A/Prof. Andrew Skourdoumbis

Teacher Effectiveness Research
Critical Theory in Education
Education Policy Analysis
Social Justice in Education
Research Methodology
Politics of Education
Science and Maths Education

European Education Research Association

Australian Association for Research In Education

American Educational Research Association

British Education Research Association

Research for Educational Impact

National Tertiary Education Union

Teacher Effectiveness Research, Curriulum, Educational Theory and Practice, Policy Analysis.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2005). The manufacturing of ‘crises’ in public education: The advance against the public school teacher, in Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education, pp. 1-14.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2006). Positivist research as illusio: a critical examination of teacher effectiveness debates, in Proceedings of the Australian Association of Research in Education, pp. 1-8.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2009). The ‘Class/Teacher’ Effects Distortion: A Critique of Purely Positivist Teacher Effectiveness Research And Inquiry. Paper presented at The International Conference On Learning, The University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2010). The Political And Economic Arguments In Contemporary Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Research And Inquiry. Paper presented at the Second International Asian Conference on Education in Osaka, Japan, December 2010.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2010). The Problem Of Underachievement in Numeracy: Using Bourdieu and Critical Theory to Interpret Academic Achievement. Paper presented at The International Conference On Learning, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, HK.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2011) A Critical Case Study Of Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Research. Paper presented at the European Conference on Education Research at the Freie University, Berlin, Germany and at The British Education Research Conference, Institute of Education, The University of London, UK.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2012) International ‘benchmarking’ studies and the identification of ‘education best practice’: a focus on classroom teachers and their practices. Paper presented at the Australian Association of Research in Education, The University of Sydney, December 2-6.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2013) Specialized Evidence in Education: Using Measurement as The Means for Certainty. Paper presented at the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. December 6th-10th.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2013) Enframing Curriculum: The Contradictory Messages of Capabilities Approach To Australian School Education, Paper presented as part of Symposium, A capability approach to education: What are the implications? Who benefits? Australian Association for Research in Education, The Hilton Hotel, Adelaide, Australia. November 30-December 5th.

• Skourdoumbis, A. (2013) New Directions? A Foucauldian Critique of Contemporary Education Policy Reforms. Paper presented at the European Conference on Education Research, Bacesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. September 9-13th.

1. SKOURDOUMBIS, A. & PARKER, P. (T. Gale—mentor).  Using a capability approach to re-frame teacher’s ‘pedagogic work’. Deakin University Central Research Grant. ($10K)

2. SKOURDOUMBIS, A. & PARKER, P. with Gale, T., Walker-Gibbs, B. & Kostogriz, A. Capabilities and Australian education policy: implications for teachers’ pedagogic work. CREFI Research Development Grant. ($11K)

3. Mosse, J., Sheehan, G., SKOURDOUMBIS, A., Ryan, T., Richard, J. and Russell, D. A framework for building teacher capacity and student aspiration in STEM within regional school- university partnerships. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Office of Learning and Teaching Grant. ($205K)

4. Gale, T. Hodge, S. Charlton, E. PARKER, S. SKOURDOUMBIS, A., Rodd, C. &Rawolle, S. Impact for disadvantaged learners of VET providers delivering bachelor qualifications. National VET Equity Advisory Council. ($80)

5. Siemens, D., Breed, M., Virgona, M., Stephens, M.,  SKOURDOUMBIS, A & Berenger, A. (2009-2010) Developing capacity in maths teachers, The Numeracy Coach Initiative Training Program managed in conjunction with the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD. ($80K)