Honorary Professor Pamela Christie
Honorary Professor

Pamela Christie

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Background

Pam Christie is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Cape Town. She has worked on post-apartheid education policy, as well as on school development and change, leadership, curriculum and pedagogy, and school desegregation. She is currently working on joint research projects on Reconciliation and Pedagogy in Australia and South Africa, and Schooling, Globalisation and Refugees in Queensland. Based in sociology of education, she teaches courses on educational change, globalisation and education, and international education and development. Professor Pam Christie has extensive international links, including a UNESCO Chair in Teacher Education for Diversity and Development.

Availability

Honorary Professor Pamela Christie is:
Not available for supervision

Fields of research

Curriculum and pedagogy Education

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Postgraduate Diploma, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Masters (Coursework) of Educational Studies (Adv), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Comparative and International Education

  • Peace and conflict studies and education

  • Educational change

Search Professor Pamela Christie’s works on UQ eSpace

71 works between 1982 and 2021
All (71) Journal Article (36) Book Chapter (9) Conference Publication (14) Book (9) Other Outputs (2) Edited Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 71 works

2009

Book Chapter

Peace, reconciliation, and justice: Delivering the miracle in post-apartheid education

Christie, Pam (2009). Peace, reconciliation, and justice: Delivering the miracle in post-apartheid education. Peace Education in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies: Comparative Perspectives. (pp. 75-88) Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230620421

Peace, reconciliation, and justice: Delivering the miracle in post-apartheid education

2009

Book Chapter

Learning in a post-conflict environment: The case of Bougainville

Boege, V. and Christie, P. (2009). Learning in a post-conflict environment: The case of Bougainville. Learning to live together: Using distance education for community peacebuilding. (pp. 97-210) edited by Rawwida Baksh and Tanyss Munro. Vancouver, Canada: Commonwealth of Learning.

Learning in a post-conflict environment: The case of Bougainville

2009

Book

Implementation of the national curriculum statement in the foundation phase

Faller, P., Christie, P., Excel, L. and Livington, V. (2009). Implementation of the national curriculum statement in the foundation phase. South Africa: Gauteng Department of Education.

Implementation of the national curriculum statement in the foundation phase

2008

Book Chapter

South Africa

Robinson, M. and Christie, P. (2008). South Africa. Teacher Education in the English-Speaking World: Past, Present, and Future. (pp. 137-154) edited by O’Donoghue, T. and Whitehead, C.. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc.

South Africa

2008

Book

Opening the doors of learning: changing schools in South Africa

Christie, Pam (2008). Opening the doors of learning: changing schools in South Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa: Heinemann.

Opening the doors of learning: changing schools in South Africa

2007

Other Outputs

Report of Ministerial Committee: Schools that Work

Christie, Pam, Butler, Dawn and Potterton, Mark (2007). Report of Ministerial Committee: Schools that Work. Republic of South Africe: South Africa Department of Education.

Report of Ministerial Committee: Schools that Work

2007

Journal Article

Spatialising the scholarly imagination: Globalisation, refugees and education

Ravinder, Sidhu and Christie, Pamela H. (2007). Spatialising the scholarly imagination: Globalisation, refugees and education. Transnational Curriculum Inquiry, 4 (1), 7-17.

Spatialising the scholarly imagination: Globalisation, refugees and education

2007

Other Outputs

South Africa. Cumulative Case Consultation, Reflecting on Peace Practices

Mulcahy, J. and Christie, P. (2007). South Africa. Cumulative Case Consultation, Reflecting on Peace Practices. Boston, Massachusetts, USA  : CDA-Collaborative Learning Projects.

South Africa. Cumulative Case Consultation, Reflecting on Peace Practices

2007

Conference Publication

Peace, reconciliation and justice: Delivering the miracle in post-apartheid education

Christie, Pamela H. (2007). Peace, reconciliation and justice: Delivering the miracle in post-apartheid education. XIII World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Sarajevo, 3-7 September 2007.

Peace, reconciliation and justice: Delivering the miracle in post-apartheid education

2007

Conference Publication

Globalising the right to education: limits and possibilities.

Christie, P. (2007). Globalising the right to education: limits and possibilities.. The Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES) 35th Annual Conference: International Co-operation through Education, Auckland, New Zealand, 30 Nov -2 December 2007.

Globalising the right to education: limits and possibilities.

2006

Journal Article

Governmentality and 'fearless speech': framing the education of asylum seeker and refugee children in Australia

Christie, Pam and Sidhu, Ravinder (2006). Governmentality and 'fearless speech': framing the education of asylum seeker and refugee children in Australia. Oxford Review of Education, 32 (4), 449-465. doi: 10.1080/03054980600884177

Governmentality and 'fearless speech': framing the education of asylum seeker and refugee children in Australia

2006

Conference Publication

The Right to Quality Education: Defining the Right to Education

Christie, Pamela H. (2006). The Right to Quality Education: Defining the Right to Education. 16th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (16CCEM), Cape Town, South Africa, 11-14 December, 2006.

The Right to Quality Education: Defining the Right to Education

2006

Book

Teachers and schooling making a difference: Productive pedagogies, assessment and performance

Hayes, Debra, Mills, Martin, Christie, Pam and Lingard, Bob (2006). Teachers and schooling making a difference: Productive pedagogies, assessment and performance. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Teachers and schooling making a difference: Productive pedagogies, assessment and performance

2006

Conference Publication

Globalisation and the 'knowledge society"' some implications for developing teachers for rural education in South Africa

Christie, P. (2006). Globalisation and the 'knowledge society"' some implications for developing teachers for rural education in South Africa. 2nd KwaZulu Natal Teacher Development Conference, Durban, South Africa, February 2006.

Globalisation and the 'knowledge society"' some implications for developing teachers for rural education in South Africa

2006

Journal Article

Changing regimes: governmentality and education policy in post-apartheid South Africa

Christie, Pamela (2006). Changing regimes: governmentality and education policy in post-apartheid South Africa. International Journal of Educational Development, 26 (4), 373-381. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.09.006

Changing regimes: governmentality and education policy in post-apartheid South Africa

2005

Journal Article

Education for an ethical imagination

Christie, Pam (2005). Education for an ethical imagination. Social Alternatives, 24 (4), 39-44.

Education for an ethical imagination

2005

Conference Publication

Leading Learning

Christie, P. H. (2005). Leading Learning. 16 February, 2005. Gauteng: MGSLG.

Leading Learning

2005

Conference Publication

Self and other: towards an ethics of engagement in education in global times

Christie. P (2005). Self and other: towards an ethics of engagement in education in global times. Comparative International Education and Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Stanford University, California, USA, 22-26 March 2005.

Self and other: towards an ethics of engagement in education in global times

2005

Conference Publication

Keynote address: Leadership: Ubuntu and an ethics of engagement in education

Christie, Pam (2005). Keynote address: Leadership: Ubuntu and an ethics of engagement in education. 7th World Convention of the International Confederation of Principals (ICP), Cape Town, 13 July 2005. Melbourne, Australia: ICP.

Keynote address: Leadership: Ubuntu and an ethics of engagement in education

2005

Journal Article

Towards an ethics of engagement in education in global times

Christie, P. H. (2005). Towards an ethics of engagement in education in global times. Australian Journal of Education, 49 (3), 238-250. doi: 10.1177/000494410504900302

Towards an ethics of engagement in education in global times

Past funding

  • 2005 - 2007
    Schooling, Globalisation and Refugees in Queensland, Australia
    University of the Sunshine Coast
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    Rethinking reconciliation and pedagogy in unsettling times
    University of South Australia
    Open grant
  • 2001
    School Leadership and Change
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2001
    Indigenous Education Research Projects - Standard Australian English and Languages - EDUC 379
    Department Education - Queensland
    Open grant

Availability

Honorary Professor Pamela Christie is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

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