The Future of Education
John Buchanan
Institution: University of Technology Sydney
Country: Australia
Dr John Buchanan is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Technology Sydney, where he coordinates international and engagement programs. He has taught and conducted research for several years in the fields of intercultural education, history and geography, and languages education. He has published extensively in these areas. He is a past president of the NSW Institute for Educational Research.
Current research projects: NSW Department of Education. Evaluation of the K-2 Literacy and Numeracy Action Plan;
Australian Technology Network. A case study tor teacher graduate preparedness: Developing a national capstone assessment and evaluative framework.
Recent and pending publications:
Ohara, M. & Buchanan, J. (2018, in press). English language teaching during Japan’s post-War occupation. Routledge.
Buchanan, J. (2013). History, Geography and Civics education: Teaching and learning in the primary years. Williamstown, Vic: Cambridge University Press.
Buchanan, J., Major, J., Harbon, L., & Kearney, S. (2017). Preparing teachers through international experience: A collaborative critical analysis of four Australian programs. In C. Reid and J. Major (Eds.). Global Teaching: Southern Perspectives on Working with Diversity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 176-188.
Buchanan, J. (2017). How do the standards stand up? Applying quality teacher frameworks to the Australian Professional Standards. In J. Nuttall, A. Kostogriz, M. Jones & J. Martin (Eds.). Teacher education policy and practice: Evidence of impact, impact of evidence. Pp. 115-128.
Buchanan, J. & Schuck, S. (2016). Preparing a 'classroom ready' teacher: The challenge for teacher educators. In I. Gibbs (Ed.), Teacher Education Assessment, Impact and Social Perspectives (pp1-22). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Schuck, S., Aubusson, P., Buchanan, J., Varadharajan, M. & Burke, P. (2018). The experiences of early career teachers: New initiatives and old problems. Professional Development in Education, 16(4), 1-13.
Buchanan, J. & Varadharajan, M. (2018). Poor understanding? Challenges to global development education. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 10(1). http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/mcs/issue/view/429/showToc
Buchanan, J., Pressick-Kilborn, K., & Maher, D. (by invitation, under review). Promoting environmental education for primary school-aged students using digital technologies. Submitted to EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.
Buchanan, J., Burridge, N., & Chodkiewicz, A. (2018). Maintaining Global Citizenship Education in Schools: A Challenge for Australian Educators and Schools. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 43(4).
Buchanan, J. & Maher, D. (2018). Being a ‘foreign’ language teacher: negotiating the culture of a school when unfamiliar with the language of instruction. Teacher Development, 1-18.
Varadharajan, M., Buchanan, J., & Schuck, S. (2018). Changing Course: The paradox of the career change student-teacher. Professional Development in Education, 1-12.
Buchanan, J. (2017). Are you more civically-minded than a fifth grader? An investigation of preservice teacher civics and citizenship knowledge, understandings and dispositions. Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 12(3), 321-340.
Areas of expertise: intercultural education, history and geography education, teacher quality, retention and attrition, languages education.
Current research projects: NSW Department of Education. Evaluation of the K-2 Literacy and Numeracy Action Plan;
Australian Technology Network. A case study tor teacher graduate preparedness: Developing a national capstone assessment and evaluative framework.
Recent and pending publications:
Ohara, M. & Buchanan, J. (2018, in press). English language teaching during Japan’s post-War occupation. Routledge.
Buchanan, J. (2013). History, Geography and Civics education: Teaching and learning in the primary years. Williamstown, Vic: Cambridge University Press.
Buchanan, J., Major, J., Harbon, L., & Kearney, S. (2017). Preparing teachers through international experience: A collaborative critical analysis of four Australian programs. In C. Reid and J. Major (Eds.). Global Teaching: Southern Perspectives on Working with Diversity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 176-188.
Buchanan, J. (2017). How do the standards stand up? Applying quality teacher frameworks to the Australian Professional Standards. In J. Nuttall, A. Kostogriz, M. Jones & J. Martin (Eds.). Teacher education policy and practice: Evidence of impact, impact of evidence. Pp. 115-128.
Buchanan, J. & Schuck, S. (2016). Preparing a 'classroom ready' teacher: The challenge for teacher educators. In I. Gibbs (Ed.), Teacher Education Assessment, Impact and Social Perspectives (pp1-22). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Schuck, S., Aubusson, P., Buchanan, J., Varadharajan, M. & Burke, P. (2018). The experiences of early career teachers: New initiatives and old problems. Professional Development in Education, 16(4), 1-13.
Buchanan, J. & Varadharajan, M. (2018). Poor understanding? Challenges to global development education. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 10(1). http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/mcs/issue/view/429/showToc
Buchanan, J., Pressick-Kilborn, K., & Maher, D. (by invitation, under review). Promoting environmental education for primary school-aged students using digital technologies. Submitted to EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.
Buchanan, J., Burridge, N., & Chodkiewicz, A. (2018). Maintaining Global Citizenship Education in Schools: A Challenge for Australian Educators and Schools. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 43(4).
Buchanan, J. & Maher, D. (2018). Being a ‘foreign’ language teacher: negotiating the culture of a school when unfamiliar with the language of instruction. Teacher Development, 1-18.
Varadharajan, M., Buchanan, J., & Schuck, S. (2018). Changing Course: The paradox of the career change student-teacher. Professional Development in Education, 1-12.
Buchanan, J. (2017). Are you more civically-minded than a fifth grader? An investigation of preservice teacher civics and citizenship knowledge, understandings and dispositions. Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 12(3), 321-340.
Areas of expertise: intercultural education, history and geography education, teacher quality, retention and attrition, languages education.
