Research output per year
Research output per year
PhD, Associate Professor/Associate Head, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Aspro
Research activity per year
Associate Professor Susan Mleck's interests reflect her teaching and learning qualifications and experience, including Andragogy – the science of helping adults to learn. Furthermore, at the heart of her academic practice – in both learning and teaching, and research – lie two influences: the significance of her Indigeneity, and her engagement with Andragogy. From an auto-ethnographical stance, the influence of being Māori-Indigenous with its spiritual and tribal connections, and her ongoing quest to address the 'science of helping adults to learn' [Eduard Lindeman 1927, in Brookfield 1987], is woven through personal pedagogy that privileges inclusive practice which is also about working within a social justice framework of equity, access, participation and rights of people. These ideas serve to highlight the juxtaposition of those strands that Susan upholds at all levels of research, learning and teaching: cultural competence, community development, critical reflection in adult teaching and learning, and curriculum development and delivery.
Memberships of Advisory Boards and Panels:
Strategic Research Areas:
Bachelor of Social Work, Charles Sturt University
2010
Doctor of Philosophy (Community Development and Management), University of Western Sydney
2008
Master of Commerce, University of Western Sydney
1999
Master of Arts, University of Western Sydney
1997
Bachelor of Adult Education, University of Western Sydney
1995
Director Foundational Studies
Apr 2006 → Jan 2008Research output: Book/Report › Edited book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Other contribution to conference › Presentation only › peer-review
Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Brenda Morris (Invited speaker), Monica Short (Organiser), Donna Bridges (Participant), Merrilyn Crichton (Participant), Fredrik Velander (Participant), Emma Rush (Participant), Benjamin Iffland (Participant), Rohena Duncombe (Participant), Manohar Pawar (Participant), Karen Bell (Participant), Wendy Bowles (Participant) & Susan Mlcek (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Community
Katrina Gersbach (Speaker), Benjamin Iffland (Speaker), Monica Short (Speaker), Lynelle Osburn (Member) & Susan Mlcek (Member)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Academic
Belinda Cash (Member), Will Dobud (Member), Rohena Duncombe (Member), Katrina Gersbach (Member), Benjamin Iffland (Member), Nicola Ivory (Member), Lachlan Kalache (Member), Susan Mlcek (Member), Bernadette Moorhead (Member), Ndungi Mungai (Member), Lynelle Osburn (Facilitator), Manohar Pawar (Member), Emma Rush (Member), Monica Short (Facilitator), Fredrik Velander (Member) & Michelle Wilkinson (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of collaboration/network › Academic
Lynelle Osburn (Speaker), Monica Short (Speaker), Lachlan Kalache (Speaker), Katrina Gersbach (Speaker), Ndungi Mungai (Speaker), Susan Mlcek (Speaker), Fredrik Velander (Speaker), Manohar Pawar (Speaker) & Will Dobud (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar/presentation › Academic
Ndungi Mungai (Speaker), Fredrik Velander (Speaker), Will Dobud (Speaker), Lynelle Osburn (Speaker), Susan Mlcek (Speaker), Monica Short (Speaker) & Aaron Morrison (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference/Symposium › Academic
Dominic O'Sullivan, Bede Harris, Susan Mlcek, Rohena Duncombe & Monica Short
04/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Susan Mlcek & Dominic O'Sullivan
20/02/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media