Publications
The 'Butterfly Effect' of Mentoring Practices in School-University Partnerships
Amanda Mooney, Matthew Thomas, Damian Blake
(2024), pp. 141-160, Creating, Sustaining, and Enhancing Purposeful School-University Partnerships: Building Connections Across Diverse Educational Systems, Berlin, Germany, B1
Zara Ersozlu, Muhammet Usak, Damian Blake
(2022), Vol. 9, pp. 1-18, Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Fort Myers, Fla., C1
Addressing Preservice Teacher's Reasons for Mathematics and Test Anxiety
Zara Ersozlu, Damian Blake, Muhammet Usak*, Stuart Hawken
(2022), Vol. 11, pp. 1715-1728, European Journal of Educational Research, Hanover, MD., C1
Team teaching in large spaces: three case studies framed by relational agency
V Prain, S Emery, D Thomas, V Lovejoy, C Farrelly, L Baxter, D Blake, C Deed, M Edwards, D Fingland, A Mooney, T Muir, K Swabey, R Tytler, E Workman, T Daniel-Zitzlaff, J Henriksen
(2021), Vol. 33, pp. 272-285, Teaching Education, C1
P Goh, D Blake
(2021), Vol. 8, Cogent Education, C1
Youth Conversations Research Report
Damian Blake, Louise Paatsch, Sarah Healy, Amanda Mooney
(2021), Geelong, Vic., A6
Teacher adaptation to flexible learning environments
C Deed, D Blake, J Henriksen, A Mooney, V Prain, R Tytler, T Zitzlaff, M Edwards, S Emery, T Muir, K Swabey, D Thomas, C Farrelly, V Lovejoy, N Meyers, D Fingland
(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 153-165, Learning environments research, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Final year preservice teachers' views of professional experience in partnership schools
Dianne Toe, Christine Ure, Damian Blake
(2020), Vol. 45, pp. 104-127, Australian journal of teacher education, Mt. Lawley, W.A., C1
A framework to support personalising prescribed school curricula
V Prain, D Blake, C Deed, M Edwards, S Emery, C Farrelly, D Fingland, J Henriksen, V Lovejoy, N Meyers, A Mooney, T Muir, R Sbaglia, K Swabey, D Thomas, R Tytler, T Zitzlaff
(2018), Vol. 44, pp. 1101-1119, British educational research journal, Chichester, Eng., C1
C Adachi, D Blake, K Riisla
(2018), pp. 292-297, ASCILITE 2018 : Open oceans: learning without borders : Proceedings of the 35th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education, Geelong, Victoria, E1
J Polesel, M Klatt, D Blake, K Starr
(2017), Vol. 30, pp. 283-298, Journal of education and work, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Teacher preparation in Malaysia: needed changes
P Goh, D Blake
(2015), Vol. 20, pp. 469-480, Teaching in higher education, London, Eng, C1
The literacy and numeracy strategy literature review
A Kostogriz, C Vale, G Auld, D Blake, L Bragg, S Ohi, T Ollis, J O'Mara, L Paatsch, G Williams
(2013), Melbourne, Vic., A6-1
Youth literacy development through applied learning and the national curriculum
D Blake, B Bowling
(2011), pp. 139-154, Creating an Australian curriculum for English : national agendas, local contexts, Putney, N.S.W., B1-1
Workplace learning coordinators program : formative evaluation : final report
D Blake, S Wong, L Grace
(2011), Melbourne, Vic., A6
The influence of learning environment on student conceptions of learning
P Smith, D Blake
(2009), Vol. 61, pp. 231-246, Journal of vocational education and training, Wallingford, England, C1
D Blake, C Campbell
(2009), Vol. 5, pp. 247-253, EURASIA journal of mathematics, science & technology education, Ankara, Turkey, C1
D Blake, D Gallagher
(2009), Vol. 1, pp. 49-71, Journal for Applied Learning in Higher Education, St. Joseph, Mo., C1
Supporting teachers as action researchers
D Blake
(2009), pp. 1-15, AARE 2009 : Australian Association for Research in Education International Education Research Conference, Canberra, A.C.T., E1
P Hubber, D Blake
(2008), Burwood, Vic., A6
Exploring the challenge of applied learning reform
D Blake
(2007), Vol. 3, pp. 58-76, International journal of pedagogies and learning, Brisbane, Qld., C1
Re-engaging young people through applied learning pedagogy
D Blake
(2006), pp. 24-34, ATEA 2006: Making teaching public: reforms in teacher education - proceedings of the 2006 Australian Teacher Education Association National Conference, Fremantle, W.A., E1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Innovative partnerships for youth engagement in education and work
Prof John Polesel, Prof Jack Keating, Prof Karen Starr, Prof Damian Blake, Mr David Gallagher, Mr David Michaels
ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2
- 2015: $44,000
- 2014: $48,000
- 2013: $44,000
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
Prof Damian Blake, Prof Russell Tytler, Dr Craig Deed, Dr Tracey Muir, Prof Amanda Mooney, Mr Damon Thomas, A/Prof Karen Swabey
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2019: $199
- 2018: $1,342
- 2017: $71,820
- 2016: $39,408
Other Public Sector Funding
Evaluation of the National Partnerships (Teacher, Quality, Supply and Retention) Initiatives for the Victorian school workforce
Prof Brenton Doecke, Prof Russell Tytler, Adj/Prof Christine Halse, Dr Brian Doig, Prof Julianne Moss, Prof Damian Blake, A/Prof Peter Hubber, Prof Coral Campbell, A/Prof Anne-Marie Morrissey, A/Prof Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Dr Wendy Kortman, Mr Alan Marshall, Ms Barbara Preston, Dr Jodie Kline, A/Prof Glenn Auld, Prof Linda Hobbs
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- 2013: $190,500
- 2012: $25,500
- 2011: $52,800
Pilot Tech Next Mid-Year intake - selection, recruitment & placement of participants (Phase 1) & course delivery (Phase 2)
Prof Damian Blake, Prof Russell Tytler, Prof Chris Hickey, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, A/Prof Peter Hubber, Prof Brenton Doecke, Dr Gaye Williams, Dr Gail Chittleborough
DEEWR Tender - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- 2012: $439,514
Innovative partnerships for youth engagement in education and work
Prof John Polesel, Prof Jack Keating, Prof Karen Starr, Prof Damian Blake, Mr David Gallagher, Mr David Michaels
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- 2015: $25,200
- 2014: $25,200
- 2013: $25,200
Literacy and Numeracy Strategy - Literature Review
A/Prof Colleen Vale, Prof Damian Blake, A/Prof Glenn Auld, Dr Leicha Bragg, Prof Louise Paatsch, A/Prof Trace Ollis, Prof Joanne O'Mara, Dr Sarah Ohi, Dr Gaye Williams
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- 2013: $54,420
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
Prof Damian Blake, Prof Russell Tytler, Dr Craig Deed, Dr Tracey Muir, Prof Amanda Mooney, Mr Damon Thomas, A/Prof Karen Swabey
Bendigo South East Secondary School, Crusoe 7-10 Secondary College, Eaglehawk Secondary College, Northern Bay P-12 College, Weeroona College Bendigo, Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2020: $20,690
- 2018: $45,827
- 2017: $9,500
Secondary Mathematics and Science initiative for out-of-field teachers.
Prof Russell Tytler, A/Prof Jill Brown, A/Prof Peta White, Prof Linda Hobbs, A/Prof Julianne Lynch, Dr Jo Raphael, Dr Carly Sawatzki, A/Prof Wanty Widjaja, Dr Seamus Delaney, Dr John Cripps Clark, Prof Damian Blake
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2023: $693,244
- 2022: $1,305,002
- 2021: $1,984,010
- 2020: $764,034
Deakin University - Master of Applied Learning and Teaching (Secondary) - 2021 and 2022 Cohorts.
Prof Damian Blake, Dr Kellie Tobin, Dr Cheryl Ryan, Dr Adam Usher, Prof Amanda Mooney, Mrs Juliet Erekson
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2023: $45,747
- 2022: $254,238
- 2021: $100,000
- 2020: $100,000
VCAL Teachers Scholarships Program - Graduate Certificate of Applied Learning and Teaching.
Prof Damian Blake, Prof Amanda Mooney, Dr Kellie Tobin, Mrs Juliet Erekson, Dr Cheryl Ryan, Dr Adam Usher
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2022: $894,870
- 2021: $545,183
Accelerated Bachelor of Early Childhood Education for diploma qualified educators ("Accelerated BECE") student cohorts
Prof Damian Blake, Dr Natalie Robertson, Prof Amanda Mooney, A/Prof Liz Rouse, Ms Naomi David, Dr Rosemarie Scott
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2024: $50,000
- 2023: $102,000
- 2022: $698,000
- 2021: $1,120,000
VET Employment-based pathways into Teaching Program for qualified educators student cohorts
Prof Damian Blake, Prof Amanda Mooney, A/Prof Trace Ollis, Dr Adam Usher, Dr Cheryl Ryan, Dr Kellie Tobin, Mrs Juliet Erekson
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2022: $558,334
- 2021: $447,000
Study and Pilot testing of a Multi-Provider Teaching Academy of Professional Practice Model for workforce creating in Victorian Rural and Regional.
Prof Damian Blake, Prof Amanda Mooney, A/Prof Matthew Thomas, Prof Dianne Toe, Mrs Edwina El Hachem
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2021: $150,000
Improving Mentoring in Teacher Education.
A/Prof Matthew Thomas, Prof Amanda Mooney, Dr Kate Johnstone, Prof Damian Blake, Dr Trent Brown, Dr Kellie Tobin
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2023: $75,000
- 2022: $75,000
Central VET Specialist Services.
Prof Damian Blake, Dr Adam Usher, A/Prof Trace Ollis, Dr Kellie Tobin, Dr Cheryl Ryan, Mrs Juliet Erekson, A/Prof Andrew Skourdoumbis
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2023: $1,771,636
- 2022: $55,127
Innovative ITE intervention to address teacher workforce supply.
Prof Amanda Mooney, Prof Damian Blake, Dr Kellie Tobin, Dr Adam Usher, Dr Cheryl Ryan, Mrs Juliet Erekson, A/Prof Matthew Thomas
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2023: $160,000
- 2022: $50,000
Implementing a Multi-Provider Professional Practice Model in Victorian Regional Communities.
A/Prof Matthew Thomas, Prof Damian Blake, Dr Kate Johnstone, Mrs Edwina El Hachem, Dr Lynette Longaretti
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2023: $208,330
VET Employment Based Pathways Program
Dr Kellie Tobin, Prof Damian Blake, Dr Cheryl Ryan, Mrs Juliet Erekson, A/Prof Trace Ollis, Dr Shaun Rawolle
Department of Education and Training Victoria
- 2024: $806,282
Industry and Other Funding
Support Agreement - Northern Bay Guarantee
Prof Damian Blake
Shell Refining (Australia) Pty Ltd
- 2014: $58,000
Improving Regional Low SES Students Learning and Wellbeing
Prof Damian Blake, Prof Russell Tytler, Dr Craig Deed, Dr Tracey Muir, Prof Amanda Mooney, Mr Damon Thomas, A/Prof Karen Swabey
Anglicare Tasmania Inc., La Trobe University
- 2017: $20,763
- 2016: $1,000
Other Funding Sources
Pilot Teach Next Mid-Year Intake 2 - selection, recruitment & placement of participants (Phase 1) & course delivery (Phase 2)
Prof Damian Blake, Margaret Stacey, Mr Barry Plant, Dr Bryan Humphrey
DEEWR Tender - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (CAT8)
- 2014: $53,385
- 2013: $193,796
- 2012: $505,921
Supervisions
Natalie Harris
Thesis entitled: Implementing the International Baccalaureate in the United Arab Emirates: A Bourdieusian perspective
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Kellie Tobin
Thesis entitled: Crossing boundaries and building enduring partnerships in initial teacher education
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Margaret Colasante
Thesis entitled: Co-constructing digital teaching practice in higher education: An activity theory perspective
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Stuart Roger Hawken
Thesis entitled: Innovative Applied Learning for School Completion: An Activity Theory Perspective
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Janet Gregory
Thesis entitled: Australian Principals' Experiences in Implementing Instructional leadership in Regional Victoria
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Reem Hashem
Thesis entitled: Interrogating the Paradox: Distributed Leadership and 'Sheikhocracy' in Jordanian Schools Leadership
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Christine Roma Schulz
Thesis entitled: Learning to be Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) Educators
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Paula Foran
Thesis entitled: The value of guided operating theatre experience for undergradaute nurses
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Tina Daniel-Zitzlaff
Thesis entitled: Teaching Early Reading: Teacher Perspectives of Practice
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
James Nathan Goring
Thesis entitled: Young People, Twenty-First Century Skills and Uncertain Futures: A Genealogy of Australia¿s Neo-Liberal Education Apparatus
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Omid Talebi Rezaabadi
Thesis entitled: Iranian Immigrants Discourse Struggles: a Case on Subjectivity and Second Language (L2) Selves
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
John Andrew Hill
Thesis entitled: Personalising Learning in Practical Physical Education in Middle-Years¿ Schooling
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Stephen Kendall-Jones
Thesis entitled: When did our schools become the problem?
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Mohd Fauzi Bin Kamarudin
Thesis entitled: Restructuring in Higher Education: A Case Study in an Australian University
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Helen Dorothy Hughes
Thesis entitled: Exploring Principals' Purposes, Experiences and Perceptions of Teacher Appraisal in Victorian Independent Schools
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Elspeth Mary McGavin
Thesis entitled: Risk in the VET Practitioner's Teaching Experience and Professional Identity
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Jennine Fleming
Thesis entitled: Exploring stakeholders perspectives of cooperative education in sport tertiary education
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Nicholas Wempe
Thesis entitled: Developing IT professionals in New Zealand using project-based learning
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Maureen Phillips
Thesis entitled: The Role of Self-direction in Australian Sonographers' Professional Development
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Robin Mautner
Thesis entitled: Reengaging 'At-risk' Youth in Secondary Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Dipu Sebastian
Thesis entitled: Enhacing Student Learning in a First Year Business Program
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Raymond Meldrum
Thesis entitled: A Curriculum for Entrepreneurial Creativity and Resourcefulness in New Zealand
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Andrew Smith
Thesis entitled: Spirituality and the Transition to Manhood
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education