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2019 Awards Evening Melbourne Graduate School of Education
02 2019
AWARDS EVENING
2 019
A W ARDS E V ENI NG
Order of proceedings
Welcome
Dr Jim Watterston
Master of Teaching awards
MGSE Staff Excellence awards
Master of Teaching video
Dean’s Honours List
MGSE Teaching Excellence awards
Graduate Student Research awards
Presentation
Kate O'Connor
Special awards
MGSE Staff Research awards
Presentation
Dr Lisa McKay-Brown
Celebratory Reception2019
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WE LCOME
It is my pleasure to welcome you to
the 2019 Melbourne Graduate School
of Education Awards Evening.
This Awards Evening here tonight, certainly
highlights and celebrates demonstrates this
the success of our graduate impressive contribution
students across our courses, to our vision for society.
and the many achievements Tonight, we will present
of our staff through their Dr Jim Watterston
an impressive 83 awards
transformative teaching, and scholarships to 122 Dean, Melbourne Graduate
research leadership and recipients and I would like School of Education
community engagement. to thank our donors and Enterprise Professor,
The Melbourne Graduate sponsors whose generosity Education Systems
School of Education is has made this possible.
dedicated to our vision My sincere congratulations
of equipping people to all our award winners, and
to address the major I hope you take the time to
educational challenges enjoy the recognition of your
of our time. The quality hard work and success with
of the work of our students your family and friends.
and staff, acknowledged04 MASTE R O F
TE ACHI NG A WA RD S
Ada Mary a’Beckett Award Association of Graduates Australian Council for
Awarded to the student who has in Early Childhood Studies Health, Physical Education
achieved distinction within the Award – Early Childhood and Recreation Award –
Master of Teaching (Early Childhood). Awarded to a student who has Secondary (Health Education)
Donor demonstrated excellence in the Awarded to the graduating student
Friends and colleagues of Ada Master of Teaching (Early Childhood). in the Master of Teaching
Mary a’Beckett, to commemorate Sponsor (Secondary) who achieved the
her contributions to early The Association of Graduates most outstanding result for the
childhood studies. in Early Childhood Studies. Health Education learning area.
Donor
Awardee Australian Council for
Awardee
Melanie Gunn Health, Physical Education
Catherine Hronakis
and Recreation.
Alice Taylor Scholarship Association of Graduates Awardee
Awarded to the graduating in Early Childhood Studies Sarah Ridout
student in the Master of Award – Early Childhood
Teaching who achieved the and Primary
most outstanding result. Australian Council for Health,
Awarded to a student who
Donor has demonstrated excellence
Physical Education and
The Scholarship was established in the Master of Teaching Recreation Award – Secondary
in 1995 by Miss Claire Taylor in (Early Childhood and Primary). (Physical Education)
memory of her mother Alice Awarded to the graduating
Taylor (DipEd 1914). Sponsor
The Association of Graduates student in the Master of Teaching
in Early Childhood Studies. (Secondary) who achieved the
Awardee most outstanding result for the
Merjam Music Physical Education learning area.
Awardee
Donor
Meredith Anderson
Australian Council for Health,
Argyle Scholarship Physical Education and Recreation.
Awarded to a high-achieving Australian Council for Health,
student from a rural or regional
Physical Education and Awardees
background who commenced
Recreation Award – Primary Hayley Gossow
the Master of Teaching in 2019.
and Edin Selimovic
Awarded to the graduating
Donor
student in the Master of Teaching
The Laidlaw Family, to support a
(Primary) who achieved the most
rural or regional teacher candidate.
outstanding result for the subject
Health and Physical Education.
Awardee Sponsor
Alexandra Said Australian Council for Health,
Physical Education and Recreation.
Awardee
Susannah Woolley2019
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Australian Education Union Dorothy Jean Ineke Dwight’s Prize
Excellence in Classroom Scholarship in Education Awarded to the student with the
Teaching Award Awarded by the Dean on the basis highest aggregate score in the
Awarded to the student with the of excellence to a student Master of Teaching (Secondary).
highest mark in the professional transitioning from the Master Donor
practice component during of Teaching to their PhD or to Henry Tolman Dwight for the
the first year of the Master of a Master of Teaching student encouragement of learning in
Teaching (Secondary). undertaking the research stream. ancient history, constitutional
Sponsor Donor and legal history, and natural
Australian Education Union. Ms Julie Sheldrake in memory of philosophy and other branches
her mother Dorothy Jean Ineke. of University education.
Awardees
Seamus Kavanagh Awardees Awardee
and Patrick Lyons Kieran Ebert and Merjam Music
Mara Rosenkrantz
Collette Tayler Indigenous Frederick John
Education Scholarship Drama Victoria Gladman Prize
Awarded to a high-achieving
Primary Award Awarded to the student placed
Indigenous student in the first-year Awarded to the student first overall in the final year of
of the Master of Teaching (Early in the Master of Teaching the Master of Teaching (Primary).
Childhood) and (Early Childhood (Primary) who has displayed Donor
and Primary) or to an indigenous an exceptionally high level
or non-indigenous student of pedagogical knowledge Instituted by public subscription
undertaking research involving and skill in Drama. to be awarded to students of the
Indigenous young children and former Melbourne Teacher’s
Sponsor
families in the field of early College (now MGSE). This award
Drama Victoria.
childhood education. is presented in honour of the late
Frederick John Gladman who was
Sponsor Awardee Principal of the Central Training
The late Professor Stefanie White Institute of Victoria (now MGSE)
Emeritus Collette Tayler. from 1877 to 1884.
Awardee Drama Victoria
Awardee
Cristina Guarrella Secondary Award Sonya Geraets
Awarded to the student
in the Master of Teaching
(Secondary) who has displayed
an exceptionally high level of
pedagogical knowledge and
skill in the Drama learning area.
Sponsor
Drama Victoria.
Awardee
Phoebe Witts06 MASTER OF
TEACHING AWARDS
Graham Corr Award Ian Hansen – Victorian Manuel Gelman Award
Awarded to a second-year student Association for the Teaching for Teaching Excellence
in the Master of Teaching (Primary) of English Award (Languages)
who demonstrates outstanding Awarded to the graduating Awarded to a student in the Master
teaching practice. student in the Master of Teaching of Teaching (Secondary) who
Donor (Secondary) who achieved the excels in languages.
Dr Graham P Corr and most outstanding result for the
Donor
Mrs Robyn M Corr. English learning area.
The late Mrs Sylvia Gelman AM MBE,
Sponsor in honour of her late husband,
Awardee Victorian Association for Manuel Gelman Chevalier de la
Arl Gurr the Teaching of English. Légion d’Honneur* (1992).
Awardee Awardee
Harold Cohen Prize Emily Delahunty Meredith Wrigley
Awarded to the student who
receives the highest aggregate
mark in the final 100 points of Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar Manuel Gelman Award for
the course for the degree of School Award Teaching Excellence (Music)
Master of Teaching (Secondary). Awarded to the student who Awarded to a student in the Master
Donor has demonstrated outstanding of Teaching (Secondary) who
The Harold Cohen Prize was ability both academically and in excels in music.
established in 1946 by Brigadier the practicum component of the
Donor
Harold Edward Cohen, CMG CBE Master of Teaching and who will be
The late Mrs Sylvia Gelman AM MBE,
DSO VD. available for a teaching placement
in honour of her late husband,
at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School.
Manuel Gelman Chevalier de la
Awardee Donor Légion d’Honneur* (1992).
Merjam Music Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School.
Awardee
Awardee Elliott Westbury
Hugh Childers Candice Naude
Memorial Prize *
The National Order of the
Awarded to the student who Legion of Honour is the highest
received the second highest Lochrie Indigenous decoration in France
aggregate mark in the Master Leadership Education
of Teaching (Secondary). Scholarship
Donor Awarded to a high-achieving
Charles E. E. Childers and Mrs Indigenous Australian student who
Stephen L. Simeon in memory of enrols in the Master of Teaching or
the Rt. Hon. H.C.E. Childers, first may support research in the field
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Indigenous education at the
of Melbourne. University of Melbourne.
Donor
Awardees Anonymous.
Benjamin Karwan
and Chloe Steele
Awardee
Joshua Cubillo2019
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Master of Teaching Norman Curry Award School of Early
Research Prize Awarded to a student in the Childhood Studies Fund –
Awarded to the student who Master of Teaching (Secondary) Research Award
submitted the most meritorious who demonstrates outstanding Awarded to the student in
research minor thesis and had the teaching practice. the Master of Teaching (Early
best overall performance in the Donor Childhood) who undertook
Master of Teaching research option Dr Norman Curry. the research option and has
during the preceding year. achieved the best overall results
Sponsor for the duration of the course.
Awardees
Melbourne Graduate Donor
Seamus Kavanagh
School of Education. The School of Early Childhood
and Patrick Lyons
Studies Fund was established in 2001
following the wind up of the Institute
Awardee
Olive Battersby Scholarship of Early Childhood Studies Trust after
Wais Yaqubi
the amalgamation of the Melbourne
Awarded to a commencing College of Advanced Education with
student in the Master of Teaching the University in 1989.
Mathematical Association who demonstrates a passion
of Victoria Award (Primary) for teaching.
Awarded to the graduating student Awardee
Donor
in the Master of Teaching (Primary) Michelle Koziol
Joan Kent and John Battersby
who has achieved the highest in memory of their sister Olive
aggregate mark in mathematics Battersby who dedicated nearly
education subjects. Suzanne and Geoffrey
forty years of her life (1948-1987)
to the Faculty of Education Dawson Scholarship
Sponsor
The Mathematical (now MGSE). Awarded to a high-achieving student
Association of Victoria. enrolled in the Master of Teaching
and pursuing research in the field of
Awardee education, the outcome of which is
Awardee Thi Hiep Pham likely to enhance the advancement
Benjamin Howes of social justice in educational
settings and provide equality of
School of Early Childhood access to improved facilitation of
Mathematical Association Studies Fund – Professional learning in identified communities.
of Victoria Award Practice Award
Donor
(Secondary) Awarded to a student in
the Master of Teaching (Early Ms Belinda Kendall-White
Awarded to the graduating in honour of her parents
student in the Master of Teaching Childhood) or (Early Childhood
and Primary) who demonstrates Suzanne and Geoffrey.
(Secondary) who has achieved
the highest aggregate mark in outstanding teaching practice.
mathematics education subjects. Donor Awardee
The School of Early Childhood Jian Liang
Sponsor
The Mathematical Studies Fund was established in 2001
Association of Victoria. following the wind up of the Institute
of Early Childhood Studies Trust after
the amalgamation of the Melbourne
Awardee College of Advanced Education with
Rebecca Renda the University in 1989.
Awardee
Catherine Hronakis08 MGSE STA FF
EXCE LL ENC E A WA RD S
MGSE Engagement The Literacy Teaching Toolkit (LTT), guidance to teachers in literacy
Excellence Award commissioned by The Victorian instruction, across reading, writing,
Department of Education and speaking and listening.
This award recognises excellence
Training provides online guidance Development of the LTT involved
in forming partnerships that
and resources to teachers and written advice, detailed learning
have been influential on
early childhood educators on experiences and lesson plans, and
research and teaching.
effective literacy instruction from the production of 55 expert and
birth to Level 6. It is a large-scale pedagogical videos filmed in
Awardee project developed by experts in MGSE's Partnership early childhood
Dr Carmel Sandiford and Language and Literacy Education education centres and primary
team (Associate Professor and Early Childhood Education schools to illustrate the importance
Patricia Eadie, Ms Linda Gawne, and Care and led by Dr Sandiford of explicit language and literacy
Dr Nathaniel Swain) and Associate Professor Eadie. teaching. The team worked with
The LTT further builds the capacity challenging timelines while
of early childhood educators and remaining collaborative and
primary teachers to understand professional. The project was
the importance of language, produced in 2018 with a high-
communication and early literacy quality, research-based resource
in the lives of young children and for schools and educators. Since its
students. The primary component launch, the LTT has had over 1.47
of the toolkit is a core element of million-page views and currently is
the Victorian Government’s the most viewed resource on the
Literacy and Numeracy Strategy Department of Education’s Website.
aimed at providing detailed
MGSE Professional In 2018, Helen demonstrated involved balancing the needs of
Staff Excellence Awards enormous dedication to MGSE by candidates to have reasonable
securing almost 1200 placements access to a school by public
These awards recognise
for teacher candidates in the transport or car, matching a
outstanding contribution
Master of Teaching (Secondary) candidate's learning areas to
by professional staff to
as well as starting up the 2019 learning areas available in a school,
the MGSE.
process. This was particularly and a range of other considerations.
significant as 2018 was the first Master of Teaching candidates
Professional Award year with three secondary consistently report that their
placements for teacher candidates. experience on placement is one
Awardee of the most important parts of
Helen Ferguson Securing placements requires
the ability to create positive their course, and critical to their
connections with secondary success in the course and future
schools, and in this case, Helen employment. Helen has excelled
was liaising with 185 separate in her contribution to building
school sites to secure placements positive connections and
for each of our Master of Teaching engagement with schools
(Secondary) candidates. This and teacher candidates.2019
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Professional Award: Dr Stanley Koh has made an Dr Koh's excellent client service
Outstanding service and outstanding contribution to MGSE's skills, adaptability, flexibility,
client focus/Creating Executive Education programs in positive attitude, problem-solving
2018 by providing exceptional skills, and high level communication
connections and
service to participants, program skills strongly contributed to
contributing to engagement organisers and academic staff. He creating new opportunities. These
has provided a strong client focus included policy consultation on
Awardee on the needs of major clients such vocational education and training
Dr Stanley Koh as the Saudi Arabian Cultural with the Ministry of Education in
Mission and the many and varied Saudi Arabia; the proposal for two
needs of the teachers participating symposia in 2018 to promote
in programs. Since 2017, Dr Koh has cooperation and dialogue between
been leading service delivery and Australia and Saudi Arabia on issues
supporting client engagement of vocational education; current
in several Executive Education negotiations with the United Arab
programs including: Building Emirates Ministry of Education on
Leadership through School Executive Education programs;
Immersion for Saudi Arabian successful 2019 tender to deliver
teachers, Jiangsu Provincial Building Leadership through
Department of Education in China, School Immersion for Saudi Arabian
and the Hong Kong Education teachers; and the successful 2019
Bureau, among others. tender to deliver three programs for
Jiangsu Provincial Department of
Education in China.
Professional Award: The complex position of Projects professionalism and teamwork, feel
Outstanding service and Manager at the Assessment supported by the effective project
client focus/ Excellence in Research Centre (ARC) requires management processes she has
attention to approximately 30 introduced, and recognise her
process improvement and
projects at any given time, with strong commitment to quality and
innovation clients or partners on every transparency. They take strength
continent except Africa, and from her can-do attitude. The ARC
Awardee projects ranging in size from tens has grown rapidly in recent years,
Hilary Slater of thousands of dollars to many increasing in the size and complexity
millions. Our client and partnership of its projects. Consistency in quality
base is diverse, including individual has been maintained through
schools, education agencies, improved project management
professional associations and systems and processes
governments. Hilary is responsible implemented. She has better
for managing bids and for the defined project roles, and instituted
smooth project operation for project planning, implementation,
all these projects. reporting and risk management
Hilary’s outstanding contribution procedures. She oversees projects,
exemplifies the qualities required working with Centre management
by the ARC to ensure the Centre and project leads to identify
contributes to MGSE's objectives. opportunities, flag issues, and
ARC staff can give their best because develop strong relationships
they can rely on Hilary's with clients and stakeholders.10 MGSE STAFF
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Professional Award: Myron has a clear service focus During the peak admissions
Outstanding service and to both students and staff and and selection period, Myron
client focus/ Excellence in whenever the team has referred has managed a large volume of
students to him he has been assessments and trained many
process improvement and
courteous and helpful. Myron is other staff in the system and
innovation/ Exceptional the go to person for admission processes. Myron has devoted
team work matters; his care and help has extra time to provide an
been appreciated as has his exceptional service to applicants
Awardee patience. His regular information while maintaining high standards,
Myron Yovannidis updates concerning enrolments attention to detail and support for
have been extremely useful in other team members. His excellent
planning for classes. With his work is greatly appreciated by
assistance MGSE has been able internal clients including the
to anticipate, with reasonable academic and professional staff,
accuracy, class enrolments and as well as external stakeholders.
therefore plan for staffing needs
with some certainty. Myron is
a good organisational citizen,
displaying teamwork, concern for
others, and quality performance.
Master of Teaching videoDEAN ’ S HO NO URS 2019
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L IST 2019
The Dean’s Honours List reflects the top two per cent of students in
their year level for the Master of Teaching and the top two per cent of
completing students in other MGSE masters level courses. This list has
a proud tradition of recognising the academic excellence of our students.
Master of Teaching (Early Master of Teaching Professional Programs
Childhood and Primary) (Secondary) (Master of Education –
Year 1 Year 1 International Baccalaureate)
Meredith Anderson Tess Anderson Michael Pearce
Year 2 Olivia Boland
Gurpreet Kaur Catriona Mach
Professional Programs
Emi McRae
Felicity Perry (Master of Education)
Master of Teaching Selma Porcic Rebecca Zolotareva
(Early Childhood) Lara Porczak
Year 1 Robert Sayer Professional Programs
Lucy Howard-Robbins Year 2 (Master of Educational
Catherine Hronakis Sarah Hart Psychology)
Year 2 Benjamin Karwan
Rebecca Kennedy Emily Harbard
Marianne Frances Corral
Melanie Gunn Merjam Music
Francesca Ohlert Professional Programs
Rebecca Perkin (Master of Evaluation)
Master of Teaching Chloe Steele
(Primary) Michelle Naimi
Benjamin Symon
Year 1
Arl Gurr Professional Programs
Master of Teaching
Sheree Schmaal (Master of Instructional
(Secondary) Internship
Year 2 Leadership)
Stephen Anderson
Courtney Alexander Grace Broadbent
Sonya Geraets
Professional Programs
Professional Programs
(Master of Applied
(Master of Learning
Positive Psychology)
Intervention)
Kristen Cottone
Tara Roberts
Professional Programs
Professional Programs
(Master of Clinical Teaching)
(Master of TESOL)
Jodie Vickery-Howe
Marilyn Gonsalves12 MGSE T EAC HI NG
E XCE LL ENC E A W A RD S
Awardee Since her appointment in 2011, institution in PBIS. Her design and
Dr Shiralee Poed Dr Shiralee Poed has worked delivery of customised education
tirelessly to support teachers programs, contracted consultancy,
and school leaders to create safe, her deep industry engagement
effective and positive learning through a period of seconded
environments. As one of the employment with the Victorian
leading Australian academics in Department of Education and
Positive Behaviour Interventions Training, and her national
and Supports (PBIS), Dr Poed leadership as the Co-Chair of
has adopted a sustained and PBIS Australia leading to multiple
purposeful approach to working national/international conference
collaboratively with Australian presentations, evaluation projects
education jurisdictions to use and research grants, all point to
PBIS to improve school culture. the importance she places on
It is through Dr Poed's teaching, community engagement as a
research and engagement that way of addressing one of the great
the University of Melbourne has challenges facing today's teachers.
become recognised as a leading
Awardees Dr Gavin Slemp and his team for students” and only a handful
Dr Gavin Slemp and team (Rachel developed and implemented the of hundreds of available subjects
Colla, Alexandra Johnston) subject Wellbeing Motivation and at the University are selected
Performance (WMP) which has by students for inclusion in the
grown rapidly, with its most recent counter-course handbook.
yearly intake showing more than A thematic analysis of student
700 per cent growth since 2013 – feedback about WMP in 2018
with enrolment numbers growing suggested that what makes WMP
each year by about 25-50 per cent. excel is its real-life applicability in
At the same time, the subject has terms of building real-life practical
recorded consistently excellent skills, engaging content, teaching
subject experience ratings despite staff, focus on experiential learning,
the continued rapid growth and provision of a safe and
trajectory of the subject. In 2015, supportive work environment that
WMP appeared in the list of notable supports student well-being. These
subjects at the University of all align with the graduate attributes
Melbourne by an independent the University is hoping to cultivate
assessment done by the in students: academic distinction,
University’s Student Union (UMSU) integrity and self-awareness, and
and was recommended in the active citizenship.
UMSU counter-course handbook.
The vote is completed “by studentsThese awards recognise outstanding
achievement in teaching, skill and
2019
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imagination in the design and evaluation
of teaching programs, as well as vision and
scholarly commitment in teaching activities.
Awardees Local Literacies in Global Contexts’ The impact of this research-
Dr. Mahtab Janfada and team was developed in 2017 as one of the informed teaching initiative is
(Professor Joseph Lo Bianco, core subjects within the Master of evident in a dramatic increase of
Professor Lesley Farrell and Education program. Grounded in enrolment in the subject, from 7 to
Associate Professor Larissa critical theories and a dialogic 107 across 2017-2019. This is while
McLean Davies) approach to teaching and learning, SES scores related to the design,
the interplay between local and content and coordination of the
global perceptions of literacy as subject remained very high
well as historical and contemporary throughout, and students have
perspectives are explored. reported on their ontological and
The holistic perspective to epistemological transformations
literacy unfolds in the assessment as a result of this subject.
design of the subject where Importantly, this subject was
multi-modality and multi-literacy influential in encouraging students
are indispensable; it includes to enrol in other subjects within the
scaffolded processes of students’ Master of TESOL which relate to
reflections on a local literacy issue, similar philosophical grounds.
explored within a global lens.
These individual stories emerge
from a collective narrative which
is constructed dialogically with
peers throughout the course.
Awardee Dr Jane Bird is an outstanding teacher education students to
Dr Jane Bird educator with a consistently the uses of an embodied, aesthetic
innovative and creative approach pedagogy serving teachers of
to her research-informed practice. history, literature, business and
She has developed student-led the social sciences. It has been life
approaches to deliver engaging changing for some students. Her
and stimulating content across a practice was at the heart of funded
range of MGSE programs including research with Christine Sinclair
breadth, the Master of Teaching researching embodied pedagogy
(Early Childhood, Early Childhood and collaborative learning
and Primary, Primary, Secondary), practices for arts-rich classrooms.
and the Master of Education where There is a direct nexus between
she always receives excellent Dr Bird’s Capstone teaching
student feedback. Her publishing and her research and she has
of key texts for VCE Drama and presented and published in the
Theatre Studies and research international arena. Many students
papers adds to her credibility as note her teaching is inspiring,
a practitioner/researcher which challenging and supports their
has supported and enriched her ongoing learning as teachers.
teaching. Dr Bird collaborated
to develop a Capstone; Embodied
Pedagogies, which introduces14 MGSE TEACHING
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Awardees This award recognises the Students gave consistently high
Dr Melody Anderson and contribution of innovative design ratings to the quality of teaching
team (Bronwyn Jones linking the subject and assessment in the subject Integrating Clinical
and Gavin Healy) that supports Teacher Candidates’ Practice (Primary). The subject
knowledge and application of focused on inclusive pedagogical
assessment, pedagogy and approaches and use of strategies
instructional approaches designed to meet the needs of
related to clinical practice. diverse learners.
Awardees This award recognises the Education Practice (Secondary).
Peter Woelert and contribution of innovative This subject has developed
team (Kira Clarke approaches to teaching Teacher Candidates’
and Michelle Walter) educational research and linking understanding of research
this research with practice. principles and methods and
Students gave consistently high enhanced their capacity to use
ratings to the quality of teaching in research to inform and improve
this subject, Researching education practice.
Awardees This award recognises the Learning in Children. This subject
Nathaniel Swain and contribution of support provided has enhanced Teacher Candidates’
team (Edith Nicolas to Early Childhood and Primary knowledge of developmental
and Rachel Pollitt) Teacher Candidates in the key progression in language and
areas of Language and Literacy literacy and the evidence-based
Learning in Children. strategies used to build rich
Students gave consistently high language and literacy programs
ratings to the quality of teaching in in early childhood settings.
the subject Language and LiteracyGRADUATE ST UD ENT 2019
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R ESEARCH A WA RD S
Doctoral Research Prize The Jack Keating John Smyth Award
Awarded to the student who Fund Scholarship Awarded to the student who submits
submitted the most meritorious The Jack Keating Fund was the most meritorious research thesis
doctoral research thesis during established to provide support in the Doctor of Education during the
the preceding year. for policy influencing research preceding year.
Sponsor in the field of education where Donor
Melbourne Education the research is likely to impact Established in 1927 in memory
Research Institute on greater equality of opportunity of John Smyth, the first Professor
and educational outcomes and of Education at the University
the advancement of social justice. of Melbourne.
Awardee
Donor
Kate O’Connor
Established via a public appeal
in memory of the late Professor Awardee
Thesis Joanne Blannin
Jack Keating
Remaking the university curriculum:
what counts as knowledge in new Thesis
forms of online learning. Accounting for Teachers’ Choices
Awardees
Cristina Guarrella to Use, or Not to Use, Web 2.0
and Rose Iser Technologies in Upper Primary
Presentation School Classrooms.
Kate O'Connor
John and Elizabeth
Robertson Prize
Freda Cohen Prize
Awarded to the student who submits
Awarded to the student
the most meritorious research essay
who submitted the most
in the Master of Education during the
meritorious thesis for the
preceding year.
Master of Education (Research)
during the preceding year. Donor
Established in 1974 by Mrs Harriet
Donor
Hall McIndoe in memory of John
Brigadier H.E. Cohen in memory
Robertson, former inspector
of his wife Freda Cohen
of schools with the Victorian
Education Department and
rural school teacher.
Awardee
Brianna Slattery
Awardee
Thesis
Jesseca Barr
In the groove: a case study
into drumming and student
engagement.16 SPE CI A L
AWARD S
Australian Council for Beth MacLaren Smallwood Future Generations
Education Leaders Foundation Scholarship Scholarship
Excellence in Instructional (Master of Learning Awarded to a commencing
Leadership Award Intervention) Master degree student who
Awarded to the highest achieving Awarded to Master of Learning has demonstrated outstanding
student in the Master of Intervention (Deaf Education) academic merit in prior study.
Instructional Leadership. students to become a qualified Donor
Teacher of the Deaf. Established via a public
Sponsor
Australian Council Donor appeal by the University.
for Education Leaders. The Beth MacLaren Smallwood
Foundation in memory of Beth Awardee
MacLaren Smallwood in honour Madeleine Thiele
Awardee of her work in deafness studies.
Grace Broadbent
Gerry Higgins Studentship
Awardees
Beth MacLaren Smallwood Hasina Alawdeen,
in Positive Psychology
Foundation Scholarship Nathan Coad,Kate Davis, Awarded to an outstanding
(Master of Instructional Louise Haintz, Megan Mahon, student who has completed
Leadership) Leah Manning and Gillian McIllroy one or more of the Melbourne
Graduate School of Education’s
Awarded to a Master of
breadth track undergraduate
Instructional Leadership
Fay Thomas Scholarship subjects in positive psychology
student who works in the
and contributed to the life of the
field of deaf education. Awarded to a student who is a
Centre for Positive Psychology.
staff member at a Victorian state
Donor
school undertaking the Master Donor
The Beth MacLaren Smallwood
of Instructional Leadership. John Higgins in honour
Foundation in memory of Beth
of his father Gerry Higgins.
MacLaren Smallwood in honour Donor
of her work in deafness studies. Fay Thomas
Awardee
Rodney Lawn
Awardee Awardee
Rachel Wilson Louise Kahle2019
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Ken Rowe Scholarship Mair Isobell Coller Award The William and
Awarded to an outstanding This award recognises a teacher Kate Herschell Bequest
student commencing or who generates literacy and Awarded to the Melbourne
enrolled in the Master of numeracy outcomes that Graduate School of Education
Education (Literacy Education) enhance teaching practice for research applicant demonstrating
at the Melbourne Graduate the benefit of future students the highest academic merit.
School of Education in 2019. with learning difficulties.
Donor
Sponsor Donor Gweneth May Herschell to
The scholarship was created Established via a public commemorate her parents
by the Rowe Family to honour the appeal by the University William and Kate Herschell.
memory of Dr Ken Rowe, whose and the Coller family.
long career in education research
highlighted the importance of Awardee
effective, evidence-based teaching Awardee Jiadi Cai
practices for the teaching of Catherine Brandon
literacy and numeracy in the
classroom. The funds for the
first four years of the scholarship Melbourne Indigenous
have been generously donated Merit Scholarship
by Maurice Blackburn. Awarded to a talented student
of Australian Indigenous descent.
Awardee Donor
Karen Rogers Established via a public
appeal by the University.
Awardee
Samuel Wright18 MGSE STA FF
RESEARC H A WA RD S
MGSE Early-Career Research Dr Marian Mahat has a clear, accessible books for navigating
Excellence Award long-term, and focused research the many challenges,
agenda on student learning and responsibilities and opportunities
This award recognises outcomes that prompts new of academic careers. Achieving
outstanding achievement thinking and practice, evidenced by Academic Promotion was published
in research by an early-career her high quality research outputs. in January 2019, with five books,
researcher at the MGSE. ranging from the doctorate
Since the completion of her PhD
experience to academic well-
in 2016, Dr Mahat has had a total
being, in the pipeline for 2019-2021.
Awardee of 55 publications including an
Dr Marian Mahat edited book, seven book chapters, In early 2019, she was awarded the
five peer-reviewed journal articles Academic Women in Leadership
and 32 conference presentations. Program. The overall influence of
In the last three years, she has her academic contributions, as well
received over $270,000 of grants as impact, adoption, and benefits
and contracts. Additionally, are evidenced within and
she contributes to research beyond the academy, and are
training through co-supervision commensurate at a senior role.
responsibilities of PhD and Her achievements provide
master students. convincing evidence of sustained
commitment to advancing the
Dr Mahat has been an active
discipline through significant
member in the research
research outputs, and advanced
community, both locally and
collaboration and engagement
internationally. She has advanced
through leadership and service.
collaboration and engagement
Her substantial program of research
through professional service and
is evident in the multi-disciplinary
activities in various fora including
nature of her career trajectory,
Honorary Treasurer and
and strongly aligns and integrates
Membership Secretary of the
with her engagement and
Australasian Association for
service activities.
Institutional Research (2006-2008),
Melbourne Graduate School of
Education Ethics Committee (2014)
and membership of national and
international professional networks
such as the Consortium for Higher
Education Researchers and
Early Career Higher Education
Researchers. Furthermore, Dr
Mahat was offered a book series
contract on Surviving and Thriving
in Academia by Emerald Publishing.
The series provides short,2019
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MGSE Early-Career Research Dr Rebekah Luo's research focuses In 2016, Dr Luo co-authored a
Excellence Award – Special on the assessment of complex regional report for UNESCO Bangkok
competencies. The introduction on policies and practices related
Commendation
of 'complex competencies' to to the assessment of transversal
education systems requires a shift competencies in the Asia-Pacific
Awardee in how teachers teach and how region. This publication is the first
Dr Rebekah Luo students learn. Educators around of its kind to report on policy and
the world are grappling with the assessment practices of 21" century
challenge of supporting students skills in the region. Overall, her
in developing 21st century skills as outstanding performance as an early
they are now expected to teach and career researcher is evidenced by
assess skills that have previously not a strong track record in obtaining
been measured. The significance of competitive public and industry
Dr Luo's research is evidenced by research income, high-impact
the impact on policy and teacher publications and reports, and
practice, high-level exposure and excellent leadership and research
use, and its unique contribution to skills. Her research has had
the growing field of research on 21st significant policy and practice
century skills. implications not only within
Australia, but also internationally.
MGSE Mid-Career Research Dr Caroline Cohrssen’s work has cooperation between China and
Excellence Award sought to investigate the dynamic Australia, investigating curriculum
interplay between child and early and pedagogy approaches to
This award recognises childhood educator in the context promote STEM learning in early
outstanding achievement of early numeracy skills, as well as childhood. Dr Cohrssen has led a
in research by a mid-career the foundational influence of the significant body of work to develop
researcher at the MGSE. home learning environment as the a suite of four STEM curriculum
context in which first learning occurs. resources commissioned by the
She has argued that mathematical Northern Territory Department of
Awardee thinking and children’s reasoning Education, namely the Northern
Dr Caroline Cohrssen skills are supported by educators Territory Preschool Maths, Science
and parents who facilitate concept and Engineering Games. Dr
acquisition through play and who Cohrssen was an invited panel
model the mathematical language member at the Early Learning STEM
– ‘maths talk’ – that is associated Australia Symposium hosted in
with this. Canberra in October 2018, at
which the Northern Territory STEM
Dr Cohrssen’s work has made a
curriculum resources project was
significant contribution to early
favourably considered alongside big
childhood education in particular to
budget, national initiatives such as
mathematics teaching and learning
Little Scientists, Early Learning STEM
in Australia. This is evidenced by the
Australia (ELSA), and Let’s Count.
influence that she has had at the
She has worked closely with the
State/Territory and national level in
Victorian Curriculum and
this field. In 2016, Dr Cohrssen and
Assessment Authority to lead the
Associate Professor Wee Tiong
development of planning resource
Seah represented the Victorian
materials available online to support
Government in visits to preschools
the enactment of the Early Years
in Beijing, China, to advance
Planning Cycle.20 MGSE STAFF
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MGSE Research Mentor Associate Professor Suzanne Associate Professor Rice has
Excellence Award Rice has made an exceptional and been an invited speaker at MCHSE
significant contribution to the work workshops for new supervisors
This award recognises of the Melbourne Graduate School and Graduate Student Association
outstanding contribution of Education through her workshops on careers in academia.
in mentoring of MGSE colleagues mentorship of staff and students. She was invited to apply, and
in academic career development She undertakes extensive applied successfully, for the
and support. mentoring through her current recently established Melbourne
role as the Deputy Director of the College of Reviewers, which will
Assessment Research Centre (ARC) seek to support University staff to
Awardee and has mentored staff in other build their teaching skills. She was
Associate Professor centres and clusters of the MGSE. also an invited MGSE contributor
Suzanne Rice She has also been an outstanding to the University’s Mentoring
mentor of many staff in MGSE for Research forum looking at
teaching programs, including mentoring best practice to
through her leadership of inform University policy. She
staff in the development and has mentored two of her three
establishment of the Master of completed doctoral students
Clinical Teaching, the Postgraduate to publication in highly-ranked
Diploma of Teaching (TFA) and journals (Journal of Education
the Postgraduate Certificate in Policy, British Journal of
Mentoring (TFA). Educational Research) and she
has also provided extensive
Her mentoring skills have been
research support and mentoring
recognised at the University level
through her chairing of 14 Advisory
in invitations to contribute to many
Committees since 2013.
University of Melbourne initiatives.
MGSE Research Mentor Associate Professor Hernan Additional outcomes have included
Excellence Award – Cuervo and Dr Chesters worked in the subsequent employment of two
partnership to provide mentoring PhD students and two early career
Special Commendation
to a publication support program researchers as casual research staff
This award recognises for staff and RHD students in the in the YRC, following the additional
outstanding achievement Youth Research Centre (YRC) and technical training provided in entry
in research by a mid-career for other colleagues. They initiated and analysis of survey data, control
researcher at the MGSE. this program, which operated of sample population attrition,
across 2018, and provided the engagement with research
key mentoring inputs and outputs participants, and compilation of
Awardee including 23 publications. Their literature reviews. This mentoring
Associate Professor research publications in 2018 continues, while they continue to
Hernan Cuervo and included 12 research publications assist in building the Curriculum
Dr Jenny Chesters which included direct outputs Vitaes and track records of the early
commissioned from the mentoring career researchers. A further positive
workshops; conjoint staff/student outcome is evident in their positive
publications sustained by the influence on staff and student
mentoring efforts; and early career morale and connectedness in the
researcher publications sustained YRC, with evident increase in peer
by the mentoring environment. support and help-seeking sustained
Further items are ready for by the practice of working together.
publication in 2019. This is also manifest in the number
of conjoint publications in 2018.2019
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MGSE Research Supervision Professor Dianne Vella-Brodrick has From the outset, Professor
Excellence Award had an outstanding track record of Vella-Brodrick sought to offer
supervising RHD students. She has students intellectual stimulation
This award recognises devoted a large part of her career and networking opportunities in
outstanding achievement to building a reputable graduate the field of positive psychology. To
in the supervision of research research program in the area do this, she set up some key groups,
higher degree candidates. of well-being science, positive including the Positive Psychology
psychology and positive education. Interest Group, the Journal Club
Her students have developed and/or and she founded and co-directed
Awardee evaluated online, workplace, school the first Australian Positive
Professor Dianne Vella-Brodrick and community-based interventions Psychology and Well-Being
on strengths, life meaning, conference (and two subsequent
mindfulness, job crafting, positive conferences). This provided students
education and youth mental health. with ample opportunities to learn
More recently Professor Vella- from others and to contribute their
Brodrick’s program has been own ideas and works for discussion.
streamlined into developing and
Dianne is genuinely committed not
evaluating health promotion/
only to her own research students
well-being programs for young
but also to graduate students more
people using the latest technological
broadly within the Centre for Positive
and health science innovations
Psychology and MGSE. This is
for example biofeedback and
evident from the learning and career
gamification. This research
development opportunities she has
program has attracted international
set up for graduate students, such as
attention, with many high-quality
the Harnessing Ideas and Intellect
students from around the globe
Together (HIIT) sessions which have
requesting to be supervised
focused on conducting systematic
by Professor Vella-Brodrick.
literature reviews, PRISMA-P and
running focus groups.22 MGSE STAFF
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MGSE Research Partnership The Factors Influencing Life and principals, parents and students.
Excellence Award Career Skills Development among Then Year 12 students at
Senior Secondary Students research participating schools were invited
This award recognises project is a collaboration between to complete an online survey
outstanding research the Centre for Vocational and administered in schools. There
partnership by staff Educational Policy at MGSE and were 2,902 students from 88 schools
at the MGSE. the Australasian Curriculum, across Australia who participated in
Assessment and Certification the survey.
Authorities (ACACA). In this project,
Awardees The research team has successfully
the team has been working
Professor John Polesel and managed this comprehensive
successfully with the Board of
team (Associate Professor process of data collection and
Studies in all eight states and
conducted data analyses. The study
Shelley Gillis, Dr Anne Suryani) territories to establish a longitudinal
has successfully developed and
research project on Life and Career
validated a life and career skills
Skills Development among Senior
learning progression and measured
Secondary Students. This national
life and career skills of Year 12
research engaged with a number
students across states and
of educational institutions. The
territories. It is expected that the
process of data collection was also
findings of the study will affect the
comprehensive comprising two
curriculum and instructional design
data national sets. First, the Board
offered within the senior secondary
of Studies contacted schools and
education system.
secured consents from school
MGSE Research Partnership The In2School project focuses on disadvantage in communities. The
Excellence Award – Special young people who have not been project has attracted international
attending school due to their mental interest. In 2018 the team was invited
Commendation
health needs and re-engaging them to present at two international
This award recognises with education. This project links symposia: one in Germany
outstanding research research, teaching and engagement (University of Duisberg-Essen)
partnership by staff with communities, offering the and the other in the Netherlands
at the MGSE. potential to significantly affect the (Leiden University). Outcomes of
learning outcomes of young the symposia were translated into
Australians. School is a protective a report prepared by Netherlands'
Awardees factor for health and well-being Youth Institute highlighting the
Dr Lisa McKay-Brown and with the impacts of school work of ln2School, alongside
team (Professor Lorraine disengagement having long term school attendance projects being
Graham, Dr Ric Haslam, adverse outcomes such as contact implemented in the Netherlands.
Ms Judy Ring, Ms Rebecca with adult psychiatric services, social And the collaboration with the
McGrath, Ms Chrystie Mitchell) and relationship problems, and German and Dutch researchers
underemployment in adulthood. to present a symposium at the
The research also includes a inaugural International Network
partnership with MGSE, RCH and of School Attendance (INSA)
Travancore School and aligns with conference in Oslo, Norway
the MGSE research priority of in October 2019. The international
initiating interdisciplinary research organising committee for INSA has
which addresses the social problems asked Dr Lisa McKay-Brown to
holding disadvantage in place. co-host Australian content on the
international INSA website with
Families of the young people are
Associate Professor Glenn Melvin
also affected due to the loss of
(Deakin University) and co-lead the
employment and impacts on
organising committee for the 2020
family functioning. These are
conference being held in Melbourne.
social problems that reinforce2019
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Presentation
Dr Lisa McKay-Brown
MGSE Research Dr Jon Quach has continued to Dr Quach’s current research grants
Excellence Award develop his academic career in line involve collaborations with different
with expectations of a leading school groups at MGSE, as well as external
This award recognises and a leading university. This has collaborations (such as Murdoch
outstanding research by a included continued engagement Children’s Research Institute and
staff member as evidenced with teaching responsibilities, La Trobe University). At a policy
by published research that excellence in research with sustained level, Dr Quach has developed
has made a significant and growing yearly averages in a partnerships with the Victorian
contribution to knowledge. number of publications, citations, Department of Education and NSW
and success in funding applications Department of Education, leading
across several categories. research projects to examine the
Awardee potential benefits of a systematic
He has maintained an upwards
Dr Jon Quach and synthetic phonics-based
trajectory in the number and
intervention for Grade 1 students
quality of research publications on
who are struggling with reading.
an average of seven peer-reviewed
His interdisciplinary research
and two governments report per
agenda enables him to lead active
year, as well as hundreds of citations
collaborations across different
since completing his doctorate. He
disciplines and research institutions,
has extensively contributed to the
holding senior leadership roles
wider academic community, through
within those teams.
partnerships with state and national
policy and professional bodies, as Dr Quach displays strong
well as increasing his expertise in engagement with policy, practice,
the international level, participating community, and the research
in workshops for OECD and community. Collectively, these
international research collaborations. engagements have spanned
local, national, and international
audiences and stakeholders,
demonstrating his growing
commitment in the area of children’s
health and education outcomes.24 MGSE STAFF
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MGSE Research Leadership Policy initiatives such as the Since 2012, in collaboration with
Excellence Award Department of Education’s (DET) DET via the Bastow Institute and
‘Expanding your World’ identify subsequently Catholic Education
This award recognises that learning languages is an Melbourne, the team led by
outstanding contribution essential aspect of a holistic Professor Cross, has built on
in a particular program educational experience, including MGSE’s CLIL scholarship to develop
of significant research. its contribution to literacy, a long-term, customised program
creativity, interpersonal/cultural of engagement focused on teacher
competence, and criticality. Yet capacity building to integrate
Awardee finding solutions to problems that languages into other curriculum
Associate Professor have stymied quality languages areas, including mathematics,
Russell Cross provision has been a longstanding history, religion, and the arts. The
challenge for education systems. success of these partnerships has
Professor Russell Cross’ research also led to the development of
on alternative ways to re-position Leading Languages programs for
Languages in schools—not as a both systems, enabling teachers to
separate domain but integrated effect ‘bottom up’ reform through
into the core curriculum through innovations in languages, including
‘content and language integrated CLIL, and the new Early Years
learning’ (CLIL)—has enabled Bilingual Education initiative,
education systems to identify commencing with 280 language
concrete ways to re-frame the and early childhood educators
value and role of languages within in 2019 and early 2020.
the Victorian curriculum.2019
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MGSE Distinguished Professor Clarke established the published 11 books (including one
Research Award International Centre for Classroom edition in Spanish translation), 52
Research (ICCR) in early 2003 as a book chapters, 70 refereed journal
This award recognises facility to support the generation, articles, 88 refereed conference
outstanding achievement storage and collaborative analysis proceeding, totalling over 200
in research including leadership, of classroom data (particularly research publications.
publications, mentorship and video data) related to the study of
supervision. Besides promoting theoretical,
learning and teaching in classrooms
methodological, and technological
on an international scale. The ICCR
advances, the research programme
is unique in the complexity and
Awardee led by Professor Clarke has also
breadth of the classroom data it
Professor David Clarke created and sustains an active and
accommodates and provides the
vibrant international research
focus for an extensive program of
community, an achievement of
international collaborative research
which he is most proud. The list
activity. In 2014, Professor Clarke
of active collaborators associated
was co-awarded the ARC Special
with his research program is large,
Research Initiatives grant which
numbering 55 research academics
funded the establishment of the
plus associated research students
Science of Learning Research
and research assistants in Chile,
Classroom within the Melbourne
China, the Czech Republic,
Graduate School of Education. This
Denmark, Finland, France,
facility has greatly enhanced the
Germany, Hong Kong, Israel,
capacity of the ICCR to engage in
Japan, Korea, New Zealand,
controlled experimental classroom
Norway, the Philippines, Portugal,
research and significantly expanded
Singapore, South Africa, Sweden,
its data management capacities.
the UK and the USA. Since 1994,
Professor Clarke has attracted Professor Clarke has supervised 20
funds from a range of national doctoral and 16 masters students to
and international funding agencies, successful completion and received
with continuous Australian the MGSE Supervision Excellence
Research Council (ARC) funding Award in 2014.
since 1996. To date he has26 2019
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