Student engagement

Human Capital: ABS and RBA Joint Conference – 2024

This paper was written for the Australian Bureau of Statistics/Reserve Bank of Australia conference on Human Capital in June 2024.

Exploring the Effects of Boarding School on Academic and Non-academic Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study of Boarding and Day Students

There is little large-scale Australian and international research assessing the effects of boarding school on academic and non-academic outcomes.

Aboriginal/Indigenous students in high school: Understanding their motivation, engagement, academic buoyancy, and achievement

Academic buoyancy has been defined as a capacity to overcome setbacks, challenges, and difficulties that are part of everyday academic life.

Responding to Indigenous students' and their communities' voiced experiences regarding effective teaching practices: a catholic education initiative

The study presents the outcomes of the first two phases of a four phase Australian-based research initiative which seeks to support a better understanding of classroom practices that have value in

Wellbeing not winning: Remote Indigenous identity and organised sport

This project examines the construction of Indigenous identity through organised sport in remote communities.

Cultivating Capability: Explicating Critical Psychosocial Drivers of Educational Outcomes and Wellbeing for High-Ability Aboriginal Students

The project has conceptualised and validated a new multidimensional model and measure of wellbeing for Aboriginal high-ability students.

Conditions for Success to Enhance Aboriginal Education

Aboriginal students remain the most educationally disadvantaged Australians.