Personal details
- Name
- Dr Levon Blue
- Position(s)
- Senior Lecturer
Office of the Provost,
Carumba Institute - Discipline *
- Specialist Studies in Education, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Other Education
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 0212
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 3992
- levon.blue@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
-
Doctorate of Philosophy (Griffith University)
- Professional memberships
and associations Dr Levon Blue is a member of:
- Pedagogy Education Praxis (PEP) International Research Network;
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA);
- Graduate Women of Queensland;
- Indigenous Studies Research Network;
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Mathematics Alliance; and,
- National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network.
- Keywords
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Financial literacy education, Entrepreneurship education, Indigenous education
Biography
Dr Levon Blue is a member of Beausoleil First Nation in Canada. Levon is a Senior Lecturer at the Carumba Institute (QUT) and an editor of the International Journal of Critical Indigenous studies. Her research area includes financial literacy education, Indigenous higher education, and social justice. Levon’s PhD focused on financial literacy education practices in an Aboriginal community in Canada. She is currently a Chief Investigator on two Australian Research Council funded grants: special research initiative – National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN) and Discovery Indigenous – Empowering Indigenous businesses through improved financial and commercial literacy. Levon has published many journal articles, book chapters and more recently co-edited a book titled “Indigenizing Education: Discussions and Case Studies from Australia and Canada”.
Teaching
Teaching Areas:
- Ethics for Education
- Education and Society
- Lifelong Learning and Development
- Communication in Learning and Teaching
- Indigenous postgraduate research
Publications
- Blue L, Grootenboer P, (2019) A praxis approach to financial literacy education, Journal of Curriculum Studies p755-770
- Blue L, (2019) Financial literacy education with an Aboriginal community: Identifying critical moments for enabling praxis, Education Sciences p1-13
- Bodle K, Brimble M, Weaven S, Frazer L, Blue L, (2018) Critical success factors in managing sustainable Indigenous businesses in Australia, Pacific Accounting Review p35-51
- Blue L, O'Brien M, Makar K, (2018) Exploring the classroom practices that may enable a compassionate approach to financial literacy education, Mathematics Education Research Journal p143-164
- O'Brien M, Blue L, (2018) Towards a positive pedagogy: designing pedagogical practices that facilitate positivity within the classroom, Educational Action Research p365-384
- Pinto L, Blue L, (2017) Aboriginal entrepreneurship financing in Canada: Walking the fine line between self-determination and colonization, Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies p2-20
- Blue L, Pinto L, (2017) Other ways of being: challenging dominant financial literacy discourses in Aboriginal Context, Australian Educational Researcher p55-70
- Pinto L, Blue L, (2016) Pushing the entrepreneurial prodigy: Canadian Aboriginal entrepreneurship education initiatives, Critical Studies in Education p358-375
- Blue L, Grootenboer P, Brimble M, (2014) Financial literacy education in the curriculum: Making the grade or missing the mark?, International Review of Economics Education p51-62
- Brimble M, Blue L, (2013) Tailored financial literacy education: An indigenous perspective, Journal of Financial Services Marketing p207-219
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- Empowering Indigenous Businesses Through Improved Financial Literacy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IN180100052
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR120100005
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Indigenous Knowledge; Research Capacity Building
Supervision
Dr Levon Blue is currently seeking higher degree research (HDR) students with an interest in financial literacy education, mathematics, Indigenous issues, social justice, praxis, and adult and vocational training.
Current supervisions
- Teaching Indigenous perspectives within the primary STEM curriculum
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Peter Anderson - Exploring Educators' Practices of Embedding Indigenous Histories and Cultures within the Australian Curriculum Mathematics
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Peter Anderson