2023 MGSE Internal Grant Outcomes

We are pleased to announce the successful recipients for the MGSE Collaborative Research Development Scheme, and the MGSE Seed Funding Scheme, both commencing in January 2023.

Collaborative Research Development Scheme

• Associate Professor Lisa McKay-Brown for Multi tiered systems of support for school attendance problems in Australia.

Seed Funding Scheme

• Dr Ruth Aston for Systematic review of research on evaluation.
• Dr David Camilleri for Creation of BMX centric social and emotional learning programs for young people.
• Dr Stephen Chatelier for Discourses of anti-racism in international schooling.
• Dr Julie Choi for Understanding the role of arts-rich experiences in developing language and literacy outcomes for plurilingual learners.
• Associate Professor Russell Cross for Language vs content dispositional orientations to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in practice.
• Dr Rafaela Cleeve Gerkins for Drama as a pedagogic tool for developing academic language proficiency in the middle primary school.
• Professor David Gurr for Leadership demands on Early Career teachers.
• Dr Christopher McCaw for Evaluating the implementation and impact of contemplative pedagogy and curriculum.
• Dr Cath Pearn for Modifying and extending discourse as an expression of learning mathematics in the online environment.
• Associate Professor Jon Quach for Understanding the cultural responsiveness for mental health interventions in primary schools for refugee and migrant students.
• Dr Pauline Thompson for Understanding gender equity in school leadership in Australia, New Zealand and Sweden.
• Dr Peter Woelert for Administrative burden at Australian universities: A national survey of academic and professional staff.

MERI congratulates our successful recipients, which highlights the breadth of research being undertaken across MGSE in 2023.