Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   Ms Louise Laskey

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Position Lecturer
Email louise.laskey@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education
Phone +61 3 924 46298
Campus Burwood
Location N 2.23 Main campus Burwood (03) 9244 6298
Role and profile Joint Appointee, Institute of Teaching and Learning and Faculty of Arts and Education

Lecturer in Educational Psychology, Early Childhood Education, Special Educational Needs
Research interests • Child Protection
• Youth Issues
• School Reform
• International Education

1997-2001, Australian Educational Researcher, Editorial Collective Member.
2008, Child Abuse Review, Invited reviewer.
2009, Australasian Journal of Teacher Education, Invited Reviewer.
Service to the University,
discipline or community  		 Member, Melbourne High School Council
Australian Psychological Society, College of Developmental and Educational Psychologists, (Vic) Deputy Convenor
Awards Deakin University Excellence in Teaching Award
Fellow of the College of Distinguished Deakin Educators
Qualifications B.A. Dip Ed Psych (Monash), M.Ed., (Monash), TPTC, (Frankston), Ph.D (in progress, Uni S.A.), M.A.Ps.S., (College of Developmental and Educational Psychologists).
Memberships Deakin University Equity and Equal Opportunity Committee

Member of the Australian Psychological Society
Member of International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Conferences Invited Presentations:

2007_Laskey, L, Student centred approaches to the teaching of child protection. Looking to the Future_: Opportunities and Developments in Teaching, Learning and International Areas of the Faculty of Education. Deakin University, November.
2007- Laskey, L, Teachers and child protection: An Australian perspective. University of Worcester, School of Education Research Seminar , December.
2008, Laskey, L, Wooranna Park Case Study: A multimedia case study of an innovative approach to multiculturalism in a school. Internationalising the Curriculum Conference, Deakin University, September.
2008, Laskey, L, Joint Appointment to the Faculty of Arts and Education and the Institute of Teaching and Learning: A vision for the role, Teaching and Learning Conference, Deakin University, June.
2008, Laskey, L, Knight, T, Macken, M and White, J, Turning Deakin’s ‘Principles of Teaching , Learning and the Student Experience’ into informed teaching action, College of Distinguished Deakin Educators, Deakin University, October.

2005- Laskey, L, Making a difference in child protection: Towards an effective education for teachers, Paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association conference, July, 2005, Surfers Paradise.
1998 - Blackmore, J., Hodgens, J., Laskey, L. and Thorpe, S.* (1998) "Mediating Change: Self Managing Schools, the Media and Reform", Research in Education: Does It Count: AARE 1998 Annual Conference, Adelaide.
1992- Watts, V., and Laskey, L, (1992), Dismantling the taboo: Child abuse and teacher education, in Children at Risk: Selected Papers, Norwegian Centre for Child Research. Trondheim, Norway.

Non-refereed Conference Papers
2008, Laskey, L, Overcoming teachers’ emotional concerns regarding child abuse, International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, International Conference, September, 2008, Hong Kong.
2007, Laskey, L, Preparing preservice teachers for child protection roles, International Society for Prevention

2005- Laskey, L, Supporting Learning and Development Throughout Life: The College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists, Australian Psychological Society, Victoria, Annual Conference, Melbourne.
2004- Laskey, L., Educating teachers in child protection: lessons from research, Australian Association for Research in Education, November, Melbourne.
2003-Laskey, L and Brown, P., Enhancing social safety for children and adults with moderate/severe intellectual disability, Ninth Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, November, 2003, Sydney.
2001 - Watts, V.* and Laskey, L. (2001) Education's potential contribution to the development of a stronger community, 8th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect Proceedings November, 2001, Melbourne.
2000 - Yospaiboon, K. and Laskey, L. (2000) Collaborative Action in Leadership Development for School Administrators, Information Technologies in Educational Innovation: Interfacing Global and Indigenous Knowledge: Sixth UNESCO-ACEID International Conference, p. 42, UNESCO, Thailand.
1997- Blackmore, J, Hodgens, J., Laskey, L., and Bigum, C, Institutional Schizophrenia: Self governance, performativity and the self managing school, Paper presented to the annual conference, AARE, Brisbane, December.
1997- Laskey, L., Issues in the mandatory reporting of child abuse for school personnel, Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim, Norway, May.
1996-Blackmore, J., and Laskey, L., Learning to change in a devolving school system: The Victorian case, Paper presented at the joint ERA-AARE Conference, Singapore, November.
1995 - Laskey, L. (1995) Mandatory Reporting: Teacher Responses to Implementation, Fifth Australasian Conference on Child Abuse, pp. 1-18, Australasian Conference on Child Abuse, Electronic (file 53).
1990 - Laskey, L and Hallinan, P., Teacher Education Success Inventory, Paper presented at ICET, Singapore, July.
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22nd April 2013