Philip Roberts

Associate Professor, Education

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am currently available to supervise Higher Degree by Research Students in the following areas (subject to faculty/institute capacity and approval) - Rural Education - Curriculum Inquiry - Rural social issues

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17 Article
6 Chapter
2 Reports
1 Edited Book
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2021
Curriculum Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World: Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum Inquiry
Green, B. (ed.), Roberts, P. (ed.) & Brennan, M. (ed.), 2021, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. 233 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book › peer-review
Knowledge beyond the Metropole: Curriculum, Rurality and the Global South
Roberts, P., Mar 2021, Curriculum Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World : Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum Inquiry. Green, B., Roberts, P. & Brennan, M. (eds.). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 123-139 17 p.
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
Rurality and education in rural China
Roberts, P., 7 Jan 2021, Rural Education in China’s Social Transition. Postiglione, G. A., Hannum, E. & Kong, P. A. (eds.). United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 15-16 2 p. (Education and Society in China).
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Foreword/postscript › peer-review
Transnational Curriculum Inquiry in a Changing World
Green, B., Brennan, M. & Roberts, P., 2021, Curriculum Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World : Transnational Perspectives on Curriculum Inquiry. Green, B., Roberts, P. & Brennan, M. (eds.). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-10 10 p.
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
2020
Defying distance, ameliorating access: school education for remote Australian students
DOWNES, N., Roberts, P. & Barbour, M., 18 Dec 2020, In: Education in the North: the journal of Scottish education. 27, 2, p. 248-255 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Find your future focus: A place-based career-education program for high-school students
Austin, K., O'Shea, S., Groves, O., Lamanna, J., Roberts, P., Poretti, L. & DOWNES, N., 15 Dec 2020, Australia: University of Wollongong Press. 26 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other › peer-review

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Incentivising the Profession: A national mapping of incentives to attract and retain staff in Australian non-metropolitan communities
Roberts, P. & DOWNES, N., 25 Sep 2020, 1 ed. Canberra: Centre for Sustainable Communities. 44 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Reports

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The challenges of staffing schools in a cosmopolitan nation: Rethinking the recruitment and retention of teachers in Australia through a spatial lens
Roberts, P. & DOWNES, N., 22 Oct 2020, Exploring Teacher Recruitment and Retention : Contextual Challenges from International Perspectives. Ovenden-hope, T. & Passy, R. (eds.). United Kingdom: Routledge, p. 221-231 11 p.
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
2019
Still Winning? Social Inequity in the NSW Senior Secondary Curriculum Hierarchy
Roberts, P., Dean, J. & Lommatsch, G., 13 Dec 2019, 40 p. Canberra : Centre for Sustainable Communities.
Research output: Textual Creative Works › Other contribution

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The Rural Difference Trope: Leader Perceptions on Rural, Regional and Remote Schooling Difference
Roberts, P. & DOWNES, N., 1 Dec 2019, In: Leading and Managing. 25, 2, p. 51-65 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2018
Education and Equity in Rural China: A critical introduction for the rural education field
ROBERTS, P. & Hannum, E., 29 Nov 2018, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 28, 2, p. 1-13 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Looking for the Rural: Epistemic absences and cultural silence
ROBERTS, P., 1 Apr 2018, The Australian Curriculum: Promises, problems and possibilities. Australia: Australian Curriculum Studies Association, p. 201-210 9 p.
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
Revisiting the schoolhouse: A literature review on staffing rural, remote and isolated schools in Australia 2004-2016
DOWNES, N. & ROBERTS, P., Jan 2018, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 28, 1, p. 31-54 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
A curriculum for whom? Rereading ‘Implementing the Australian Curriculum in Rural, Regional, Remote and Distance-Education Schools’ from a rural standpoint.
ROBERTS, P., 21 Apr 2017, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 27, 1, p. 69-87 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Small Place: Education in Rural Tasmania
Corbett, M. & ROBERTS, P., 1 Dec 2017, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 27, 3, p. 1-8 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rural-regional sustainability in the Murray Darling Basin: School / community difference and the politics of water in rural Australia
McPherson, A., ROBERTS, P. & DOWNES, N., 1 Jun 2017, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 27, 2, p. 1 15 p., online first.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
Conflicting messages: Sustainability and education for rural regional sustainability
ROBERTS, P. & DOWNES, N., 2016, In: Rural Society. 25, 1, p. 15-36 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)

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No time to think: policy, pedagogy and professional learning
LEONARD, S. & ROBERTS, P., 2016, In: Journal of Education Policy. 31, 2, p. 142-160 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)

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2015

Valuing rural meanings: The work of parent supervisors challenging dominant educational discourses
DOWNES, N. & ROBERTS, P., 2015, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 25, 3, p. 80-93 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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What next for rural education research
ROBERTS, P. & Cuervo, H., 2015, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 25, 3, p. 1-8 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2014
A Curriculum for the country: The absence of the rural in a national curriculum
ROBERTS, P., 2014, In: Curriculum Perspectives. 34, 1, p. 51-60 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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6 Citations (Scopus)

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Education for rural Australia
Roberts, P., 1 Jan 2014, Rural and Regional Futures. Hogan, A. & Young, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, p. 129-148 20 p.
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus)

3 Downloads (Pure)
Performers and postulates: the role of evolving socio-historical contexts in shaping new teacher professional identities
LEONARD, S. & ROBERTS, P., 2014, In: Critical Studies in Education. 55, 3, p. 303-318 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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12 Citations (Scopus)
Researching from the Standpoint of the Rural
ROBERTS, P., 2014, Doing Educational Research in Rural Settings: Methodological Issues, International Perspectives and Practical Solutions. White, S. & Corbett, M. (eds.). 1 ed. New York, USA: Routledge, p. 135-147 13 p.
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter
4 Citations (Scopus)

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2013
Researching Rural Places: On Social Justice and Rural Education
ROBERTS, P. & Green, B., 2013, In: Qualitative Inquiry. 19, 10, p. 765-774 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
41 Citations (Scopus)

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Re-visiting Historical Literacy: Towards a disciplinary pedagogy
ROBERTS, P., 2013, In: Literacy Learning: The Middle Years. 21, 1, p. 15-24 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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The Role of an Authentic Curriculum and Pedagogy for Rural Schools and the Professional Satisfaction of Rural Teachers
Roberts, P., 2013, In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education. 23, 2, p. 89-99 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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2008

Developing a place-based social justice approach to the development of rural staffing policy
Roberts, P., 2008, The Face of Learning ¿ Generation M: The Mobile Generation. Wagga Wagga: Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia, Vol. 1. p. 103-111 9 p.
Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review
2007
Shaping future staffing systems to support students in rural, remote and isolated communities.
Roberts, P., 2007, In: A U M L A. 46, p. 1-11 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2005
Staffing an Empty Schoolhouse: Attracting and Retaining Teachers in Rural, Remote and Isolated Communities: Eric Peardon Study Grant Report
Roberts, P., 2005, Surry Hills: NSW Teachers Federation. 67 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Reports

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