Overview
Background
My career has been firmly based in education, with experience gathered in both the school and higher education sectors. I have taught in schools, colleges and universities in both Australia and South Africa. My work on curriculum design has been primarily focused on large generalist programs such as the BA. My research in this area has led to commissioned projects and collaborations with the council of Deans of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (DASSH). This research has led to invitations to participate in program reviews and planning days with a number of universities in Australia and engagement with the Deans of Arts network in New Zealand.
Availability
- Associate Professor Deanne Gannaway is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Flinders University
Research interests
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Professional Learning for higher education staff
Understanding more about how students learn has led to the introduction of innovative pedagogical strategies in higher education. A similar case can be made for the learning of professionals. A pedagogy that informs support for continuing professional should proceed from research into how professionals continue to learn and under what circumstances that learning leads to changes enhancing the quality of practice.
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Curriculum Design in Bachelor of Arts programs
Interdisciplinary curriculum development in the humanities, arts and social sciences and subsequent implications for academic conceptions of curriculum design; Planned, enacted and attained curriculum in generalist programs; Outcomes of Liberal Arts education
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Curriculum Design in Higher Education
Processes associated with curriculum-making are well-researched, particularly in school-level education. However, in higher education, research tends to be focused on at the level of discipline and therefore at the sequence of study rather than on a whole-of-program basis.
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Workplace learning
There is an increasing trend at Australian Universities towards offering workplace-based learning activities in undergraduate degree programs. In a professions-based program such as engineering or dentistry, the shape and nature of these courses may be obvious. It is less so in the generalist programs such as the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science.
Research impacts
I have been a key team member and project leader in nationally funded projects focusing on strategies for effective dissemination strategies of teaching innovation projects. These projects developed a series of resources and guidelines to support future applicants and application assessors.
My work in dissemination and evaluation of innovative teaching practices is recognised in the invitations to give presentations and facilitate workshops on these issues, both nationally and internationally. International workshops include those organised by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), SEDA and the Scottish Quality Assurance Agency. I have also been invited to act as an external reviewer of OLT and internal grant applications and awards at a number of different Australian universities and have been commissioned as an external evaluator on a range of nationally funded projects and fellowships.
Works
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Featured
2017
Book Chapter
WIL in liberal arts programs: new approaches
Gannaway, Deanne and Sheppard, Karen (2017). WIL in liberal arts programs: new approaches. Work-integrated learning in the 21st century: global perspectives on the future. (pp. 51-66) edited by Tracey Bowen and Maureen T. B. Drysdale. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing.
Featured
2015
Journal Article
Knowledge of Undergraduate and Graduate Dentists and Dental Therapists concerning Panoramic Radiographs: Knowledge of Panoramic Radiographs
McNab, Scott, Monsour, Paul, Madden, Daniel and Gannaway, Deanne (2015). Knowledge of Undergraduate and Graduate Dentists and Dental Therapists concerning Panoramic Radiographs: Knowledge of Panoramic Radiographs. Open Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine, 3 (2), 46-52. doi: 10.13189/ojdom.2015.030203
Featured
2015
Journal Article
The Bachelor of Arts: slipping into the twilight or facing a new dawn?
Gannaway, Deanne (2015). The Bachelor of Arts: slipping into the twilight or facing a new dawn?. Higher Education Research and Development, 34 (2), 298-310. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.956689
Featured
2014
Journal Article
What's in their baggage? The cultural and social capital of Australian students preparing to study abroad
Green, Wendy, Gannaway, Deanne, Sheppard, Karen and Jamarani, Maryam (2014). What's in their baggage? The cultural and social capital of Australian students preparing to study abroad. Higher Education Research and Development, 34 (3), 513-526. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2014.973381
Featured
2013
Journal Article
Cultivating change: disseminating innovation in higher education teaching and learning
Gannaway, Deanne, Hinton, Tilly, Berry, Bianca and Moore, Kaitlin (2013). Cultivating change: disseminating innovation in higher education teaching and learning. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 50 (4), 410-421. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2013.839334
Featured
2011
Journal Article
Assessment as an equity issue in higher education: Comparing the perceptions of first year students, course coordinators, and academic leaders
Goos, Merrilyn, Gannaway, Deanne and Hughes, Clair (2011). Assessment as an equity issue in higher education: Comparing the perceptions of first year students, course coordinators, and academic leaders. The Australian Educational Researcher, 38 (1), 95-107. doi: 10.1007/s13384-010-0008-2
Featured
2011
Book
The D-Cubed Guide: planning for effective dissemination
Hinton, Tilly, Gannaway, Deanne, Berry, Bianca and Moore, Kaitlin (2011). The D-Cubed Guide: planning for effective dissemination. Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012: Australian Learning andTeaching Council (ALTC).
Featured
2010
Journal Article
Towards a curriculum typology for Australian generalist arts degree programs
Gannaway, Deanne (2010). Towards a curriculum typology for Australian generalist arts degree programs. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 34 (2), 149-163. doi: 10.1080/03098771003695437
Featured
2010
Journal Article
Strategies for effective dissemination of the outcomes of teaching and learning projects
Southwell, Deborah, Gannaway, Deanne, Orrell, Janice, Chalmers, Denise and Abraham, Catherine (2010). Strategies for effective dissemination of the outcomes of teaching and learning projects. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 32 (1), 55-67. doi: 10.1080/13600800903440550
2025
Book Chapter
Introduction: the artistry of teaching in higher education
King, Helen, Bale, Richard, Corradini, Erika, Fossey, Peter, Gannaway, Deanne, Morantes-Africano, Leonardo, Mudd, Shaun and Potter, Jackie (2025). Introduction: the artistry of teaching in higher education. The artistry of teaching in higher education: practical ideas for developing creative academic practice. (pp. 1-14) edited by Helen King, Richard Bale, Erika Corradini, Peter Fossey, Deanne Gannaway, Leonardo Morantes-Africano, Shaun Mudd and Jackie Potter. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003437826-1
2025
Book
The artistry of teaching in higher education: practical ideas for developing creative academic practice
Helen King, Richard Bale, Erika Corradini, Peter Fossey, Deanne Gannaway, Leonardo Morantes-Africano, Shaun Mudd and Jackie Potter eds. (2025). The artistry of teaching in higher education: practical ideas for developing creative academic practice. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003437826
2025
Journal Article
The ethics and epistemology of researching higher degree by research supervision: an encounter with institutional ethics review
Hamid, M. Obaidul, Hanna, Barbara, Gannaway, Deanne and Nguyen, Trang Thi Thuy (2025). The ethics and epistemology of researching higher degree by research supervision: an encounter with institutional ethics review. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 48 (1), 15-28. doi: 10.1080/1743727x.2023.2299973
2024
Journal Article
Finding the joy in complexity: Privileging the practitioner voice in graduate employability
Hansen, Lauren, Dean, Bonnie Amelia, Healy, Michael, Gannaway, Deanne, Panther, Barbie and Mustard, Jamie (2024). Finding the joy in complexity: Privileging the practitioner voice in graduate employability. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 15 (2), i-vi. doi: 10.21153/jtlge2024vol15no2art2056
2024
Journal Article
Theorising new possibilities for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and teaching-focused academics
Godbold, Nattalia, Matthews, Kelly E. Elizabeth and Gannaway, Deanne (2024). Theorising new possibilities for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and teaching-focused academics. Higher Education Research & Development, 43 (1), 92-103. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2023.2218809
2023
Journal Article
Design thinking-learning and lifelong learning for employability in the 21st century
Seevaratnam, Vijayakumari, Gannaway, Deanne and Lodge, Jason (2023). Design thinking-learning and lifelong learning for employability in the 21st century. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 14 (1), 167-186. doi: 10.21153/jtlge2023vol14no1art1631
2023
Conference Publication
Growing inclusive learning communities: enhancing inclusive teaching and learning through professional learning, student partnerships and effective practice
Gannaway, Deanne, Wang, Jack T.H., Lawrie, Gwendolyn and Kull, Anna (2023). Growing inclusive learning communities: enhancing inclusive teaching and learning through professional learning, student partnerships and effective practice. HERDSA 2023 Annual Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4-7 July 2023.
2023
Journal Article
Capturing teaching focused academic work: a learning-practice framework for a richer understanding of changing academic roles
Godbold, N., Matthews, K. E. and Gannaway, D. (2023). Capturing teaching focused academic work: a learning-practice framework for a richer understanding of changing academic roles. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 45 (3), 323-334. doi: 10.1080/1360080x.2022.2148237
2022
Journal Article
Investigating the authentic learning practices of teaching focused academics: leveraging Activity-Centred Analysis and Design (ACAD)
Godbold, N., Matthews, K. E. and Gannaway, D. (2022). Investigating the authentic learning practices of teaching focused academics: leveraging Activity-Centred Analysis and Design (ACAD). International Journal for Academic Development, 29 (3), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/1360144x.2022.2158835
2022
Journal Article
Examining the overlapping identities of teaching focused academics and academic developers: expanding ideas
Godbold, N., Matthews, K. E. and Gannaway, D. (2022). Examining the overlapping identities of teaching focused academics and academic developers: expanding ideas. International Journal for Academic Development, 28 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/1360144x.2022.2082436
2022
Book Chapter
Practitioner response: considering co-constructing a programme leadership development programme in a research-intensive HEI
Gannaway, Deanne (2022). Practitioner response: considering co-constructing a programme leadership development programme in a research-intensive HEI. Supporting course and programme leaders in higher education: practical wisdom for leaders, educational developers and programme leaders. (pp. 71-72) edited by Jenny Lawrence, Sue Morón-García and Rowena Senior. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003127413-12
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Deanne Gannaway is:
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Available projects
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Understanding the contribution of humanities, Arts and social science (HASS) programs to learning in higher education
There is an opportunity for a qualified applicant who is interested in higher education research to become a MPHIL/PhD student to exploreHASS-specific pedagogies. This project aims to identify practices and opportunities in HASS disciplines that enable and develop innovation, critical thinking and reasoning, creativity and entrepreneurial skills. It will identify problems in leading curriculum reform that particularly affect teaching into the BA in the contemporary context where there is increasing pressure to meet the needs of the growing knowledge and innovation based economy of Australia.
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Approaches to actualise curriculum design in higher education
There is an opportunity for a qualified applicant who is interested in higher education research to become a MPHIL/PhD student exploring the efficacy of design-based thinking as an approach to program design in higher education. Design-based thinking has been used as a process to design services and products and marketing and as a tool to teach students creativity and innovation and to strategies. It has also been used as a process to highlight and address curriculum challenges in K-12 education. This research posits that design-based thinking approaches can be used to encourage a whole-of-program view and to refresh and renew existing higher education curricula. This approach also firmly places students as partners in curriculum design
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Interdisciplinary learning in Generalist programs
Generalist programs such as the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) are often defended by arguments that contend that BA students have a unique opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills from disparate disciplines and that new, personalised learning occurs through generating the connections and forming coherence between the different disciplines studied. Learning in the spaces in between disciplines, fundamental to interdisciplinary learning, is described as promoting a heightened understanding of the complexities of the contemporary world. A key strength of BA and BSc programs is the capacity to engage with multiple disciplines. Yet, there is little evidence that this kind of interdisciplinary learning actually occurs. An investigation of the actual graduate attributes attained and sustained over time through this cross-discipline learning is required. Suitably qualified applicants interested in interdisciplinary higher education research are invited to become a MPHIL/PhD student to investigate this question.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring First Year Chemistry Student Engagement in Ocean Acidification through Dialogic Inquiry
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the value of the research-trained graduate to industry
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring First Year Chemistry Student Engagement in Ocean Acidification through Dialogic Inquiry
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT Software) on Student Learning in the Sciences: A Comparative Study between the University of Queensland, Australia, and the University of Abuja, Nigeria.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kay Colthorpe
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the attributes of the contemporary Clinical Educator - future proofing clinical education in Queensland Health Physiotherapy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Shaun O'Leary
Completed supervision
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2022
Master Philosophy
Design Thinking-Learning and its impact on students' learning for the 21st century.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Lodge
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Casual Tutors/Adjunct Faculty in Architectural Design Studios: Identity and Practice
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Sandra Kaji-O'Grady
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Being a teaching-focused academic in a research-intensive university: A focused ethnography
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kelly Matthews
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Learner engagement in MOOCs: Links with learner factors, teaching context, and learning outcomes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Pierre Benckendorff
Media
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