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Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Graeme Gower

Adjunct Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Email: g.gower@ecu.edu.au

Graeme is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the School of Education.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2015.
  • Master of Education, Edith Cowan University, 1999.
  • Post Graduate Diploma of Educational Studies, Edith Cowan University, 1993.
  • Multicultural Education, Edith Cowan University, 1986.
  • Diploma of Teaching, Edith Cowan University, 1980.

Research Outputs

2019

Journal Articles

  • Jackson-Barrett, L., Gower, G., Price, AE., Herrington, J. (2019). Skilling up: Providing educational opportunities for Aboriginal Education Workers through technology-based pedagogy. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 44(1), 52-75. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2018v44n1.4.
  • Price, A., Jackson-Barrett, L., Gower, G., Herrington, J. (2019). Understanding the complex work of Aboriginal Education Workers in schools. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 48(1), 93-105. https://doi.org/10.1017/jie.2017.34.

Reports

  • White, S., Anderson, P., Gower, G., Byrne, M., Bennet, M., Quin, A. (2019). Engaging and partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and caregivers. Australia. Office of Learning and Teaching/OLT - Innovation and Development Grant. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/11980.

2016

Book Chapters

  • Gower, G., Partington, G. (2016). Balancing relationships and intellectual rigour in research for government agencies. Political pressures on educational and social research: International perspectives (136-149). Routledge.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Hackling, M., Byrne, M., Gower, G., Anderson, K. (2015). A pedagogical model for engaging Aboriginal children with science learning. Teaching Science, 61(1), 27-39.

2012

Book Chapters

  • Gower, G., Byrne, M. (2012). Becoming a culturally competent teacher: beginning the journey. Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education (379-402). UWA Publishing.

Conference Publications

  • Gower, G. (2012). Ethical research in Indigenous Australian contexts and it's practical implementation. International Conference: Innovative Research in a Changing & Challenging World. Conference Proceedings (B) (47-58). Australian Multicultural Interaction Institute.

2006

Conference Publications

  • Galloway, A., Partington, G., Gower, G. (2006). Researching ethically in schools. Making teaching public: Reforms in teacher education (147-156). Australian Teacher Education Association.

2003

Conference Publications

  • Gower, G. (2003). Ethical Research in Indigenous Contexts and the practical implementation of it: Guidelines for ethical research versus the practice of research. NZARE AARE Conference 2003 : educational research, risks, & dilemmas (10 pages). Australian Association for Research in Education.

2002

Conference Publications

  • Gower, G., Mack, L. (2002). Practicalities in managing Indigenous involvement and control over research. Sharing Success:An Indigenous Perspective. (). James Cook University.

2001

Conference Publications

  • Mack, L., Gower, G. (2001). Keeping the bastards at bay: indigenous community responses to research. Crossing Borders: New Frontiers for Educational Research (0). AARE.

Research Projects

  • Evaluation of Foodbank WA s School Breakfast and Food Nutrition Program (01/2015FBWA), Foodbank, Grant, 2015 ‑ 2023, $180,000.
  • Einsteinian Physics: A new paradigm for school science, Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (Projects), 2015 ‑ 2018, $400,000.
  • Engaging and partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and community to improve student outcomes, Office for Learning and Teaching, OLT - Innovation and Development Grant, 2017 ‑ 2018, $14,274.
  • Improving educational opportunities for Aboriginal Education Workers through technology based pedagogy, Office for Learning and Teaching, OLT - Innovation and Development Grant, 2013 ‑ 2016, $10,280.
  • WA Adolescent Cooking and Food Literacy Study, Foodbank, Grant, 2014 ‑ 2015, $90,000.
  • Food for learning: Impact of the WA Healthy Food for All program in low SES schools, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2014 (Round 1), 2013 ‑ 2014, $39,062.
  • Engaging Aboriginal Children and their teachers with science, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant, 2011 ‑ 2012, $36,310.
  • Review of Aboriginal and Islander Education Officer Program, Department of Education and Training WA, Grant, 2008 ‑ 2011, $268,329.
  • High Achievers' Science Program for Aboriginal Students, Department of Education and Training WA, Grant, 2008 ‑ 2011, $72,606.
  • Effective Science Program Delivery for Remote Area Schools, Scitech, Grant, 2008, $7,273.
  • Effective Test Literacy Strategies for Aboriginal Student Success in the Western Australian Literacy and Numeracy Assessment, Aboriginal Education and Training Council, AETC - Grant, 2008, $33,705.
  • Continued detailed recording of culturally significant Aboriginal sites in Southwestern Australia as a guide to Noongar use of country, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant, 2005 ‑ 2007, $38,393.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

No data available

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The aftermath of domestic violence: Listening to the women's voices of their experiences
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