Dr Florence McCarthy

Dr Florence McCarthy obtained her undergraduate degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley, before going on to complete her masters and PhD in sociology at Michigan State University. She has worked extensively in the USA as well as in Asia and Australia to establish effective learning programs and undertake research. Her research interests include service learning, participation rates and equity and researching the experiences of refugee students.

Qualifications

BA (UC Berkeley), MA, PhD (Michigan State)

Publications

Vickers, M.H., Ferfolja, T. & McCarthy, F.E. (forthcoming). Crossing Borders: Teachers and Refugee Students in Australian Schools. Canberra: Australian Curriculum Studies Association.

McCarthy, F.E. & Vickers, M.H. (forthcoming) Achieving Equity in Education for Refugee and Immigrant Students. Volume 4 in Elinor L. Brown, Rhonda Craven, George McClean (Series Editors) International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice. Baltimore: Information Age Publishing.

McCarthy, F.E. (2009) Where we are now: A review of service-learning among SLAN colleges and universities in Asia. New Horizons in Education. 57(3) (Special Issue) December 8-19.

Sato, Y., McCarthy, F.E., Murakami, M. & Yamamoto, K. (2009) The Impact of Service-Learning: Reflections from Service-Learning Alumni. Lessons from Service-Learning in Asia: Results of Collaborative Research in Higher Education. Service Learning Centre. Tokyo: International Christian University, 137-151.

McCarthy, F.E. (2009) Lessons from Service-Learning in Asia: Results of Collaborative Research in Higher Education. Service Learning Centre. Tokyo: International Christian University, 1-16.

McCarthy, F.E. (2009) Circle Time Solutions through a Learning Through Community Service Initiative. Sydney, Department of Education and Training.

McCarthy, F.E. & Vickers M.H. (2009) Improving University Participation Rates of Equity Populations Through University-Community Connections. AUCEA

McCarthy, F.E. & Vickers, M.H. (2008) Digital natives, dropouts and refugees: Educational challenges for innovative cities. Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice. 10(2-3), October-December, 257-268.

Vickers, M., McCarthy, F., Suliman, R. (2008) Teaching to make a difference: Strategies for working with African refugee students in transition. Australian National Schools Network ANSN Snapshot.

McCarthy, F.E. (2007) The effects of community engaged learning and teaching on instructors involved in academic service-learning: Learning through community service. Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, 2 (1) Spring, 260-266.

McCarthy, F.E. (2007) Classmates: A partnership between UWS School of Education and the South Western Sydney Region Department of Education and Training. Penrith: University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia.

McCarthy, F. E., Damrongmanee, Y., Pushpalatha, M., Chithra, J. & Yamamoto, K. (2005) The Practices and Possibilities of Service Learning among Colleges and Universities in Asia. Pacific -Asian Education. 17(2), 59-70.

McCarthy, F.E. (2005) Education as the Practice of Freedom: Service-Learning, Social Dilemmas, and “Developed” Countries. In Linda A. Chisholm (Ed) Knowing and Doing: The Theory and Practice of Service-Learning. New York: The International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership, 279-288.

McCarthy, F.E. (2004) Gender and Governance Issues in Local Government: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. Asian Development Bank. Manila, Philippines.

Harris, C., Vickers, M. & McCarthy, F. (2004) University-Community Engagement: Exploring Service-Learning Options within the Practicum. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 32(2), 129-141.

McCarthy, F.E. (2002) Service Learning and the Construction of Networks and Curriculum, Background Paper, in Kano Yamamoto (ed.) Service Learning in Asia: Creating Networks and Curricula in Higher Education. Tokyo: International Christian University, 23-37.

McCarthy, F.E. (2002) Learning from the Field: Service Learning in Asian Institutions of Higher Education, October 2001-April 2002. A report prepared for the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, New York, New York

McCarthy, F.E. (2001) Educating the Heart: Service Learning and Asian Institutions of Higher Education. New York: Christian Higher Education in Asia.

Ahmed, M., English, P., Feldman, S., Hossain, M., Jansen, E., McCarthy, F., de Wilde, K. & Young, R. (1990) Rural Poverty in Bangladesh: A Report to the Like-Minded Group, Dhaka: University Press Limited.

 

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