Dr Jennifer Bleazby - Researcher Profile

Biography

While undertaking a Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe University, I completed a unit called Philosophy for Children as a part of a philosophy major. As a result, I became very interested in Matthew Lipman and Ann Sharp's ideas about teaching philosophy in schools using the community of inquiry pedagogy. After writing an honours thesis about Philosophy for Children and feminist epistemology, I completed a Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Melbourne in 2002 and I have worked as a secondary school Media Studies, SOSE/Humanities, History and Philosphy teacher in both government and independent schools. In 2007, I completed a PhD in the School of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. My PhD thesis developed my work on Philosophy for Children and feminist epistemology but also involved research into how the ideas of the philosopher John Dewey had influenced Philosophy for Children. In general, my research involves an exploration of the implications of philosophical problems and theories for educational theory and practice. My research also involves an investigation of the value of teaching philosophy in schools.

 

Research & Supervision Interests

Philosophy of Education, Philosophy for Children, Inquiry Learning, John Dewey, Civics and Citizenship Education, Service Learning, Thinking Curriculum, Ethics Education, Democratic Education, Gender and Education, Social Studies Education, Media Education, Children's Rights

Keywords

Civics and Citizenship Education, Service Learning, Democratic Education, Gender and Education, Inquiry Learning, John Dewey,, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy for Children,, Social Studies Education, Children's Rights, Thinking Curriculum, Ethics Education

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHILOSOPHY)

Institution: University of New South Wales / Australia

Year awarded: 2008

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION (SOSE / MEDIA)

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2004

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS)(PHILOSOPHY/CINEMA STUDI

Institution: LaTrobe University (Bundoora)

Year awarded: 2003

Publications

Books

Bleazby, J.B., 2013, Social Reconstruction Learning: Dualism, Dewey and Philosophy in Schools, Routledge, Abingdon Oxon United Kingdom. View Publication

Journal Articles

Bleazby, J.B., 2012, Dewey's notion of imagination in philosophy for children, Education and Culture (West Lafayette) [E], vol 28, issue 2, Purdue University Press, USA, pp. 95-111. View Publication

Bleazby, J., 2012, How compatible are communities of inquiry and the Internet? Some concerns about the community of inquiry approach to E-learning, E-Learning and Digital Media [E], vol 9, issue 1, Symposium Journals, UK, pp. 1-12.

Bleazby, J., 2011, Overcoming Relativism and Absolutism: Dewey's ideals of truth and meaning in philosophy for children, Educational Philosophy and Theory [P], vol 43, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 453-466. View Publication

Conference Proceedings

Bleazby, J.B., 2011, A Deweyian notion of children's participation rights and its implications for education, Proceedings of PESA Conference 2011, 1-4 December 2011, Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Inc, New Zealand, pp. 1-9.

Other

Bleazby, J.B., 2010, Comment on democratic education in schools, Sunday Herald Sun magazine, New Corporation Limited, Australia.

Bleazby, J., 2010, How classroom communities of philosophical inquiry may support effective e-learning, Abstract at the 40th Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Inc., Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Inc., Australia.

Bleazby, J., 2010, The child's right to inquire and shape their environment, Abstract at AAP2010, School of History and Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Teaching Commitment

EDF2004

EDF4879

EDF4880

ATS4869

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Thesis Title:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

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Supervisors:

Bleazby, J (Joint-co), Halilovich, H (Joint).

Thesis Title:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

Is thinking best taught as a process, behaviour or skill?.

Supervisors:

Bleazby, J (Main).

Thesis Title:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

Leadership skills and learning ability.

Supervisors:

Bleazby, J (Main).

Thesis Title:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

Representations of culture and identity in teachers pedagogies: A case study of art education in secondary state schools in Aceh.

Supervisors:

Joseph, C (Main), Bleazby, J (Associate).

Thesis Title:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

Social reconstructionism and the political role of the teachers in an age of neoliberalism.

Supervisors:

Bleazby, J (Main), Brubaker, N (Associate).

Thesis Title:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

The Tangled WWW - Cyberethical Dilemmas in Social Networking Technology Use by the Youth of Today.

Supervisors:

Bleazby, J (Joint-co), Richardson, P (Joint).

Thesis Title:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

The reception of E.D. Hirsch?s core knowledge idea of curriculum in the USA and Germany.

Supervisors:

Bleazby, J (Main).

Thesis Title:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

To study the relationship between student leadership and the impact on academic studies.

Supervisors:

Bleazby, J (Main).

Thesis Title:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Program of Study:

Using epistemological beliefs, learning conceptions and learning approaches to explore effective technology integration in a Singapore Polytechnic.

Supervisors:

Johnson, N (Main), Bleazby, J (Associate).