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Dr Jeanne Allen

Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education

BA (Hons), Dip Ed, MA (French Lang & Lit), MEd (Admin & Curric Studies), PhD

Contact Details

Contact Campus Sandy Bay Campus
Building Hytten Hall
Room Reference 440
Telephone +61 3 6226 1972
Fax +61 3 6226 2569
Email Jeanne.Allen@utas.edu.au

Publications

Selected publications

Edited books
  • Grainger, P., & Allen, J. M. (Eds.). (2007). Dimensions of Learning in practice in Australian primary, secondary and tertiary education. Heatherton, Vic.: Hawker Brownlow Education.
Book chapters
  • Allen, J. M. (2012). Entering the academy:  Perceptions of scarcity and abundance. In R. A. Smith & D. E. Lynch (Eds.), Case studies in education leadership and innovation (pp. 67-76). Brisbane, Qld: Primrose Hall.

  • Allen, J. M., & Smith, R. A. (2010). Reconceptualising the collaborative practice of the secondary school learning manager. In D. E. Lynch & B. A. Knight (Eds.), Applied learning management: New approaches for the new millennium (pp. 47-59). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education.

  • Allen, J. M., & Smith, R. A. (2007). Introduction. In P. Grainger & J. M. Allen (Eds.), Dimensions of Learning in practice in Australian primary, secondary and tertiary education (pp. 19-27). Heatherton, Vic.: Hawker Brownlow Education.

  • Allen, J. M. (2006). Teacher socialization in the workplace: Some perspectives from the literature. In B. Walker-Gibbs & B. A. Knight (Eds.), Re-visioning research and knowledge for the 21st century (pp. 101-115). Teneriffe, Qld: Post Pressed.

  • Moran, A., Budd, Y., Allen, J. M., & Williamson, J. (in press). Secondary English in the Australian curriculum: Tasmanian teachers’ perceptions of implementation – A conceptual overview. In N. Fitzallen, R. Reaburn, & S. Fan (Eds.). The Future of Educational Research. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

  • Muir, T., Allen, J. M., Rayner, C., & Cleland, B. (2013). Preparing pre-service teachers for classroom practice in a virtual world: A pilot study using Second Life. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, Spring Issue. Available at http://jime.open.ac.uk/jime/issue/view/2013-Spring
Refereed journal articles
  • Allen, J. M., & Wright, S. (in press). Integrating Theory and Practice in the Pre-service Teacher Education Practicum. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice.

  • Allen, J. M., Ambrosetti, A., & Turner, D. (2013). How school and university supervising staff perceive the pre-service teacher education practicum: A comparative study. Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 38(4), 108-128. Available at: http://ro.edu.edu.au/ajte/vol38/issue4/7

  • Allen, J. M., Howells, K., & Radford, R. (2013). A “Partnership in Teaching Excellence”: ways in which one school-university partnership has fostered teacher development. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 41, 99-110.

  • Allen, J. M. (2011). How front-end loading contributes to creating and sustaining the theory-practice gap in higher education programs. Asia-Pacific Education Review, 12(2), 289-299.

  • Allen, J. M. (2011). Stakeholders’ perspectives of the nature and role of assessment during practicum. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27, 742-750.

  • Allen, J. M., & Peach, D. (2011). Assessing for work integrated learning experiences: A pre-service teacher perspective. Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 12, 1-18.

  • Allen, J. M., & Sinclair, M. R. (2011). The limitations of front-end loading in undergraduate university programs. Journal of the World Universities Forum, 4(2), 9-24.

  • Allen, J. M., Butler-Mader, C., & Smith, R. A. (2010). A fundamental partnership: The experiences of practising teachers as lecturers in a pre-service teacher education program. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 16, 615-632.

  • Allen, J. M. (2009). Valuing practice over theory: How beginning teachers re-orient their practice in the transition from the university to the workplace. Teaching and Teacher Education, 25, 647-654.

  • Allen, J. M., Sinclair, M. R. & Smith, R. A. (2009). Using Mead's Theory of Emergence as a framework for sociological inquiry into pre-service teacher education. Sociological Research Online, 14(5).

  • Allen, J. M., & Peach, D. (2007). Exploring connections between the in-field and on-campus components of a preservice teacher education program: A student perspective. Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 8(1), 23-36.

  • Butler-Mader, C., Allen, J. M., & Campbell, J. (2006). Partnerships in action: What’s in it for us? International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2(1), 6-21.

  • Rayner, C., & Allen, J. M. (in press). An alternative to the university lecture: Using online video-recorded interviews in pre-service teacher education. Australasian Journal of Special Education.

  • Trimble, A. J., Cranston, N., & Allen, J. M. (2012). School Principals and Education Law: What do they know, what do they need to know? Leading & Managing, 18(2), 46-61.

  • Watson, J, Allen, J. M., Beswick, K., Cranston, N., Hay, I., Wright, S., & Kidd, L. (in press). Issues related to students’ decisions to remain in school beyond year 10. Youth Studies Australia.
Refereed conference papers
  • Allen, J. M. (2012, April 13-17). Using feedback from stakeholders to strengthen the student teacher experience during field experience (proposal peer-reviewed). Paper presented at the Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver.

  • Allen, J. M. (2011, Aug 12-15). The nature and role of assessment during practicum: Stakeholders’ perspectives, Keynote address to the EPS Huaxi International Forum in Higher Education held in Xi’an, Shanxi, China, on August 12, 2011.

  • Allen, J. M. (2011, May 20). Managing diverse behaviours in tertiary classes, Keynote address to the 2011 UTS: Insearch Education Professional Development Conference held at Haymarket, Sydney, on May 20, 2011. Published online at https://staff.insearch.edu.au

  • Allen, J. M., & Sinclair, M. R. (2011, Jan 14-16). The limitations of front-end loading in undergraduate university programs. Paper presented at the World Universities Forum 2011, Hong Kong.

  • Allen, J. M., Sinclair, M. R., & Smith, R. A. (2009, Nov 29-Dec 03). The trouble with front-end loading in undergraduate university programs: Teacher Education as a case in point. Paper presented at the AARE International Education Research Conference, Canberra, ACT.

  • Allen, J. M., & Sinclair, M. R. (2007, Aug 22-24). Suggestions for developing a reliable evidence base for the efficacy of Dimensions of Learning implementations. Paper presented at the Learning Management Conference, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

  • Allen, J. M., & Peach, D. (2007, June 26-29). Exploring connections between the in-field and on-campus components of a preservice teacher education program: A student perspective. Paper presented at the World Conference on Cooperative Education, Singapore.

  • Allen, J. M., & Butler-Mader, C. (2007, April 09-13) (proposal peer-reviewed). A fundamental partnership: The experiences of practising teachers as lecturers in a pre-service teacher education program. Paper presented at the Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

  • Allen, J. M., & Peach, D. (2005, Dec 04-07). How ready are you? A preliminary investigation into the workplace readiness of final-year education students at a regional university. Paper presented at the 13th Annual International Conference on Post-Compulsory Education and Training, Gold Coast, Qld.

  • Butler-Mader, C., Allen, J. M., & Campbell, J. (2005, Sept 18-20). Partnerships in action: What’s in it for us? Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Pedagogies and Learning, Toowoomba, Qld.
Other publications
  • McLean (now Allen), J. M., Solowko, S., & Willey, A. (1990). Activités 2. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson.

  • McLean, J. M., Solowko, S., & Willey, A. (1988). Activités 1. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson.

  • Clancy, P. A., & Allen, J. M. (1998). The French Consul's Wife: Memoirs of Céleste de Chabrillan in Gold-rush Australia. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

Achievements

Career summary

Jeanne is the Deputy Head of School and a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies in the Faculty of Education. Before entering the university sector in 2005, Jeanne spent an extensive career in secondary teaching and school leadership, both overseas and in Australia.

Secondary teaching expertise was in LOTE (French) and English. Prior to taking up a position at the University of Tasmania, she worked for five years as a Lecturer at Central Queensland University, Queensland, in areas including educational psychology, classroom management, instructional design and authentic assessment. Jeanne currently teaches into both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Her undergraduate teaching currently focuses on classroom and behaviour management while teaching at the postgraduate level is predominantly in research methods. Jeanne also supervises a number of research higher degree students.

Areas of research interest include student retention, the theory-practice gap in pre-service teacher education, school-university partnerships, work integrated learning and teacher practice. Jeanne’s publication output includes an edited book, four book chapters and 21 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers.

She has been the recipient of four UTAS institutional research grants since beginning in the Faculty in January, 2010, and is co-recipient of a 2011-2013 ARC Linkage grant, Student retention beyond the compulsory schooling years in rural, regional and disadvantaged communities.

Jeanne is an Editorial Board member of Linguistics, Culture and Education, an Associate Editor for the Higher Education Research and Development journal and a regular reviewer for a number of international journals, including Teaching and Teacher Education.

Competitive research grants

  • 2011 - Allen, J. M., The nature and role of assessment during practicum: Stakeholders’ perspectives, UTAS Grant Conference Support Scheme, $4,480
  • 2011 to 2013 - Hay, I, Beswick, K. C., Cranston, N. C., Watson, J. M., & Allen, J. M., Student retention beyond the compulsory schooling years in rural, regional and disadvantaged communities, ARC (large), $364,000
  • 2011 - Allen, J. M., Contested relevance: How university supervisors and teachers in schools view the correlation between university work and the school practicum, UTAS Institutional Research Grants Scheme, $41,584
  • 2010 - Allen, J. M., Theory and practice in the pre-service teacher education practicum: Students’ perspectives, UTAS New Appointees Research Grant Scheme, $5,000
  • 2010 - Allen, J. M., The limitations of front-end loading in undergraduate university programs, UTAS Grant Conference Support Scheme, $6,000