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Dr Rikki James

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6517
Email: rikki.james@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML16.111  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5921-6813

Rikki is the First Year Coordinator within the Bachelor of Education Secondary program, and the Media Education Coordinator in the School of Education.

Background

Rikki has extensive teaching and leadership experience both nationally and internationally and is passionate about the need for students to build critical media literacy skills as they are become increasingly immersed in convergent media technologies. Her PhD thesis explored the international, national and local influences shaping the history of media studies in Western Australian schools. Rikki has worked at government agencies advising for and developing curriculum and examinations for media studies in WA schools, and continues to provide university representation on the School Curriculum and Standards Authority Course Advisory Committee.
Rikki is also engaged in research that explores the impact that various approaches can have on the wellbeing of pre-service teachers and academics in tertiary education; media literacy in education; arts based education and the effective use of technologies in schools.

Current teaching

Secondary:

  • EDU1010 Becoming a Teacher (Unit Coordinator)
  • LAN6731 Media Education Foundations (Unit Coordinator)
  • LAN6732 Secondary Media Education (Unit Coordinator)
  • PPA3211 Second Professional Experience (Unit Coordinator)
  • CUR6210 Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation - Media (Lecturer)

Primary:

  • AED1260 The Arts in Education 1 (Unit Coordinator)

Awards and recognition

  • 2024 Teaching and Learning Grant Award Winner

Professional associations

  • 2009 - current: School Curriculum and Standards Authority, Media Production and Analysis Course Advisory Committee (University Representative)
  • 2010 - current: Australian Teachers of Media WA (member)
  • 2019 - current: Golden Key International Honour Society

Research areas and interests

  • Media studies and critical media literacy in education
  • Arts in Education
  • Teacher, pre-service teacher and academic well-being
  • Arts engagement to enhance well-being
  • The Growth Mindset and its benefit to students
  • Primary, secondary and tertiary curriculum development
  • First year tertiary student transition support and retention
  • Best practice in Professional Experience for teacher training

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2024.
  • Master of Education, The University of Western Australia, 2019.
  • Bachelor of Arts in Education, Edith Cowan University, 1996.
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