Dr Elizabeth Tudball - Researcher Profile

Elizabeth Tudball

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Faculty of Education
Building 6, Clayton

Biography

 

A whole world of learning

Running through the many layers of Dr Libby Tudball’s research are interweaving themes of values and citizenship, internationalisation and environmental sustainability. They reflect her passion for developing high-quality education that draws on modern life while at the same time preparing people for its challenges.

 

 

Libby, who is president of the Social Educators Association of Australia, hopes a proposed research project will help bring about a revitalisation of civics education in this country. 

“In Australia we often hear claims that we will have a world-class 21st-century curriculum,” Libby says. “But that can’t be achieved unless we have citizenship education. For young people to be able to participate as informed and active citizens, they need to have a sense of identity – of who they are and where they belong, as well as of their values and their connection to community.”

Once the focus of a national education project, civics education has since “fallen off the agenda a little”. It remains a high priority in Britain and throughout Europe, however, and Libby’s work also involves collaborative links with China, Japan and Hong Kong.  

Such global connections crop up repeatedly in her research. 

“In this era our work needs to go beyond the borders of the nation,” she says, but warns that internationalisation is more than “marketisation and commodification”. 

“It is about capacity building, but it’s also about looking at the role of the university in the 21st century world and issues such as the divide between rich and poor.”

On a recent trip to the Monash South Africa campus, Libby was impressed by the way her education students there handled teaching experience in schools that ranged from the highly privileged to those that lacked even running water. 

International input also benefits her other research, including a joint project on teacher mentoring with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. An international online survey instrument is being utilised that is not only a vehicle for data collection for further research, but an immediately valuable resource for teacher mentors. 

Not all Libby’s horizons are so wide. Her rigorous self-study on teacher education, for example, brings the focus right back to developing her own teaching.  She is also involved in continuous diagnostic reviews of schools, writing commissioned research reports for the Victorian government. 

Libby has been interested in Indigenous education since her own schooldays, and as the faculty’s director of professional placements and partnerships, her work includes establishing connections through teacher placements in Indigenous communities. 

Of her many interests, perhaps the one that best sums up her own approach is transformative practice. Connected to local and global citizenship, as well as to internationalisation, it also involves innovative use of technology. 

“It’s about teaching that leads to greater community engagement, authentic purpose and real life learning for younger people,” Libby says. “Instead of the work that students do leading to the tick on the page – the tyranny of the red tick – it leads to students being engaged in work that has value beyond school.“

 

Research & Supervision Interests

     

    • the internationalisation of education
    • studies of Asia
    • teacher professional learning and education
    • the inclusion of indigenous perspectives in school curriculum
    • social education
    • civics and citizenship
    • values education

     

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2005
DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION
Institution: Mebourne State college
Year awarded: 1975
ARTS
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1974

Publications

Books

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A.K., Brandenburg, R.T., Clemans, A., Keast, S., Parr, G.B., Riley, P.J., Robb, D., Tudball, E.J. (eds), 2010, Leading professional learning: A case book of practice, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia.

Tudball, L.J., Forsyth, A., Triolo, R. (eds), 1999, Civics and citizenship education: extended professional development project: participants' manual, Victoria. Department of Education, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Tudball, L.J., De Rooy, J., Alexander, D. (eds), 1997, Case Studies of Two Instances of Professional Development for Teachers of Civics & Citizenship Education, University of Queensland, St. Lucia.

Book Chapters

Tudball, E., 2012, Global perspectives on the internationalization of teacher education: Through an Australian lens, in Internationalizing Teacher Education in the United States, eds Beverly D. Shaklee and Supriya Baily, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, USA, pp. 93-111.

Loughran, J., Berry, A., Clemans, A., Keast, S., Miranda, B., Parr, G., Riley, P., Tudball, E., 2011, Exploring the nature of teachers' professional learning, in Navigating in Educational Contexts: Identities and Cultures in Dialogue, eds Anneli Lauriala, Raimo Rajala, Heli Ruokamo and Outi Ylitapio-Mantyla, Sense, Rotterdam, pp. 93-102.

Tudball, E., 2011, Multidimensional citizenship education and an internationalised curriculum in a time of reform: is this the future trajectory for schools in China and Australia in the twenty-first century?, in Education Reform in China: Changing concepts, contexts and practices, eds Janette Ryan, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 185-204.

Tudball, L., 2010, Developing student wellbeing through education for sustainability: Learning from school experience, in International Research Handbook on Values Education and Student Wellbeing, eds Terence Lovat, Ron Toomey, Neville Clement, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 779-794.

Tudball, L., 2010, Internationalising social studies programmes through self-study, in Advancing Social Studies Education through Self-Study Methodology. The Power, Promise, and Use of Self-Study in Social Studies Education, eds Alicia R. Crowe, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 103-117.

Tudball, E., Gordon, K., 2010, Teaching for active and informed citizenship, in Teaching Society and Environment, eds Rob Gilbert and Brian Hoepper, Cengage Learning, South Melbourne, pp. 403-422.

Tudball, L., 2007, 'Professional learning communities': exploring their power and influence in teacher professional learning, in Dimensions of Professional Learning. Professionalism, Practice and Identity, eds Amanda Berry, Allie Clemans, Alexander Kostogriz, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam The Netherlands, pp. 121-135.

Tudball, L., 2007, Whole-school approaches to values education: Models of practice in Australian schools, in Values Education and Lifelong Learning Principles, Policies, Programmes, eds David N. Aspin, Judith D. Chapman, Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 395-410.

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A.K., Tudball, L., 2006, Learning about teaching, in Making a Difference in Teacher Education Through Self-Study, eds Clare Kosnik, Clive Beck, Anne R. Freese and Anastasia P. Samaras, Springer, Dordrecht The Netherlands, pp. 203-225.

Tudball, L., 2006, Understanding Professional Communities: Positive Teacher Professional Development Outcomes in Values and Citizenship Education, in Values Education for Citizens in the New Century, eds Roger H.M. Cheng, John C.K. Lee, Leslie N.K. Lo, Chinese University Press and Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, Hong Kong, pp. 365-382.

Loughran, J., Berry, A.K., Tudball, E.J., 2005, Developing a culture of critique in teacher education classes, in The Missing Links in Teacher Education Design. Developing a Multi-linked Conceptual Framework, eds Garry F Hoban, Springer, Dordrecht Netherland, pp. 193-208.

Tudball, L.J., 1999, CCE. Exploring the possibilities, in Civics and citizenship education: extended professional development project: participants' manual, Victoria. Department of Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-40.

Tudball, L.J., 1999, Investigating contemporary issues in SOSE, in Civics and citizenship education: extended professional development project: participants' manual, Victoria. Department of Education, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Tudball, L.J., 1998, The Studies of Society and Environment Multi-media Team Project, in Learning about teaching with new technologies: a research project into the use of multi-media in pre-service teacher education, Australia, pp. 10-25.

Journal Articles

Tudball, E.J., 2012, 'Towards Victoria as a learning community': Challenges and dilemmas for Social Education and Civics and Citizenship in new policies for schools, Ethos (Carlton): ideas for the classroom discussions & reviews [P], vol 20, issue 4, Social Education Victoria Inc., Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 12-16.

Tudball, L., 2008, History versus SOSE: Revisiting the old curriculum debate in new ways, Curriculum Perspectives, vol 28, issue 1, Australian Curriculum Studies Association Inc., Deakin ACT Australia, pp. 63-68.

Edwards, J.A., Tudball, L., 2008, 'It must be a two-way street': Researching the process of internationalising the curriculum in Victoria schools, Curriculum Perspectives, vol 28, issue 1, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, ACT, pp. 35-44.

Dejaeghere, J., Tudball, L., 2007, Looking back, looking forward: critical citizenship as a way ahead for civics and citizenship education in Australia, Citizenship Teaching and Learning. Special Issue: Reflections on the IEA Civic Education Study (1995-2005)., vol 3, issue 2, Children's Identity & Citizenship European Association, http://www.citized.info/?strand=6&r_menu=news, pp. 40-57.

Tudball, L., 2007, New trajectories for teaching the Humanities. Considering curriculum and pedagogical imperatives, International Journal of the Humanities, vol 4, issue 10, Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, http://www.Humanities-Journal.com, pp. 13-20.

Tudball, L., 2005, Grappling with internationalisation of the curriculum at the secondary school level: issues and tensions for educators, Australian Journal of Education, vol 49, issue 1, Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 10-27.

Tudball, L., 2005, Utilising professional learning from in-country experiences: case study, India, The Social Educator, vol 23, issue 1, SEAA, Clear Mountain Qld Australia, pp. 58-64.

Tudball, L.J., 1999, Sadness: A monologue by William Yang - a study guide, Australian Screen Education, vol 20/21, issue summer, 1999, ATOM and Cinemedia Screen education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 9-17.

Edwards, J., Tudball, L.J., 1999, What the Fish saw: innovative strategies for developing intercultural understandings: towards a humane world, The Social Educator, vol 17, issue 2, Journal of the social education associ of Aust, Subiaco WA Australia, pp. 41-49.

Conference Proceedings

Tudball, L., 2008, The shifting sands of civics and citizenship education in Australia: what principles, policies and practices should be enacted in the times ahead?, Researching Citizenship Education: Principles, Policies and Practice, 28 - 30 July 2008, Society for Educational Studies, United Kingdom, pp. 37-38.

Tudball, L., 2005, Internationalisation of the curriculum in secondary schools: a futures-oriented learning imperative, 2005 Curriculum Committee, 21 September 2005 - 23 September 2005, ACSA, http://www.acsainc.com.au/pages/fiveconf.php, pp. 1-21.

Tudball, L., 2004, Listening and responding to the views of my students: are they ready to teach in a diverse world? Risking self-study of the internationalisation of teacher education, Proceeding of the Fifth International Self-study of Teacher Education Practices Conference, 27/06/2004 to 01/07/2004, University of Northern Iowa, http://educ.queensu.ca/~ar/sstep5/Proceedings2004.pdf, pp. 250-254.

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A., Tudball, L.J., 2002, Teaching about teaching: learning to help student-teachers learn about their practice, Herstmonceux IV: The Fourth International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices. Making a Difference in Teacher Education Through Self-Study, 4 August 2002 to 8 August 2002, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto, Canada, pp. 67-71.

Other

Tudball, E., 2011, School Review Report for Guthridge Primary School Gippsland Region, Faculty of Education Monash University, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 1-22.

Tudball, E., 2011, School Review Report prepared for Hampton Park Primary School Southern Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-23.

Tudball, E., 2011, School Review Report prepared for Mentone Primary School, Southern Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-22.

Tudball, E., 2011, School Review Report prepared for Williamstown Primary School Western Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-22.

Tudball, E., 2010, School Review Report Kurnai College Latrobe region, Faculty of Education Monash University, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 1-34.

Tudball, E., 2010, School Review Report for Kensington Primary School Western Metropolitan region, Faculty of Education Monash University, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 1-30.

Tudball, E., 2010, School Review Report for Meredith Primary School Grampians region, Faculty of Education Monash University, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 1-22.

Tudball, E.J., Forsyth, A.P., 2009, Effective practice in Civics and Citizenship Education. A guide for pre-service teachers, Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1-29.

Tudball, L., 2009, Finding time: Is this the fatal blocker in teacher professional learning?, Leading Professional Learning: Willing to Lead, vol other, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 109.

Tudball, E.J., 2009, School Review Report: Prepared for Avondale Primary School Western Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-26.

Tudball, E.J., 2009, School Review Report: Prepared for Hartwell Primary School Eastern Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-30.

Tudball, E.J., 2009, School Review Report: Prepared for Newtown Primary School Barwon South Western Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-28.

Tudball, E.J., 2009, School Review Report: Prepared for Yarra Glen Primary School Eastern Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-30.

Tudball, L., 2008, School Review Report: Prepared for Bungaree Primary School Grampians Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-26.

Tudball, L., 2008, School Review Report: Prepared for Exford Primary School Western Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-27.

Tudball, L., 2008, School Review Report: Prepared for The Patch Primary School Eastern Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-26.

Tudball, L., 2008, School Review Report: Prepared for Wonga Park Primary School Eastern Metropolitan Region, Faculty of Education, Monash University, pp. 1-30.

Tudball, L., 2005, How can we teach about the tsunami? Teaching about current issues: a critical role for SOSE teachers, Article in Ethos, the quarterly magazine of the Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers, Issue 13/1, March 2005, VASST, Carlton Vic Australia.

Tudball, L., 2004, Developing young global citizens: a key goal for the future of civics and citizenship education, A keynote address at the 2004 National Discovering Democracy Forum, 17 - 18 May, 2004.

Tudball, L., 2004, Sustaining civics and cititzenship education - connecting with other issues on the education agenda, Paper presented at Comview, 2003: Values education, civics and citizenship, The Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, www.vcta.asn.au.

Tudball, L.J., 1997, Editor, Ethos. Journal of the Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers - Richmond, Vic: VASST 1328 - 1933.

Tudball, L.J., 1997, Editor, Ethos 7 - 12 - Richmond, Vic: Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers. 1328-1491.

Tudball, L.J., 1997, Our constitution: student text and teacher resource manual (Review), Ethos 7 - 12, 5 (1), 56.

Darlington, R., Grant, I., Kameniar, B., Leask, B., Squire, L., Squire, S., Tudball, L.J., 1997, SOSE 2: Studies of society and environment, Studies of Society and environment Melbourne: Heineman.

Tudball, L.J., 1997, Why has the peace movement remained so strong in Hiroshima?, Tora no Maki 11: lessons for teaching about contemporary Japan. Lois J. Barnes, et al - Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
'Transformative Learning spaces: case studies of emerging practice in schools'.
Supervisors:
Askew, M (Joint), Tudball, E (Joint-co).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Developing formative assessment strategies in a primary programme.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Education for sustainability and its role in enterprise and business.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Internationalisation of Education: The impact of secondary school students' fieldwork on student learning and community..
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Investigating models of mentoring in pre-service teacher education: case studies of practice.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Investigating the role of financial values and attitudes in financial literecy teaching and learning.
Supervisors:
Sullivan, P (Main), Tudball, E (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Negotiating international mindedness: Determinacy of identity and academic meaning international education.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Students' use of digital technologies during school and out of school: Participation, Negotiation of Meaning and Formation of Identity.
Supervisors:
Henderson, M (Joint-co), Tudball, E (Joint).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
TBA.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Understanding how teachers learn to integrate technology.
Supervisors:
Henderson, M (Main), Tudball, E (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Anania, I.
Program of Study:
A study of the development and implementation of effective Values Education initiatives in schools. (Masters) 2010.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Student:
Dyer, J.
Program of Study:
Global education: travel and new imaginaries for teachers? work. (Masters) 2009.
Supervisors:
Seddon, T (Main), Tudball, E (Associate).
Student:
Fernando, A.
Program of Study:
From student to teacher: using the theory of communities of practice to understand and improve the process of pre-service teacher transition. (PHD) 2008.
Supervisors:
Holkner, B (Main), Tudball, E (Associate).
Student:
Owens, R.
Program of Study:
New schools of thought - developing thinking and learning communities. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).
Student:
Sykes, W.
Program of Study:
Understanding the concerns, challenges and barriers faced by student teachers in the early stages of learning to teach. (Masters) 2012.
Supervisors:
Tudball, E (Main).