2023 ACEL Currie Lecture
presented by
Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore
Jenny has had a long and varied career across the educational sectors. From a
start as a secondary physical education teacher to her current role as the
Laureate Professor of Education and leader of the Teachers and Teaching
Research Centre at the University of Newcastle her passion and commitment to
the progression of the education profession is evident in all that she does.
She holds a Master’s degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada
(1983), and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (1990).
Jenny has been widely recognised for her contributions to the field, through
awards such as the Australian Council of Deans of Education award (2017) for
outstanding contribution to education reform and the Paul Brock Memorial
Medal (2018) for outstanding contributions to social justice and evidenceinformed policy, practice and research. She was formally appointed as Visiting
Professor at the University of Oxford.
Jenny’s educational and research interests have consistently centred on
quality and equity, and have ranged across topics such as teacher socialisation,
alternative pedagogy, power relations in teaching, reform in teacher education,
pedagogical reform, and teacher development.
As a leading academic in teacher education, Jenny has driven research through
her own significant publications (more than 10,400 citations) and through her
roles on the Advisory Board for other government-funded studies, as well as a
reviewer for research in Australia and internationally.
Jenny has had an impact across government, catholic and independent school
systems, especially in NSW and the ACT in the field of professional learning and
Quality Teaching.
Date: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Time: 6pm - 8pm (Canberra Time)
Venue: Australian Catholic University (ACU), Room 301.1.20, Veritas Building
Cost (incl GST): $55 ACEL member; $60 non-member
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