Dr Peter Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services at James Cook University with over 20 years experience in social work education, research and practice. He is currently acting in the role of Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching for the College or Arts and Social Sciences and is the First Year Experience Coordinator in social work. Peter is a multi-award winning educator with a particular interest in the application of transformative learning theory in social work education. He is currently a Fellow of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA). Peter’s research and practice interests include social work education, environmental social work, sustainable community development, international social work, and international student exchange. He has published scholarly work in all of these areas.

Peter is currently involved in a large-scale research project funded by the Australian Office of Learning and Teaching looking at international student exchange in social work education in Australia. This project involves collecting data from Australian social work academics and students as well as from international ‘host’ institutions in a number of countries in the Asia Pacific. Over the past six years Peter has also facilitated a number of international student exchanges to both Thailand and India.

 

Teaching

• WS1006: Self in Professional Helping (Level 1; TSV)
• WS2008: International Exchange (Level 2; TSV)
• WS3214: Developmental Approaches to Eco-Social Justice (Level 3; TSV)
• WS5103: Community Development (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Eco-social work. The emerging area of environmental or eco-social work is of great interest to me as we are increasingly required to respond to the impacts of environmental issues such as climate change.

Research

• International social work education. I am interested in exploring how students develop a consciousness as 'global citizens' and the role that international study experiences might play in this process.

Teaching

• International Student Exchange. I am interested in how we can best facilitate meaningful and critically informed learning for students engaged in short-term international exchange experiences.
• Eco-social work curriculum. The question of how we can integrate material on the natural environment and sustainability into the social work curriculum is an important and interesting challenge that I am deeply interested in.

Research Disciplines

• Social Work (1607)
• Curriculum and Pedagogy (1302)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Curriculum (9303)
• Cultural Understanding (9599)
• Communication (9502)

Awards

• 2012 - James Cook University Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence (In recognition of outstanding achievement in the category of ‘partnerships and engagement).
• 2012 - James Cook University TropEco Awards – Highly Commended (For enhancing education for sustainability in Learning, Teaching or Research)
• 2010 - James Cook University Inclusive Practice Award
• 2009 - James Cook University Inclusive Practice Award
• 2009 - National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
• 2007 - National Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Fellowships

• 2014 - JCU Teaching & Learning Academy Fellowship
• 2014 - JCU Teaching and Learning Academy Fellowship
• 2006 to 2017 - Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Fellowship in recognition of higher education teaching and the support of learning.

Other

• 2016 - Invited to deliver the 2016 James Cook University 'Last Lecture'

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Journal Articles

• Bowles W, Boetto H, Jones P and McKinnon J (2018) Is social work really greening? Exploring the place of sustainability and environment in social work codes of ethics. International Social Work, 61 (4). pp. 503-517
• Jones P, Rowe S and Miles D (2018) Beyond practical preparation: a critical approach to preparing social work students for international experiences. International Social Work, 61 (6). pp. 1083-1094
• Harris N, Miles D, Howard E, Zuchowski I, King J, Dhephasadin Na Ayudhaya P, Jones P, Francis A, Gopalkrishnan N and Puthantharayil G (2017) International student exchange in Australian social work education. Australian Social Work, 70 (4). pp. 429-440
• Jones P and Miles D (2017) Transformative learning in international student exchange: a critical perspective. Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education, 19 (2). pp. 47-60
• Jones P and Galloway K (2015) Academic and discipline identities as obstacles to engaging with education for sustainability: lessons from law and social work. International Journal of Sustainability Education, 11 (2). pp. 1-10
• Galloway K and Jones P (2014) Guarding our identities: the dilemma of transforamtion in the legal academy. QUT Law Review, 14 (1). pp. 15-26

Book Chapters

• Jones P (2018) Greening social work education: transforming the curriculum in pursuit of eco-social justice. In: The Routledge Handbook of Green Social Work. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 558-568
• Salter P, Halbert K, Howard E, Singh M, Miles D, Jones P, Bhati A, Wong C and Han J (2018) Local connections, global perspectives. In: The Globalisation of Higher Education: developing internationalised education in research and practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 61-78
• Miles D and Jones P (2016) International social work student exchange. In: Local Global Citizenship in Higher Education: a framework and case studies for curriculum development. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, pp. 39-49
• Jones P (2015) Transformative learning theory: addressing new challenges in social work education. In: Exploring Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. New Frontiers of Educational Research. Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 267-286

Conference Papers

• Miles D, Jones P, Gopalkrishnan N, Francis A, Harris N, Howard E, King J, Zuchowski I, Dhephasadin Na Ayudhaya P and Puthantharayil G (2016) Contested concepts of 'partnership' in international student exchange programs. Proceedings of the 37th HERDSA Annual International Conference. In: HERSDA 2016: 39th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual International Conference: the shape of higher education, 4-7 July 2016, Freemantle, WA, Australia
• Jones P (2014) Ecological Literacy in Social Work Education: Using a Scenario-based Approach to bring Community Spaces into the Classroom. Proceedings of the XI International Transformative Learning Conference. In: XI International Transformative Learning Conference: spaces of transformation and transformation of space, 23-26 October 2014, New York, NY, USA

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 61+ research outputs authored by Dr Peter Jones from 2001 onwards.

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Completed

• Women and the environment: an indicative study on Tamborine Mountain, Queensland (2014, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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