Faculty research areas

• Clayton campus
• Gippsland campus
• Peninsula campus
  • Curriculum studies
  • Educational studies

Areas of major research interest in the faculty are as follows:

Clayton campus

• learning and instruction
• psychological assessment and remedial strategies
• developmental psychology
• economics and education and training
• sociology of education
• educational policy and management
• international education
• work and learning studies
• philosophical studies
• historical studies
• English language
• literacy and literature
• music
• second language education
• curriculum and teaching
• measurement and evaluation in education
• science and environmental education
• mathematics and technology education
• computing and educational technology.

Gippsland campus

• transition from primary to secondary schooling
• health and education issues
• literacy; writing process and genres; evaluation of reading recovery
• information technology
• gender issues
• history of education
• learner-managed learning capability
• educational psychology areas
• teaching philosophy in schools
• Australian indigenous studies
• gifted and talented education
• research on teaching and teacher education
• school-based teacher education
• supervision of the practicum
• convergence of education and technology; and industry-education partnerships

Peninsula campus

Curriculum studies

• art education
• social studies
• cultural studies
• families and partnerships
• information technology/computer studies
• literacy studies
• mathematical studies
• music education
• early childhood studies
• environmental studies

Educational studies

• schools and community
• teacher-pupil interaction
• educational management
• history of education
• school development
• school effectiveness
• school improvement

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