Dr David Zyngier - Researcher Profile

Biography

David works in the Faculty of Education at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer in the areas of Curriculum and Pedagogy. He was previously a teacher and school principal. His research focuses on teacher pedagogies that engage all students but in particular how can these improve outcomes for  students from communities of disadvantage.

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Keywords

Critical Pedagogy, Social Justice, Inclusion, Multi-cultural Education, Democratic Education, Diversity

Qualifications

DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2007

MASTER OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1993

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION (SECONDARY)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1981

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1974

Publications

Books

Carr, P.R., Zyngier, D., Pruyn, M. (eds), 2012, Can Educators Make a Difference? Experimenting with, and Experiencing, Democracy in Education, IAP - Information Age Publishing, United States.

Zyngier, D., 2010, Engaging Pedagogies and Pedagogues: Examining Student Engagement in Action, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany.

Book Chapters

Zyngier, D., Carr, P.R., 2012, Introducing the global doing democracy research project: Seeking to understand the perspectives, experiences and perceptions of teachers in relation to democracy in education, in Can Educators Make a Difference? Experimenting with, and Experiencing, Democracy in Education, eds Paul R. Carr, David Zyngier and Marc Pruyn, IAP, United States, pp. 1-22.

Zyngier, D., 2012, Re-discovering democracy: Putting action (back) into active citizenship and praxis (back) into practice, in Can Educators Make a Difference? Experimenting with, and Experiencing, Democracy in Education, eds Paul R. Carr, David Zyngier and Marc Pruyn, IAP, United States, pp. 57-90.

Zyngier, D., 2012, Transformative student engagement - An empowering pedagogy: An Australian experience in the classroom, in Student Engagement in Urban Schools: Beyond Neoliberal Discourses, eds Brenda J. McMahon and John P. Portelli, IAP, United States, pp. 111-131.

Zyngier, D., 2011, Education, critical service-learning, and social justice: The Australian experience of doing thick democracy in the classroom, in Critical Service-Learning as Revolutionary Pedagogy: A Project of Student Agency in Action, eds Brad J. Porfilio and Heather Hickman, IAP - Information Age Publishing, United States, pp. 135-154.

Zyngier, D., 2011, Enhancing learning through school - community networks using CORE pedagogy, in Schools, Communities and Social Inclusion, eds Dorothy Bottrell and Susan Goodwin, Palgrave Macmillan, South Yarra Vic Australia, pp. 254-267.

Zyngier, D., 2010, Listening to teachers-listening to students: Substantive conversations about resistance, empowerment and engagement, in Action Research in Education (Volume III: Key Examples of Action Research in Schools within Different National Settings), eds Anne Campbell and Susan Groundwater-Smith, Sage, UK, pp. 321-344.

Zyngier, D., 2007, Productive pedagogies: Seeking a common vocabulary and framework for talking about pedagogy with pre-service teachers, in Handbook of Teacher Education. Globalization, Standards and Professionalism in Times of Change, eds Tony Townsend and Richard Bates, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 205-218.

Zyngier, D., 2007, Productive pedagogies: seeking a common vocabulary and framework for talking about pedagogy with pre-service teachers, in Handbook of Teacher Education: Globalization, Standards and Professionalism in Times of Change, eds Tony Townsend and Richard Bates, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 205-217.

Journal Articles

Saeed, S., Zyngier, D., 2012, How motivation influences student engagement: A qualitative case study, Journal of Education and Learning [P], vol 1, issue 2, Canadian Center of Science and Education, Canada, pp. 252-267.

Saeed, S., Zyngier, D., 2012, How motivation influences student engagement: A qualitative case study, Journal of Education and Learning [P], vol 1, issue 2, Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE), Toronto Ontario Canada, pp. 252-267.

Zyngier, D., 2012, Pygmalions, Galateans and Golems: why pre-service teacher beliefs about children from diverse backgrounds (still) matter, International Journal on School Disaffection [P], vol 9, issue 1, Trentham Books Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 23-38.

Zyngier, D., 2012, Rethinking the thinking on democracy in education: What are educators thinking (and doing) about democracy?, Education [E], vol 2, issue 1, MDPI AG, Switzerland, pp. 1-21.

McMahon, B., Munns, G., Smyth, J., Zyngier, D., 2012, Student engagement for equity and social justice: Creating space for student voice, Teaching & Learning [P], vol 7, issue 2, Brock-Golden Horseshoe Educational Consortium, Canada, pp. 63-78.

Zyngier, D., 2011, (Re)conceptualising risk: left numb and unengaged and lost in a no-man's-land or what (seems to) work for at-risk students, International Journal of Inclusive Education [P], vol 15, issue 2, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 211-231.

Zyngier, D., 2011, A sizeable issue, Education Review [P], vol February, APN Educational Media P/L, Sydney, Australia, pp. 10-11.

Zyngier, D., 2011, Raising engagement and enhancing learning: School community partnerships that work for students at promise, Creative Education [P], vol 2, issue 4, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., United States, pp. 375-380.

Zyngier, D., 2009, Doing it to (for) boys (again): do we really need more books telling us there is a problem with boys' underachievement in education?, Gender And Education [P], vol 21, issue 1, Routledge, London, pp. 111-118.

Zyngier, D., 2009, Education Through Elegant Subversion, Professional Voice [P], vol 6, issue 3, Australian Education Union, Abbotsford, Victoria, pp. 51-57.

McMahon, B., Zyngier, D., 2009, Student engagement: contested concepts in two continents, Research in Comparative and International Education [E], vol 4, issue 2, Symposium Journals, Oxford, UK, pp. 164-181.

Zyngier, D., 2009, Teachers under the pump -and over a barrel - and up the creek: Reframing the current debates about 'quality' of education, Curriculum Perspectives [P], vol 29, issue 1, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Deakin West, ACT Australia, pp. 83-90.

Zyngier, D., 2009, The tribulations of reusing and repackaging data: A review of "how has school productivity changed in Australia?", Australian Educational Researcher [P], vol 36, issue 2, AARE, Victoria, pp. 73-92.

Zyngier, D., 2008, (Re)conceptualising student engagement: Doing education not doing time, Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, vol 24, issue 7, Elsevier, Cardiff, UK, pp. 1765-1776.

Zyngier, D., 2008, Don't draw conclusions that black schools don't work, Australian Teacher, vol 0, issue May, Tempo Media, Victoria, p. 9.

Zyngier, D., 2008, Why what educators believe matters, Leadership in Focus, vol 2008, issue 12 Summer, Victorian Principals Association, North Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 18-21.

Zyngier, D., 2007, (Re)conceiving student engagement: What the students say they want. Putting young people at the centre of the conversation, LEARNing Landscapes, vol 1, issue 1, LEARN Quebec, Canada, pp. 93-116.

Zyngier, D., 2007, Listening to teachers-listening to students: substantive conversations about resistance, empowerment and engagement, Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, vol 13, issue 4, Routledge, London, pp. 327-347.

Zyngier, D., 2007, Productive Pedagogies, Teachers Learning Network, vol 14, issue 2, Australian Education Union and Victorin Independent Education Union, Melbourne, pp. 32-34.

Zyngier, D., 2006, Advancing student engagement through changed teaching practices, The International Journal of Learning, vol 12, Common Ground, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-11.

Zyngier, D., 2006, Productive pedagogies in the early childhood centre - I'd like to see that!, Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, vol 13, issue 2, Monash University, Frankston Vic Australia, pp. 103-118.

Zyngier, D., 2005, Choosing our ideas, words and actions carefully: Is the language of Productive Pedagogies intelligible for pre-service teachers?, Issues in Educational Research, vol 15, issue 2, Western Australia Institute for Educational Research Inc., Perth WA Australia, pp. 93-111.

Zyngier, D., 2005, Improving the pathways for young people who are early school leavers and/or require alternate education, International Journal of Learning, vol 11, Common Ground Publishing, www.Learning-Journal.com, pp. 55-69.

Zyngier, D., 2004, A tale of two reports or how bad news for Australian education is mediated by the media, Issues in Educational Research, vol 14, issue 2, Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc., Perth WA Australia, pp. 194-211.

Zyngier, D., 2004, Connectedness: isn't it time that education came out from behind the classroom door and rediscovered social justice?, The Social Educator, vol 22, issue 1, The Social Educators' Associaton of Australia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 20-33.

Zyngier, D., 2004, Culture and pedagogy: International comparisions in primary education, Melbourne Studies in Education, vol 45, issue 1, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 116-120.

Zyngier, D., 2004, Putting young people at the centre of the discussion: a review, Primary & Middle Years Educator, vol 2, issue 2, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, ACT Australia, pp. 3-4.

Zyngier, D., 2004, What school kids want, Educare News, issue 148, Australian Council for Educational Research, Vic Australia, pp. 29-30.

Zyngier, D., 2003, A bridge not far enough, EQ Australia, issue 2, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 9-10.

Zyngier, D., 2003, Connectedness - Isn't it time that education came out from behind the classroom door and rediscovered social justice, Social Alternatives, vol 22, issue 3, Social Alternatives, Australia, pp. 41-49.

Zyngier, D., 2003, Getting connected - isn't it time that education came out from behind the classroom door!, Teacher Learning Network, vol 10, issue 2, Teacher Learning Network, South Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 4-7.

Zyngier, D., 2003, r.u.MAD? - Social justice through community connectedness, Curriculum Leadership, vol 1, issue 6, Curriculum Corporation, http:/cms.curriculum.edu.au, pp. 1-2.

Conference Proceedings

O'Sullivan, B., See, D., Zyngier, D., Agbenyega, J., 2010, Enhanced learning through networked communities (E-LINCs), Abstracts and Program of the 17th Conference of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education (ARECE), 19 - 21 January, 2010, Monash University, Australia, p. 30.

Zyngier, D., 2009, Education, democracy and social justice: The Australian experience - doing thick democracy in the classroom, Learning Democracy by Doing: Alternative Practices in Citizenship Learning and Participatory Democracy, 16 October 2008 to 19 October 2008, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada, pp. 248-263.

Zyngier, D., 2007, (Re)conceptualising student engagement as doing education ... not doing time, 2007 Biennial Conference, 7 July 2007 to 10 July 2007, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, http://www.acsa.edu.au/, pp. 1-24.

Zyngier, D., 2007, Left numb and unengaged and lost in a no-man's-land or what seems to work for at-risk students, AARE Conference 2006, 27 November 2006 to 30 November 2006, AARE, http://www.aare.edu.au/06pap/zyn06237.pdf, pp. 1-18.

Zyngier, D., 2006, Listening to teachers - listening to students. Substantive conversations about resistance, empowerment and engagement. Translation of research into practice (praxis), Creative Dissent: Constructive Solutions. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference Paper Abstracts, 27 November 2005 to 1 December 2005, Australian Association for Research in Education, www.aare.edu.au/05pap, pp. 1-17.

Zyngier, D., 2005, Doing education not doing time. Engaging pedagogies and pedagogues - what does student engagement look like in action?, AARE 2004 Melbourne. Doing the Public Good, 29/11/04 to 02/12/04, AARE, www.aare.edu.au, pp. 2-16.

Zyngier, D., 2004, Choosing our ideas, words and actions carefully: teaching and learning with our pre-service teachers, Proceedings of the 2004 Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, 07/07/2004 to 10/07/2004, Australian Teacher Education Association, CD rom, pp. 131-139.

Zyngier, D., Gale, T., 2003, Engaging programs: how are Australian schools responding to low student retention?, AARE 2003 Conference Papers, 30 November 2003 to 3 December 2003, Australian Association for Research in Education, Coldstream Vic Australia, pp. 1-30.

Zyngier, D., Gale, T., 2003, Productive pedagogies: is it an intelligible language for preservice teachers?, Teachers as Leaders: Teacher Education for a Global Profession, 20/07/2003 to 25/07/2003, International Council on Education for Teaching, Wheeling USA, pp. 3-17.

Other

Zyngier, D., 2012, Community links to learning, Inspire (February 2012, Issue 1), Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), Melbourne, Australia.

Zyngier, D., 2011, In defence of the public funding of public schools, ACEL Leadership Academy (Online Reflections & Analysis), Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL), Australia.

Zyngier, D., 2010, A web of misinformation, The Age, Fairfax, Melbourne, Australia.

Power, K., Somerville, M., Pruyn, M., Zyngier, D., Clarke, B., 2010, Report on National Partnerships Extended School Hub Field Trials Frankston North - "My Learning Place", Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia, pp. 1-110.

Zyngier, D., 2008, Method is the message, The Australian, PBL, Melbourne.

Zyngier, D., 2007, To empoer youth start with teachers, The Toronto Star, Canada.

Zyngier, D., 2006, Learning choices, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, www.dsf.org.au, pp. 1-23.

Zyngier, D., 2005, Listening to teachers - listening to students. Substantive conversations about resistance and engagement. Translation of Research into Practice (Praxis), Unpublished Kenote address presented at the Engine Innovate Conference, unpublished.

Zyngier, D., 2004, Doing education not doing time: engaging pedagogies and pedagogues, MERC conference 2004, MERC, http://www.education.monash.edu.au/research/resources/merc/docs/conference-program-merc2004.pdf.

Clarke, B.A., Dyson, M.D., Romeo, G.I., Surman, L.W., Zyngier, D., 2004, Environmental scan on learning and teaching: a report of the department of education and training - volume 2: literature review, Faculty of Education, Monash University.

Zyngier, D., 2004, Key-makers: advancing student engagement through changed teaching practice, Final report for Monterey Secondary College and Frankston/Mornington Peninsula LLEN, Faculty of Education Monash University.

Murray, S.A., Mitchell, J.M., Gale, T., Edwards, J.A., Zyngier, D., 2004, Student Disengagement from Primary Schooling: A Review of Research and Practice, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-59.

Zyngier, D., Gale, T., 2003, Non-Traditional and Non-Systematic Educational Programs in FMP Secondary Schools, Frankston / Mornington Peninsula Local Learning and Employment Network, Australia, pp. 1-48.

Zyngier, D., Gale, T., 2003, Non-traditional and non-systemic educational programs in FMP secondary schools, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 1-48.

Consulting

Windermere Child and Family Services Kids on Track Project 2011-2012 ($30, 000)

National Partnerships Extended School Hub Field Trials Frankston North “My Learning Place” 2010-2011 ($15,000)

Letters to My Teacher Research Branch Department of Education and Early Childhood Development 2010-2011 ($25, 000)

Western Port Training Enterprise Salvation Army  2007 ($40, 000)

Activities

Election to, and roles within, learned societies

From: 18/04/2012 To: 18/04/2015
Comparative and International Education Society of USA
Co-Chair
Citizenship and Democratic Education Special Interest Group

Grants

Title:

Can Educators Make a Difference: Experiencing Democracy in Education.

Investigators:

Zyngier, D

Funding:

(2013 - 2017). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Learning Choices Case Study.

Investigators:

Zyngier, D

Funding:

(2005 - 2010). Dusseldorp Skills Forum Incorporated.

Title:

Letters to my teacher.

Investigators:

Zyngier, D

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Title:

National Partnerships Extended School Hub Field Trials Frankston North 'My Learning Place'.

Investigators:

Clarke, B, Power, K, Somerville, M, Pruyn, M, Zyngier, D

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Title:

Pines 'Connecting the Community' Project.

Investigators:

Zyngier, D

Funding:

(2005 - 2009). Dept Of Family & Community Services.

Title:

Westernport Training Enterprise Feasibility Study.

Investigators:

Zyngier, D, Seah, W, Auld, G

Funding:

(2007 - 2011). The Salvation Army (Victoria) Property Trust.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Engagment in the Classroom- The Voices that Matter.

Supervisors:

Zyngier, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Exploring Indonesian Learners' Beliefs about Language Learning Strategies through Reflection..

Supervisors:

Bao, D (Main), Zyngier, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Gender differences in Mathematic achievement in the Secondary Saudi Context..

Supervisors:

Wee, T (Joint), Zyngier, D (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Nature and value of critical thinking (ethical behaviour; personal and social competence).

Supervisors:

Zyngier, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Overcoming cultural barriers to reflective practice in South Sulawesi, Indonesia: The case of secondary teachers from Bugis ethnics group.

Supervisors:

Turner, M (Joint), Zyngier, D (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Transforming Reluctant Learners into Inquiry Learners..

Supervisors:

Zyngier, D (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Saeed, S.

Program of Study:

Students' and teacher's perceptions about their own motivation type and how this impacts on students' engagement. A qualitative case study. (Masters) 2011.

Supervisors:

Zyngier, D (Main).

Student:

Stanton, L.

Program of Study:

What does Engaging Pedagogy look like in my own Classroom? . 2005.

Supervisors:

Zyngier, D (Main).