Education

Damon is the Coordinator of Adult, Vocational and Technology Education programs at the School of Educational Studies.

Damon’s professional experience includes work in Vocational Education & Training (VET), music performance, music education, educational technology, leadership and management, training development and educational design. These experiences have been drawn from over 20 years service in public sector organisations, including the Australian Defence Force, TAFE Institutes and Universities. Work as a lecturer and researcher includes numerous ‘by invitation’ engagements at universities, commissions and professional schools in Australia, UK, USA and Canada.

His most recent work has seen Damon engaged in a broader range of teaching contexts including educational design, teaching method, technology in education, educational leadership and management and qualitative research strategies. Damon's research is focussed on the development of professional identity in organisations, status of the VET professional, work-based research and issues in technology education. Damon maintains a strong research focus on qualitative research methods, predominantly in the fields of ethnography and naturalistic inquiry.

Cartledge, D. (2004). The Bricoleur’s Quilt: Risks for the insider-researcher. In, Rushbrook, P. & Whiteford, G. (Eds) Beyond your comfort zone. Canberra: RIPPLE.

Cartledge, D. (2003) Returnin’ to Learnin’. Presentation to the 2003 ADF resettlement seminar. 18 Mar 03. RAAF Base Williams.

Cartledge, D. (2002) The lure of learning – a mid career crisis. 2002 Teaching and Learning Symposium, Box Hill Institute, Melbourne, Australia, December 2002.

Cartledge, D. (2002) The paradox of paradigm: what they didn’t tell you about doing research. In P. Green (Ed) Slices of life: Qualitative research methods Melbourne: RMIT Publishing.

Cartledge, D. (2002) Developing professionals for a changing world of work. Unpublished EdD Thesis. Melbourne: RMIT University.

Cartledge, D. (2002) The data matrix: a practical application (Videotape). In, M. Brown (Producer) Research methods series: Research by Project. Melbourne: RMITTV.

Cartledge, D. (2002) Inside the EdD: the practitioner perspective. Presentation to the RMIT University Research & Development group – University research supervision forum, July 2002.

Robertson, I. and Cartledge, D. (2002) Organisational change using an on-line distributed learning support system. Conference proceedings 2002 conference of the Australian Society for Educational Technology (ASET) Melbourne, Australia.

Robertson, I. and Cartledge, D. (2002) Never mind the depth, feel the width. Proceedings 2002 flexible learning conference. Melbourne, Australia.

Cartledge, D. (2000) Military Musicians: the search for professional identity (Seminar paper) Commission report of the 24th World Congress of the International Society for Music Education - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ISME.

Cartledge, D. (2000) Military Musicians: A paradox of artistic endeavour? Proceedings of the 2000 International Commission for the Education of Professional Musicians. Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. ISME.

Bannister, R. and Cartledge, D. (1999) New Musicians in an Old Tradition. Research Studies in Music Education (12) 58-67.

Cartledge, D. (1999) The five axioms of constructivist inquiry: a contextual application RMIT University post-graduate research conference. RMIT University.

• Face Concerns in Communication between Academic Managers: A Faculty Case Study
• A Taxonomy of Effective Technological Tools for Particular Learning Experiences.
• Selection and Training of Managers in Australian Organisation: Patterns and Practices.
• The Experiences of Overseas Qualified Nurses from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds Whilst Enrolled in a Bridging Program in Australia.