School of Arts and Humanities

Associate Professor

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2005.
• Master of Science, England, 1984.
• Graduate Certificate in Education, England, 1977.
• Bachelor of Arts, England, 1974.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Project to establish an international youth policy research network facilitated by Maynooth University and ECU, with other partners,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme - 2018 Round 1,  2018 - 2019,  $7,827.
• Achieving economic sustainability for niche social profession courses in the Australian higher education sector - a nationwide collaborative strategy.,  Office for Learning and Teaching,  OLT - Fellowship,  2016 - 2019,  $154,056.
• Participative approach to professional development, peer learning and evaluation in youth work,  Lotterywest,  Grant,  2017 - 2019,  $86,980.
• Research to improve responses to the needs of independent young people under 16 years of age who experience homelessness.,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2017 Open Round,  2017 - 2018,  $80,730.
• Provision of consultancy services: Youth Outreach model, and Youth Centre service model,  City of Wanneroo,  Tender,  2018,  $42,700.
• Evaluation of the KindiLink Pilot for the Department of Education,  Department of Education WA,  Department of Education - Tender,  2016 - 2018,  $100,000.
• Research into efficacy of program processes and evaluation of the ‘Ballajura Connect’ program,  Dungeon Youth Services Inc,  Grant,  2015 - 2017,  $36,363.
• Scoping study on homelessness with young people under 16 years,  Commissioner for Children and Young People WA,  Grant,  2016 - 2017,  $10,000.
• The use of new technologies in human services: facilitating democracy or amplifying exclusion?,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme - 2016 Round 1,  2016 - 2017,  $8,100.
• The economic and social impacts of contemporary music in Western Australia (WAM project),  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Capability Enhancement Scheme - 2015 or earlier,  2015 - 2016,  $28,410.
• External Evaluation of the Industry Skills Centre Program, Victoria Prisons,  Department of Justice and Community Safety,  Industry Skills Centre (ISC),  2013 - 2015,  $84,443.
• Mission Australian Inner City Evaluation (Youthbeat),  Mission Australia,  Mission Australian Inner City Evaluation Grant,  2013 - 2015,  $36,364.
• Australian Youth Work Education: Curriculum Renewal and a Model for Sustainability for Niche Professions,  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations,  Novated ALTC Grant,  2010 - 2015,  $214,000.
• Why do mentoring relationships breakdown?,  Department of Local Government and Communities,  Grant,  2013 - 2014,  $5,000.
• Evaluation of Indigenous Justice Programs,  Attorney-General - Commonwealth,  Grant,  2010 - 2013,  $336,000.
• Investigating the social welfare indicators of regional art centres: a pilot study,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant,  2010 - 2012,  $66,860.
• Consultancy Services for the Rapidly Degenerating Neurological Conditions Pilot Program,  Disability Services Commission WA,  Grant,  2008 - 2011,  $63,636.
• An Evaluation of the YiELD Wilderness Project,  Department of Sport and Recreation WA,  Grant,  2009 - 2010,  $5,000.
• Evaluating the Rocky Bay School Aged-Therapy Service ,  Rocky Bay Inc,  Grant,  2010,  $46,000.
• Evaluation of Reel Connection Project for the City of Stirling,  City of Stirling,  Grant,  2007 - 2010,  $56,045.
• Evaluation of the Integrated Services Centre (ISC) Pilot Project,  Office of Multicultural Interests WA,  Grant,  2007 - 2009,  $32,124.
• Evaluation of the City of Stirling Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth, Sport and Leisure Project,  Department of Sport and Recreation WA,  Grant,  2007 - 2009,  $46,933.
• Research into Criminal and Anti-Social Behaviour on the Southern Rail Line,  Office of Crime Prevention WA,  Grant,  2007 - 2009,  $22,724.
• Evaluation of Western Australia COAG Care Coordination Initiative,  Department of Health WA,  Grant,  2008,  $5,455.
• Research of Participation in Organised Sport and Recreation by People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) Backgrounds,  Department of Sport and Recreation WA,  Grant,  2008,  $29,270.
• Young People's Participation in Communities (Indicators and Performance Measures) - Scoping Study,  National Youth Affairs Research Scheme,  Grant,  2006 - 2007,  $20,000.
• Research the effectiveness of mentoring as a crime prevention strategy with homeless young people,  Joondalup Youth Support Services (Inc),  Grant,  2004 - 2006,  $5,000.
• Evaluation of the YMCA Wheatbelt Multi Purpose Mobile Youth Service Project,  National Council of the YMCA of Australia,  Grant,  2005 - 2006,  $8,861.
• Research into integrated crime prevention strategies for rail station environs,  Office of Crime Prevention WA,  Grant,  2005 - 2006,  $104,262.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

• Coldwell-Neilson, J., Cooper, T., (2019), Digital Literacy Meets Industry 4.0. Education for Employability (Volume 2): Learning for Future Possibilities, 37-50, Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004418707_004.
• Cooper, T., Baxter, R., (2019), Future Prospects for Australasian Youth Work. Youth work : global futures, 109-127, Leiden, Netherlands, Koninklijke Brill NV, DOI: 10.1163/9789004396555_006.
• Cooper, T., (2018), Defining youth work: exploring the boundaries, continuity and diversity of youth work practice. SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice, 3-17, London, UK, Sage Publications - Reference E-Books.
• Scott, J., Barclay, E., Sims, M., Cooper, T., Love, T., (2018), Critical reflections on the operation on Aboriginal night patrols. Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South, 1031-1053, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan.
• Cooper, T., (2016), Spirituality in a secular age: possibilities for youth work. Spirituality in Youth Work: new vocabularies, concepts and practices, 32-51, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Journal Articles

• Cooper, T., Brooker, M., (2020), Support for homeless young people under 16 years old: towards a new paradigm. Youth Studies Australia, 3(1), 43-64, DOI: 10.1007/s43151-020-00005-5.
• Barblett, L., Barratt-Pugh, C., Knaus, M., Cooper, T., (2020), Supporting Aboriginal families’ and children’s developing sense of belonging at KindiLink. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 45(4), 309-321, Early Childhood Australia Inc., DOI: 10.1177/1836939120966079.
• Sims, M., Cooper, T., Barclay, E., Scott, J., (2019), Making sense of Indigenous youth night patrols. Administration and Society, 51(4), 664-686, California, USA, SAGE Publications, DOI: 10.1177/0095399717700225.
• Simpson, W., Cooper, T., Banham, V., (2019), From Criminalisation to Individual Choice: Policy Responses to Changing Constructions of Intellectual Disability in Western Australia. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 21(1), 100-110, Stockholm, Sweden, DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.571.
• Cooper, T., (2019), Calling out Alternative Facts: curriculum to develop students’ capacity to engage critically with contradictory sources. Teaching in Higher Education, 24(3), 444-459, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2019.1566220.
• Cooper, T., (2019), Rethinking teaching excellence in Australian higher education. International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 21(2), 83-98, Emerald, DOI: 10.1108/IJCED-10-2018-0038.
• Cooper, T., (2018), Social enterprise and community work: Social impacts of a remote Australian Aboriginal Art Centre. Radical Community Work Journal, 3(2), 9p..
• Cooper, T., Love, T., (2017), A youth curfew: a retrospective view of the rise, fall and legacy of the Northbridge Policy. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 52(3), 204-221, Victoria, Australia, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, DOI: 10.1002/ajs4.17.
• Cooper, T., (2017), Curriculum renewal: barriers to successful curriculum change and suggestions for improvement. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5(11), 115-128, Beaverton, USA, Redfame Publishing, DOI: 10.11114 /jets.v5i11.2737.
• Maccallum, J., Beltman, S., Coffey, A., Cooper, T., (2017), Taking Care of Youth Mentoring Relationships: Red Flags, Repair and Respectful Resolution. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 25(3), 250-271, Oxon, United Kingdom, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2017.1364799.
• Cooper, T., Scriven, R., (2017), Communities of Inquiry in curriculum approach to online learning: strengths and limitations in context. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 33(4), 22-37, DOI: 10.14742/ajet.3026.
• Cooper, T., Scott, J., Barclay, E., Sims, M., Love, T., (2016), Crime prevention and young people: Models and future direction for youth night patrols. Crime Prevention and Community Safety: an international journal, 18(4), 266–283, Palgrave MacMillan, DOI: 10.1057/s41300-016-0009-9.

Reports

• Powell, R., Ryan, M., Lambert, C., Cooper, T., Giles, M., Hope, C., (2016), Report for WA Music: Preliminary Economic Impact of the Music Industry in WA., Joondalup, WA, Edith Cowan University.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Master of Social Science,  Young people and the baptist church: Staying and leaving
• Master of Social Science,  Accommodation for adults with intellectual disability: Exploring the lived experiences of ageing parent carers and the reasons behind their decision to continue to care in the family home

Co-principal Supervisor

• Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Boundaries of governance: Social responsibility in mining in Western Australia.

Associate Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Developing practice: Youthwork with young women living with violence.