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Biography
Associate Professor Thomas William Nielsen has extensive experience in qualitative research methodologies, and has served in several of the Australian Government funded values and wellbeing education projects in 395 schools across Australia from 2004 to 2010, personally leading 10 juvenile detention schools across eastern Australia in implementing and evaluating student wellbeing projects (see final reports at www.valueseducation.edu.au).
Named as an “academic values education expert” in the Final Values in Action Schools Project Report (p.123), Dr. Nielsen served from 2009 to 2010 on the National Values Education Project Advisory Committee, an advisory committee that was established to provide consultative advice and support in the final stages of the Australian Government’s values education projects.
As a culmination of the Australian values and wellbeing education projects, he co-authored with the Chief Investigator, Professor Terrence Lovat, and others, the book, Values Education, Quality Teaching and Service Learning (www.dbpublishing.net.au/pub09/troika.html).
He is currently working with several schools to improve student and staff wellbeing through a curriculum of giving and service learning. Dr Nielsen is a recipient of national teaching and learning awards, including the 2008 Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (http://www.olt.gov.au/list-awards?text=thomas+university+of+canberra).
Dr Nielsen advocates a ‘Curriculum of Giving’, his research showing that giving and service to others increase wellbeing and academic outcomes in students—something much needed in a western world with high youth depression and suicide rates (www.thomaswnielsen.net).
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Implementing personalised wellbeing learning at Maribyrnong Primary: A wellbeing pedagogy professional learning and action-research initiative
Nielsen, T., Ma, J. & Thorpe, A.
9/11/20 → 17/09/21
Project: Research
Research output
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Danish experiences of ‘togetherness’ and its implications for multicultural education
Lee, M., Nielsen, T. & Ma, J., 24 Jan 2020, In: Multicultural Education Review. 12, 1, p. 1-3 3 p., Volume 12, Issue 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Multicultural Education Review, Volume 12, Issue 1 - Special Issue: Danish Experiences of “Togetherness” and Its Implications for Multicultural Education
Lee, M. (ed.), Nielsen, T. (ed.) & Ma, J. (ed.), 24 Jan 2020, In: Multicultural Education Review. 12, 1, p. 1-56 56 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Developing meaning in life in early childhood
Nielsen, T. & Ma, J., 2019, The Space: For anything about early childhood, 58, Summer 2019/20, p. 12-13.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Bulletin › Featured article
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Giving to others starts with giving to oneself
Nielsen, T. & Ma, J., 2019, The Space: For anything about early childhood, Spring 2019, 57, p. 6-7.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Bulletin › Featured article
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Hvor levende er Grundtvigs ord? How vivid are Grundtvig's words?
Nielsen, T. & Ma, J., 2019, Refleksioner Den Frie Lærerskole 2019, p. 15-23 9 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Bulletin › Featured article
Open Access
Activities
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Meaning and Wellbeing
Thomas Nielsen (Invited speaker) & Jennifer Ma (Invited speaker)
9 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Keynote Address at Connected Learning Course Launch
Thomas Nielsen (Speaker)
10 Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Implementing personalised wellbeing learning at Maribyrnong Primary: A wellbeing pedagogy professional learning and action-research initiative
Thomas Nielsen (Speaker), Jennifer Ma (Speaker) & Anna Thorpe (Speaker)
30 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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From self to the whole - how giving enhances meaning in life
Thomas Nielsen (Speaker)
29 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Self-care and wellbeing
Thomas Nielsen (Speaker)
30 Jul 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Impacts
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The Curriculum of Giving industry impact
Thomas Nielsen (Participant) & Jennifer Ma (Participant)
Impact