Overview
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
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
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Comparative and International Education
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Peace and conflict studies and education
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Educational change
Works
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2009
Conference Publication
Getting schools to work: Achieving equity and quality in education in post-apartheid South Africa
Christie, P. (2009). Getting schools to work: Achieving equity and quality in education in post-apartheid South Africa. African Studies Association of Australia and the Pacific ( AFSAAP), Brisbane, Australia, 29 September - 2 October 2009.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
2005
Journal Article
Education for an ethical imagination
Christie, Pam (2005). Education for an ethical imagination. Social Alternatives, 24 (4), 39-44.
2005
Conference Publication
Leading Learning
Christie, P. H. (2005). Leading Learning. 16 February, 2005. Gauteng: MGSLG.
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.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Honorary Professor Pamela Christie is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Backward Mapping: a case study of pedagogical and assessment practices to support equitable and sustainable improvement
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Renshaw
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2009
Master Philosophy
The role of higher education for knowledge on and for Africa: A historical critique
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ravinder Sidhu
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
'Disciplining the Principal:' Exploring Two White Female Principals' Subjectivities in Indigenous Schools
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Martin Mills
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
A Bourdieuan Analysis of Contemporary Principal Leadership Practice: An Interview Study of Queensland Secondary School Principals
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
GROWING A SENSE OF PLACE: STORYTHREAD AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF A SCHOOL
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
THE DISCOURSE OF REFORM: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NEW BASICS CURRICULUM
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
TALK AND THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE: CONSTRUCTING THE SOCIAL ORDER
Principal Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Indigenous narrative of success: Exploring conversation groups as research methodology with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at The University of Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Liz Mackinlay
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Developing Northwest China Through Distance Education: Government policy and foundation level practice
Associate Advisor
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Reading schools in Fairweather - School administrators' perceptions of influences on parental choice
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Martin Mills
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2005
Master Philosophy
JAPANESE SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOLING AND IDENTITY: SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE STUDENTS IN QUEENSLAND
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yuriko Nagata
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2003
Master Philosophy
MAKING CHANGE PRODUCTIVE - A STRATEGY FOR TEACHERS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Bob Lingard
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