Jane Pearce

BA (Hons) Liv, PGCE Leeds, MEd Liv, PhD Murdoch.
Lecturer , SOE

Research Interests

1. Critical pedagogy
2. Equity and social justice in education
3. Teaching and learning in adult and tertiary settings
4. Teachers’ work
5. Narrative research

Projects

1. Addressing the teacher exodus: Enhancing early career teacher resilience and retention in changing times (Funded by Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage project grant, 2008)
2. Enhancing tertiary participation and retention (Funded by Murdoch University REGS, 2006)
3. Enhancing Organisational Culture (Funded by the WA Department of Education and Training Women in Leadership Program with WA Universities Centre for Research for Women, 2006)

Publications

1. Pearce, J. (in press) Identity and pedagogy: Critical reflections on university teaching. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag
2. Collins, M. & Pearce, J. (2006) Executive Women Leading Women: Mentoring at a Distance Case Sketch. Available: http://www.wil.det.wa.edu.au/wil/professional-learning/leading-women
3. Pearce, J. & Moore, E. (2005) Having it both ways. Challenging institutional borders for social justice. International Journal of Learning, Volume 9 2002/2005, pp 1061-1069.
4. Pearce, J. (2001) Indigenous students at university. Is teaching still a colonising process?  Proceedings of the AARE Conference Fremantle.
5. Pearce, J. (2000) Shock, self doubt and rising to the challenge: non-Aboriginal teachers learn about Aboriginal values. In Leicester, M., C. Mogdil & S. Mogdil, (Eds.) Education, Culture &Values – Vol. II. London: Falmer Press.

Higher Degree Research Topics

1. Critical pedagogy
2. Equity in higher education
3. Innovative pedagogies in higher education
4. Professional learning
5. Teachers’ work
6. Literacy and literacy education
7. Qualitative research methodologies

Contact Details

j.pearce@murdoch.edu.au