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Personal profile
Biography
Rosie is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education. Her research focuses on the socio-cultural and material complexities of health across school, teacher education, institutional, government, cultural and community settings. Her work draws from a range of disciplines: design, sociology, cultural studies and education to apply critical and creative responses to social challenges. Her work has examined the formations of public pedagogy, media, curriculum, Indigenous-settler relations, gardens and places of learning in peoples' everyday experiences especially in relation to health, food studies, wellbeing and the environment. Rosie leads the Faculty of Education research group Plants, Place and Pedagogy, has lead edited published collections on environmental attunement in health education. She has been invited to speak at and contribute to a number of state, national and international sociological, curriculum, health and educational projects.
Prior to joining Monash, Rosie's work included teaching and research in health education, youth transitions, social geography, sexuality education and educational sociology at the University of Wollongong and Sydney University. Rosie was also a secondary teacher and primary HPE specialist in schools and taught yoga and creative movement in youth and community settings as well as held cultural and social planning roles in local government.
Research areas:
- Health Education teacher education
- Food studies in education
- Land based learning and garden pedagogies
- Sociology of health and the body
- Curriculum and pedagogy
- Social media practices and pedagogies
- Post-structural and socio-material theory
Rosie leads the faculty research group Plants, Place and Pedagogy.
Rosie is a member of the Learning with New Media (LNM) Research Group.
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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
- Social media and digital education
- Health education
- Health Education teacher education
- Physical Education
- Land based learning
- Biographical Narratives
- Poetic Methodologies and Qualitative Research Methods
- Sociology of Education
- Food pedagogies
Projects
- 5 Finished
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Kids building healthier futures together in Minecraft
Leahy, D., Blannin, J., Jeanes, R., Alfrey, L., Welch, R., Perrotta, C. & Grove, C.
15/03/22 → 28/03/23
Project: Research
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Mapping to Connect to and Caring for Country: How can teacher education be part of a healing and reconciliation process?
lisahunter, L., Elston, J., Page, J., Scull, J., Jeanes, R., Welch, R., Brubaker, N. & Summers, D.
13/08/20 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
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Kids co-designing sustainable and healthy environments
Leahy, D., Jeanes, R., Duhn, I., Lindsay, J., Taylor, W., Welch, R., Tanner, C. & Cumbo, B.
3/07/20 → 1/02/23
Project: Research
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BLCSI 2019: Building Leadership for Change through School Immersion 2019
Tudball, E., Adams, M., Lancaster, G., Johnson, L., Smith, K., Burke, G., Rady, D., Round, P., George, S., Welch, R., Pruyn, M., Creely, E., Gesthuizen, R. J. T., Tan, H., Burke, J., Mansfield, J., Clarke, S., Kewalramani, S., McLeod, A., Kalogeropoulos, P. & Ozzimo, C.
15/04/19 → 14/02/20
Project: Research
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Engendering and Enacting Empathy
Normand-Marconnet, N., Rotstein, S., Nobis, F., Schliephake, K., Reimer, K., Kent, F., Williams, B., Caliph, S., Dean, L. & Welch, R.
20/11/18 → 20/11/20
Project: Research
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Teachers of TikTok: glimpses and gestures in the performance of professional identity
Hartung, C., Ann Hendry, N., Albury, K., Johnston, S. & Welch, R., 2023, In: Media International Australia. 186, 1, p. 81-96 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus) -
What counts as nature in designing environmental links to health education curriculum in initial teacher education?
Cumbo, B. & Welch, R., 21 Apr 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Sport, Education and Society. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Australian health and physical education teachers’ philosophies and pedagogies of health
Alfrey, L. & Welch, R., 2022, Critical Pedagogies in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health. Stirrup, J. & Hooper, O. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 103-115 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Categorical difference as affective assemblage: experiences of Vietnamese women in the neoliberal university
Pham, X., Bright, D., Leahy, D. & Welch, R., 2022, In: Higher Education Research & Development. 41, 5, p. 1679-1692 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Health education, social media, and tensions of authenticity in the ‘influencer pedagogy’ of health influencer Ashy Bines
Hendry, N. A., Hartung, C. & Welch, R., 2022, In: Learning, Media and Technology. 47, 4, p. 427-439 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
13 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Emerald Health Education Journal Outstanding Paper Award
Welch, Rosie (Recipient), O'Flynn, G. (Recipient) & Wright, J. (Recipient), Aug 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Kids Co-designing Healthy and Sustainable Environments resource tool-kit: First-cycle winner and short-listed for World Health Organization NCD Lab innovative tools and initiatives in the NCDs and Next Generation thematic area
Leahy, Deana (Recipient), Jeanes, Ruth (Recipient), Duhn, I. (Recipient), Lindsay, Jo (Recipient), Tanner, Claire (Recipient), Taylor, Warren (Recipient), Welch, Rosie (Recipient) & Cumbo, Bronwyn (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Sport, Education and Society (Journal)
Rosie Welch (Guest editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Cultures of TikTok in the Asia Pacific Symposium 2020
Catherine Hartung (Speaker), Rosie Welch (Speaker), Natalie Hendry (Speaker) & Kath Albury (Speaker)
7 Dec 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Expert Moderator - Recipe for Disaster at Melbourne Science Gallery
Rosie Welch (Contributor)
15 Aug 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Curriculum Writer - NSW Education Standards Authority
Rosie Welch (Advisor)
Mar 2019 → Sep 2019Activity: External Academic Engagement › Expert/ advisor
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Environmental Education Research (Journal)
Rosie Welch (Peer reviewer)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press/Media
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How bringing Australian edible plants into your classroom can deepen understanding of Indigenous cultures and histories
1/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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9 ways to build your confidence teaching Indigenous cultures and histories
3/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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How bringing Australian edible plants into your classroom can deepen understanding of Indigenous cultures and histories
3/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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TikTok teachers go viral in these #COVID-19 times
Catherine Hartung, Natalie Hendry & Rosie Welch
12/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature