Dr Greg Burnett ~ Senior Lecturer in Education

Greg Burnett is Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University in Australia. His research and teaching emphases include: a broad sociology of education with a Pacific focus; the influence of cultural and other social difference on schooling; and an exploration of critical and postcolonial theory as a basis for teaching, learning and researching in teacher education. His professional and personal life have emerged from various Pacific ‘routes’ that have led via Australia, Nauru, Kiribati, Fiji and New Zealand to name but a few. In each of these places he has lived and worked as an educator at various levels for extended periods over the last 30 years.

Teaching

• ED1401: Education Perspectives and Practice (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• ED4461: Indigenous Futures (Level 4; CNS & TSV)
• ED5980: Teachers as Researchers for Learning and Change (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• ED5981: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms and Communities (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• ED5985: Teachers as Researchers for Learning and Change (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• ED5986: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms and Communities (Level 5; CNS & TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Specialist Studies in Education (1303)
• Education Systems (1301)
• Human Geography (1604)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Education and Training (9399)
• Education and Training Systems (9305)
• Teaching and Instruction (9302)

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Journal Articles

• Burnett G, Prakash K and Sharma V (2019) Negotiating conflicting discourses of quality teaching in Fiji: initial teacher education and practicum at the University of the South Pacific. Waikato Journal of Education, 24 (1).
• Burnett G (2018) Toward a theoretical framework for educational aid and teacher education within the Pacific Region. Journal of Pacific Studies, 38 (1). pp. 5-22
• Gasson N, Burnett G, Sanderson L and van der Meer J (2018) (Re)conceptualising inclusive education in New Zealand: listening to the hidden voices. Disability & Society, 33 (4). pp. 618-637
• Sullivan T, Serow P, Taylor N, Angell E, Tarrant J, Burnett G, Smardon D and (2017) Supporting families: a nurturing teacher education strategy in Nauru. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 45 (1). pp. 39-52
• Freeman C, Lingam G and Burnett G (2015) Children's changing urban lives: a comparative New Zealand–Pacific perspective. Journal of Urban Design, 20 (4). pp. 507-525
• Gasson N, Sanderson L, Burnett G and van der Meer J (2015) “It’s all he’s going to say”: using poetic transcription to explore students’ mainstream and residential school experiences. Disability & Society, 30 (5). pp. 731-742
• Sullivan T, Serow P, Taylor N, Burnett G, Tarrant J, Smardon D and Angell E (2015) A flexible delivery teacher education strategy in Micronesia. Micronesian Educator, 21. pp. 33-43
• Lingam G, Burnett G, Lilo J and lingam N (2014) Curriculum reform in Solomon Islands: a shift from Eurocentrism to Solcentrism in curriculum making. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 23 (3). pp. 345-353
• Serow P, Taylor N, Burnett G, Sullivan T, Smardon D, Tarrant J and Angell E (2014) One size doesn’t fit all: teacher education in developing Pacific Island countries. Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 18 (2). pp. 18-28
• Burnett G (2013) Approaches to English literacy teaching in the Central Pacific Republic of Kiribati: quality teaching, educational aid and curriculum reform. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 33 (3). pp. 350-363

Advisory Accreditation:

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Peer Review: a 21st Century Approach to Professional Learning in Teaching (PhD , Primary Advisor)

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