Emeritus Professor Margaret Vickers
Emeritus Professor,
Centre for Educational Research
Biography
Qualifications
- DEd Harvard (USA)
- MEd Harvard (USA)
- MSc University of Melbourne
- BSc University of Melbourne
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Centre for Educational Research
Contact
| Email: | mhv@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | 6682 n/a |
| Mobile: | 0419278108 |
| Location: | 4.G.10 Bankstown1.1.204 Bankstown |
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Publications
Books
- Ferfolja, T., Vickers, M., McCarthy, F., Naidoo, L. and Brace, E. (2011), 'Crossing Borders: African Refugees, Teachers and Schools', : Common Ground 9781875864690.
- Lamb, S., Teese, R., Walstab, A., Vickers, M. and Rumberger, R. (2004), 'Staying on at school: Improving school retention in Australia', : Queensland Department of Education .
- Polesel, J., Teese, R., Davies, M., Helme, S. and Vickers, M. (2003), 'VET in Schools: Culture, Policy, and the Employment and Training Impact', : NCVER .
Chapters in Books
- Barker, K. and Vickers, M. (2018), 'Realigning young peoples' aspirations : triggers and processes', Resisting Educational Inequality: Reframing Policy and Practice in Schools Serving Vulnerable Communities, Routledge 9781138089303.
- Zammit, K., Vickers, M., Hibbert, E. and Power, C. (2017), 'Equity buddies : building communities of practice to support the transition and retention of students through their first year at university', Implementing Communities of Practice in Higher Education: Dreamers and Schemers, Springer 9789811028656.
- Zammit, K. and Vickers, M. (2017), 'Mentors and mentees working together to develop institutional capital : the Equity Buddies Support Network ', Inclusive Education: Making Sense of Everyday Practice, Sense 9789463008655.
- Vickers, M. (2015), 'Neglecting the evidence : are we expecting too much from quality teaching?', Controversies in Education: Orthodoxy and Heresy in Policy and Practice, Springer 9783319087580.
- McCarthy, F., Vickers, M. and Zammit, K. (2014), 'Facilitators as pedagogical leaders : the acquisition of requisite forms of capital in university settings', Contemporary Issues of Equity in Education, Cambridge Scholars Publishing 9781443863322.
- McCarthy, F. and Vickers, M. (2012), 'Australia's new arrivals policy and the need to reform refugee education provision', Refugee and Immigrant Students: Achieving Equity in Education, Information Age 9781617358418.
- McCarthy, F. and Vickers, M. (2012), 'Introduction : education for immigrants and refugees : creating equitable pathways for the future', Refugee and Immigrant Students: Achieving Equity in Education, Information Age 9781617358418.
- McCarthy, F. and Vickers, M. (2012), 'Positive community relations : border crossings and repositioning the 'other'', Positive Relationships: Evidence Based Practice Across the World, Springer 9789400721463.
- Vickers, M. (2011), 'Teachers crossing borders', Crossing Borders: African Refugees, Teachers and Schools, Common Ground Publishing LLC 9781875864690.
- Vickers, M. and Mccarthy, F. (2011), 'Crossing borders: into the future', Crossing Borders: African Refugees, Teachers and Schools, Common Ground Publishing 9781875864690.
- Vickers, M. (2011), 'The senior secondary curriculum in NSW: Academic traditions face issues of retention', Australia's Curriculum Dilemmas: State Cultures and the Big Issues, Melbourne University Press 9780522857726.
- Vickers, M. (2011), 'Juggling School and Work and Making the Most of Both', Young People and Work, Ashgate Publishing Limited 9781409422365.
- Vickers, M. (2010), 'Youth Transitions', Education, Change and Society, Oxford University Press 9780195561807.
- Vickers, M. (2010), 'Gender', Education, Change and Society, Oxford University Press 9780195561807.
- Vickers, M. (2010), 'Curriculum', Education, Change and Society, Oxford University Press 9780195561807.
- Vickers, M. (2007), 'Gender', Education, Change and Society, Oxford University Press 9780195555288.
- Vickers, M. (2007), 'Curriculum', Education, Change and Society, Oxford University Press 9780195555288.
- Vickers, M. (2007), 'Youth Transitions', Education, Change and Society, Oxford University Press 9780195555288.
- Vickers, M. and Ha, M. (2007), 'The imagined curriculum: Who studies Computing and Information Technology subjects at the senior secondary level', Gender and I.T: Ongoing challenges for Computing and Information Technology Education in Australian Secondary Schools, ACSA 9781875864577.
- Vickers, M. (2007), 'Reversing the lens : transforming teacher education through service learning', From Passion to Objectivity: International and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Service Learning Research, Information Age Publishing 9781607526582.
- Lamb, S. and Vickers, M. (2006), 'Variations in VET Provision across Australian Schools and Their Effects on Student Outcomes', Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth, Australian Council for Educational Research 0864315090.
- Vickers, M. (2005), 'Staying on at School in NSW: Sustaining quality, increasing retention and providing transition support', Future Directions for Public Education and Training, Department of Education and Training .
- Vickers, M., Lamb, S. and Hinkley, J. (2003), 'Student Workers in High School and Beyond:The effects of part-time employment on participation in education, training and work', Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth, Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER Press) 0864316011.
Journal Articles
- Vickers, M., McCarthy, F. and Zammit, K. (2017), 'Peer mentoring and intercultural understanding : support for refugee-background and immigrant students beginning university study', International Journal of Intercultural Relations, vol 60 , pp 198 - 209.
- Vickers, M., Finger, L., Barker, K. and Bodkin-Andrews, G. (2014), 'Measuring the impact of students' social relations and values : validation of the Social-Relational Support for Education instrument', Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, vol 14 , pp 71 - 92.
- Ferfolja, T. and Vickers, M. (2010), 'Supporting refugee students in school education in Greater Western Sydney', Critical Studies in Education, vol 51, no 2 , pp 149 - 162.
- Vickers, M. and McCarthy, F. (2010), 'Repositioning refugee students from the margins to the centre of teachers' work', The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations, vol 10, no 2 , pp 199 - 210.
- Vickers, M. and McCarthy, F. (2009), 'Increasing higher education participation by equity target groups through university-community collaborations', The Australian Journal of Community Engagement, vol Vol 3, no No 1 Autumn 2009 , pp 20 - 27.
- Mccarthy, F. and Vickers, M. (2008), 'Digital natives, dropouts and refugees : educational challenges for innovative cities', Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, vol 10, no 40604 , pp 257 - 268.
- Vickers, M. (2007), 'Developing University - Community partnerships to support African refugees in Greater Western Sydney', The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, vol 2, no 1 , pp 211 - 217.
- Vickers, M. (2005), 'In the common good: The need for a new approach to funding Australia's schools', Australian Journal of Education, vol 49, no 3 , pp 264 - 277.
- Vickers, M. (2005), 'School, work and social change: Revisiting the gender equity debate', Pacific Asian Education, vol 17, no 2 , pp 46 - 58.
- Vickers, M., Harris, C. and Mccarthey, F. (2004), 'University-Community Engagement: Exploring service-learning options within the practicum', Asia-Pacific Journal of TEacher Education, vol 32, no 2 , pp 1 - 18.
- Vickers, M. (2004), 'Markets and Mobilities: Dilemmas facing the comprehensive neighbourhood school', Melbourne Studies in Education, vol 45, no 2 , pp 1 - 22.
- Vickers, M. and Lamb, S. (2002), 'Why state policies matter: The influence of curriculum policy on participation in post-compulsory education and training', Australian Journal of Education, vol 46, no 2 , pp 172 - 188.
Conference Papers
- Dowson, M., Mcinerney, D., Nelson, G. and Vickers, M. (2006), 'The psychology of school leaving: Motivation, sense-of-self, values and aspirations', Annual conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE - 2005), UWS Parramatta Campus.
- Simpson, K., Vickers, M. and Marsh, H. (2006), 'Confirmatory Factor Analyses and Tests of Factorial Invariance on the SMOSA', Annual conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE - 2005), UWS Parramatta Campus.
- Simpson, K., Vickers, M., Marsh, H. and Kristovics, A. (2005), 'Toward a model of achievement motivation for adolescents', CEASS Conference: Scholarship and Community UWS 2005, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown.
- Vickers, M. (2004), 'Freedom in a Rocking Boat: The Changing Nature of Youth Transitions', Continuity and Change: Educational Transitions, Sydney.
- Vickers, M. (2004), 'Education for all Australians: Comprehensiveness, segregation, and social responsibility', Education Research Conference 2004 - Education for all, Parramatta, NSW.
- Vickers, M., Simpson, K., Fitzgerald, T. and Dowson, M. (2004), 'Predictors of Adolescents' Academic Achievement and Engagement in School', Third International Biennial SELF Research Conference - Self-Concept, Motivation and Identity: Where to from here, Berlin, Germany.
Other Publications
- 2015, 'Staying on at School: Strategies for Increasing High School Completion Rates in Low Retention Regions of NSW', Report
- 2015, 'Defying the Odds: Promoting Success for Refugee Background and Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) First-year Students Through Peer Support: Final Report', Report
- 2009, 'Refugee Action Support (RAS) Program: Research Evaluation 2009', Report
Previous Projects
| Title: | Student Retention Research Project [Via University of Melbourne] |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers |
| Years: | 2003-07-21 - 2003-08-22 |
| ID: | P0014172 |
| Title: | How does VET delivery vary by System and School, and what are its effects? |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers |
| Years: | 2003-11-08 - 2005-05-31 |
| ID: | P0013880 |
| Title: | Research on Teacher Retraining: On-line Mentoring |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers, Peter Aubusson, Kevin Watson and Les Vozzo |
| Years: | 2001-06-01 - 2004-12-30 |
| ID: | P0010540 |
| Title: | Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth Analysis Grants |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers, John Hinkley and Herbert Marsh |
| Years: | 2002-01-25 - 2002-06-14 |
| ID: | P0012776 |
| Title: | Impact Study Research on the Safe Schools Making the Links 2004 pilot project |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers, Kerry Robinson, Tania Ferfolja and Maggie Clarke |
| Years: | 2005-09-05 - 2007-05-31 |
| ID: | P0014751 |
| Title: | Teaching to make a difference: Supporting Sudanese Refugee Students in Western Sydney |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers, Tania Ferfolja and Rosemary Suliman |
| Years: | 2006-12-20 - 2008-03-31 |
| ID: | P0015437 |
| Title: | Preparing beginning teachers for hard-to-staff schools |
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| Western Researchers: | Tania Ferfolja and Margaret Vickers |
| Years: | 2006-12-20 - 2008-06-30 |
| ID: | P0015440 |
| Title: | Literacy development and acculturation for refugee students in the homework centres |
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| Western Researchers: | Loshini Naidoo, Margaret Vickers and Tania Ferfolja |
| Years: | 2007-08-30 - 2009-06-30 |
| ID: | P0015661 |
| Title: | Extending the Guidelines for Effective Transition to Schools Programs to all educational transitions |
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| Western Researchers: | Sue Dockett, Bob Perry, Diana Whitton, Christine Johnston and Margaret Vickers |
| Years: | 2006-02-27 - 2006-07-03 |
| ID: | P0015053 |
| 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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| Western Researchers: | Rhonda Craven, Margaret Vickers, Katrina Barker, Anne Power, Mary Mooney and Brenda Dobia |
| Years: | 2009-07-14 - 2017-03-14 |
| ID: | P00016592 |
| Title: | Curriculum, Labour Market, and School Influences on Participation in Post-Compulsory Education and Training |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers |
| Years: | 2001-01-01 - 2002-12-31 |
| ID: | P0009534 |
| Title: | From high school to higher education: Gendered pathways in information, communication and computer technology education |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers, Carol Reid, Kerry Robinson and Susanne Gannon |
| Years: | 2005-05-09 - 2008-05-08 |
| ID: | P0012740 |
| Title: | Staying on at school: Learning from and for success |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers and Katrina Barker |
| Years: | 2008-07-25 - 2009-12-31 |
| ID: | P0016105 |
| Title: | Staying on at school: strategies for increasing high school completion rates in low-retention regions of NSW |
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| Western Researchers: | Margaret Vickers and Katrina Barker |
| Years: | 2009-01-20 - 2014-12-31 |
| ID: | P00016198 |