Dr Paul Jewell

Position/s:Postgraduate Co-ordinator
Department of Disability Studies
Phone: +61 8 82012576
Email:
Location: Sturt South Wing (S271)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Paul is a philosopher and educator, specialising in Ethics. His focus in research and teaching is on Professional Ethics in Disability and Professional Ethics in Education. He is the author of the book Disability Ethics - a framework for professionals, practitioners and policy makers. Common Ground Publishing. He is also the principal author of Teaching Ethics: Care, Think and Choose, published by Hawker Brownlow.Another of his research interests is humour. He wrote and produced the satirical play Educating Fronnie about the philosophy of education.

Qualifications

PhD. Graduate Certificate Gifted Education. BA (Hons)

Honours, awards and grants

Paul is the recipient of a Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

Key responsibilities

Paul is the postgraduate co-ordinator in the Department of Disability and Community Inclusion.

Teaching

Topic Coordinator:

  • DSRS2235  Professional Ethics for Disability Practitioners
  • DSRS2237  Employment and Disability
  • DSRS9030  Dissertation
  • DSRS9052  Design and Evaluation of Disability Programs
  • DSRS9054  Directed Study
  • DSRS9055  Coursework Project
  • DSRS9056  Legal, Ethical and Administrative Dimensions of Disability Studies
  • DSRS9066  Capstone Project
  • EDUC9852  Ethics in Education

Research and consultancy

Research interests

Professional Ethics, Disability, Education, Justice, Reasoning, Humour.
Ethics consultant to the National Autism Register proposal.

Publications

Books

Jewell, P.D., 2010. Disability Ethics: a framework for practitioners, professionals and policy makers, Australia: Common Ground Publishing.

Refereed journal articles

Jewell, P.D., 2011. The conflict between accountability and confidentiality in Medicare's access to psychiatrists' notes. Australasian Psychiatry.

Lloyd, M. & Jewell, P.D., 2009. Where did that Fokker come from? The Age's adventures of naked man cartoon caption competition. Media International Australia, 133, 56-67.

Jewell, P.D., 2008. Teaching Ethical Strategies through the Maths Curriculum. Critical & Creative Thinking, 16(1), 79-100.

Monceaux, D. & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Social influences on the underachievement of gifted male adolescents. Australian Journal of Gifted Education, 16(1), 30-41.

Jewell, P.D., 2007. Policy as ethics: sterilisation of girls with intellectual disability. Policy and Society, 26(3), 47-62.

Jewell, P.D., 2007. Competing roles of dogma and humour in the construction and critique of social arrangements. New Zealand Sociology, 22(2), 260-273.

Anaf, G. & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Medicare Item 319 after 10 years: a range of concerns. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 372-374.

Boyd, R.M., Wadham, B.A., & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Prospective teachers' perspectives on teaching and social justice. International Education Journal, 8(2), 304-317.

Jewell, P.D., 2005. Humour in cognitive and social development: creative artists and class clowns. International Education Journal, 6(2), 200-205.

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Books

Jewell, P.D., 2010. Disability Ethics: a framework for practitioners, professionals and policy makers, Australia: Common Ground Publishing.

Refereed journal articles

Jewell, P.D., 2011. The conflict between accountability and confidentiality in Medicare's access to psychiatrists' notes. Australasian Psychiatry.

Lloyd, M. & Jewell, P.D., 2009. Where did that Fokker come from? The Age's adventures of naked man cartoon caption competition. Media International Australia, 133, 56-67.

Jewell, P.D., 2008. Teaching Ethical Strategies through the Maths Curriculum. Critical & Creative Thinking, 16(1), 79-100.

Jewell, P.D., 2007. Policy as ethics: sterilisation of girls with intellectual disability. Policy and Society, 26(3), 47-62.

Jewell, P.D., 2007. Competing roles of dogma and humour in the construction and critique of social arrangements. New Zealand Sociology, 22(2), 260-273.

Boyd, R.M., Wadham, B.A., & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Prospective teachers' perspectives on teaching and social justice. International Education Journal, 8(2), 304-317.

Anaf, G. & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Medicare Item 319 after 10 years: a range of concerns. Australasian Psychiatry, 15(5), 372-374.

Monceaux, D. & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Social influences on the underachievement of gifted male adolescents. Australian Journal of Gifted Education, 16(1), 30-41.

Jewell, P.D., 2005. Gifted Education in a Democracy: Refuting the Critics. Gifted Education International, 19(2), 107-113.

Jewell, P.D., 2005. Humour in cognitive and social development: creative artists and class clowns. International Education Journal, 6(2), 200-205.

Jewell, P.D., 2005. Autonomy and liberalism in a multicultural society. International Education Journal, 6(4), 494-500.

Jewell, P.D. & Choo, L.H., 2001. Martial Arts and Critical Thinking in the Gifted Education Curriculum. Talented, 19(1).

Jewell, P.D., 2001. The Fallacy of Availability. Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, 11(1), 5-12.

Refereed conference papers

Jewell, P.D., Wadham, B.A., & Boyd, R.M., 2007. Ideologies of the teachers of tomorrow. Social Justice and the Teachers of Tomorrow Symposium.

Boyd, R.M., Jewell, P.D., & Wadham, B.A., 2006. Prospective teachers views of teaching and education: an analysis of teaching ideologies. Education for the 21st century: educational research conference, 30-30.

Jewell, P.D., 2005. Rationality, euthanasia and the sanctity of life. Proceedings of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics 12th Annual Conference.

Jewell, P.D., 2002. Medical records, patient autonomy and professional judgement. The voices and silences of bioethics: combined conference of Australasian Bioethics Association and Australian Institute of Health Law and Ethics, 158-162.

Jewell, P.D., 2001. Measuring Moral Development. APEX: The New Zealand Journal of Gifted Education, 13(1).

Journal articles

Jewell, P.D., 2008. Distributing responsibility for decision making in medical ethics. Australian Review of Public Affairs, Oct.

Bacchi, C. & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Introduction: ethics and public policy. Policy and Society, 26(3).

Conference publications

Jewell, P.D., 2008. Musical jokes in contemporary popular genres. Proceedings of the Australasian Humour Scholars Network International Colloquium.

Jewell, P.D., 2003. Gifted education in a democracy: refuting the critics. Gifted 2003: a celebration downunder: conference proceedings.

Jewell, P.D., 2003. Humour in cognitive and social development: creative artists and class clowns. Gifted 2003: a celebration downunder: conference proceedings.

Jewell, P.D., Mclaughlin, J., Henderson, L.C., Dodd, J., & Webster, P.M., 2003. Care, think and choose: a panel discussing moral reasoning across the curriculum. Gifted 2003: a celebration downunder: conference proceedings.

Other public research outputs

Jewell, P.D., Webster, P., Henderson, L.C., Dodd, J., Patterson, S., & McLaughlin, J., 2011. Teaching Ethics: Care think and choose. A curriculum-based approach to ethical thinking (co-editor), Moorabbin, Victoria: Hawker Brownlow Education.

Jewell, P.D., 2008. Educating Fronnie. Adelaide Fringe.

Bacchi, C. & Jewell, P.D., 2007. Policy as Ethics (Guest Editors), Policy and Society Journal.

Jewell, P.D., Webster, P.M., Henderson, L.C., Dodd, J.M., Paterson, S., & Mclaughlin, J., 2007. Four Things a Reasonable Person Knows. Powerful Pedagogies for Learning Resource.

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Professional and community engagement

Member of the Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics
Member of the Ethics Centre of South Australia
Member of the Australian Skeptics
Author and producer of the Adelaide Fringe play "Educating Fronnie"
Producer of "Folk Dances for Little Kids" for Australian Council for Physical Education and Health

Expertise for media contact

  • Reasoning
  • Ethics

Subject/s

  • Ethics
  • Philosophy
  • Reasoning

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