We share a commitment to sustainable organisations and government through the development of leadership and management capacity.
The Leadership and Management Research Collaborative conduct research and professional development in the areas of:
- Leadership
- Managing remote and rural education
- Educational governance and policy
- Managing people in organisations
- Knowledge management
- Organisational learning
Our research sectors include:
- Schools
- VET
- Military organisations
- Universities
- Government & NGOs
Current and past projects include:
- Going Home: Challenges and Issues for Ausaid Management Students after Western Postgraduate Study
- The Impact of Leadership Training on the Appointment, Retention and Sustainability of School Leaders
- Building the Capabilities of School Communities to Improve their Wellbeing
- Reformulating Science Education for the 21st Century
- Developing the Hardened and Networked Army through Organisational Learning
- The Impact of Leadership Training on the Appointment, Retention and Sustainability of School Leaders
- Principals' Constructions of Leadership in Rural Schools and Communities
- Pre-service Preparation of Teachers for Rural and Remote Schools: Policy and Education Issues
- Achieving Access to Education for All: Implications for Educational Policy-making in Asian countries
- Review of Research and Policy on VET in Schools
- Making VET in Schools work
We also offer the Educational Leadership and Management program, which includes:
- The Master of Education (Leadership and Management)
- The Graduate Certificate of Education (Leadership and Management)
- The Graduate Certificate in Organisational Learning
- The Doctor of Education
The Leadership and Management Research Collaborative Team
The members of the Leadership and Management Research Collaborative Team are:
Associate Professor David Giles
PhD, MEd (Hons), BEd, DipT (Primary)
Research interests:
- Appreciative Inquiry and Hermeneutic Phenomenology research methodologies
- Exploring the relational and phenomenological nature of education and educational leadership
- Relational Leadership; Appreciative Leadership
- Organisational culture and re-culturing
Professor John Halsey
EdD, MEd [Flinders], GradDipEdAdmin, DipT(Sec), FACE
Research interests:
- Rural and remote education
- Educational leadership, management and policy development
- Rural and remote education
- Curriculum design and assessment
- Community development
- Impacts and opportunities of globalization
Associate Professor Carolyn Palmer
TeachCert, DipT (Primary), BEd, BSpecEd, MSpecEd, MEdMan, PhD, MACE
Research interests:
- Educational management
- Curriculum
- Inclusion
- Leadership
- Management of human resources
Associate Professor Halia Silins
BA(Hons) in Psychology; MEd in Adult Education; PhD in Educational Leadership, Registered Psychologist (S.A.)
Research interests:
- the role of leadership in promoting organisational change and organisational learning
- organisational effectiveness and improvement
- professional development strategies for organisational restructuring and organisational learning
- facilitating adult learning and development
- promoting personal and professional development
- teaching and learning in higher education
Dr Robin Ryan
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PhD [Flinders], MEc, BEd, BCom
Research interests:
- Human resources, leadership and organisational management in education
- TAFE/VET
- Educational policy
Dr Michael Bell
BEd [SACAE], MEd (Management) [Flinders], EdD [Flinders]
Research interests:
- Developing middle management for shared leadership in education
- Organisation structures for organisational learning
- Methods for developing Servant Leadership and Lead-Management
Meryl Davidson
MSpecEd, GradCert (International Studies), GradCert (Educational Administration), BEd, DipT (Prim), Currently EdD candidate Flinders
Research Interests:
- Leadership development for principals
- Issues of preparation, induction and supports for new principals
- Mentoring and coaching for new principals
- Principals and the management of students with severe multiple disabilities
meryl.davidson@flinders.edu.au
Jude Hines
BEd, DipT(Sec), GradCert(Gifted Ed), GradCert(Neuroscience), CMC, MACE
Research Interests:
- Leadership and leadership development
- School improvement
- 21st century pedagogy
- Change management
- Curriculum design and assessment
- International programs
- Human resource management
Greg Carey
DipT, BSpecEd, MSpecEd, GradCert (DisStud)
Teaching Interests:
- ICT and students with intellectual disabilities
- Transition of students with intellectual disabilities from school to post school options
- The education of students with disabilities in developing countries
