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Biography
Jane Wilkinson is Professor in Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education at Monash University, Associate Dean Graduate Research and an adjunct in the School of Education at Charles Sturt University. Jane is Lead Editor of the Journal of Educational Administration and History and a member of the Australian Council of Educational Leadership, Victorian executive.
Jane's research interests are in the areas of educational leadership for social justice, with a particular focus on issues of gender and ethnicity; and theorising educational leadership as practice/praxis. She is a lead developer of the theory of practice architectures (Kemmis, Wilkinson, Edwards-Groves, Hardy, Grootenboer, & Bristol, 2014). She also draws on sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's work and the philosopher, Ted Schatzki. Jane has published widely in the areas of women and leadership, refugee students and theorising leadership as practice/praxis.
Her most recent publications include:
Wilkinson, J. (2020). Educational leadership as practice. In R. Papa (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.61
Wilkinson, J., & Kaukko, M. (2020). Educational leading as pedagogical love: The case for refugee education. International Journal of Leadership in Education, (23)1, 61-76. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2019.1629492
Jane has been a deputy principal of a large rural secondary school in Victoria, an English curriculum consultant and began her career as a secondary English, ESL and French teacher.
Research interests
- Feminist theories of leadership
- Leadership as practice, in particular practice architectures and praxis, and practice theorists Pierre Bourdieu and Theodore Schatzki
- Leadership as social justice
- Refugee education
Research area keywords
- Educational Leadership Studies
- gender
- Refugees
- practice theory
- Reimagining educational leadership
- Educating for diversity and inclusion
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Projects
Evaluation of Social and Economic Inclusion Program Services
Wickes, R., Powell, R., Forbes-Mewett, H., Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L. & Cooke, F. L.
30/08/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Leading for social cohesion: Schools and communities facilitating ‘challenging conversations’ about social and political volatilities
Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L., Longmuir, F., Howie, L. & Keddie, A.
8/07/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Leading for social cohesion: Schools and communities facilitating ‘challenging conversations’ about social and political volatilities
Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L., Longmuir, F., Howie, L. & keddie, A.
8/07/19 → 11/07/22
Project: Research
School autonomy reform and social justice in Australian public education
Keddie, A., Blackmore, J., Wilkinson, J., Gobby, B., Niesche, R. & Eacott, S.
5/06/19 → 4/06/22
Project: Research
Leading for social cohesion: How principals respond to “challenging conversations” about social and political volatilities and disharmonies
Wilkinson, J., Walsh, L., Howie, L. & keddie, A.
3/04/17 → 30/07/18
Project: Research
Research Output
An ecological case-study of the benefits and challenges of socially-just leadership engaging in ‘challenging conversations’ about social disharmony
Walsh, L., Keddie, A., Wilkinson, J. & Howie, L., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Educational Administration and History. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Educational leadership and policy on rapidly shifting ground
Heffernan, A. & Wilkinson, J., 2020, In : Journal of Educational Administration and History. 52, 2, p. 163-164 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Educational leadership as practice
Wilkinson, J., Feb 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Noblit, G. W. (ed.). Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Educational leading as pedagogical love: the case for refugee education
Wilkinson, J. & Kaukko, M., 2 Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Leadership in Education. 23, 1, p. 61-76 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Embracing social inclusion? The asylum seeker experience of applying for admission to tertiary education in Australia
Dunwoodie, K., Webb, S. & Wilkinson, J., 2020, Power and Possibility: Adult Education in a Diverse and Complex World. Finnegan, F. & Grummell, B. (eds.). 1st ed. The Netherlands: Brill, p. 143-153 11 p. (Research on the Education and Learning of Adults; vol. 7).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Taking the lead from successful social cohesion in schools
29/10/19
1 Media contribution
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