Dr Monica Green - Researcher Profile

Monica Green

Address

Monash University
Northways Road, Gippsland Campus

Biography

Dr Monica Green is a Lecturer at Monash University in the Faculty of Education (Gippsland).

Monica's current research interests are focused on pedagogies and curriculum that support education for sustainability, including climate change and the preservation of local places and communities.

Monica's PhD research (2011) used theories of place inhabitation, relationships to food, place ecologies, and place-based pedagogies to examine the educational value of food gardens and related environmental and health initiatives in primary (elementary) schooling in Australia. The study highlights how schools are engaging with socio-environmental challenges through pedagogical frameworks that support education for sustainability. These frameworks are significant in that they position children as active agents who experience deep levels of embodied learning. A key premise of the thesis is that young learners are experientially capable of developing an eco-ethical awareness if they are to become ecologically pro-active subjects and citizens.

 

Research & Supervision Interests

    Community and place-based education: learning environments such as school grounds, food gardens, and local sites that support children's engagement with education for sustainability.

Keywords

place, garden pedagogies, sustainability, primary

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2011
MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE (SOCIAL ECOLOGY)
Institution: University of Western Sydney
Year awarded: 1999
MASTERS OF EDUCATION
Institution: Deakin University
Year awarded: 1994
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
Institution: Deakin University
Year awarded: 1992

Publications

Journal Articles

Green, M.M., 2012, Place, sustainability and literacy in environmental education: frameworks for teaching and learning, Review of International Geographical Education Online [E], vol 2, issue 3, Review of International Geographical Education Online (RIGEO), Turkey, pp. 326-346.

Collins, S.M., Whyte, S.J., Green, M.M., Vella, K., Crinall, S., Dent, F., Foley, A., Potts, M., Oates, C., Peterken, C., Albon, N., Howard, M., 2012, The person in the tree: shared writings from space, place, body, Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology [P], vol 3, issue 2, Hoegskolen i Oslo og Akershus, Oslo Norway, pp. 56-70.

Somerville, M., Green, M., 2011, A pedagogy of "organized chaos": ecological learning in primary schools, Children, Youth and Environments [E], vol 21, issue 1, University of Colorado, United States, pp. 14-34.

Green, M.M., 2008, From wilderness to the educational heart: A Tasmanian story of place, Australian Journal of Environmental Education [P], vol 24, Australian Association for Environmental Education, Australia, pp. 35-43.

Conference Proceedings

Green, M., 2010, Locating myself in the research, AARE 2009 Conference Proceedings, 29 November - 3 December 2009, Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-12.

Green, M.M., 2009, Learning in place: Pedagogical pathways for place-making, AARE 2008, AARE, Australia, pp. 1-19.

Green, M.M., 2008, Food gardens: Cultivating a pedagogy of place, AARE Conference 2007, 25 November 2007 - 29 November 2007, The Australian association for research in education, Coldstream Vic Australia, pp. 1-11.

Teaching Commitment

2012

EDF2303 Movement Environment and Community

EDF3311 Understanding Space and Place

EDF6806 Sustainable Community Development

 

Community Service

Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Gippsland (formerly Gippsland Education for Sustainability Network) Steering Committee

Gippsland Climate Change Network (GCCN) Fellowship Steering Committee

President of Warragul and District Urban Landcare Group

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Supervisors:
Duffy, M (Main), Green, M (Associate), Atkins, R (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The WHY of learning.
Supervisors:
Green, M (Main), Duffy, M (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The transfer of learning between field experiences and school: examining 'learning experiences' from the perspectives of students and teachers from school to field and back again.
Supervisors:
Green, M (Joint), White, S (Joint-co).