Dr David Baxter
Honorary Fellow, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
MA(Hons) NE, BA (Hons), DipEd (Syd), Phd (NE)
Contact
| Email: | dbaxter@une.edu.au |
| Room: | FEHPS Building (E7) 241 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3812 (or +61 2 6773 3812 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3878 |
David Baxter is a member of the Humanities Teaching and Research Group (TRG). Within this group, he specializes in English and Literacy Education.
Research interests
Secondary English education with special reference to NSW HSC syllabuses; relating critical theory to classroom practice in English education; the functional view of language; NSW English K-6 syllabus implementation; professional teaching standards; assessment strategies in English; and Faculty leadership in high schools.
Research & Recent Publications
Book Chapters
Baxter, D. 1998, 'Group work', in Re-Viewing English, eds W. Sawyer, K. Watson & E. Gold, St Clair Press, Sydney, pp. 110-117.
Baxter, D. 1998, 'Approaches to Wrack' (a new text for the HSC English courses), Metaphor, NSW English Teachers Association Journal, September, pp. 2-31.
Research Reports and Monographs
Baxter, D., Parker, E. & Rowland, S. 1999, Topic Area: Discovery. A Workshop for Teachers, English Teachers Association of NSW, Sydney, 42pp.
Baxter, D., Durrant, C. & Muirhead, P. 1998, 'Developing a Technology-based Thematic Literacy Unit', NSW Department of Education and Training's 'Literacy and Technology' Conference, UNE, Armidale, June, (in press).
Papers Presented at Conferences
Baxter, D., Parker, E. & Rowland, S. 1999, 'Topic Area: Discovery. A Workshop for Teachers', English Teachers Association of NSW Conference, Sydney, May.
Baxter, D. 1998, 'Approaches to Wrack' (a new text for the HSC English courses), English Teachers Association of NSW Annual Conference, Lismore, May.
Baxter, D. 1998, 'Deconstructing Sample HSC English Scripts Using a Functional Grammar Approach', English Teachers Association of NSW Annual Conference, Lismore, May.
Baxter, D. 1998, 'Using Text Types in the Secondary English Classroom', Conference for Beginning Teachers, English Teachers Association of NSW, Sydney, February.
Baxter, D. 1997, 'Interpretive communities and HSC English teachers in New South Wales', Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies Research Symposium, UNE, November.
'Lecture on the poetry of Robert Gray', Albury English Teachers Association HSC English Lecture Day, Albury, September.
'Lecture on the poetry of Robert Gray', University of New England's HSC English Lecture Day, Armidale, July.
'Lecture on Shakespeare's Macbeth', Far North Coast English Teachers Association HSC English Lecture Day, Lismore, August.
'Lecture on Shakespeare's Othello', North West Regional HSC Lecture Day, Tamworth, May.
'Lecture on Shakespeare's Othello', Far North Coast English Teachers Association HSC English Lecture Day, Lismore, August.
'Lecture on The Adventures of Hucklebury Finn by Mark Twain', Far North Coast English Teachers Association HSC English Lecture Day, Lismore, August.
'Lecture on The Adventures of Hucklebury Finn by Mark Twain', University of New England's HSC English Lecture Day, Armidale, July.
'Lecture on the Topic Area: Discovery', English Teachers Association (NSW) HSC Lecture Day, Sydney, July.
'Lecture on the Topic Area: Discovery', Far North Coast English Teachers Association HSC English Lecture Day, Lismore, August.
'Lecture on the Topic Area: Discovery', Inverell HSC Lecture Day, Inverell, September.
'Lecture on the Topic Area: Discovery', Albury English Teachers Association HSC Lecture Day, Sydney, July.
'The New School Certificate English Literacy Test &emdash; Issues and Practices', Glen Innes High School, July.
'The New School Certificate English Literacy Test - Issues and Practices', Merriwa Central School, June.
Professional Activities 1998
AATE Conference, Canberra, July.
'Approaches to teaching Frontline to HSC English students', Workshop with Wayne Murphy, Peel Valley English Teachers Association, Tamworth, May.
'Deconstructing sample HSC English scripts using a functional grammar approach', Border English Teachers Association, Albury, September.
'Lecture on Hamlet', North West Regional HSC English Lecture Day, Tamworth, May.
'Lecture on Hamlet, Macbeth and Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy', Far North Coast English Teachers Association HSC English Lecture Day, July.
'Lecture on Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy', Tamworth High School, July.
'Lecture on the poetry of Robert Gray, Essay Writing Skills and Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy', University of New England's HSC English Lecture Day, July.
Northern Tablelands English Teachers Association, Glen Innes, September.
NSW Teacher Education Council, Sydney, June.
'Teaching the features of language in HSC English', Peel Valley English Teachers Association, Tamworth, September.
'What the HSC English examiners are looking for', New England Girls School, June.
'What the HSC English examiners are looking for', Molong Centre School, The Scots School Albury, Uralla Central School, September.