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Dr Jill Lawrence

Name :	Dr Jill Lawrence
Position :	Senior Lecturer(Communication) and Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching)
Section :	Faculty of Arts School of Humanities and Communication
Office :	Q104
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1004
Extension :	1004
E-mail :
Qualifications :	DipEd, BA UNE GDipEdAdm DDIAE PhD USQ

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/lawrence
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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 :

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

Burton, L, Taylor, J, Dowling & Lawrence, J 2009, ‘Learning approaches, personality and concepts of knowledge of first-year students: Mature-age versus school leaver’, Studies in Learning, Evaluation and Development, special edition on Supporting Beginning Learners, http://sleid.cqu.edu.au 6(1), pp. 65– 81.

Lawrence, J, Loche, B & Galligan, L 2008, Reframing e-assessment: building professional nursing and academic attributes in a first year nursing course, Learning, Media and Technology incorporating Education, Communication and Information: Special Issue - Reframing E-assessment, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. September.

Most notable :

Sankey, M. & Lawrence, J. (2008), I'm not alone: First year course leaders helped through communities of Practice. Refereed paper presented at the 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference, pp.348-353, Yeppoon, Queensland, 13-16 June.

Taylor, J & Lawrence, J 2007, Making students AWARE: an online strategy for students given academic warning, Studies in Learning, Evaluation and Development, http://sleid.cqu.edu.au

Lawrence, J 2007, Two models for facilitating cross-cultural communication and engagement, International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, vol.6, no.6, pp.73-82, Common Ground Publishing, http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.423

Lawrence, J 2006, Engaging first year students: a collaborative approach implemented in a first year nursing course, in K Dopson, Engaging Students 9th Pacific Rim in Higher Education (FYHE) - 2006 Conference Proceedings, QUT, ISBN 0-646-46313-6

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

Lawrence, J 2003, The deficit-discourse shift: university teachers and their role in helping first year students persevere and succeed in the new university culture, Ultibase, Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) online@ ultibase.rmit.edu.au

Lawrence, J 2002 Academics and first year students: collaborating to access success in an unfamiliar university culture in L Thomas, M Cooper & J Quinn, Collaboration to Widen Participation in Higher Education, Trentham Books, Stoke on Trent, UK

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