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Personal profile
Biography
Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Assessment and Ethics in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. A former Research Affiliate with the Justice in Schools project and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, her studies involve two distinct areas of education research focused on enhancing teacher practice and related outcomes within the compromised realities of contemporary educational settings. First, her scholarship centres on assessment – particularly the use of assessment data, tools and procedures (e.g., feedback/perception surveys) in education settings and how they could be used to support educator practice. Second, she explores problems of ethics and the way they manifest in everyday enactments of injustice in educational institutions. Studying the ethical professional challenges of educators, Ilana is interested in the moral values embedded in schools’ everyday interplay, which often reach the students and their communities in forms of tacit complex experiences. Her current research includes a large-scale study that unpacks the policy initiatives of educators and community members to re-assess the ethical responsibility of independednt and inclusive schooling and a study on the assessment related-ethical predicaments experienced by educators in public and higher education settings. Her two areas of research aim to explore how educators and policymakers can make just and informed decisions in their practice under intricate conditions in ways that enhance teaching and learning.
A school counsellor by training, Ilana draws upon her extensive work experiences in diverse international educational environments. Examining the difficulties and promoting ideas of ethical assessment, her research framework uncovers the moral origins of teacher normativity and subjectification; seeking to identify how educators can best develop dynamic and ethical strategies that support learners.
Ilana has published in leading research journals, including the Journal of Education Policy, Teaching and Teacher Education, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Youth & Society, Cambridge Journal of Education, Oxford Review of Education, British Educational Research Journal and the International Journal of Qualitative Methods. She has also contributed to prominent scholarly works such that published in Harvard Education Press, Educational Psychology and The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse.
Research interests
- Assessment
- Ethical assessment
- Ethical decision making in educational settings
- Assessment and ethics in education policy
- Policy reform and morality
- Professional ethics
- The politics of assessment and ethics
- Poststucturalism and schooling
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
- Assessment
- Ethical Assessment
- Educational Ethics
- Assessment and Feedback
- Teacher Practice
- Teaching & Learning
- Morality
- Educational Theory and Policy (Especially In Relation To Schools)
- policy analysis and effects on systems, staff and students
- Professional Ethics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Empowering voices: Enhancing the assessment, teaching and (professional) learning landscape with student perception surveys
Rosenbluh, I. & Berry, A.
22/05/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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The future of Victorian Jewish schools: a community consultation to re-assess the ethical responsibility of schooling
Rosenbluh, I., Forgasz, R. & Wilkinson, J.
1/07/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Australian Teachers’ climate-change related ethical dilemmas in the midst of ecological crisis (especially the Australian bushfire crisis)
Bleazby, J., Rosenbluh, I., Burgh, G., Thornton, S. & Reid, A.
1/01/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Listening to the most important people in the room: How can student feedback surveys improve secondary teachers' practices?
15/04/20 → 7/12/20
Project: Research
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Belonging as a core construct at the heart of the inclusion debate, discourse, and practice
Allen, K-A., Boyle, C., Sharma, U., Patlamazoglou, L., Pentaris, P., Grové, C., Yared, H., Berger, E., Gamble, N., Morris, Z. A., Finefter-Rosenbluh, I., Morgan, M. & May, F., 2023, Research for Inclusive Quality Education: Leveraging Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity. Boyle, C. & Allen, K-A. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, p. 271-288 18 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Exploring preservice teachers’ professional vision: modes of isolation, ethical noticing, and anticipation in research communities of practice
Finefter-Rosenbluh, I. & Power, K., Oct 2023, In: Teaching and Teacher Education. 132, 11 p., 104245.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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How do teachers enact assessment policies as they navigate critical ethical incidents in digital spaces?
Finefter-Rosenbluh, I. & Perrotta, C., 2023, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 44, 2, p. 220-238 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Inclusion begins at home: gender equity as an imperative first step towards a truly inclusive academy
Allen, K-A., Grove, C., Butler-Henderson, K., Reupert, A., Longmuir, F., Finefter-Rosenbluh, I., Berger, E., Heffernan, A., Freeman, N. C., Kewalramani, S., Krebs, S., D'Souza, L., Mackie, G., Chapman, D. & Fleer, M., 2023, Research for Inclusive Quality Education: Leveraging Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity. Boyle, C. & Allen, K-A. (eds.). 1st ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, p. 289-306 18 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Teaching about climate change in the midst of ecological crisis: responsibilities, challenges, and possibilities
Bleazby, J., Burgh, G., Thornton, S., Graham, M., Reid, A. & Finefter-Rosenbluh, I., 2023, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 55, 10, p. 1087-1095 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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2022 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Engagement and Impact
Rosenbluh, Ilana (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Israeli Council for Higher Education Research Award
Rosenbluh, Ilana (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Tackling Ethical Dilemmas of Assessment in Australian Digitalized Spaces: From Policy to Practice
Ilana Rosenbluh (Contributor)
2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Ilana Rosenbluh (Fellow)
2022 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Grant review responsibilities
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Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Ilana Rosenbluh (Peer reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Journal of Education Policy (Journal)
Ilana Rosenbluh (Peer reviewer)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Australian Journal of Education (Journal)
Ilana Rosenbluh (Peer reviewer)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press/Media
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Change ATAR? Be Careful What You Wish For
27/04/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Students think the ATAR is ‘unfair’ but we need to be careful about replacing it
17/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Learner profiles not the answer: leading education expert
15/02/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Aussie states missing NAPLAN targets revealed
16/07/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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School Improvement Episode 38: Acting on student feedback
21/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment