Dr Elizabeth Curtis

Research interests
Initial teacher education, professional experience, philosophy for children, values education, mentoring beginning teachers

Professional memberships
member of Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA)

Currently teaching courses/programs
EHE1100 English Curriculum & Pedagogy in Early Primary
EDU8400 Mentoring & Coaching
EDM8013 Literacy & Numeracy Across the Curriculum
RET2000 World Religions

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
14 Years

Teaching experience(Other)
12 Years

Administrative responsibilities
Programme Director Bachelor of Education

Research most recent
Curtis, E., Martin, R., Broadley, T. (2019). Reviewing the purpose of professional experience: A case study in initial teacher education reform. Teaching and Teacher Education, 83(1), 77-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2019.03.017.

Broadley, T., Martin, R., Curtis, E. (2019). Rethinking Professional Experience through a Learning Community Model: A Culture Change. Frontiers in Education, 4:22. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2019.00022.

Willis, J., Churchward, P., Beutel, D., Spooner-Lane, R., Crosswell, L. & Curtis, E. (2018). Mentors for beginning teachers as middle leaders: The messy work of recontextualising. School Leadership and Management. DOI: 10.1080/136324434.2018.1555701.

Research most notable
Curtis, E., Martin, R., Broadley, T. (2019). Reviewing the purpose of professional experience: A case study in initial teacher education reform. Teaching and Teacher Education, 83(1), 77-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2019.03.017.

Curtis, E. (2010). Embedding ‘Philosophy in the Classroom’ in pre-service teacher education. In R. Toomey, T. Lovat, N. Clement and K. Dally, Teacher Education and Values Pedagogy: A Student Wellbeing Approach (pp. 108-120). Terrigal, NSW: David Barlow Publishing.

Lunn Brownlee, J., Curtis, E., Spooner-Lane, R. & Feucht, F. (2015). Understanding children’s epistemic beliefs in elementary education. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education. DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2015.1069369

Brownlee, J., Curtis, E., Davey Chesters, S., Cobb-Moore, C., Spooner-Lane, R., Whiteford, C. and Tait, G. (2014). Pre-service teachers’ epistemic perspectives about philosophy in the classroom: It is not a bunch of “hippie stuff”. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 20(2), 170-188. doi: 10.1080/13540602.2013.848565

Publications in ePrints

Curtis, Elizabeth and Lunn Brownlee, Jo and Spooner-Lane, Rebecca (2020) Teaching perspectives of philosophical inquiry: Changes to secondary teachers' understanding of student learning and pedagogical practices. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 38:100711. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1871-1871

Willis, Jill and Churchward, Peter and Beutel, Denise and Spooner-Lane, Rebecca and Curtis, Elizabeth (2019) Mentors for beginning teachers as middle leaders: the messy work of reconextualising. School Leadership and Management, 39 (3-4). pp. 334-351. ISSN 1363-2434

Broadley, Tania and Martin, Romana and Curtis, Elizabeth (2019) Rethinking professional experience through a learning community model: toward a culture change. Frontiers in Education, 4:22.

Curtis, Elizabeth and Martin, Romana and Broadley, Tania (2019) Reviewing the purpose of professional experience: a case study in initial teacher education reform. Teaching and Teacher Education, 83 (1). pp. 77-86. ISSN 0742-051X

Beutel, Denise and Crosswell, Leanne and Willis, Jill and Spooner-Lane, Rebecca and Curtis, Elizabeth and Churchward, Peter (2017) Preparing teachers to mentor beginning teachers: an Australian case study. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 6 (3). pp. 164-177. ISSN 2046-6854

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