning. Prepared for Victoria Department of Education and Training.
- Land, R., Pendergast, D., Weir, K., Mitchell, J. & Carrington, V. (2004). Sustaining School Reform in the Middle Phase of Schooling. Report to MCEETYA.
- Mayer, D., Mitchell, J., MacDonald, D. Land, R. & Luke, A. (2002). Evaluation of Education Queensland Professional Standards for Teachers Pilot. A report to Education Queensland.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Murray, S., Nuttall, J. & Mitchell, J. (2008). Research into initial teacher education in Australia: a survey of the literature 1995-2004. Teaching and Teacher Education. 24 (1). 225-239
- Murray, S., Nuttall, J. & Mitchell, J. (accepted for publication). Research into initial teacher education in Australia: a survey of the literature 1995-2004. Teaching and Teacher Education.
- Mitchell, J., Clarke, A. & Nuttall, J. (2007). Cooperating Teachers’ Perspectives Under Scrutiny: A comparative analysis of Australia and Canada. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 35 (1). 5-25.
- McDonald, D., Mitchell, J. & Mayer, D. (2006). Professional standards for physical education teachers’ professional development: technologies for performance? Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 11(3). 231-246.
- Nuttall, J., Murray, S., Seddon, T. & Mitchell, J. (2006). Changing research contexts in teacher education in Australia: charting new directions. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 34(3), 321-332.
- Brown, J., Miller, J., & Mitchell, J. (2006). Interrupted schooling and the acquisition of literacy: Experiences of Sudanese refugees in Victorian schools. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 29 (2), 150-162.
- Stevens, L. & Mitchell, J. (2006). De-fetishising methods and diversity: Working between pedagogy and diversity in teacher education. Action in Teacher Education. 28 (2).
- Minh, T., Lingard, B. & Mitchell, J. (2006). The policy cycle and vernacular globalization: A case study of the creation of Vietnam National University—Hochiminh City. Comparative Education. 42 (2), 225-242.
- Miller, J., Mitchell, J. & Brown, J. (2005). African refugees with interrupted schooling in the high school mainstream: dilemmas for teachers. Prospect – An Australian Journal of TESOL. 20(2), 19-33.
- Mayer, D., Mitchell, J., McDonald, D. & Bell, R. (2005). Professional standards for teachers: A case study of professional learning. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 33 (2).
- Mitchell, J. & Erickson, G. (2004). Constituting new conventions of academic writing: An analysis of computer mediated communication in a graduate seminar. Journal of Educational Thought. 38 (1).
- Mitchell, J. (2003) Online writing: a link to learning in a teacher education program. Teaching and Teacher Education. 19 (1), 127-143.
- Mitchell, J., Kapitzke, C., Mayer, D., Carrington, V., Stevens, L., Bahr, N., Pendergast, D., & Hunter, L. (2003). Aligning School Reform and Teacher Education Reform in The Middle Years: an Australian case study. Teaching Education. 14 (1), 69-82.
- Shaw, P., Sharp, C., McDonald, S., Farr Darling, L., Mitchell, J. & Mayer, D. (2003). Broadening Conceptions of Curriculum for Young People: reports from three student teachers on exchange. Teaching Education. 14 (1), 83-104.
- Mitchell, J. & Wakefield, J. (2001). Going Public: Pre-service teachers and teacher educators put their thoughts on the line. Information Technology, Education and Society, 2(1), 51-71.
- Carrington, V., Pendergast, D., Bahr, N., Kapitzke, C., Mitchell, J. & Mayer, D. (2001). Education Futures: Transforming Teacher Education in the Middle Years. In Brennan, M. (ed.) Proceedings 10th National Biennial Conference of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association. Canberra.
- Murray, S., Mitchell, J. and Dobbins, R. (1998). An Australian mentoring program for beginning teachers: Benefits for mentors. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 23 (1), 14-22.
- Mitchell, J. & Dobbins, R. (1997). Charles Sturt University Extended Practicum Program: Deliberate and serendipitous learning. Mentoring and Tutoring, 4 (2), 32-40.
- Mitchell, J. (1996).Developing Reflective Teaching: Negotiation in the practicum. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 24 (1), 47-61.