Associate Professor Tom Griffiths
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Education (Education)
- Email:tom.griffiths@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 6784
Changing the world through life's lessons
Associate Professor Tom Griffiths's research is a means to a rather significant end.
As program leader of the Comparative and International Education Group University of Newcastle (CIEGUN), Tom is out to change the world, or at least "to contribute to the process of transformation".
"The most important purpose of education, is its potential to prepare populations with the knowledge, skills and dispositions required to transform the capitalist world-system, in which we are currently living, in favour of a more democratic, just, equal and peaceful alternative system," Tom says.
CIEGUN emerged from work in the Comparative and International Education field by Tom and his colleague Dr Zsuzsa Millei.
Tom's research in the comparative field began with a PhD thesis that advanced a world-systems historical analysis of secondary schooling in Cuba from 1959 to 1989.
Zsuzsa extended her doctoral work on early childhood education in Australia by comparing it to the kindergarten system in socialist Hungary. She "was similarly engaged in analyses that explore local and national ideologies, practices, and their connections with broader historical phenomena," Tom explains.
The pair later worked on a co-edited volume (Re-theorizing Discipline in Education: Problems, politics & possibilities) that included some comparative and international analysis, and extended this analysis with a co-edited book (Logics of socialist education: Engaging with crisis, insecurity and uncertainty).
They also guest edited a special issue of a journal, Globalisation, Societies and Education, on Education in / for socialism: Historical, current and future perspectives.
"The recruitment of two comparative and international researchers to (UoN's) School of Education in 2011/12, Stephanie Bengtsson and Nisha Thapliyal, helped to achieve a critical mass of scholars working in the field," Tom explains.
"We identified some common ground with respect to analyses of challenges to dominant educational policy, including challenges advanced by social and political movements, parties, and ideologies. And Linda Newman's long-standing work in Chile on community-based reform of early childhood education saw her join the group."
CIEGUN has expanded to include RHD candidates working directly with CIEGUN academics, and collaborations with other UoN colleagues across faculties interested in comparative and international research, and with international colleagues in Venezuela, Hungary, South Africa, India, Norway, Denmark, the UK and the USA.
Tom says the main aim of the group is to "advance comparative and international research that has a critical edge from a range of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches".
"By critical edge I mean research that critiques dominant educational policy within a broad social justice framework that sees education as a mechanism for creating and facilitating alternatives.
"The scope here is deliberately broad to include, under the CIEGUN umbrella, policy analysis across various levels of scale (local, national, regional, international/global), time (historical, contemporary and prospective), educational sectors (early childhood through to post-school), and theoretical perspectives.
Tom is forthright about his motivation.
"It comes primarily from an understanding of capitalism as a historical world-system, and the contributions that systems of mass education have made to its functional operation over time; and the accompanying need to develop contemporary anti-systemic movements that are pursuing transitions toward more just, peaceful, equal and democratic alternatives," he says.
"I think there is something like a consensus globally that mass education ought to play a role in preparing populations to meet contemporary challenges like climate change, poverty, and sustainable development, in ways that can deliver lasting, peaceful and democratic solutions."
Changing the world through life's lessons
Associate Professor Tom Griffiths's research is a means to a rather significant end.
Career Summary
Biography
My academic background is in secondary school teaching (English/History), and a PhD completed in 1998: "A history of secondary school education in revolutionary Cuba, 1959-1991: A world-systems approach". This research reflects my primary research interests in world-systems analysis, and the transition of the current capitalist world-system to an uncertain future. Applying this theorising to the field of comparative and international education, I am concerned with exploring the actual and potential contribution of systems of mass education to the task of imagining and building an alternative, more democratic, equal and just alternative.
Research ExpertiseMy research expertise centres on comparative educational analyses, including historical and contemporary explorations of policy and practice in context, linked to a world-system level theoretical approach to systems of mass education, their structure, curricula and development. My current research has two main trajectories: 1) developing world-systems analysis as a theoretical framework for the field of comparative and international education; and 2) the study of socialist education projects, in Cuba and more recently, Venezuela, informed by this framework. This work has been published in national and international journals, with recent articles on both these cases (see research outputs). One of my most significant contribution to the field of comparative education is in the development and application of world-systems analysis to challenge comparative and national case-study accounts of mass schooling. In particular, this research argues that cases like socialist Cuba, and Cuban schooling, must be understood in terms of the single capitalist world-economy of which it remained and remains a part, and that this participation historically brought decisive economic and cultural influences and constraints over the structures, content, practices and functions of Cuban schooling.
Teaching Expertise
In 2007 I was awarded the University of Newcastle's "Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence" for early career academics for my teaching in 2006. The citation for this award read: "Tom Griffiths is a Lecturer in the School of Education. He brings a sophisticated perspective to his teaching that stimulates and challenges his students. He prompts them to think outside the square and to consider the relationship between education and social justice. His commitment to these principles, reflected in his research and teaching practice, is producing informed, reflective graduates with a deep understanding of our world and their future role as educators in society. Dr Tom Griffiths' contribution to tomorrow's teachers is invaluable." My teaching focus aligns with my research: 1) Work in the comparative and international education field, focused on the development of systems of mass education as a global phenomenon, and the interaction between world-level cultural and economic influences and national (and local) contexts in this process. 2) Sociology and politics of education that explores the current and historical socio-economic and political contexts in which formal school education has developed, as a way to investigate the functions and outcomes of school education for different groups in society. This expertise extends to the consideration of educational structures, organisation, teaching and assessment practice, and curriculum.
Administrative Expertise
Since taking up my current position in 2004 I have held the following positions with a significant administrative component: Elected academic staff member of University Council, September 2010 - present. Director, International, School of Education, January 2012 - present. Deputy Head of School (Research Development), 2008-2011, Chairing the School of Education Research Development Committee, and with all associated Faculty wide committee responsibilites. Member of the University Human Research Ethics Committee and Faculty Research Ethics Advisor (2008-09) School of Education Equity Officer School of Education International Student Officer Member of the School of Education Timetables and Workload Committee Member of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), Newcastle Branch Executive. Executive member, Treasurer, Vice-President and President of the NTEU Newcastle Branch.
Collaborations
My current research has two primary trajectories: 1) developing world-systems analysis as a theoretical framework for the field of comparative and international education; and 2) the study of mass education in and for socialism, in Cuba and more recently, Venezuela, informed by this framework. I am interested in collaborating with others whose research cuts across these broad themes, including those working on Latin American politics and educational reforms, and on those interested in the relationship between education and socialism. To that end I have collaborated with others on co-authored publications in this respect (see research publications), and special panel presentations at international conferences. Most recently, I co-edited a book on this topic: Griffiths, T. G., & Millei, Z. (Eds.). (2013). Logics of Socialist Education: Engaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty. Dordrecht: Springer; and co-authored (with Robert Imre): Griffiths, T. G., & Imre, R. (2013). Mass Education, Global Capital, and the World: The Theoretical Lenses of István Mészáros and Immanuel Wallerstein. New York: Palgrave.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle
- Graduate Certificate in TESOL, University of Technology Sydney
- Bachelor of Education (Honours), University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Comparative Education
- Comparative and international education
- Contexts of Teaching
- Education and social change
- Latin America
- Pedagogy
- Wallerstein
- World-Systems Analysis
- socialism
Languages
- Spanish (Fluent)
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 1/12/2013 - 1/12/2015 | President | Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES) Australia |
| 1/10/2010 - | Elected academic staff member | University of Newcastle Council Australia |
| 1/2/2009 - | Senior Lecturer | University of Newcastle Australia |
| 1/2/2008 - | Deputy Head of School - Research Development | University of Newcastle School of Education Australia |
| 10/2/2007 - | Vice President | National Tertiary Education Union, Newcastle Branch Australia |
| 1/2/2004 - | Lecturer | University of Newcastle Australia |
| 1/1/2000 - 1/1/2004 | Research Associate / Assistant | University of Newcastle Education and Arts Australia |
Membership
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| Member - World Congress of Comparative Education Societies | World Congress of Comparative Education Societies Australia |
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| Member - Australia and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society | Australia and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society Australia |
Awards
Distinction
| Year | Award |
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| 2007 |
Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence University of Newcastle |
| 1994 |
University Medal University of Newcastle |
Invitations
Keynote Speaker
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| 2018 |
Education under and for socialism: What hope progress? International Conference: Socialist Educational Cooperation with the Global South |
| 2017 |
The agonies of neoliberal education: What hope progress? International Conference: Educational Policy Shifts in Neo-Liberal Times: Core Concerns and Critical Issues |
| 2010 |
El análisis sistema-mundo de Immauel Wallerstein en la educación comparada Organisation: Universidad Central de Venezuela Description: Invitation to present a keynote address to the XII Jornadas de Investigación Educativa (XII Congress of Educational Research) at the Central University of Caracas, April 2010 |
Participant
| Year | Title / Rationale |
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| 2010 |
Institute of Education Organisation: University of London Description: Review of book proposal: 'New Labour, education policies and the neo-liberal agenda: a challenge to social justice and democracy' |
Speaker
| Year | Title / Rationale |
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| 2010 |
El análisis sistema-mundo y la educación comparada Organisation: Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela Description: Invited public seminar on comparative education and world-systems analysis, May 12, 2010. |
| 2010 |
Educación masiva y socialismo: Una perspectiva del sistema-mundo Organisation: Institute of Advanced Studies / Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA) Description: Invited lecture on mass education and socialism from a world-systems perspective. |
| 2009 |
Anti-Capitalist Education and Education for Equality in Venezuela Organisation: University of Northampton Description: Invited seminar presentation to the Education Studies Research Group, School of Education, University of Northampton, February 2009. |
| 2008 |
History of mass education in Australia Organisation: Universidad Nacional Experimental de la Fuerzas Armadas Description: Invited seminar presentation to the Universidad Nacional Experimental de la Fuerzas Armadas (National Experimental University of the Armed Forces) in Caracas, Venezuela, September 2008 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (6 outputs)
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Tröhler D, Piattoeva N, Pinar WF, World Yearbook of Education 2022, Routledge
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| 2016 | Griffiths TG, Millei Z, Education in/for Socialism: Historical, Current and Future Perspectives, Routledge, London, 164 (2016) | ||||
| 2016 | Griffiths TG, Millei Z, Education in/for Socialism: Historical, Current and Future Perspectives, Routledge, London, 164 (2016) | ||||
| 2013 |
Griffiths TG, Imre R, Mass Education, Global Capital, and the World: The Theoretical Lenses of Istvan
Meszaros and Immanuel Wallerstein, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 201 (2013) [A1]
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Griffiths TG, Millei Z, Logics of Socialist Education: Engaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty, Springer, Dordrecht, 210 (2013) [A3]
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Millei Z, Griffiths TG, Parkes RJ, Re-Theorizing Discipline in Education: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities, Peter Lang Publishing, New York, NY, 192 (2010) [A3]
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Chapter (24 outputs)
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Griffiths T, 'World-Systems Critical Education', Encyclopaedia of Marxism and Education, Brill Academic Publishers, London 661-672 (2022)
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Griffiths TG, Charon-Cardona E, 'Cuban education in the Cold War: National independence within international socialism', World Yearbook of Education 2022 Education, Schooling and the Global Universalization of Nationalism, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon 201-216 (2022) [B1]
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Griffiths TG, Starnawski M, 'World-systems analysis', International Encyclopedia of Education: Fourth Edition 19-28 (2022) World-systems analysis is rooted in efforts to shift social science research, and our understanding of social realities and social change, toward an approach that is grounded in t... [more] World-systems analysis is rooted in efforts to shift social science research, and our understanding of social realities and social change, toward an approach that is grounded in the trajectory and dynamics of the capitalist world-economy as the primary unit of analysis. In this chapter, we first provide a succinct account of the main features of world-systems analysis; followed by some discussion of its application to educational research. These include insights drawn from world-systems analysis' critique of modernization theory, in terms of its instrumentalist influence over formal education systems. We conclude the chapter by highlighting the perspective's value for reading the current climate emergency, and struggles to transform the world-system toward an uncertain, but potentially utopistic, future.
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Griffiths TG, 'Dependency Theory and World-Systems Analysis in Comparative and International Education: Critical Accounts of Education and Development', The Bloomsbury Handbook of Theory in Comparative and International Education 87-104 (2021)
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| 2021 | Griffiths TG, Williams J, 'Utopia', Critical Reflections on the Language of Neoliberalism in Education: Dangerous Words and Discourses of Possibility, Routledge, New York, NY 136-143 (2021) [B1] | |||||||
| 2021 | Griffiths TG, Robertson B, 'Employability', Critical Reflections on the Language of Neoliberalism in Education: Dangerous Words and Discourses of Possibility, Routledge, New York, NY 100-106 (2021) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2020 |
Griffiths T, 'Critical World-Systems Education for Progressive System Change', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore, Singapore 1-6 (2020) [B1]
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Griffiths T, 'The agonies of neoliberal education: what hope progress?', Elementary Education in India. Policy Shifts, Issues and Challenges, Routledge, Abingdon, Ox (2020) [B1]
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| 2020 |
Griffiths T, 'Education under and for Socialism: What Hope Progress?', Socialist Educational Cooperation and the Global South, Peter Lang, Berlin 273-296 (2020)
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| 2017 |
Griffiths TG, 'Urban Education, Work, and Social Mobility in Oceania: World-Systems Patterns, and Limits, for Peripheral Zones', Second International Handbook of Urban Education, Springer, Switzerland 933-943 (2017) [B1]
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| 2016 | Griffiths TG, Williams J, 'Mass Schooling for Socialist Transformation in Cuba and Venezuela', International Critical Pedagogy Reader, Routledge, New York 54-62 (2016) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2016 | Griffiths TG, Millei Z, 'Education in/for socialism: historical, current and future perspectives', Education in/for socialism: historical, current and future perspectives, Routledge, Abingdon, UK 1-9 (2016) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2015 |
Connor T, Robertson B, Griffiths TG, Phelan L, 'Swimming against the neoliberal tide: The campaign to save Mayfield pool', Radical Newcastle, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney 232-239 (2015) [B1]
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| 2015 | Hopkinson S, Griffiths TG, 'Neville Cunningham: Communist rebel, radical, activist and intellectual', Radical Newcastle, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney 240-247 (2015) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2013 |
Griffiths TG, 'Higher education for socialism in Venezuela: Massification, development and transformation', Logics of Socialist Education: Engaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty, Springer, Dordrecht 91-109 (2013) [B1]
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Griffiths TG, Millei Z, 'Introduction: Discovering and negotiating Socialist educational logics under post-Socialist conditions', Logics of Socialist Education: Engaging with Crisis, Insecurity and Uncertainty, Springer, Dordrecht 1-18 (2013) [B1]
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| 2010 | Imre R, Millei Z, Griffiths TG, 'Utopia/dystopia: Where do we go with 'discipline'?', Re-theorizing Discipline in Education: Problems, Politics & Possibilities, Peter Lang, Bern 160-174 (2010) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2010 |
Millei Z, Griffiths TG, Parkes RJ, 'Continuing the conversation about discipline as a problem? A conclusion', Re-theorizing Discipline in Education: Problems, Politics & Possibilities, Peter Lang, Bern 175-179 (2010) [B1]
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| 2010 |
Millei Z, Griffiths TG, Parkes RJ, 'Opening the field: Deliberating over discipline', Re-theorizing Discipline in Education: Problems, Politics & Possibilities, Peter Lang, Bern 1-12 (2010) [B1]
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| 2010 | Griffiths TG, Imre R, 'Classroom discipline. A local Kantian?', Re-theorizing Discipline in Education: Problems, Politics & Possibilities, Peter Lang, Bern 146-159 (2010) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2003 | Griffiths TG, Ladwig JG, 'Meritocracy and the Competitive Individual: The Australian Case', Adolescent Facing the Educational Politics of the 21st Century: Comparative survey on five national ccases and three welfare models, Finnish Educational REsearch Association, Finland 235-266 (2003) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
| 2001 | Morrison KA, Griffiths TG, Ladwig JG, 'Australian Teachers: Educational governance and its relationship with social inclusion and exclusion', Upsala Reports on Education 37 - November, Department of Education, Upsala University, Sweden 51-74 (2001) [B2] | |||||||
| 2001 | Griffiths TG, Morrison KA, Ladwig JG, 'Australian systems actors speaks: New (and old) mechanisms and constructions of old (and new) levels of social exclusions', Upsala Reports on Education 37 - November, Department of Education, Upsala University, Sweden 27-50 (2001) [B2] | |||||||
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Journal article (32 outputs)
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| 2023 |
Svarstad H, Jornet A, Peters GP, Griffiths TG, Benjaminsen TA, 'Critical climate education is crucial for fast and just transformations', Nature Climate Change, 13 1274-1275 (2023)
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| 2021 |
Griffiths TG, 'Education to transform the world: limits and possibilities in and against the SDGs and ESD', International Studies in Sociology of Education, 30 73-92 (2021) [C1] The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a significant marker in global efforts to universalise a conception of ecologically sustainable human development. SDG ... [more] The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a significant marker in global efforts to universalise a conception of ecologically sustainable human development. SDG 4¿s expanded vision of quality education for all extends to the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Agenda¿s call for education that contributes to all of SDGs, and prepares students to ¿transform our world¿. From a critical perspective, this paper considers the incompatibility of endless (compound) economic growth and capital accumulation, under capitalism, with the required CO2 reductions that the climate emergency demands. The paper shows how the ESD proposals reflect the orthodoxy of education as human capital formation for economic development, albeit within a reformed ¿green growth¿ model. At the same time, it argues that their distinctive ambitions and transformational language provide space for critical educators to simultaneously work with and against their contradictions and limitations, and to advance non-capitalist and degrowth alternatives.
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| 2019 |
Griffiths TG, 'History and education: engaging the global class war', HISTORY OF EDUCATION, 48 428-430 (2019)
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| 2019 |
Griffiths TG, 'Socialism in Cuba: Debate and Socialist Renewal for the Twenty-First Century', International Critical Thought, 9 236-253 (2019) [C1]
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| 2016 |
Darder A, Griffiths TG, 'Labour in the Academic Borderlands: Unveiling the Tyranny of Neoliberal Policies', Workplace : A Journal for Academic Labor, 28 115-129 (2016) [C1]
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| 2015 | Griffiths TG, 'Editor. Special issue.', Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies, 13 1-7 (2015) [C6] | ||||||||||
| 2015 |
Griffiths TG, Arnove RF, 'World culture in the capitalist world-system in transition', Globalisation, Societies and Education, 13 88-108 (2015) [C1] World culture theory (WCT) offers an explanatory framework for macro-level comparative analyses of systems of mass education, including their structures, accompanying policies and... [more] World culture theory (WCT) offers an explanatory framework for macro-level comparative analyses of systems of mass education, including their structures, accompanying policies and their curricular and pedagogical practices. WCT has contributed to broader efforts to overcome methodological nationalism in comparative research. In this paper, we acknowledge the contributions of world culture theory in these terms, but develop the case for an alternative explanatory framework ¿ world-systems analysis (WSA) ¿ rooted in the historical development and contemporary crises of the capitalist world-economy. This case is built on two major points of critique of world culture theory: first, that its consensus orientation is inadequate for a macro-level accounting of social reality; and second, that its analysis of the economic functions of mass education, in isolation from the capitalist world-economy, further weakens its explanatory power. Working from this critique, we elaborate the capacity of world-systems analysis to overcome these shortcomings by providing a more comprehensive, historical perspective. This alternative approach incorporates the identification and analysis of shared cultural understandings underpinning policy and institutional practice, linked to the development of the capitalist world-economy. We conclude this paper by affirming the value of WSA as an alternative approach for comparative research, and its potential contribution to the development of more enlightened educational policy and a more just and democratic world-system.
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Griffiths TG, Charon-Cardona E, 'Education for Social Transformation: Soviet University Education Aid in the
Cold War Capitalist World-System', European Education: issues and studies, 47 226-241 (2015) [C1]
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| 2015 | Griffiths TG, 'Editorial: Critical education, critical pedagogies, Marxist education', Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 13 1-7 (2015) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 2015 |
Masson Cruz RM, 'A Marxist focus on Comparative Education in Cuba', JOURNAL FOR CRITICAL EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES, 13 195-214 (2015)
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Griffiths TG, Downey J, '"What to do about schools?": The Australian Radical Education Group (RED G)', History of Education Review, 44 170-185 (2015) [C1]
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| 2015 |
Griffiths TG, 'Critical education for systemic change: A world-systems analysis perspective', Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies, 13 163-177 (2015) [C1]
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Masson Cruz RM, 'A Marxist focus on Comparative Education in Cuba', JOURNAL FOR CRITICAL EDUCATION POLICY STUDIES, 13 195-214 (2015)
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| 2014 |
Griffiths T, Connor T, Robertson B, Phelan L, 'Is Mayfield Pool saved yet? Community assets and their contingent, discursive foundations', Community Development Journal, 49 280-294 (2014) [C1]
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| 2013 |
Griffiths TG, 'Cuban youth & revolutionary values: educating the new socialist citizen', EDUCATIONAL REVIEW, 65 116-118 (2013) [C3]
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| 2013 |
Griffiths TG, Millei Z, 'Education in/for socialism: historical, current and future perspectives', Globalisation, Societies and Education, 11 161-169 (2013) [C3]
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| 2011 | Griffiths TG, 'El análisis sistema-mundo y el estudio educativo: Investigación para un mundo incierto', Diálogo de Saberes, 2 105-121 (2011) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
| 2011 |
Griffiths TG, 'World-systems analysis and comparative education for an uncertain future', International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 10 20-33 (2011) [C1]
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| 2010 |
Griffiths TG, Knezevic LA, 'Wallerstein's world-systems analysis in comparative education: A case study', Prospects, 40 447-463 (2010) [C1]
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| 2010 |
Griffiths TG, 'Schooling for twenty-first-century socialism: Venezuela's Bolivarian project', Compare, 40 607-622 (2010) [C1]
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| 2010 | Griffiths TG, 'Las reformas curriculares y la educación Bolivariana: Una perspectiva del análisis sistema-mundo', Ensayo y Error, XIX 117-139 (2010) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
| 2009 | Griffiths TG, Knezevic LA, 'World-systems analysis in comparative education: An alternative to cosmopolitanism', Current Issues in Comparative Education, 12 66-75 (2009) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
| 2009 |
Griffiths TG, Williams J, 'Mass schooling for socialist transformation in Cuba and Venezuela', Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 7 30-50 (2009) [C1]
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| 2009 |
Griffiths TG, 'Social justice, equity, schools and the curriculum', Curriculum Perspectives, 29 76-82 (2009) [C1]
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| 2009 |
Griffiths TG, 'Fifty years of socialist education in revolutionary Cuba: A world-systems perspective', Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, 15 45-64 (2009) [C1]
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| 2005 | Griffiths TG, 'Learning 'To Be Somebody'. Cuban Youth in the Special Period', International Journal of Learning, 11 1267-1274 (2005) [C1] | Nova | |||||||||
| 2005 |
Griffiths TG, Cooper SA, 'Social and emotional wellbeing in schools: A review of systems' policies', Education Connect: Occasional Papers about Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Schools, 5-11 (2005) [C3]
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| 2004 |
Gore JM, Griffiths TG, Ladwig JG, 'Towards better teaching: productive pedagogy as a framework for teacher education', Teaching and Teacher Education, 20 375-387 (2004) [C1]
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Review (1 outputs)
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| 1999 |
Ladwig JG, Griffiths TG, Gore JM, Lingard B, 'Education in a post-penal, post-industrial, post-modern, soon-to-be post-colonial nation', Uppsala Reports on Education (1999) [D1]
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Conference (46 outputs)
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| 2017 |
Forster DJ, Douglas S, Griffiths TG, Buchanan R, Ford M, McPherson A, Lowe K, 'Symposium of Four Discussion Papers : Grounding the interdisciplinary pilot project Educational Ethics: Perspectives on Dilemmas of Diversity ', Grounding the interdisciplinary pilot project Educational Ethics: Perspectives on Dilemmas of Diversity , Crowne, Newcastle Australia (2017)
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| 2014 |
Griffiths TG, Charon-Cardona E, 'Education to remake the world: Soviet university education aid, 1956-1991', XXVI Annual Conference, Comparative Education Society in Europe, Freiburg, Germany (2014) [E3]
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| 2012 | Griffiths TG, Arnove RF, 'World culture in the capitalist world-system in transition', CIES 2012 Program, Puerto Rico (2012) [E3] | ||||
| 2012 | Griffiths TG, Downey J, 'What to do about schools? The Australian Radical Education Group (RED G)', The 40th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES), Christchurch, NZ (2012) [E3] | ||||
| 2011 | Griffiths TG, 'Re-thinking education for XXI Century socialism in Venezuela', Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2011 Montreal Abstracts, Montreal (2011) [E3] | ||||
| 2010 | Griffiths TG, 'Teacher education for social transformation in Venezuela', WCCES 2010 Abstracts and Full Papers, Istanbul, Turkey (2010) [E3] | ||||
| 2010 | Griffiths TG, 'Classroom discipline: Another example of world-system convergence?', AARE 2009 Conference Proceedings, Canberra (2010) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2009 | Griffiths TG, Knezevic LA, 'World systems analysis in comparative education: Beyond cosmopolitanism', ANZCIES 09: Conference Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference: Abstracts, Armidale, NSW (2009) [E3] | ||||
| 2009 |
Parkes RJ, Griffiths TG, 'Comparative education, border pedagogy, and teacher education in an age of internationalisation', Australian Teacher Education Association Annual Conference Proceedings Archive, Albury, NSW (2009) [E1]
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Gore JM, Miller WA, Griffiths TG, Parkes RJ, Ellis H, 'Refining assessment practice in the social sciences', ATN Assessment Conference 2009, Melbourne, Vic (2009) [E1]
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| 2009 | Gore JM, Ladwig JG, Miller WA, Griffiths TG, 'On the status and quality of physical education as school subject: An empirical study of classroom and assessment practice', AARE 2008 Conference Papers Collection: Proceedings, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E1] | Nova | |||
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Gore JM, Ladwig JG, Miller WA, Griffiths TG, Parkes RJ, Ellis H, 'Quality assessment in university social science courses', AARE 2008 Conference Papers Collection: Proceedings, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E2]
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| 2009 | Miller WA, Williams CA, Ladwig JG, Gore JM, Griffiths TG, 'An examination of the quality and conceptualisation of English teaching', AARE 2008 International Education Research Conference: Changing Climates: Education for Sustainable Futures, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2009 |
Griffiths TG, Parkes RJ, Downey J, Gore JM, Ladwig JG, Miller WA, 'Conceptions of social science knowledge: Assessing the impact on pedagogical reform', AARE 2008 International Education Research Conference: Changing Climates: Education for Sustainable Futures, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E1]
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| 2008 | Miller WA, Williams CA, Griffiths TG, Gore JM, Ladwig JG, 'An examination of the quality and conceptualization of English teaching', AERA 2008 Annual Meeting. Abstracts, New York (2008) [E3] | ||||
| 2008 | Gore JM, Miller WA, Ladwig JG, Griffiths TG, 'Physical education: Teacher capacity, curriculum structure, and pedagogical relationships', AERA 2008 Annual Meeting. Abstracts, New York (2008) [E3] | ||||
| 2008 |
Griffiths TG, Parkes RJ, Gore JM, Miller WA, Ladwig JG, 'Conceptions of historical and geographical knowledge: Assessing the impact of pedagogical reform', AERA 2008 Annual Meeting. Abstracts, New York (2008) [E3]
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| 2008 | Ladwig JG, Gore JM, Griffiths TG, Miller WA, 'Pedagogical inertia and reform in NSW school mathematics', AERA 2008 Annual Meeting. Abstracts, New York (2008) [E3] | ||||
| 2008 | Ladwig JG, Ellis H, Miller WA, Griffiths TG, Gore JM, 'Scientific method, content coverage, and pedagogy', AERA 2008 Annual Meeting. Abstracts, New York (2008) [E3] | ||||
| 2008 | Griffiths TG, 'Preparing citizens for a 21st century socialism: Venezuela's Bolivarian educational reforms', SEAA Conference Proceedings, Newcastle, NSW (2008) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2007 | Gore JM, Ladwig JG, Griffiths TG, Miller WA, 'Data-driven guidelines for high quality teacher education', AARE 2007 Conference: Index to Conference Papers, Abstracts and Symposia, Fremantle WA (2007) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2007 | Ladwig JG, Gore JM, Miller WA, Griffiths TG, Smith M, 'Quality of pedagogy and student achievement: Multi-level replication of authentic pedagogy', AARE 2007 Conference: Index to Conference Papers, Abstracts and Symposia, Fremantle WA (2007) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2007 | Griffiths TG, Miller WA, Ladwig JG, Gore JM, 'Equity and pedagogy: Familiar patterns and QT based possibilities', AARE 2007 Conference: Research Impacts: Proving or improving?, Fremantle WA (2007) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2007 | Miller WA, Ladwig JG, Griffiths TG, Gore JM, 'Equity effects of quality teaching: Closing the gap', Index to Conference Papers, Abstracts and Symposia, Fremantle WA (2007) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2007 | Griffiths TG, Gore JM, Ladwig JG, 'Teachers' fundamental beliefs, commitment to reform, and the quality of pedagogy', Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education 2006 Annual Conference, Adelaide (2007) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2007 | Griffiths TG, Miller WA, 'On the social distribution of pedagogical quality', 2007 AERA Annual Meeting and Exhibition: The World of Educational Quality. Papers, Chicago (2007) [E3] | ||||
| 2007 | Gore JM, Ladwig JG, Griffiths TG, Miller WA, 'Variations in pedagogical quality and their social effects: Implications for teacher education', 2007 AERA Annual Meeting and Exhibition: The World of Educational Quality. Papers, Chicago (2007) [E2] | ||||
| 2007 | Ladwig JG, Miller WA, Gore JM, Griffiths TG, 'Curricular implications of a multi-dimensional analysis of pedagogy and equity', 2007 Biennial ACSA conference: Curriculum Centre Stage. Proceedings, Melbourne (2007) [E2] | ||||
| 2007 | Griffiths TG, 'Venezuela's critical/popular education for all, for a socialism for the 21st century', XIII World Congress on Comparative Education Societies. Abstracts, Sarajevo (2007) [E3] | ||||
| 2006 |
Griffiths TG, Cooper SA, 'Teacher beliefs, pedagogy and student learning', AARE 2005 International Education Research Conference. Abstracts, Parramatta, NSW (2006) [E3]
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| 2006 |
Griffiths TG, Cooper SA, 'Studnet wellbeing: A review of system's policies', AARE 2005 International Education Research Conference. Abstracts, Parramatta, NSW (2006) [E3]
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| 2006 | Griffiths TG, Gore JM, Ladwig JG, 'Conceptions of pedagogy teacher understanding as a critical factor in professional learning and pedagogical practice', 2006 AERA Annual Meeting Abstracts, San Francisco (2006) [E3] | ||||
| 2006 | Griffiths TG, 'Access, equity and socialisation for an alternative future: Educational reform in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela', Proceedings of the 34th Annual ANZCIES Conference, Canberra, Australia (2006) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2005 | Vincent K, Hazell T, Allen JA, Griffiths TG, 'New Times, New Teachers: Valuing Social And Emotional Wellbeing In Teacher Education', Australian Teacher Education Association. Teacher Education: Local & Global. Conference Proceedings, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (2005) [E1] | Nova | |||
| 2005 | Griffiths TG, 'Radical Teachers for a New Society: A History of the Radical Education Group (RED G) Project in Australia', Learning Conference 2005: 12th International Conference on Learning. Abstracts, Granada (2005) [E3] | ||||
| 2004 | Griffiths TG, 'Educating 'good Socialist Citizens' in the Post-Soviet , Capitalist World-system. Reporting on a Survey of Cuban Youth in the Special Period', The Learning Conference 2004. Learning Today: Communication, Technology, Environment, Society, Havana Cuba (2004) [E3] | ||||
| 2004 | Griffiths TG, 'The impact of teachers' pedagogy on student equity: NSW teachers' views', Abstract of Papers, Melbourne (2004) [E3] | ||||
| 2004 | Ladwig JG, Griffiths TG, 'Can quality teaching improve class-based inequalities?', Abstract of Papers, Melbourne (2004) [E3] | ||||
| 2002 | Gore JM, Griffiths TG, Ladwig JG, 'Exploring 'productive pedagogy' as a framework for teacher learning', AARE 2002 Conference Papers, Brisbane (2002) [E2] | ||||
| 2001 |
Ladwig JG, Gore JM, Lingard B, Griffiths TG, Morrison KA, Cooper SA, 'Educational governance, social inclusion and social exclusion in Australia', AARE - Conference Papers, Sydney (2001) [E2]
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| 2001 | Gore JM, Griffiths TG, Ladwig JG, 'Productive pedagogy as a framework for teacher education: Towards better teaching', AARE - Conference Papers, Fremantle (2001) [E2] | ||||
| 2001 | Griffiths TG, 's11, School students, and the end of liberalism', AARE 2000 - Conference papers, Sydney (2001) [E2] | ||||
| 2001 | Griffiths TG, 'Much obliged: Student responsibility for their own social exclusion', AARE 2000 - Conference papers, Sydney (2001) [E2] | ||||
| 2000 | Griffiths TG, 'Schooling and social class in Australia: The persistence of liberalism', AARE-NZARE Sydney 2000 - Education Research: Towards an Optimistic Future- Abstracts, Sydney (2000) [E3] | ||||
| 2000 | Griffiths TG, 'Student obligation: Accept individual responsibility for social exclusion', AARE-NZARE Sydney 2000 - Education Research: Towards an Optimistic Future- Abstracts, Sydney (2000) [E3] | ||||
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Other (2 outputs)
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| 2021 |
Griffiths TG, 'Dependency Theory and World-Systems Analysis in Comparative and International Education', ( pp.87-104): Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (2021)
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| 2013 | Griffiths T, Millei Z, 'Special Issue: Education in/for socialism: historical, current and future perspectives - Journal Special Issue in Globalisation, Societies and Education 11(2)', (2013) |
Report (1 outputs)
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Gore JM, Ladwig JG, Miller WA, Ellis H, Parkes RJ, Griffiths TG, 'Final Report: Quality Assessment: Linking Assessment Tasks and Teaching Outcomes in the Social Sciences', Australian Learning and Teaching Council, 51 (2009) [R1]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 22 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $1,146,976 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20182 grants / $17,000
Educational Ethics: Dilemmas of Diversity Network Strengthening and Project extension$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Daniella Forster, Associate Professor Tom Griffiths, Dr Rachel Buchanan, Associate Professor Georgina Stewart, Amy McPherson |
| Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
VIII International Conference on Critical Education, London, 25-28 July 2018$2,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | FEDUA Conference Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20171 grants / $15,000
Educational Ethics: Southern Perspectives on Dilemmas of Diversity$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Daniella Forster, Dr Rachel Buchanan, Dr Margot Ford and A/Prof Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20152 grants / $17,000
Religion, Marxism and Secularism$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Roland Boer, Doctor Euridice Charon-Cardona, Associate Professor Tom Griffiths, Doctor James Juniper, Emeritus Professor Terry Lovat, Conjoint Professor Marion Maddox, Associate Professor Sara Motta, Doctor Christina Petterson, Doctor Timothy Stanley |
| Scheme | Strategic Networks Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2015 |
| Funding Finish | 2015 |
| GNo | G1500896 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
International Conference on Critical Education, Wroclaw Poland, 15-18 June 2015$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2015 |
| Funding Finish | 2015 |
| GNo | G1500545 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20141 grants / $2,000
Comparative Education Society of Europe (CESE), Freiburg Germany, 10-13 June 2014$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2014 |
| Funding Finish | 2014 |
| GNo | G1400560 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20132 grants / $7,964
2013 International Visitor - Hill$6,464
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths, Professor Dave Hill |
| Scheme | DVCR International Visitor Support |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1301134 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), Buenos Aires 24-28 June 2013.$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1300789 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20122 grants / $16,500
2011 Emerging Research Leaders Program$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Emerging Research Leaders Program |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2012 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | G1200324 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
CIES 20121: 56th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22 - 27 April 2012$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2012 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1200414 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20111 grants / $1,500
III Simposio International de Filosofia y Education, Caracas, Venezuela, 24 - 26 November 2011$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2011 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | G1100878 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20091 grants / $1,200
Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Annual Conference, Canberra, 29 Nov - 03 Dec 2009$1,200
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2009 |
| GNo | G0190637 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20081 grants / $1,700
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, 24/3/2008 - 28/3/2008$1,700
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2008 |
| Funding Finish | 2008 |
| GNo | G0188574 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20072 grants / $221,639
Quality Assessment: Linking assessment tasks and teaching outcomes in the social sciences$219,939
Funding body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Funding body | Australian Learning and Teaching Council |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore, Associate Professor James Ladwig, Doctor Wendy Miller, Associate Professor Tom Griffiths, Associate Professor Robert Parkes |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2007 |
| Funding Finish | 2008 |
| GNo | G0188132 |
| Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Commonwealth |
| Category | 2OPC |
| UON | Y |
World Congress of Comparative Education Societies - Living Together: Education and Intercultural Dialogue, Sarajevo, 3/9/2007 - 7/7/2007$1,700
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2007 |
| Funding Finish | 2007 |
| GNo | G0188039 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20061 grants / $600
Australian Association for Research in Education, University of South Australia and Adelaide University, 27/11/2006 - 30/11/2006$600
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2006 |
| Funding Finish | 2006 |
| GNo | G0187039 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20051 grants / $2,400
Learning Conference 2005, 11-14 July 2005$2,400
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2005 |
| Funding Finish | 2005 |
| GNo | G0185427 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20044 grants / $824,763
Systemic implications of pedagogy and achievement in NSW Public Schools$550,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore, Associate Professor James Ladwig, Dr P Brock, Ms Gillian Shadwick, Mr R Randall, Dr Maxwell Smith, Ms Ann McIntyre, Associate Professor Tom Griffiths, Doctor Wendy Miller |
| Scheme | Linkage Projects |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2004 |
| Funding Finish | 2007 |
| GNo | G0183622 |
| Type Of Funding | Aust Competitive - Commonwealth |
| Category | 1CS |
| UON | Y |
Systemic implications of pedagogy and achievement in NSW public schools.$267,263
Funding body: NSW Department of Education and Training
| Funding body | NSW Department of Education and Training |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore, Associate Professor James Ladwig, Dr P Brock, Dr M Bruniges, Mr R Randall, Dr Maxwell Smith, Ms J Davy, Associate Professor Tom Griffiths, Doctor Wendy Miller, Ms Gillian Shadwick, Ms Ann McIntyre |
| Scheme | Linkage Projects Partner Funding |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2004 |
| Funding Finish | 2006 |
| GNo | G0183823 |
| Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - State |
| Category | 2OPS |
| UON | Y |
Radical Teachers for new society: An oral history of the Radical education Group (RED G) project in Australia, 1974-2004$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | New Staff Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2004 |
| Funding Finish | 2004 |
| GNo | G0185010 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
Learning Conference 2004, June 27-30, 2004$2,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2004 |
| Funding Finish | 2004 |
| GNo | G0184053 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20021 grants / $17,710
Development of a statement and framework for quality pedagogy for NSW public schools.$17,710
Funding body: NSW Department of Education and Training
| Funding body | NSW Department of Education and Training |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Associate Professor James Ladwig, Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore, Associate Professor Tom Griffiths |
| Scheme | Consultancy/Tender |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2002 |
| Funding Finish | 2002 |
| GNo | G0182638 |
| Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - State |
| Category | 2OPS |
| UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | PhD | Mapping Tensions in Environmental and Sustainability Education: Considerations for the Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority and Educators at the Australian Coal Face | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2019 | PhD | A History of the Present - Tracing the Emergence and Permutations of Teacher Quality in Australian Parliamentary Reports (1998—2007) | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2018 | PhD | Grounding Globalities in the Cosmopolitan Practices of Youth | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2018 | PhD | The Construction and Reconstruction of Vietnamese National Culture: A Study of Higher Education Policy under Doi Moi | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2016 | PhD | The Pedagogical Preparation of Chinese Students: An Examination of Chinese Students' Experiences of English Language Programs in China and Australia | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2016 | PhD | The Trajectory of Universal Primary Education and Educational Decentralization in Tanzania 1961-2015: A Nyererean Perspective | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2015 | PhD | Innovation of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Curricula in Taiwanese Universities | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2015 | Masters | Functional and Critical Literacy in Yo Sí Puedo An Examination of Cuba's Literacy Program Through a Freirean Lens | M Philosophy (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2014 | PhD | Philosophical Reflections on the Importance of a Values-Based Program of Environmental Education, with Special Reference to the Pedagogy of Empathetic Education | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2014 | Masters | Institutional Weakness as a Blessing: The Origins and Development of Costa Rican Exceptionalism Vis-a-vis Central America's Structural Disadvantage Within the Capitalist World-System | M Philosophy (Politics), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2014 | PhD | The Preparation of Chinese Language Teachers in the Global Context: A Vertical Case Study of an Australian Approach | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2014 | PhD | Critical Perspectives on Educational Partnerships in The Era of Neoliberalism | Education Studies, Victoria University | Co-Supervisor |
Research Projects
Educational Ethics: Dilemmas of Diversity 2017 - 2023
This interdisciplinary study is designed to develop ‘real-life’ case studies to help teachers learn how to make better ethical decisions at work. The research will explore teachers’ critical experiences about ethical choices and identify common difficulties and important characteristics. The project will create rich normative case studies (NCS) of modern ethical dilemmas that are recognisable to experiences in Australian schools. It will contribute to professional development in educational ethics for pre-service and serving teachers.
see: www.educationalethics.org
A three-year fully funded PhD scholarship has been granted in the area of educational ethics with the aim of developing pedagogy to support teacher moral imagination and judgement. The scholarship is attached to an existing program of research about ethical teaching in a pluralist democracy; Educational Ethics: Dilemmas of Diversity. The program focuses on the identification, analysis and interrogation of educational dilemmas which are intrinsic to the moral nature of teachers’ work, but specifically recognisable to Australian teachers’ experiences through the identification of localised social, political, economic, and cultural characteristics and tensions. I congratulate the successful applicant, Ms Sarah Gurr.
For more information about the scholarship please see:
Grants
Educational Ethics: Southern Perspectives on Dilemmas of Diversity
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
Educational Ethics: Dilemmas of Diversity Network Strengthening and Project extension
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects (SNaPP) |
Publications
Buchanan RA, Forster DJ, 'Digital Dilemmas and the Mediation of the Entrepreneurial Self', Melbourne (2015) [E3]
Forster DJ, Douglas S, Griffiths TG, Buchanan R, Ford M, McPherson A, Lowe K, 'Symposium of Four Discussion Papers : Grounding the interdisciplinary pilot project Educational Ethics: Perspectives on Dilemmas of Diversity ', Grounding the interdisciplinary pilot project Educational Ethics: Perspectives on Dilemmas of Diversity , Crowne, Newcastle Australia (2017)
Douglas S, Forster DJ, 'What s in a dilemma? Generative thinking from teacher ethics', What s in a dilemma? Generative thinking from teacher ethics, Napier Building, North Terrace campus, The University of Adelaide, SA (2017)
Forster D, Douglas S, 'Normative Case Study: Aussie Rules? Resentment and refugees', Rotarua, New Zealand (2018)
Levinson M, Fay J, Lowenberg Ball D, Robinson DD, Thompson WC, de Novais J, et al., 'Bending Toward or Away From Racial Justice? An Interactive Case Study in Educational Ethics', AERA Presidential Session, Sat, April 6, 4:10 to 6:10pm, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Floor: 100 Level, Room 104D (2019)
Buchanan R, 'Digital ethical dilemmas in teaching', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2019)
McPherson A, 'Directions in Empirical Studies of Educational Ethics', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2019)
Webster RS, 'Education Ethics as Existential Dialectics', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2019)
Fallona C, 'Manner in Teaching as an Ethical Aspect of Teacher Conduct', Search Home Log in Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2019)
Joseph PB, 'Cultivating Moral Imagination Through Teacher Education', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2019)
Forster D, Campbell E, Colnerud GG, Fallona C, Maxwell B, Osguthorpe R, et al., 'Moral and Ethical Teaching and Teachings: Revisiting and Recasting Our Own Research for New Audiences', Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Floor: Lower Concourse, Sheraton Hall E, Toronto, Canada (2019)
Schussler DL, 'Role of Meaningful Disposition Frameworks to Enhance Teachers Moral Practice', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2019)
McPherson A, Forster D, Buchanan R, 'Situated cases of ethical tensions when working with children and young people in educational contexts', Global Studies of Childhood, 9 103-108 (2019)
Osguthorpe RD, 'Tensions in Moral and Ethical Work of Teaching', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Spinger, Singapore (2019)
Maxwell B, McDonough K, Waddington DI, 'Teachers Freedom of Speech in the Classroom', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2019)
Ford M, Forster D, Lowe K, 'Weighing Harm: White Fragility and Antiracist Resistance in Australian Education', Democratic Discord in Schools Cases and Commentaries in Educational Ethics, Harvard Education Press, Harvard Graduate School of Education 8 Story Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2019)
Forster D, 'Teaching through ethical tensions: between social justice, authority and professional codes', Rethinking Reflection and Ethics for Teachers, Springer, Singapore 33-50 (2019) [B1]
Forster D, 'Codes of Professional Ethics and Conduct in Teaching', Encyclopedia of Teacher Education, Springer, Singapore (2020)
Forster D, 'Professional ethics in Australian teaching and teacher education: Tensions and aspirations', Professional Ethics and the Moral Work of Teaching: Western Contemporary Research, Fujian Education Press, Hangzou, China (2020)
Students
| Program | Research Title |
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| PhD College of Human and Social Futures |
Mapping Tensions in Environmental and Sustainability Education: Considerations for the Sustainability Cross-Curriculum Priority and Educators at the Australian Coal Face |
Collaborators
| Name | Organisation |
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| Associate Professor Tom Grant Griffiths | University of Newcastle |
| Doctor Margot Winifred Ford | University of Newcastle |
| Associate Professor Rachel Anne Buchanan | University of Newcastle |
| Doctor Daniella Jasmin Forster | University of Newcastle |
| Doctor Samuel Paul Douglas | University of Newcastle |
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Associate Professor Tom Griffiths
Position
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Education
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
Education
Contact Details
| tom.griffiths@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4921 6784 |
| Fax | (02) 4921 6987 |
Office
| Room | HC60 |
|---|---|
| Building | Hunter Building |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
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