Current Research Projects
Members of EESI are engaged in a mix of individual and team research projects. The focus of some of these projects is summarised here. For further details on specific projects, please see the web profiles of individual staff members listed under 'Who are we?'
- Enfranchisement and voice (Arts Education)
[John O'Toole, Kate Donelan, Helen Cahill]
- Risky business
- Transformative arts education partnerships
- The Song Room
- Community cultural development – Horn of Africa migrants
- Engaging indigenous students in further education
- Youth Participation and Pathways
[Joanna Wyn, Ani Wierenga, Julie McLeod, Kellie Burns, Melanie Nash, Helen Cahill]
- Youth Civic Engagement and Social Connection
- Youth-Led Learning
- Life Course in Comparative context (Longitudinal)
- Comparative study of youth marginalisation; Canada, Australia, UK
- Citizenships and young children
[Glenda MacNaughton, Kylie Smith, Karina Davis, Barbara Kameniar]
- Respecting children as citizens in local government: participation in policy and services (City of Port Phillip)
- Identities, especially ‘race’ and ethnic diversity, in the early years
- Negotiating Staff/Parent Relations in Culturally Diverse Early Education Settings
- International Joint Learning Initiative on Children & Ethnic Diversity
- Knowledge, social identities and citizenship
[Lyn Yates, Julie McLeod, Katie Wright, John Quay, Barbara Kameniar]
- ‘Keeping Connected’ A multi-disciplinary investigation of how trauma and illness impact on schooling, identity and social connectivity
- School knowledge, working knowledge and the knowing subject: a review of state curriculum policies 1975-2005
- Educating the Adolescent: Curriculum, counselling and citizenship in Australia, 1930s-1970s.
- Religion, national identity and education
- Applied Inter-disciplinary learning
[David Beckett, Dianne Mulcahy]
- Working across traditions of public health, community development, professional training and theatre arts
- Interdisciplinary professional learning
- Development of professional standards for geography teaching
- Young people, wellbeing and health
[Johanna Wyn, Mary O’Brien, Kellie Burns, Melanie Nash, Helen Cahill]
- Cultural politics of health and wellbeing
- Case study of the implementation of the cervical cancer vaccine in schools
- Sex and health education in comparative contexts and diverse settings
- Sports training and coaching
- Health, risky behaviours and 'at risk' young people