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Professor Diane Mayer

Honorary Professor
School of Education
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Publications

Book (1)
Book Chapters (3)
Journal Articles (7)
Conference Papers (20)
Research Reports (2)

Book

Kennedy, K., Jimenez, S., Mayer, D. E., Mellor, S. and Smith, J. (2003). Teachers talking Civics: Current Constructions of Civics and Citizenship Education in Australian Schools. Canberra: Australian Curriculum Studies Assoc.

Book Chapters

Mitchell, Jane, Hunter, Lisa, Patel Stevens, Lisa and Mayer, Diane (2005). Teacher education for the middle years of schooling: Making connections between fields of knowledge, educational policy reforms and pedagogical practice. The missing links in teacher education design: Developing a multi-linked conceptual framework. (pp. 95-112) edited by Garry F. Hoban. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/1-4020-3346-X
Mayer, D. E., Mills, M. D. and Roulston, K. (2001). 'Kicking and screaming into the 21st century':A collaborative attempt to develop beginning teacher competencies through e-communication. International Perspectives on Competence in the Workplace: Research, Policy and Practice. (pp. 99-114) edited by C. Velde. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
Mayer, D. E. and Austin, J. (1999). 'It's just what I do': Personal practical theories of supervision in the practicum. Practical Experiences in Professional Education: Research Monograph No. 3. (pp. 64-86) edited by A. Yarrow and J. Millwater. Brisbane: P.E.P.E..

Journal Articles

Mitchell, Jane, Kapitzke, Cushla, Mayer, Diane, Carrington, Victoria, Stevens, Lisa, Bahr, Nanette, Pendergast, Donna and Hunter, Lisa (2003). Aligning school reform and teacher education reform in the middle years: An Australian case study. Teaching Education, 14 (1), 69-82. doi: 10.1080/10476210309389
Mayer, D. E. and Mitchell, J. M. (2003). Middle years of schooling: Charting new directions. Teaching Education, 14 (1), 3-6.
Doherty, C and Mayer, D (2003). E-mail as a "contact zone" for teacher-student relationships. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 46 (7), 592-600.
Kennedy, K., Jimenez, S., Mayer, D., Mellor, S. and Smith, J. (2002). Teachers' conversations about civic education: Policy and practice in Australian schools. Asia Pacific Education Review, 3 (1), 69-82.
Mayer, D. (2002). An electronic lifeline: Information and communication technologies in a teacher education internship. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 30 (2), 181-195.
Luke, Allan, Luke, Carmen and Mayer, Diane E. (2000). Redesigning teacher education. Teaching Education, 11 (1), 5-11. doi: 10.1080/10476210050020318
Mayer, Dianne E. (1999). Preparing secondary teachers: Building professional identity within the context of school/university/community partnerships. ultiBASE, 1-10.

Conference Papers

Macdonald, D., Mitchell, J. M. and Mayer, D. E. (2003). Standards as a public representation of teachers' work: Questions of governmentality. Conversactions: Conversations and Actions, Adelaide, 28-30 September, 2003. Deakin, ACT: ACSA.
Mayer, D. and Mitchell, J. (2002). Outside the comfort zone: Shifting the goal posts of an electronic learning community. AARE 2002 International Education Research Conference, Brisbane, 1-5 December 2002. Coldstream, Victoria: Australian Association for Research in Education.
Mayer, D. and Mitchell, J. (2002). Moving outside the square: Shaping initial teacher education before 2003 -- A perspective from The University of Queensland. ATEA 2002 Conference, Brisbane, 11-14 July 2002. Brisbane: Australian Teacher Education Association.
Bahr, N.M. and Mayer, D. E. (2001). National benchmarking of the practicum in preservice secondary teacher education. Fifth International Conference, Melbourne, 6-9 February 2001. Coldstream, Vic: PEPE 2001 Conference.
Mayer, D. E., Le Cornu, R. and White, B. (2001). Professional pedagogies for the practicum: ICT and new professional learning communities. Fifth International Conference, Melbourne, 6-9 February 2001. Coldstream, Vic: PEPE 2001 Conference.
Carrington, V. M., Pendergast, D., Bahr, N.M., Kapitzke, C. and Mayer, D. E. (2001). Education futures: Transforming teacher education. ACSA Biennial Conference 2001, Canberra, 29 September - 1 October 2001. Deakin West, ACT: Australian Curriculum Studies Association.
Leiminer, M. and Mayer, D. E. (2001). Preservice teachers negotiating competing versions of 'the good intern' in a virtual professional learning community. AARE 2001 International Education Research Conference, Fremantle, 2-6 December 2001. Fremantle: Australian Association for Research in Education.
Kennedy, K., Smith, J., Mellor, S., Mayer, D. E. and Jimenez, S. (2001). Conversations about civics: Practitioner realities and worldviews about civic education in the classroom. AARE 2001 International Education Research Conference, Fremantle, 2-6 December 2001. Fremantle: Australian Association for Research in Education.
Kennedy, K., Smith, J., Jimenez, S., Mayer, D. E. and Mellor, S. (2001). Conversations about civics: Creating contexts for listening to teachers' experiences with civic education. ACSA Biennial Conference 2001, Canberra, 29 September - 1 October 2001. Deakin West, ACT: Australian Curriculum Studies Association.
Le Cornu, R., Mayer, D. E. and White, B. (2001). Pedagogies for the practicum. Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, Melbourne, 24-26 September 2001. Melbourne: ATEA.
Renshaw, P., Kapitzke, C., Mayer, D. E. and Roulston, K. (2001). Pedagogical issues in a cyber literacy program for indigenous youth in regional Australia. What We Know and How We Know It, Seattle, 10-14 April 2001. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.
Pendergast, D., Mayer, D. E., Kapitzke, C., Carrington, V. M., Bahr, N.M. and Doherty, C. (2001). Middle years of schooling in new times: Implications for teacher education. Second Annual Conf of the Middle Years of Schooling Assn, Brisbane, 24-26 May 2001. Brisbane: MYSA.
Carrington, V. M., Pendergast, D., Bahr, N.M., Kapitzke, C., Mayer, D. E. and Mitchell, J. M. (2001). Education futures: Transforming teacher education (Re-framing teacher education for the middle years). 10th National Biennial Conference of the ACSA, Canberra, 29 September - 1 October 2001. Deakin West, ACT: Australian Curriculum Studies Association.
Kennedy, K., Smith, J., Jimenez, S., Mayer, D. and Mellor, S. (2001). Conversations about civics: Creating contexts for teachers to talk about their experiences with and aspirations for civic education. 2001 National Biennial Conference of the Aust ralian Curriculum Associat ion, Canberra, 29 September - 1 October 2001. Canberra: Australian Curriculum Studies Association.
Le Cornu, Rosemary, Mayer, Diane and White, Bruce (2000). ICT in the practicum in preservice teacher education. European Conference on Educational Research, Edinburgh, 20-23 September 2000. Edinburgh: European Educational Research Association.
Mayer, D. E. (2000). Using information and communication technologies in a teacher education internship. AARE Sydney 2000, Sydney, 4-7 December 2000. Sydney: Australian Association for Research in Education.
Mayer, D. E. (2000). It's an electronic lifeline': Electronic discussion groups in teacher education practicum. BERA Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 7-9 September 2000. Cardiff, UK: BERA.
Mayer, D. E. and Austin, J. (1999). Personal practical theories of supervision in the practicum. Fourth Biennial International Cross-Faculty Practicum Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 19-22 Jan 1999. Christchurch, New Zealand: Association of Practical Experiences in Professional.
Mayer, D. E. (1999). Revisioning learning to teach in preservice teacher education for the 21st century. ISATT 9th Biennial Conference, Dublin, 27-31 July 1999. Dublin: ISATT.
Mayer, D. E. (1999). Building teaching identities: Implications for preservice teacher education. Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Melbourne, 27 Nov - 2 Dec 1999. Coldstream, Vic.: AARE.

Research Reports

Luke, Allan, Elkins, John, Weir, Katie, Land, Ray, Carrington, Victoria, Dole, Shelly, Pendergast, Donna, Kapitzke, Cushla, van Kraayenoord, Christa, Moni, Karen, McIntosh, Alistair, Mayer, Diane, Bahr, Mark, Hunter, Lisa, Chadbourne, Rod, Bean, Tom, Alverman, Donna and Stevens, Lisa (2003). Beyond the middle: A report about literacy and numeracy development of target group students in the middle years of schooling: Volume 2 (Appendices). Canberra, ACT, Australia: Department of Education, Science and Training.
Luke, Allan, Elkins, John, Weir, Katie, Land, Ray, Carrington, Victoria, Dole, Shelley, Pendergast, Donna, Kapitzke, Cushla, van Kraayenoord, Christa, Moni, Karen, McIntosh, Alistair, Mayer, Diane, Bahr, Mark, Hunter, Lisa, Chadbourne, Rod, Bean, Tom, Alverman, Donna and Stevens, Lisa (2003). Beyond the middle: A report about literacy and numeracy development of target group students in the middle years of schooling: Volume 1. St Lucia, Brisbane: School of Education, The University of Queensland.