Professor Margaret Vickers

Professor Margaret Vickers

CASUAL ACADEMIC,
Dean's Unit - School of Education

CASUAL GENERAL,
Dean's Unit - School of Education

Personal

Qualifications

  • DEd Harvard (USA)
  • MEd Harvard (USA)
  • MSc University of Melbourne
  • BSc University of Melbourne

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Dean's Unit - School of Education
  • Dean's Unit - School of Education

Contact

Email:mhv@uws.edu.au
Extension:6682
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Mobile:0419278108
Location:4.G.10
Bankstown4
Bankstown
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Publications

Books

  • 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

  • Vickers, M., Vickers, M. and Mccarthy, F. (2012), 'Introduction: Education for Immigrants and Refugees: Creating Equitable Pathways for the Future', Refugee and Immigrant Students; Achieving Equity in Education, Information Age Publishing Incorportated 9781617358401.
  • Vickers, M., Vickers, M. and Mccarthy, F. (2012), 'Australia's New Arrivals Policy and the Need to Reform Refugee Education Provision', Refugee and Immigrant Students; Achieving Equity in Education, Information Age Publishing Incorportated 97816173548401.
  • McCarthy, F., Vickers, M. 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.
  • Ferfolja, T., Naidoo, L., Mccarthy, F. and Vickers, M. (2011), 'School-university-community partnerships', Crossing Borders: African refugees, teachers and schools, Common Ground Publishing 9781875864690.
  • 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. and 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 .
  • 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

  • Ferfolja, T. and Vickers, M. (2010), 'Supporting refugee students in school education in Greater Western Sydney', Critical Studies in Education, 14.
  • 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, 12.
  • Vickers, M. and McCarthy, F. (2009), 'Increasing higher education participation by equity target groups through university-community collaborations', The Australian Journal of Community Engagement, 8.
  • Mccarthy, F. and Vickers, M. (2008), 'Digital natives, dropouts and refugees: Educational challenges for innovative cities', Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 12.
  • Vickers, M. (2007), 'Developing University - Community partnerships to support African refugees in Greater Western Sydney', The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, 7.
  • Vickers, M. (2005), 'In the common good: The need for a new approach to funding Australia's schools', Australian Journal of Education, 14.
  • Vickers, M. (2005), 'School, work and social change: Revisiting the gender equity debate', Pacific Asian Education, 13.
  • Vickers, M., Harris, C. and Mccarthey, F. (2004), 'University-Community Engagement: Exploring service-learning options within the practicum', Asia-Pacific Journal of TEacher Education, 18.
  • Vickers, M. (2004), 'Markets and Mobilities: Dilemmas facing the comprehensive neighbourhood school', Melbourne Studies in Education, 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, 17.

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.

Research

Current Projects

Title:Enabling schooling success: Psycho-social drivers & impact of Positive Behaviour for Learning intervention on behaviour, well-being, academic engagement & achievement
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
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • NSW Department of Education & Training
Title:Staying on at school: strategies for increasing high school completion rates in low-retention regions of NSW
Years:2009-01-20 - 2013-09-30
ID:P00016198
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers and Katrina Barker
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • NSW Department of Education & Training

Previous Projects

Title:Student Retention Research Project [Via University of Melbourne]
Years:2003-07-21 - 2003-08-22
ID:P0014172
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers
Funding:
  • Education Queensland
Title:How does VET delivery vary by System and School, and what are its effects?
Years:2003-11-08 - 2005-05-31
ID:P0013880
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers
Funding:
  • Department of Education, Science and Training
Title:Research on Teacher Retraining: On-line Mentoring
Years:2001-06-01 - 2004-12-30
ID:P0010540
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers, Peter Aubusson, Kevin Watson and Les Vozzo
Funding:
  • NSW Department of Education & Training
Title:Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth Analysis Grants
Years:2002-01-25 - 2002-06-14
ID:P0012776
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers, John Hinkley and Herbert Marsh
Funding:
  • Department of Education, Science and Training
Title:Impact Study Research on the Safe Schools Making the Links 2004 pilot project
Years:2005-09-05 - 2007-05-31
ID:P0014751
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers, Kerry Robinson, Tania Ferfolja and Maggie Clarke
Funding:
  • NSW Department of Education & Training
Title:Teaching to make a difference: Supporting Sudanese Refugee Students in Western Sydney
Years:2006-12-20 - 2008-03-31
ID:P0015437
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers, Tania Ferfolja and Rosemary Suliman
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • NSW Department of Education & Training
  • Catholic Education Office
Title:Preparing beginning teachers for hard-to-staff schools
Years:2006-12-20 - 2008-06-30
ID:P0015440
UWS Researchers:Tania Ferfolja and Margaret Vickers
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Literacy development and acculturation for refugee students in the homework centres
Years:2007-08-30 - 2009-06-30
ID:P0015661
UWS Researchers:Loshini Naidoo, Margaret Vickers and Tania Ferfolja
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation
Title:Extending the Guidelines for Effective Transition to Schools Programs to all educational transitions
Years:2006-02-27 - 2006-07-03
ID:P0015053
UWS Researchers:Sue Dockett, Bob Perry, Diana Whitton, Christine Johnston and Margaret Vickers
Funding:
  • NSW Department of Education & Training
Title:Curriculum, Labour Market, and School Influences on Participation in Post-Compulsory Education and Training
Years:2001-01-01 - 2002-12-31
ID:P0009534
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • Australian Council for Educational Research
Title:From high school to higher education: Gendered pathways in information, communication and computer technology education
Years:2005-05-09 - 2008-05-08
ID:P0012740
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers, Carol Reid, Kerry Robinson and Susanne Gannon
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • Office for Women NSW Premiers Department
  • Victorian Schools Innovation Commission
  • SA Department of Education & Childrens Services
  • NSW Department of Education & Training
  • Australian National Schools Network
Title:Staying on at school: Learning from and for success
Years:2008-07-25 - 2009-12-31
ID:P0016105
UWS Researchers:Margaret Vickers and Katrina Barker
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
  • NSW Department of Education & Training

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