University of Tasmania, Australia

Dr Tammy Jones

Honorary Associate

Contact Details

Contact Campus	Newnham Campus
Building	Building A
Room Reference	A102
Telephone	+61 3 6324 3588
Fax	+61 3 6324 3048
Email	Tammy.Jones@utas.edu.au

Publications

Publications:

• Beswick, K., & Jones, T. (2011). Taking professional learning to isolated schools: Perceptions of providers and principals, and lessons for effective professional learning. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 23, 83–105. DOI 10.1007/s13394-011-0006-3
  
  
• Jones, T. A. (2008). When teachers face themselves: Enduring outcomes of teachers’ “secret stories” lived and shared. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, Launceston. Available from http://eprints.utas.edu.au/8503/
  
  
• Jones, T. A. (2007, January 4–5). Looking behind the teacher’s mask: Teachers’ stories; lives lived and told. Paper presented at the Narrative Inquiry in Education Conference, University of Tasmania, Launceston.
  
  
• Jones, T. A. (2006, November 26–30). Constructing researcher identity: An “impostor’s” stories of becoming. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Available from http://eprints.utas.edu.au/4844/
  
  
• Wills, R. C. C., & Jones, T. A. (2006, February). ‘The joy of boys:’ Qualitative assessment of the outcomes of teacher professional development. Launceston: University of Tasmania.
  
  
• Jones, T. A., & Wills, R. C. C. (2004, November 28–December 2). Reading aloud, silent reading and “booktalk” in upper primary school classes: Teachers’ reading programs, motivations and objectives. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, University of Melbourne, Australia. Available from http://www.aare.edu.au/04pap/jon04484.pdf
  
  
• Kilpatrick, S., Barrett, M. S., & Jones, T. A. (2003, November 29–December 3). Defining learning communities. Paper presented at the NZARE/AARE Joint Conference 2003, Auckland, New Zealand. Available from http://www.aare.edu.au/03pap/jon03441.pdf
  
  
• Jones, T. A. (2002). Fostering engagement with the first R, and the ELs: Teachers’ practices withstanding the test of time. Unpublished honours dissertation, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia.

Achievements

I graduated with a First Class Bachelor of Education (Honours) degree and a University Medal in 2002. I graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy in 2008.

I have undertaken a number of roles in the Faculty of Education, since 2000. I originally tutored in ICT and Education, but from 2004 was employed on a variety of projects in the Faculty. These roles have included, amongst other things:

Additional information

I currently work part-time as a counsellor with Alzheimer’s Australia Tasmania’s Launceston office, and have interests in counselling and dementia.

I also work part-time as an Editorial Assistant, and have assisted with the publication of a number of edited books:

• Barrett, M. S., & Stauffer, S. L. (2012). Narrative soundings: An anthology of narrative inquiry in music education. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.
  
  
• Barrett, M. S. (Ed.). (2011). A cultural psychology of music education. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Barrett, M. S., & Stauffer, S. L. (2009). Narrative inquiry in music education: Troubling certainty. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

I proof-read and format research theses, complying with “The Editing of Research Thesis by Professional Editors: Policy developed by the Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies collaboratively with the Council of Australian Societies of Editors,” and am happy to discuss my services with Higher Degree Research students and their supervisors.