Mr Graeme Gower

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  9370 6558  
Mobile: 0417 934 784  
Facsimile: (61 8)  9370 6055  
Email: g.gower@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML15.319  

 

Responsibilities

Teaching & research

Current Teaching

EDF 3101, IAS 1115/4115, IAS 3110, IAS 4113

Background/Employment History

Education: 8 yrs primary school teacher & 23 years in higher education (ECU)

Staff Qualifications

Dip Teach, B.Ed, PGrad dip. Education studies, MA Education.

Professional Memberships

AARE

Awards and Recognition

Former IHEAC member

Research

Research Interests

Aboriginal Education

Current Research Areas

Research practice & ethics in Indigenous research

Recent Research Grants

Universities Australia (Cultural competency)

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Conference Papers

  • Gower, G., (2010) Longitudinal research study of the Follow the Dream/partnerships for success project Paper presented at AARE, Melbourne.
  • Gower, g., (2009).Developing cultural competency. Paper presented at AARE, Brisbane.
  • Sibbel, J. & Gower, G. (2007, November). Sustaining community involvement in an aspirant program. A paper presented as part of the Symposium: Sustaining an educational engagement program for aspirant Aboriginal students: Some issues at the International education research conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, held at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.
  • Gower, G., Nakata, M. & Mackean, T. (2007). Achieving appropriate outcomes in the teaching of Indigenous Australian studies in universities.  A discussion paper presented at the Indigenous Higher Education Council Conference, held in Adelaide, 21 November 2007.
  • Galloway, A., Gower, G., Partington, G., & Rogers, S. (2006, November). Who says what to whom? Dilemmas in reporting research findings. Paper presented as part of the Symposium Difficult practice: Engaging ethics in educational research (Convenor: Prof. J. Reid, Charles Sturt University) at the Australian Association for Research in Education's 36 th Annual International Education Research Conference, University of South Australia, Adelaide.
  • Galloway, A., Partington, G., Gower, G., & Rogers, S. (2006, November). Researching ethically in schools.  Paper presented as part of the Symposium Difficult practice: Engaging ethics in educational research (Convenor: Prof. J. Reid, Charles Sturt University) at the Australian Association for Research in Education's 36 th Annual International Education Research Conference, University of South Australia, Adelaide.