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Personal profile
Personal profile
Susanne Francisco is a lecturer in Adult and Vocational Education as well as the Masters of Education. Prior to commencing with Charles Sturt University Susanne's background included: development of mentoring programs for a number of organisations; teaching in TAFE across a range of industries; educational leadership and management; professional development and policy development roles in the Commonwealth Public Service; teaching adult Year 12; and working with VET teachers as well as school principals to support their ongoing development throughout their teaching and leading career. Susanne has taught in universities, schools and Vocational Education and Training organisations, primarily as a teacher educator.
Research Interests
Susanne's research interests include: work based learning; mentoring; continuing professional learning; the learning of casual employees; quality teaching and learning in adult and vocational education; leadership in adult and vocational education; professional learning of teachers and of education leaders; and the professional learning of academics. Her PhD research looked at how novice vocational education and training teachers learn to become teachers.
Current research projects
2019-2022 Francisco, S. (Chief Investigator) Leading Learning: Building a Trellis of Practices to Support Learning of Novice VET Teachers.
2017-2022 Francisco, S. et al. (Co-participant with researchers from eight universities and five countries). Teacher Talk: Critical praxis in higher education and professional learning.
Teaching
Susanne teaches at undergraduate and post-graduate levels in a number of areas related to adult and vocational education as well as education more broadly. Teaching areas include mentoring and workplace learning; learning theories for post-compulsory education; high level facilitation skills; being a professional in adult and vocational education; reflective practice and lifelong learning; and issues in professional learning.
Professional Information
- Member of the Australian Vocational Education Research Association (AVETRA)
- Member of Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
Reviewer for:
- Studies in Continuing Education
- International Journal of Training Research
- Journal of Vocational Education and Training
Education/Academic qualification
Education and workplace learning, PhD, How Novice Vocational Education and Training Teachers Learn to Become Teachers, University of Technology Sydney
2009 → 2017
Adult Education, Master of Adult Education, University of Technology Sydney
2004 → 2007
Women's Studies, Master of Arts, University of New South Wales
1989 → 1992
Education, Graduate Diploma in Education, University of Canberra
1987
Bachelor of Arts, Australian National University
1979 → 1981
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Decentring the leader and centring the site in education
Grice, C., Lizier, A. & Francisco, S., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Educational Administration and History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Supporting the workplace learning of vocational and further education teachers: Mentoring and beyond
Francisco, S., 19 Apr 2022, 1st ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 198 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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How we do things around here: Practice architectures that enable learning in the in-between spaces of the workplace
Francisco, S. & Boud, D., 15 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Professional learning that enables the development of critical praxis
Francisco, S., Forssten Seiser, A. & Grice, C., 09 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Professional Development in Education. p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
The practice architectures that enable and constrain educators’ risk-taking practices in high quality early childhood education
Cooke, M. & Francisco, S., Nov 2021, In: Early Childhood Education Journal. 49, 6, p. 1073-1086 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Press/Media
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Expert says teachers’ learning is ‘critical’ in the VET sector – podcast
09/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media