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Associate Professor Anne Coffey

Associate Dean (Secondary)

Staff Member Details
Mobile: 0478 282 165
Email: a.coffey@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO8.418  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-6159

Anne is Associate Dean (Secondary) in the School of Education.

Anne has over twenty years of experience in teaching Health and Physical Education at the secondary level in a variety of metropolitan and country government schools. Anne has held positions at the district level for the Department of Education including Project Manager Local Area Education Planning and Manager Operations. Whilst in the School of Education at the University of Notre Dame Australia she held positions as Coordinator, Secondary Programs, Associate Dean and Deputy Head of School.

Professional associations

  • Australian Association for Educational Research
  • Western Australian Association for Educational Research
  • 2019-2021 - President; 2019-2022 - National Board member - Australian College of Educations
  • 2015-2022 - Adolescent Success (Management Committee)
  • Association for Middle Level Education
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development


Awards and recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2018 - Association for Learning Environments - Innovative Education Initiative Award

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2016 - Professional Teaching Council of Western Australia Professional Service Award
  • 2012 - Dean's Award for Excellent in Teaching

Research areas and interests

  • Transition of students from primary to secondary school
  • Early adolescence - particularly student engagement
  • Middle years student leadership
  • Service-Learning
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing

Qualifications

  • Master of Counselling, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2024.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 1999.
  • Master of Education, The University of Western Australia, 1989.
  • Graduate Diploma of Education Secondary, Edith Cowan University, 1979.
  • Bachelor of Physical Education, The University of Western Australia, 1979.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Coffey, A., Lavery, S., Sinclair, L. (2024). Engaging the early adolescent: What do stakeholders say about the Keeping Kids Engaged in School program?. Issues in Educational Research, 34(2), 459 - 475.

2023

Journal Articles

  • McCrory, L., Coffey, A., Lavery, S. (2023). Attracting talented and committed students to the teaching profession. Student perspectives on teaching as a career. Teaching and Teacher Education, 133(Article in press), Article number 104263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104263.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, An investigation into transferable skills acquired through participation in an arts education

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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