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Dr Lindy Abawi

Name :	Dr Lindy Abawi
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Curriculum and Pedagogy) and Program Coordinator (Primary)
Section :	Faculty of Education Education
Office :	G429
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1680
Extension :	1680
E-mail :
Qualifications :	MEd, PhD USQ

Professional Memberships

Member of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders
Member of the Australian Literacy Educator's Association

Core Team member of the Leadership Research International Group which is the home of the Innovative Designs for Enhancing Achievements in Schools (IDEAS) project which is a school improvement project that can be found re-energising school communities all across Australia and in several international contexts.

Research Interests

school improvement
pedagogy and learning
student voice
distributed leadership
creativity and learning
pre-service education

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :
Co-editor and co-author of three chapters in the book - Abawi, L., Conway, J. & henderson, R. (2011) Creating Connections in Teaching and Learning, Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Sole authored chapter - Not education research binaries - Just parts of a whole, in Midgley, W., Tyler, M., Danaher, P. & Mander, A. (2011) Beyond Binaries, New York, NY: Routledge

Most notable :
Associate author - Crowther, F. and associates (2011). From school improvement to sustained capacity, Thousand CA: Corwin

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

Course examiner for Foundations of Curriculum and Pedagogy EDC1400
Course moderator for The Middle Years EDP2111
Lecturer in The Arts Curriculum and Pedagogy EDX1250

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 2 years
Other : 25 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Interim Primary Coordinator for the Faculty of Education