Associate Professor Tom Maxwell
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
BSc (University of Sydney), MEd (University of New England), PhD (University of New England), DipEd (University of Sydney), MACE
Contact
| Email: | tmaxwell47@gmail.com |
| Room: | Other Off Campus |
Tom Maxwell is a member of the Education Contexts Teaching and Research Group (TRG). He is also the Program Director for the Bhutan Project.
Publications
Current Research Projects
Dissertations/Portfolios Supervisions Completed
Affiliations
Australian College of Educators
Australian Association for Research in Education
Australasian and Asia-Pacific Centre of Educational Innovation and Development
Areas of Teaching
Action research
Social justice in education
Supervision of research
Research interests
Action research
Professional development
Doctoral education, especially professional doctorates
International educational development
Education in Bhutan
Rural education
Consultancy
Queensland Department of Education: member of a team involved in the Consultancy Project on Distance Education Materials (1995-1996)
Ministry of Education, Bhutan with Dr David Laird, Bhutan INSET Review 1998-99
UNESCO-Pakistan EFA Report for Afghanistan (Jan-Feb 2000)
Initiatives
International Baccalaureate
Bhutan Multigrade Program
Research Grants
2005 - Higher Education Innovation Programme (HEIP): "Education Alumni Support Project (EdASP)" (won with Dr Howard Smith at UNE) - $29,938
2002-2004 - ARC Linkage Grant: "Productive Partnerships for Teaching Quality: Quality Improvement, School-Community Practice and Teacher Education in and for Rural and Remote Settings"(with eight colleagues from UNE, CSU and the NSW Department of Education and Training) $956,804
2001 - McWilliam, E. (QUT), Taylor, P. (Griffith U), Green, B (UNE), Holland, S. (Edith Cowan U), Maxwell, T.W. (UNE) and Thompson, P. (U of SA) 2001. Improving doctoral education in Australian universities: Learning from professional doctorate programs" Evaluation and Investigation Project granted by DETYA $68,975.85
1997-8 - Adaptation of Urban Aboriginal Children to Mainstream Schooling. $38,962. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. A/Prof A-K Eckermann, Prof G Kaplan & Dr TW Maxwell.
Editor
Former Co-editor, Journal for Research in International Education.
Reader
Studies in Higher Education
Journal of Cooperative Education and Internships
Journal of Educational Enquiry