Dr Derek Bland
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
educational disadvantage, imagination in education, participatory action research, students as researchers
Research field
Education Systems, Specialist Studies in Education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member of the Children and Youth Research Centre (CYRC), QUT
- Member of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
- Queensland College of Teachers Certificate of Teacher (QCoT) Registration
Publications
- Bland, D., (2012). Imagination for re-engagement from the margins of education. Australian Educational Researcher, 39(1), 75–89. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/48571
- Bland, D., (2011). Marginalised students and insider knowledge. In W. Kidd & G. Czerniawski (Eds.), The Student Voice Handbook: Bridging the Academic/Practitioner Divide (pp. 389–397). Emerald Group Publishing. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46389
- Bland, D., (2010). Drawing on imagination: Primary students' ideal learning environments. Proceedings of the 2010 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Education Research Conference, 1–22. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40896
- Bland, D., (2011). From classroom resistance to school reform. Institutional Transformation to Engage a Diverse Student Body [International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Volume 6], 57–65. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45730
- Atweh, B., Bland, D., Smith, K. & Woodward, A. (2012). Engaging students in research relationships for school reform. In C. Day (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook of Teacher and School Development (pp. 233–242). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49171
- Kimber, M., Carrington, S., Mercer, L. & Bland, D. (2011). Enhancing professional ethics: service-learning in teacher education. In L. Ehrich, D. Beutel & J. Millwater (Eds.), Practical Experiences in Professional Education: A transdisciplinary approach (pp. 115–134). Post Pressed. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/41852
- Bland, D., Carrington, S. & Brady, K. (2009). Young people, imagination and re-engagement in the middle years. Improving Schools, 12(3), 237–248. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28739
- Carrington, S., Bland, D. & Brady, K. (2010). Training young people as researchers to investigate engagement and disengagement in the middle years. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 14(5), 449–462. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28499
- Bland, D., (2009). At-risk students and classroom engagement: listening to ''voices of possibility and hope''. In D. Beutel & J. Millwater (Eds.), Stepping Out into the Real World of Education (pp. 92–108). Pearson Australia. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/27318
- Atweh, B., Bland, D., Carrington, S. & Cavanagh, R. (2008). School disengagement: Its constructions, investigation and management. Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) 2007 International Education Research Conference, 1–16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/17737
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