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Dr Jacinta Maxwell

Dr Jacinta Maxwell
Name Jacinta Maxwell
Position Senior Lecturer (Education)
Section School of Education
Office L402
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 2340
Extension 2340
Email
Qualifications BIndigSt Southern Cross , GDipT USQ , MLAD USQ , PhD USQ

Fields of Research (FoR)

  • Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified ( 200299 )
  • Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130200 )
  • Specialist Studies in Education ( 130300 )
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education ( 130301 )
  • Education Systems ( 130100 )

Research interests
national curricula and international schooling; critical race theories of education; cross-curriculum priorities in the Australian Curriculum; Australian Curriculum and education policy; interest convergence theory

Industry affiliations
Member of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association
Member of the International Education Association of Australia
Member of the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association
Member of the Australian Indigenous Studies Learning and Teaching Network

Currently teaching courses/programs
EDU5703 Engaging Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDU8502 Cultural Diversity Challenges in the Classroom
EDU8508 Engaging with Indigenous Communities
EDP4200 The Reflective Practitioner

Research most recent
Moodie, N, Maxwell, J & Rudolph, S. (2019). The impact of racism on the schooling experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: a systematic review. The Australian Educational Researcher, 46 (2). pp. 273-295. ISSN 0311-6999

Maxwell, J., Lowe, K., & Salter, P. (2018). The re-creation and resolution of the 'problem' of Indigenous education in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority. The Australian Educational Researcher. DOI: 10.1007/s13384-017-0254-7

Vass, G., Maxwell, J., Rudolph, S., & Gulson, K. (Eds.). (2018). The relationality of race and racism in educational research (Local/Global issues in Education Series). New York: Routledge.



Publications in ePrints

Moodie, Nikki and Maxwell, Jacinta and Rudolph, Sophie (2019) The impact of racism on the schooling experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: a systematic review. The Australian Educational Researcher, 46 (2). pp. 273-295. ISSN 0311-6999

Heffernan, Troy A. and Maxwell, Jacinta (2019) The media’s coverage of ‘Closing the Gap’ in Australian education. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. ISSN 0159-6306

Vass, Greg and Maxwell, Jacinta and Rudolph, Sophie and Gulson, Kalervo N. (2018) Introduction [to The relationality of race in education research]. In: The relationality of race in education research. Local/Global Issues in Education, 3. Taylor & Francis (Routledge), Milton Park, United Kingdom, xii-xxi. ISBN 978-1-138-50100-3

Maxwell, Jacinta and Lowe, Kevin and Salter, Peta (2018) The re-creation and resolution of the ‘problem' of Indigenous education in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cross-curriculum priority. The Australian Educational Researcher. pp. 1-17. ISSN 0311-6999

Vass, Greg and Maxwell, Jacinta and Rudolph, Sophie and Gulson, Kalervo N., eds. (2018) The relationality of race in education research. Local/Global Issues in Education, 3. Taylor & Francis (Routledge), Milton Park, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1-138-50100-3

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Approved research supervisor in the area of:

  • Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified ( 200299 )
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education ( 130301 )


Research topics