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Assoc Prof Jill Lawrence

Name :	Assoc Prof Jill Lawrence
Position :	Associate Professor (Communication) and Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching)
Section :	Faculty of Arts School of Humanities and Communication
Office :	Q304
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1004
Extension :	1004
E-mail :
Qualifications :	DipEd, BA UNE GDipEdAdm DDIAE PhD USQ

Home Page : https://eportfolio.usq.edu.au/user/view.php?id=175
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Professional Memberships

The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia

Research Interests

Higher education research
First year experience
Access and equity issues
Cross-cultural communication

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Hammer, S, Lawrence, J & Huijser, H 2011, 'From maintaining to sustaining: moving beyond binaries towards a framework for cultural sustainability in higher education', in PA Danaher, W Midgley, MA Tyler & A Mander in Beyond Binaries in Education Research, Routledge Research in Education.

Galligan, L, Loche, B & Lawrence, J 2010, ‘Building academic numeracy in a first year nursing course using an evaluative model of program development ‘ in D Coben & J O’Donoghue, Adult mathematics Education: Papers from Topic study group 8 ICME, the International Congress on Mathematical Education, 11th International Congress on mathematical education, NCE-MSTL, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Lawrence, J, Loch, B & Galligan, L 2010, ‘Employing interdisciplinary collaborations to redefine academic practices in a university Nursing program, in HERDSA 2010 International Conference: Reshaping Higher Education, 6-9 July 2010, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

Most notable :

Lawrence, J 2009, ‘Two conceptual models for facilitating learners’ transitions to new post-school learning contexts’ in edited by J Field, J Gallacher & R Ingram ,Researching Transitions in Lifelong Learning, Routledge, http://www.routledgeeducation.com/books/Researching-Transitions-in-Lifelong-Learning-isbn9780415495998

Lawrence, J 2005, ‘Reconceptualising attrition and retention: integrating theoretical, research and student perspectives, Studies in Learning, Evaluation and Development, vol. 2, no.3, pp.16-33, http://sleid.cqu.edu.au

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

CMS1008 Building Professional Nursing Attributes A
CMS1100 Communicating in the Sciences
CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship
CMS8010 Introduction to Communication Research

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 20 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) Faculty of Arts