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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Geraldine Burke is an artist, researcher, and teacher-educator lecturing in visual and creative arts education at Monash University (Melbourne and Singapore). She is passionate about art-based educational research and how it can be employed to explore issues of our time. Her research engages with artistic practice, pedagogy and community projects. Her Master’s in Art and Design (by exhibition and exegesis) and her PhD (through an art-based photo book and exegesis) have led to an enduring interest in non-traditional research through creative genres. Geraldine is currently co-leader of the Art-Creativity-Education Faculty Research Group at Monash Faculty of Education and teaches creative art units in early childhood and primary education at Undergraduate and Master’s levels. This sees Geraldine include Art-Reach experiences with kindergarten/school children, pre-service teachers, seniors and cultural institutions as a means to build vibrant social and ecological connections through art.
As a researcher and PhD supervisor Geraldine privileges the intersection of material knowledge, socially engaged research practices, and image and text as a means to explore given topics.
Recent research projects embed socially engaged art practice as a means to explore and build creative agency and thriving communities. Working across intergenerational, educational and community contexts this work engages with local and place-based knowledge through immersive art, research and teaching. Currently, Geraldine is involved in an international study that aims to de-westernise art education, while developing sustainable practices and climate actions through art education within local contexts.
Community service
ART-REACH: Making intergenerational connections through the arts
Geraldine is a keen advocate for ART-REACH as a means to build intergenerational connections through the arts. ART-REACH enables Monash Faculty of Education to build connections with community through creative inquiry. Through ART-REACH our pre-service teachers (Primary and Early Childhood) join with children from local Schools and Early Learning Centres, and/or local seniors, in order to build innovative art/s experiences that share generational knowledge on issues and topics that matter.
Research interests
- Reimagining art education through intergenerational learning
- Socially engaged arts-based research as a tool for wellbeing
- Activating art education for ecological awareness and climate action
- Fostering inclusive futures for arts-based education
- A/r/tography and the global South
- Arts-based educational research (ABER), immersive art pedagogy, narrative inquiry
- Art in early childhood, primary and community contexts
- Art-Reach: Creative connections through the arts
Monash teaching commitment
- EDF1063: Creative Connections: Visual Arts (Peninsula) Chief Examiner/Unit Coordinator/Lecturer
- EDF3181: Art, Community and Environment (Singapore/Online) Chief Examiner/Unit Coordinator/Lecturer
- EDF5824: Creative Childhoods and Learning (Clayton) Chief Examiner/Unit Coordinator/Lecturer
- EDF5048: Creative encounters with the Arts and Languages (Peninsula/Online) Chief Examiner/Unit Coordinator/Lecturer
- EDF5856: Primary Arts (Peninsula) Chief Examiner/Unit Coordinator/Lecturer
Supervision interests
I am interested to supervise PhD students who engage with arts-based educational research through a/r/tography or socially engaged, participatory projects.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Immersive Art Pedagogy
- Participatory art-based research
- A/r/tography
- Art-based research pedagogy and methods
- Intergenerational learning
- Art and Wellbeing
- Art and environment
Network
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Learning with the Land
Irwin, R., Barney, D. T., Osler, P., Sinner, A., Girak, S., Nakamura, K., Bonini, M., Briggs, C., Burke, G., Diamond, Z., Hernandez Ibinarriaga, D., Martin, B., Gaup, I., Lin, C., Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, A., Cutcher, A. L., Speitz, H., Leddy, S., Coleman, K., Fredriksen , B. C., Lund-Kristensen, H., Ørbæk, T., Illeris, H., Bunda, T., Sorensen, N., Triggs, V., Nordbo, A. L. & Haukeland, P. I.
Monash University – Internal Department Contribution
22/03/22 → 21/03/25
Project: Research
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Uncharted waters: Bluespace connection initiatives for wellbeing, education and planetary health
lisahunter, L., Burke, G., Humberstone, B. & Sumartojo, S.
24/09/20 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
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Numeracy across the curriculum research project
Kidman, G., Hall, J., Forgasz, H., Burke, G., Belford, N. & Leahy, D.
20/04/20 → 26/06/20
Project: Research
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Our Waste, Our Place, Our Actions: Intergenerational community arts project
Burke, G. & Wilson, E.
13/06/19 → 17/12/19
Project: Other
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OWOPOA: Our Waste, Our Place, Our Actions: Intergenerational community arts project
13/06/19 → 17/12/19
Project: Other
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Drawing with art-well-being: intergenerational co-creation with seniors, children and the living museum
Burke, G., Alfrey, L., Hall, C. & O’Connor, J., Aug 2021, In: International Journal of Art & Design Education. 40, 3, p. 630-654 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Learning about health through ‘intergenerational arts-led pedagogies’ in health and physical education: exploring pedagogical possibilities
Alfrey, L., Burke, G., O'Connor, J. & Hall, C., 2021, In: Sport, Education and Society. 26, 8, p. 815-830 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Surveying and resonating with teacher concerns during COVID-19 pandemic
Phillips, L. G., Cain, M., Ritchie, J., Campbell, C., Davis, S., Brock, C., Burke, G., Coleman, K. & Joosa, E., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Teachers and teaching: theory and practice. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access13 Citations (Scopus) -
Art educators’ professional learning: reflecting together to consider ontologies of quality in our praxis
Selkrig, M., Wright, S., Hannigan, S., Burke, G. & Grenfell, J., 2022, In: Teaching in Higher Education. 27, 5, p. 663-677 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Afterword: forging new intersections
Burke, G., 2023, Art-Care Practices for Restoring the Communal: Education, Co-Inquiry, and Healing. Bickel, B. A. & Fisher, R. M. (eds.). 1st ed. New York NY USA: Routledge, p. 194-205 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, 2021
Burke, Geraldine (Recipient), 4 Nov 2021
Prize: Other distinction
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Finalist, MGA Supervisor of the year 2019
Burke, Geraldine (Recipient), 27 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice Chancellor's Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, 2022
Burke, Geraldine (Recipient), 17 Nov 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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3Rd A/r/t/ography Asian Symposium: 第三届“艺游学”亚洲论坛
Geraldine Burke (Keynote/plenary speaker)
19 Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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2021 ISTART International Education Forum
Geraldine Burke (Invited speaker)
24 Oct 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Children + participatory design + sustainable futures symposium,
Geraldine Burke (Invited speaker)
14 Feb 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Sustainable Communities: Tidy Towns 2020 Awards Finalist
Geraldine Burke (Contributor), Elizabeth Wilson (Contributor) & Kathleen Lord (Contributor)
18 Aug 2020Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Collaboration on community projects
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Humanities in the Regions 2020
Louise Phillips (Session chair), Kathryn Coleman (Speaker) & Geraldine Burke (Speaker)
5 May 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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How a Boon Wurrung tree inspired teachers and students to connect with Indigenous knowledge
Carolyn Briggs, Geraldine Burke, Melissa Bedford, Charlotte Day & Ginette Pestana
16/11/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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How COVID allows educators to creatively connect to the arts
25/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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