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Tiffany started her career as a journalist and editor on a variety of publications in Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast (including magazines, newspapers and textbooks). She moved into teaching, lecturing and research in secondary and higher education institutions. Tiffany relocated to Melbourne to pursue specific research opportunities through ARCSHS.

2009/10/11 - Awarded APA Research Scholarship.

2008 - Association for Women Educators Award for Girls’ Education (for “Critical Theories Lecture Series”).

2008 - Griffith University Teacher Education Conference Coordination Team.

2008 - Teacher Education Industry Advisory Group (TEIAG) panel member.

2006/ 7 - Griffith Education Research Internship Scholarship.

2006 - The Griffith University Medal Recipient.

2006 - Awarded Golden Key International Honours Society Membership.

2006 and 2005 - Griffith University Awards for Academic Excellence.

Tiffany is passionate about supporting young people and encouraging their “voice”. One of Tiffany’s projects at ARCSHS will be working with the “Writing Themselves In” team to put together the third national report on the experiences of same-sex attracted youth (SSAY). These reports feature young people telling their stories in their own words.

Current research interests: Youth and Sexualities, Education Policy, Queer Theory, Critical Discourse Analysis, Values Education, Cultural Studies.

Teaching areas: Literary Theory, English Literature and English Education, Teacher Education and Teacher Research, SOSE/ History Education, Values Education and Philosophy, Youth Cultures.

Beyond Teachers’ Discretion: Do Australian Schools Support GLBTIQ Students?

There have been significant changes to the way sexuality is considered in Australian education policy in recent times. The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA, 2008) outlines the provision of schooling that is free from discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation within its first national goal. Responding to such changes, this study explores whether gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex and ‘Queer’ students (GLBTIQs) are supported in Australian schools. It investigates national and state level policies, programming and practice relating to issues of sexuality in schools. It is concerned with both the public and private sectors, and stakeholders on all sides of education policy.

Jones, T. (2009). Saving Rhetorical Children: Sexuality Education Discourses from Conservative to Post-modern. Sex Education, *forthcoming.

Jones, T. (2009). The Queer Joys of Sexless Marriage: Coupled Citizenship’s Hot Bed! Sextures, 1(1), *forthcoming. http://www.sextures.net

Jones, T. (2009). Shaping sexual knowledge: a cultural history of sex education in twentieth century Europe. Culture, Health & Sexuality, *forthcoming.

Jones, T. (2009). Framing the framework: discourses in Australia’s national values education policy. Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 8(1), pp.35-57.

Jones, T. and Tyrell, K. (2009). Better Managing Homophobia. Teacher, 205 (October), pp.62-63.

Jones, T. (2009). "Framing the framework: discourses in Australia’s national values education policy." Educational Research for Policy and Practice 8(1): pp.35-57. http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1007/s10671-008-9058-x.

Jones, T. (2008). Haunted by (im)possibilities: challenging the binaries of membership in research communities *Accepted for review*.

Jones, T. (2008). From Prescriptive to Post-modern: Australia's Values Education Movement. *Accepted for review*.

Jones, T. (2007). Framing the Framework. In R. Brown, G. Finger & C. Rushton (Eds.), Education Research: Who needs it? (pp. 47-70). Teneriffe: Post Pressed.

The Teaching of Values in Schools: Discussion with Tiffany Jones (2007).  [Radio], ABC 612 Radio Saturday Morning Show. Australia: Media Monitors.

Jones, T. (2006). Australia’s Values Education Movement. Paper presented at the Inaugural Research Higher Degrees Conference, Griffith University, Gold Coast, November 19.

Email: tm4jones@students.latrobe.edu.au
Phone: (03) 9285 5129