Dr Nicole Mockler

Work Phone	(02) 4349 4753
Email	Nicole.Mockler@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Senior Lecturer School of Education The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	EN2.08, Education And Nursing Building

Biography

Dr Nicole Mockler is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, with a background in secondary school teaching (History and English curriculum) and teacher professional learning. In the past she has held senior leadership roles in secondary schools, and after completing her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney in 2008, she joined the University of Newcastle in 2009, where she is based at the Central Coast Campus. Nicole's research interests are in education policy and politics, professional learning and curriculum and pedagogy, and she also continues to work with teachers and schools in these areas.

Nicole has held a number of administrative roles at the University of Newcastle, including Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning) for the School of Education, Central Coast Campus Co-ordinator for the School of Education, Secondary Program Convenor and Assistant Director of the Professional Experience Unit. In 2010, Nicole was the inaugural Education Research Institute Newcastle Early Career Research Fellow.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney, 2008
Master of Arts, University of Sydney, 1995
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)(Honours), University of Sydney, 1993
Graduate Certificate Practice of Tertiary Teaching, University of Newcastle, 2011

Research

Research keywords

Curriculum and pedagogy
Education policy
Professional identity
Teacher professional learning and development

Research expertise

Nicole's key research expertise lies in the areas of teacher professional learning and identity, as well as in the politics of education and the role of the media in shaping perceptions of teachers. She also has a strong interest in curriculum and pedagogy.

Collaboration

Nicole has collaborated on research and writing with a range of scholars both nationally and internationally.

Nicole has a well-established research collaboration with Susan Groundwater-Smith of the University of Sydney, with whom she has authored over 25 books, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers over the past decade. She has also co-authored with Jane Mitchell (Charles Sturt University), Karin Ronnerman (University of Gothenborg), Petra Ponte (Hogeschool Utrecht) and Judyth Sachs (Macquarie University).

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
130313	Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators	70
130199	Education Systems Not Elsewhere Classified	30

Memberships

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

Member - Australian Association for Research in Education Executive

Editorial Board.

Member - Educational Action Research

Appointments

Communications Co-ordinator Australian Association for Research in Education (Australia)	01/01/2012
Deputy Head of School (Teaching & Learning) The University of Newcastle (Australia)	01/01/2012 - 01/12/2012
Deputy Chair St Scholastica's College Glebe Point (Australia)	01/01/2005 - 01/12/2011
Honorary Associate Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney (Australia)	01/08/2008 - 01/08/2011

Awards

Distinction.

2009	Apple Distinguished Educator Apple Education (Australia) This title recongises excellence in the use of information and communication technologies in learning and teaching.

Other

2010	ERIN Early Career Research Fellowship Educational Research Institute Newcastle (Australia) ERIN ECR Fellowship

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Nicole has a professional background in school leadership and management and in the past has worked as a Head Teacher, Director of Learning and Director of Professional Learning in a School context. From 2005 to 2011 she was a member of the Board of a large non-Government school in Sydney and Book Reviews Editor of an international journal. She is currently an elected member of the Executive and Communications Co-ordinator of the Australian Association for Research in Education.

Nicole has worked in variety of administrative roles at the University of Newcastle and in the past has been the Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning) for the School of Education.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

Curriculum
Learning technologies
Pedagogy
Professional practice
Research Methods and Methodology

Teaching expertise

As an in-service teacher educator, Nicole has a history of teaching in the areas of curriculum design and pedagogy across primary and secondary school contexts.

Since her arrival at the University of Newcastle in January 2009, she has been responsible for teaching undergraduate, Honours and postgraduate courses in the areas of research design and methodology, History curriculum, curriculum theory, ICTs and pedagogy and professional practice and experience.

Teaching interests

• ICT and Learning
• Pedagogy and curriculum design
• History curriculum method
• Professional practice

The University of Newcastle, Australia