ProfessorMichael Anderson

Professor

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Educational Transformation

  • Re-imagining Curriculum
  • Re-imagining Pedagogy
  • Re-imagining Learning

Creative Arts Education

  • Learning technologies and new media
  • Teacher development and training
  • Creativity education

Applied Theatre

  • Methodological innovation
  • Wellbeing
  • Partnerships

Research on teaching and learning

  • School transformation
  • Methodological innovation

Keywords: drama, arts, teachers, technology, students film, youth culture

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Charting value in theatre for young people and children
    ASSITEJ International1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Neurodidactics of Performing Arts: The Impact of Drama Teaching on Second Language Acquisition
    European Union (Marie Curie International Fellowship)1 Aug 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Anderson M,
    • Morosin M,
    • Morosin M
  • GRANT
    Embodying historical consciousness: History and drama in schools
    Office of Global and Research Engagement1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Smyth CL,
    • Belliveau G,
    • Morrison M,
    • O'Connor P,
    • Anderson M
  • GRANT
    Playing Beowulf: Gaming the Library
    Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Anderson M
  • GRANT
    The Arts Unit Evaluation and Research
    NSW Department of Education and Communities1 Jul 2014
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The Role of Arts Education in Academic Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement
    Australian Research Council (ARC)12 Mar 2009 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sudmalis D,
    • Gibson R,
    • Sudmalis D,
    • Martin A,
    • Anderson M
  • GRANT
    Accessing the cultural conversation: investigating participation and non-participation of young people as audiences
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Ewing R,
    • Donelan K,
    • Hughes J,
    • Bundy P,
    • Burton BV
  • GRANT
    The pedagogy of the screen: developing a praxis of video education through case-based research
    University of Sydney1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Anderson M