Staff profile

Dr Michael Faulkner

Lecturer, Gifted Education and Special Learning Ne

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education - Bendigo

Room/Location: 2.31 Education, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

T.P.T.C. Bendigo, B.A., B.Ed. Monash, M.Ed. Melbourne, Ph.D. Deakin MAPS

Membership of professional Associations

Australian Psychologicial Society (APS), Australian Guidance and Counselling Association, (AGCA), International School Psychology Association (ISPA)

Area of study

Special education

Teaching Units

 Inclusive and special education

Child development, families, and schooling

Applied educational psychology

Gifted Education

Recent Publications

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Faulkner M. (2009) Finland:Nation of equity and educational excellence, Dissent, Autumn-Winter 2009, 31-32

Faulkner M. (2009) School psychology and government legislation in Australia, World Go Round Newsletter, International School Psychology Association, 22-23

Faulkner M. (2007) 'School psychologists or psychologists in schools?' In-Psych 29(4), 10-13, Melbourne, The Australian Psychological Society Limited. Faulkner M. (2007) 'School psychology in Australia' in The Handbook of International School Psychology edited by S. Jimerson, T. Oakland, & P. Farrell, California, SAGE Books, 15-28

Oakland, T., Mpofu, E., Gregoire, G., & Faulkner, M. (2007). An exploration of learning disabilities in four countries: Implications for test development and use in developing countries. International Journal of Testing, 7(1), 53-69.

Faulkner, M. (2006). 'Valuing school psychology in education: The National Educational School Psychology Service, in the Republic of Ireland', Australian Guidance and Counselling Association Newsletter, December, 34-37

Faulkner M. & Lyons P.(2006) 'The La Trobe University Able Learner's Enrichment Program: An innovation in regional Australia, 'The Rising Tides' National Gifted & Talented Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 3- 5th August, 60-64. Refereed paper, published as collected conference papers

Oakland, T., Faulkner  M., and  Annan  M.  (2005) 'School psychology in four English speaking countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States', in the Comprehensive Handbook of Multi cultural School Psychology, edited by Craig Frisby and Cecil Reynolds, John Wiley and Sons, New York

Oakland, T., Faulkner, M. & Bassett K., (2004) Temperament styles of children from Australia and the United States, The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Vol. 19 No 1 35-51

Faulkner, M. (2002) 'Temperament in Context: The 'Student Styles Questionnaire' as a measure of temperament' Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Vol. 12 No. 1

Faulkner,  M. (2000) 'J. R. McLeod: An Innovating School Psychologist in Victoria: An Historical Reflection' Melbourne Studies in Education May 2000

Recent Presentations

Alamiri F. & Faulkner M. (2009) Challenging gifted children and the phenomenon of ADHD: A qualitative study of teacher and parent perceptions in a Saudi Arabian school, Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children Conference 12-13 August 2009  

Faulkner M. (2009) Temperament and talent development in very able children: Working with temperament qualities to achieve better learning. Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children Conference 12-13 August 2009  

Faulkner M. ( 2009) Teaching and learning applications using the Students Styles Questionnaire, Workshop presented at the annual Colloquium of the International School Psychology Association, Valetta, Malta, 7- 11 July 2009

Faulkner M. (2009) School counselling: Achieving positive results, Keynote address to the Victorian Catholic Secondary Schools Students Support Services Conference , Geelong, 28-29 May 2009

Faulkner M. (2009) Increasing the chance factor for bright country kids : La Trobe University's Able Learners Enrichment Program, Workshop presentation at the Australian Guidance and Counselling Association Bi-Annual Conference, Hobart 15-17 April 2009

'Trauma Transition and Healing: Refugees in Australia' with Sheree McDonald. Workshop to be presented at the 29th Annual International School Psychology Colloquium, Tempare, Finland, 24- 29 July 2007

'The school as challenge for psychologists'. Workshop to be presented at the 11th National Conference of the Australian Guidance and Counselling Association, Freemantle October 22, 2009 ledge and networks for able learners in regional Australia', The 28th International School Psychology Association Colloquium, Hangzchou, China. July 15-19, 2006

'The importance of developing and supporting the talents of gifted and talented children', The Australian Guidance and Counselling Association 10th National Conference, Adelaide , 29 September-1 October 2005

'Temperament, learning styles and schooling :The Student Styles Questionnaire',  Research paper presented to the Australian Association for Psychological Type National Conference, Ballarat, 17-19 September 2004

'Temperament and giftedness in primary school children : A study in rural Australia'. 15th World Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, Adelaide, 1-5 August 2003

Recently Completed Research Theses Supervision

2009 - M. Special Education - Challenging gifted children and the phenomenon of ADHD

2009 - M. Education - Bibliiotherapy and the savage illnesses: Using books to help adolescents with chronic illnesses

2009 - M. Education - The Teacher Advisor Program at a secondary school: A case study of student engagement and parental connectedness

2009 - M. Education - Families Voices: The experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse families with early childhood intervention services in Victoria