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Ms Catherine Arden

Name :	Ms Catherine Arden
Position :	Lecturer (Teaching & Learning in Vocational Education and Training/Senior Schooling)
Section :	Faculty of Education Education
Office :	Y326
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2333
Extension :	2333
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA UNE GDipFET, MEd USQ

Professional Memberships

Registered Teacher , Qld College of Teachers
Professional Member, Australian Association of Careers Counsellors (AACC)

Professional Affiliations

Member, Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA)
Member, Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD)

Research Interests

Informal Learning, Lifelong Learning and Learning Communities
University-Community Engagement
Phenomenography
Participatory Action Research and Evaluation
Community Informatics

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Arden, C. H., Danaher, P. A., De George-Walker, L., Henderson, R., Matthews, K. J., Midgley, W., Noble, K., & Tyler, M. A. (2012). Analysing approaches to constructing capacities. In P. A. Danaher, L. De George-Walker, R. Henderson, K. J. Matthews, W. Midgley, K. Noble, M. A. Tyler & C. Arden (Eds.), Constructing capacities: Building capacity through learning and engagement (pp. 4-30). Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars.

Arden, C. H., McLachlan, K. M., & Cooper, T. (2010). Flying blind, or going with the flow? Using constructivist evaluation to manage the unexpected in the GraniteNet project. Journal of Community Informatics 6(3) Special Issue: Prato Community Informatics Conference 2010. Available from http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/34

Arden, C., Danaher, P. A., De George-Walker, L., Henderson, R., Midgley, W., Noble, K., & Tyler, M. A. (2010). Sustaining and transforming collaborative research: Principles and practices. In C. H. Arden, P. A. Danaher, L. De George-Walker, R. Henderson, W. Midgley, K. Noble & M. A. Tyler (Eds.), Sustaining synergies: Collaborative research and researching collaboration (pp. 1-13). Brisbane, Australia: Post Pressed.

Most notable :

McLachlan, K., & Arden, C. H. (2009, August). Community learning projects: Transforming post-compulsory education provision in rural communities. In R. E. Harreveld, G. R. Danaher & P. A. Danaher (Eds.), Sea changes, tree changes and bush lessons: Post-compulsory education and rural renewal. Theme issue of Rural Society, 19(2), 146-162.

Arden, C.H. (2009, May). GraniteNet Phase 2 Evaluation Report. Toowoomba: Centre for Research in Transformative Pedagogies, University of Southern Queensland

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

EDV3401 Program Design and Evaluation
EDV3500 Competency Based Training and Assessment
EDX4150 Transitions in Secondary Education
EDV4440 Advanced Professional Experience
EDU5601 Designing for Flexible Learning
EDU8701 Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Contexts: Theory and Practice
EDU5760 Professional Study

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 7 years
Other : 20 years