Overview
Background
Stephen Heimans is a Senior Lecturer in The School of Education at The University of Queensland. He writes and teaches about education policy/ leadership enactment, education research methodology and schooling in underserved communities. He is interested in the post-critical possibilities of Jacques Rancière’s thinking and the philosophy of science of Isabelle Stengers- especially experimental constructivism.
Stephen contributes to the International Teacher Education Research Collective (ITERC), a recently established group collaborating around research on teacher education in several countries including Australia, the UK, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Japan, Hong Kong and Sweden. The Collective is currently exploring three interrelated research themes: how professionalism is ‘claimed’; the ethics and politics of teachers’ knowledge; and the knowledge base of teacher education. https://twitter.com/_ITERC
Availability
- Dr Stephen Heimans is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework), Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Thinking (now) out of place? Scripting and performing collective dissent inside the corporatized university
Munge, Brendon, Black, Alison L., Heck, Deborah, Manathunga, Catherine, Davidow, Shelley, Thiele, Catherine, Dwyer, Rachael, Heimans, Stephen and Schriever, Vicki (2021). Thinking (now) out of place? Scripting and performing collective dissent inside the corporatized university. Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, 21 (5), 413-423. doi: 10.1177/15327086211029365
2020
Journal Article
Call for papers: a new agenda for teacher education research
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2020). Call for papers: a new agenda for teacher education research. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (5), 460-462. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2020.1818484
2020
Journal Article
Teacher education between principle, politics, and practice: a statement from the new editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2020). Teacher education between principle, politics, and practice: a statement from the new editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (5), 455-459. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2020.1818485
2020
Journal Article
Editorial: editorial team transition
Heimans, Stephen, Kettle, Margaret, Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Singh, Parlo, Rowan, Leonie and Allen, Jeanne (2020). Editorial: editorial team transition. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (4), 335-337. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2020.1794572
2020
Book
Disrupting education policy enactment research: characterising, dissensus and ground-up change
Heimans, Stephen (2020). Disrupting education policy enactment research: characterising, dissensus and ground-up change. New York, NY United States: DIO Press.
2020
Journal Article
Is the 2019 Water Revolution a lesson of emancipatory education? A Rancièrean invitation
Kwok, Henry, Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2020). Is the 2019 Water Revolution a lesson of emancipatory education? A Rancièrean invitation. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1744132
2020
Journal Article
Rediscovering the beauty and risk of education research and teaching: an interview with Gert Biesta by Stephen Heimans
Heimans, Stephen and Biesta, Gert (2020). Rediscovering the beauty and risk of education research and teaching: an interview with Gert Biesta by Stephen Heimans. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (2), 101-111. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2020.1731422
2020
Journal Article
Schooling and poverty: re-thinking impact, research and social justice
Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2020). Schooling and poverty: re-thinking impact, research and social justice. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2019.1700907
2020
Journal Article
Researching educational disadvantage: concepts emerging from working in/with an Australian school
Heimans, Stephen, Singh, Parlo and Barnes, Andrew (2020). Researching educational disadvantage: concepts emerging from working in/with an Australian school. Improving Schools, 24 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1177/1365480220938892
2019
Journal Article
Cartographies of scholarship: Stephen Heimans talks to Parlo Singh about teaching, research, and the intellectual terrain of feminist scholarship with/after Bernstein
Singh, Parlo and Heimans, Stephen (2019). Cartographies of scholarship: Stephen Heimans talks to Parlo Singh about teaching, research, and the intellectual terrain of feminist scholarship with/after Bernstein. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 47 (5), 460-471. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2019.1661960
2018
Journal Article
Putting the steam back into critique?‘Gathering’ for critical–dissensual collaborations in education policy research
Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2018). Putting the steam back into critique?‘Gathering’ for critical–dissensual collaborations in education policy research. Policy Futures in Education, 16 (2), 185-201. doi: 10.1177/1478210317736209
2017
Journal Article
Some reflections about the political epistemologies of teacher education research
Singh, Parlo, Heimans, Stephen, Rowan, Leonie and Allen, Jeanne (2017). Some reflections about the political epistemologies of teacher education research. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 45 (5), 435-438. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2017.1377916
2017
Journal Article
Doing education policy enactment research in a minor key
Heimans, Stephen, Singh, Parlo and Glasswell, Kathryn (2017). Doing education policy enactment research in a minor key. Discourse, 38 (2), 185-196. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1074428
2016
Journal Article
Re-presenting, performing critical/post-critical research realities
Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2016). Re-presenting, performing critical/post-critical research realities. Research in Education, 96 (1), 93-109. doi: 10.1177/0034523716664606
2016
Journal Article
Fieldwork in philosophy, emancipation and researcher dis-position: A post-qualitative research exemplar
Heimans, Stephen (2016). Fieldwork in philosophy, emancipation and researcher dis-position: A post-qualitative research exemplar. Qualitative Research Journal, 16 (1), 2-12. doi: 10.1108/QRJ-08-2014-0035
2015
Book Chapter
Taking a 'material turn' in education policy research?
Heimans, Stephen (2015). Taking a 'material turn' in education policy research?. Education Policy and Contemporary Theory: Implications for Research. (pp. 160-170) edited by Kalervo N. Gulson, Matthew Clarke and Eva Bendix Petersen. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315818429
2014
Book Chapter
Take action or do nothing: the educational dilemma of the teacher
Boyle, Christopher and Heimans, Stephen (2014). Take action or do nothing: the educational dilemma of the teacher. Equality in education: fairness and inclusion. (pp. 51-57) edited by Hongzhi Zhang, Philip Wing Keung Chan and Christopher Boyle. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6209-692-9_5
2014
Journal Article
Education policy enactment research: disrupting continuities
Heimans, Stephen (2014). Education policy enactment research: disrupting continuities. Discourse, 35 (2), 307-316. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2013.832566
2014
Journal Article
Policy enactment, context and performativity: ontological politics and researching Australian National Partnership policies
Singh, Parlo, Heimans, Stephen and Glasswell, Kathryn (2014). Policy enactment, context and performativity: ontological politics and researching Australian National Partnership policies. Journal of Education Policy, 29 (6), 826-844. doi: 10.1080/02680939.2014.891763
2013
Other Outputs
Characterising - (an) Education Policy
Heimans, Stephen (2013). Characterising - (an) Education Policy. PhD Thesis, School of Education, The University of Queensland.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating World-Centred Education: Subjectification, Teacher Remoralisation and the Role of Humanities
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Tim Mehigan
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Doctor Philosophy
An Epistemology of Practice for Political and Existential Citizenship
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jana Visnovska
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Doctor Philosophy
Stones, Cracks, and Gold: Resisting, Reimagining, and Acknowledging Higher Education in the Shadows of (post?)Neoliberalism - Possibilities of Pluriversity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jana Visnovska
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Doctor Philosophy
Let the Teachers Gauge Themselves A Certified Teachers Self-Reflection and its Implication toward Future Recruitment and Future PPG Program
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rhonda Faragher
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Doctor Philosophy
Institutional language policies, academic literacies and power: a collaborative investigation of practices in higher education in Queensland
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jana Visnovska
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Doctor Philosophy
An Epistemology of Practice for Political and Existential Citizenship
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jana Visnovska
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Doctor Philosophy
Differentiating instruction in early secondary mathematics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jana Visnovska
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating Perspectives on Pronunciation Teaching in the Adult Migrant English Programme
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Damon Thomas
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Doctor Philosophy
Depressing pyrite in copper flotation in the presence of a high concentration of pyrite
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Hardy
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Doctor Philosophy
Towards Lao Inclusive Education: Perceptions, Barriers and Evidence-based Strategies to Overcome the Barriers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rhonda Faragher
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Doctor Philosophy
Recontextualizing the Internationalization of the Curriculum at Home in Vietnam Higher Education: An Action Research Project
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kate McLay
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Teacher Advocacy and People Seeking Asylum
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kate McLay
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