Prof. Diane Mayer |
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| Position | Honorary Professor | |
| diane.mayer@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | PVC's Office - Arts & Education | |
| Phone | N/A | |
| Campus | Geelong | |
| Role and profile |
Honorary Professor |
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| Teaching responsibilities |
PhD Supervision: - Michelle Ludecke ‘Using performance to understand beginning teachers’ work' |
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| Research interests |
Teacher education and professional learning Beginning teaching and induction Professionalism and the professionalisation of teaching (including the policy context of standards and regulation) |
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| Current research projects |
Current research and scholarship focuses on the policy and practice of teacher education, examining issues associated with the professionalism of teaching and what that means for the policy and practice of teacher education within the context of economic and cultural globalisation. 2012-2013: Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR) funded tender, "Longitudinal Teacher Workforce Main Study". D. Mayer, R. Bates, B. Doecke, J. Moss, J. Kline, B. Walker-Gibbs, A. Kostogriz 2011-2014: Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant LP110100003 "Investigating the effectiveness of teacher education for early career teachers in diverse settings: a longitudinal study" D.Mayer, B.Doecke, M.Dixon, A.Kostogriz, A.Allard, S.White, B.Walker-Gibbs, L.Rowan, C.Wyatt-Smith, R.Bates. Allard, A., White, S., Dixon, M., Galitis, I., Hutchinson, K., Kline, J., Loughlin & D. Mayer (2011). Building effective school-university partnerships for a quality teacher workforce: A Victorian led initiative. Final Report on a project funded by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Education (August, 2011). Dixon, M., D. Mayer, A. Gallant, & A. Allard. (2011). Authentically Assessing Beginning Teaching: Professional Standards and Teacher Performance Assessment. The Deakin Authentic Teacher Assessment (ATA). Report 2 on a project funded by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Education and the Victorian Institute of Teaching (June 2011). |
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| Service to the University, discipline or community |
Co-editor "Teaching Education" http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cted Co-editor "Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education" http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/capj |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Publications | Mayer, D. (forthcoming 2012). The Continuing “Problem” of Teacher Education: Policy Driven Reforms and the Role of Teacher Education. In Zhu Xudong & K. Zeichner (Eds), Preparing Teachers for the 21st Century. New York: Springer Gallant, A., & Mayer, D., (2012). Teacher Performance Assessment in Malaysian Teacher Education. Journal of Education for Teaching: International research and pedagogy. 38(3). Mayer, D. & Pecheone, R. (2012). Rethinking teacher education in Australia: The teacher quality initiative. In A. Lieberman & L. Darling-Hammond (Eds.), High Quality Teaching and Learning: International Perspectives on Teacher Education. New York: Routledge Mayer, D. (2011). Learning to teach in emotional contexts. In C. Day & J. Lee (Eds.), New Understandings of Teachers' Work: Emotions and Educational Change. New York: Springer Mayer, D, Mitchell, J., Santoro, N., and White, S. (2011). Teacher Educators and ‘Accidental’ Careers: An Australian Perspective. Journal of Education for Teaching. 37(3), 247-260. | |
