Staff profile

Dr Mary Keeffe

Associate Professor in Inclusive Education, Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator and Program Co

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Education - Bendigo

Room/Location: 3.13 Education, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

Ed.D; M. Ed (Special Education); M.Ed (Hons); B.Ed.

Membership of professional associations

Australian Association of Special Educators (AASE) Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE)

Area of study

Special education

Brief profile

Teaching: Postgraduate and Undergraduate Special Education and Research; Supervision of Postgraduate Research.

Research: Personalised Learning; Student Leadership

Community: Academic Appeals Cttee;

Teaching units

Undergraduate

  • EDU2UA: Understanding Autism
  • EDU3HSN Students with High Support Needs

Postgraduate

  • EDU5ESA: Engaging students with Autism 
  • EDU5CIE: Contentions in Inclusive Education
  • EDU5RSP: Responsive Schools and Pedagogy 
  • EDU5SWR: Schools, Wellbeing and Responsiveness
  • EDU5RAR: Relationships and Reporting in Special education
  • EDU5MDC: Multiple Disabilities and Communication

Consulting

Special Education, Aspergers, Personalised Learning

Recent publications

Keeffe, M., & Austin, L. (2012) Reciprocity, the rascal of resolution: Collaborative problem solving in an online role play. Peer reviewed paper presented at CSEDU 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education. Porto, Portugal. Published in SciTePress Digital Library

Keeffe, M., Lovejoy, V., Spencer-Jones, D., Prain, V. (in press). A case study in personalising learning: Relational agency in a visual arts studio. Art Education Australia.

 Vaughan Prain, Peter Cox, Craig Deed, Jeffrey Dorman, Debra Edwards, Cathleen Farrelly, Mary Keeffe, Valerie Lovejoy, Lucy Mow, Peter Sellings, Bruce Waldrip, Zali Yager. (In press). Personalised learning: Lessons to be learnt.  British Educational Research Journal.  

 Keeffe, M., & Andrews, D. (2011). Students’ perspectives on leadership: Interpretations of symbolic, social and cultural capital. Leading & Managing, 17(2), 21-35.  

Dempster, N., Stevens, E., & Keeffe, M. (2011). Student and youth leadership: A focussed literature review. Leading & Managing, 17(2), 1-20.  

Keeffe, M., De-Georgio, L. (2010) On the pulse of change: The new beat of special education in Higher Education. Australiasian Journal of Special Education.  

Dempster, N., Lizzio, A., Keeffe, M., Skinner, J. & Andrews, D. (2010). The contributions of research design and process facilitation in accessing adolescent views of leadership. Leading & Managing, 16(2), 77-89.  

Keeffe, M. (2009). "Close the door when you leave: Difference, Democracy and Inclusive Educational Leadership" International Journal of Inclusive Education. (under review)

Keeffe, M. (2009) "School responsiveness and student views on the nature of leadership" . International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice. (under review)  

Keeffe, M. (2006) Horizons of Life Experiences in Keeffe & Carrington EDS. Schools and Diversity. Pearson Education Frenchs Forest.

Keeffe, M. (2006) The Inclusive Society in Keeffe & Carrington EDS. Schools and Diversity. Pearson Education Frenchs Forest.

Keeffe, M & Carrington, S. Eds. (2006). Schools and Diversity. Pearsons Education. Frenchs Forest.

Keeffe, M (2005) Principals’ perspectives on inclusion and the law. Ed. D. Thesis Queensland University of Technology.

Keeffe, M. (2004) Principal’s stress: Tensions between the requirements of the disability discrimination legislation and the governance of inclusion in schools. Australian Association of Research in Education. Melbourne. Australia

Keeffe, M. (2004) Communication in learning and the provision of Australian Sign Language (Auslan) interpreters for a student with a hearing impairment. Case Notes. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education. 9. 1 pp109-113

Keeffe, M. (2004) Reconceptualizing research questions from a mixed method study for interpretation from a Habermasian theoretical perspective. In S. Danby, E. McWilliam & J. Knight (Eds.) Performing Research: Theories, Methods and Practices. Flaxton. Qld. Post Pressed.

Keeffe, M. (2003) The principal’s governance of inclusion and the requirements of the disability discrimination legislation: Are they worlds apart? Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education 8, 1&2. pp. 69-76.

Keeffe, M. (2003) Walk a day in my shoes: Moral issues involved in collaborating with parents of a student with a disability. Principal’s Journal, Queensland (in press)

Keeffe, M. (2003) Habermas and the principal’s lifeworld in the lawful governance of inclusion in schools. Australian Association of Research in Education.

Keeffe, M. (2003) Reconceptualizing research questions from a mixed method study for interpretation from a Habermasian theoretical perspective. In P. Singh & E. McWilliam (Eds). Flaxton. Qld. Post Pressed.

Keeffe, M., Lampert, J., Burnett, L., (2003) Stereotypical attitudes and beliefs held by preservice teachers. Research report presented to the Equity Committee for the Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology.

Farrell, A., Walsh, K., and Keeffe-Martin, M. (2003) Leadership and management in large classes in tertiary settings. Research report presented to the Coordinators of Large Units for the Queensland University of Technology.

Keeffe-Martin, M. (2002) Participation, enrolment and challenging behaviours: Issues for principals from case law. Educare News. The Independent Journal of Australian Education, Victoria.

Keeffe-Martin, M. (2002) Learning from disability discrimination case law: Educational issues and legal considerations for principals and school administrators. In P Singh & E. McWilliam (Eds). Designing educational research: Theories, methods and practices. Flaxton, Qld. Post Pressed.

Keeffe-Martin, M. (2001) Students with disabilities and challenging behaviours: Implications for educators from Hoggan v the State of New South Wales (Department of Education) Nov. 2000. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education 5 (2) 74-86

Keeffe-Martin, M. (2001) Legislation, case law and current issues in inclusion: An analysis of trends in the United States and Australia. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 6 (1&2), 25-45

Keeffe-Martin,M., Lindsay, K. & Stewart, D. (2001) Inclusion in Australian schools. In C.J. Russo (Ed.). The Yearbook of Education Law. 2001. Dayton. Ohio.

Keeffe-Martin, M. (2000) Students with disabilities and challenging behaviours: Implications for educators and school administrators from Hoggan v. State of New South Wales (Department of Educaiton) Nov. 2000. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education. 5, 2. pp 74-86.  

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Research projects

ARC Linkage Grant 2010 ($387,000) C.I. with Monash University. Personalised Learning

ARC Discovery Grant 2008 ($189,000) C.I. with Griffith University and University of Southern Queensland. Understanding adolescent student leadership for civic engegement in schools and community groups

Research areas

Personalised Learning; P.L. for students with Aspergers; Differentiated Curriculum.

Student Leadership; Student Voice and Choice.

Postgraduate Supervision and co-supervision

Transition planning to secondary school for students with Autism and Aspergers.

Transition to Higher Education for students with Aspergers.

Supporting students with learnign disabilties in the Tafe sector.

Distributive Leadership and the management of students with challenging behaviours in State Special Schools

Social support for parents of children with autism.

Inclusion of students with social and emotional behavior disorders

Early childhood interventions for children with Autism.

Teachers understandings of Pedagogic Connectedness

TAFE Queensland: A Policy Position