Doctor Mary Mooney
DEAN - SCHOOL OF EDUCATION,
Dean's Unit - School of Education
DEPUTY DEAN - SCHOOL OF EDUCATION,
Dean's Unit - School of Education
SENIOR LECTURER,
Secondary Education (SoE)
Personal
Qualifications
- MATheatreStud University of New South Wales
- BEd Brisbane College of Advanced Education
- GDipDramaEd Melbourne State College
- DipTeach Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education
- PhD Charles Sturt University
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Education
- Dean's Unit - School of Education
- Secondary Education (SoE)
Contact
| Email: | M.Mooney@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | +61 2 9772 6909 |
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| Location: | 4.1.09 Bankstown |
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Biography
Dr Mary Mooney works in the areas of drama education, critical and creative pedagogy. Mary is an associate member of the Centre for Educational Research at the University of Western Sydney (UWS), which is concerned with education in the larger context of social, economic and policy issues that impact upon individuals, families, communities and institutions, particularly from Greater Western Sydney. Mary also works as the UWS coordinator for the Australian Universities Quality Agency. Whilst working at UWS Mary has been an Associate Head of School, Course Convenor, Head of Program and a staff representative on a variety of School, College, University and industry committees. Mary has also worked at the University of New South Wales as a Course Development Adviser and Coordinator of Production. In the 1980s Mary lectured in drama and arts education at Brisbane CAE on the Mt Gravatt Campus, McAuley College and the Queensland College of Art. Prior to this, Mary was a Years 1-12 Drama Curriculum Consultant with the Queensland Department of Education. Mary has taught Drama in secondary schools and was a generalist primary teacher. Mary has also worked with a contemporary dance company, a clown troupe, theatre-in-education and as a Director of Junior Theatre
This information has been contributed by Doctor Mooney.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Mooney, M. (2009), 'Composing Screen Drama Narratives', Charged with Meaning: Reviewing English, Phoenix Education 9781921586187.
- Power, A., Mooney, M., Barker, K., Dobia, B., Watson, K., Yeung, A. and + 3 Externals, .. (2008), 'Positive Behaviour for Learning: School-wide Student Behaviour Intervention in Western Sydney', Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association Conference, Springer International Handbooks of Education, Volume 11 978-1-4020-1007-1.
- Mooney, M. (2004), 'Morphing into Screen Drama', The State of our Art: NSW Perspectives in Educational Drama, Currency Press 0868197459.
- Mooney, M. (2004), 'Fast Forward to Screen Drama', Drama Journeys: Inside Drama Learning, Currency Press 0868196967.
- Mooney, M., Nicholls, J. and Mccallum, J. (2004), 'Appreciating Drama', Drama Journeys: Inside Drama Learning, Currency Press 0868196967.
Journal Articles
- Yeung, A., Mooney, M., Barker, K. and Dobia, B. (2009), 'Does school-wide positive behaviour system improve learning in primary schools? Some preliminary findings', New Horizons in Education, 16.
- Mooney, M. (2005), 'Morphing into New Spaces: Transcoding Drama', NJ (Drama Australia Journal), 11.
Conference Papers
- Barker, K., Yeung, A., Dobia, B. and Mooney, M. (2009), 'Positive Behaviour for Learning: Differentiating Teachers' Self-Efficacy', Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (AARE 2009), .
- Barker, K., Denham, A., Dobia, B., Mooney, M., Watson, K., Power, A., Ha, T., Yeung, A., Schofield, J. and McCloughan, G. (2008), 'Positive Behaviour for Learning: Changing Student Behaviours for Sustainable Psychosocial Outcomes', Australian Association for Research in Education, International Education Reserach Conference, Brisbane, Queensland Australia.
- Mooney, M., Watson, K., Dobia, B., Power, A., Barker, K., Ha, T., Yeung, A. and + 3 Externals, . (2008), 'Positive Behaviour for Learning: Local Features of an Adapted US Model of Behaviour Management', Australian Association for Research in Education, International Educatin Research Conference, Brisbane, Queensland Australia.
- Mooney, M., Dobia, B., Power, A., Watson, K., Barker, K., Yeung, A. and + 3 Externals, . (2008), 'Why Positive Behaviour for Learning: The How's and Why's of Translating a US Model for Local Sustainable Education', Australian Association for Research in Education, International Educatin Research Conference, Brisbane, Queensland Australia.
- Mooney, M., Meiners, J. and Munday, J. (2006), 'With our backs to the wall: working creatively with early years and primary student teachers studying 'the arts'', National Education and the Arts Symposium 2005, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia.
- Mooney, M. (2002), 'Schlock Horror: Student video drama', IDEA: Betwixt and Between, Bergen Norway.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Enabling schooling success: Psycho-social drivers & impact of Positive Behaviour for Learning intervention on behaviour, well-being, academic engagement & achievement |
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| Years: | 2009-07-14 - 2013-09-30 |
| ID: | P00016592 |
| UWS Researchers: | Rhonda Craven, Margaret Vickers, Katrina Barker, Kevin Watson, Anne Power, Mary Mooney, Brenda Dobia and Alexander Yeung |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | Positive Behaviour for Learning: investigating the transfer of a US system into DET Western Sydney Region schools |
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| Years: | 2006-12-21 - 2009-10-30 |
| ID: | P0015348 |
| UWS Researchers: | Mary Mooney, Alexander Yeung, Brenda Dobia and Katrina Barker |
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| Title: | Engaging Middle Years Boys in Rural Educational Settings |
| Years: | 2007-09-01 - 2008-12-01 |
| ID: | P0015810 |
| UWS Researchers: | Geoff Munns, Wayne Sawyer, Bronwyn Cole, Mary Mooney, Anne Power and Katina Zammit |
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