Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   A/Prof. Andrea Allard

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Position Associate Professor
Email andrea.allard@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education
Phone +61 3 924 46026
Campus Burwood
Location G3.08
Role and profile Course Co-ordinator - Master of Teaching
Teaching responsibilities 2010- 2012 Unit Chair, EEE753, Becoming a Professional Educator
2008- 2012 Unit Chair, EXR440, Teaching for Diversity (Fourth year core unit, Secondary students).
‘Becoming a Professional Educator’.
Research interests 1.Social justice and educational change practices
2.Professional partnerships in pre and in service education
3.Innovative research methodologies
4.Ethical and professional identities in a postmodern age
5.Relations of power in gender and cross-cultural interactions
6.Values, beliefs, ethics and educational change.
Current research projects 2011- 2013 Investigating the effectiveness of teacher education for early career teachers in diverse settings: A longitudinal study. (ARC-Linkage Grant, $293,000). Prof Diane E Mayer, Prof Brenton Doecke, Prof Richard J Bates, A/Prof Mary Dixon, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, A/Prof Andrea C Allard, A/Prof Simone J White, Dr Bernadette M Walker-Gibbs, Dr Leonie O Rowan, Prof Claire M Wyatt-Smith


2010 -2012 Using Professional Standards: Assessing work integrated learning in initial teacher education (ALTC funding - $218,000). Cheryl Sims & Jill Freiberg (Griffith University), Andrea C. Allard & Simone White (Deakin University) and Rosie Le Cornu & Briony Carter (University of South Australia).

2010- 2011 Building effective school-university partnerships for a quality teacher workforce. (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development- funded). Simone White, Diane Mayer, Andrea Allard, Mary Dixon, Kirsten Hutchison.

2009 -2011 Authentically Assessing Beginning Teaching: Professional Standards and Teacher Performance Assessment. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development grant ($30,000) Mary Dixon, Di Mayer, Andrea Allard, Andrea Gallant.


2010-2011 Making sense of ‘correct conduct’ in relationships between teachers and students: A case study of perspectives from different cultures. (Faculty Teaching and Learning Grant, $5,000). Andrea C. Allard, Julie Dyer, Andrea Gallant

2009-2010 Reflexivity in practice: peer mentoring in higher education. Centre for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation Grant ($7,000) Hanan Sukkar, Andrea Gallant, Andrea Allard.
Service to the University,
discipline or community  		 2008 - 2012. Faculty of Arts and Education Board.
2007 - 2009. Member of the School of Education Ethics Committee
2006- 2007 Staff representative, Faculty Research and Doctoral Studies Committee
2003- 2007 Member and Convenor (2007), ‘Difference and Identity in Education’, Faculty Research Group
2002- 2005 Chair, First Year @ Deakin Program, Burwood Campus; Representative on University First Year @ Deakin Committee.
2001-2008 Education Studies Major Committee
Awards 2003. Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching, First Year at Deakin Team.

2000. La Trobe University Award for Exemplary Thesis Writing and Research in the Field of Education.
Qualifications PhD La Trobe University, 1999
MEd La Trobe University, 1985
BSc (Education) University of Minnesota, 1972
Teaching Certificate, 1972
Memberships PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/MEMBERSHIP
Australian Association for Research in Education
American Educational Research Association
Australian Curriculum Studies Association
Gender and Education Association

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22nd April 2013