Lecturer - Social Education
| Contact Campus | Sandy Bay Campus |
| Building | Hytten Hall |
| Room Reference | Room 443 |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 1886 |
| Fax | +61 3 |
| Timothy.Jetson@utas.edu.au |
Tim teaches primary and secondary Society and Environment Curriculum and Method courses, face-to-face and online, in the Masters of Teaching program.
Dr Tim Jetson was teacher and teacher-librarian at government and catholic schools for nearly two decades. He has worked at the University of Tasmania since 1990, firstly as a Junior Research Fellow in History working on ARC projects which involved compilation of regional bibliographies, construction of an Irish convict database, editing of the Journals of William Smith OBrien, an Irish Exile and the editing of Historical Records of Australia. He joined the Faculty of Education in 2008 and teaches in the Master of Teaching program. In 2009 and 2010 he received a UTAS Teaching Merit Certificates. He has been a member of the Faculty Academic Workload Advisory Group and this year was elected to the Academic Senate.
Publications (since 2006)
Jetson, T. (2010) Economic History - the Neglected Relative of Australian Historiography, Tasmanian Historical Studies, Vol 15. pp. pp 7-37.
Jetson, TJ. (2009)They Had a Real Appreciation of the Area: Feelings of Attachments to the Central Highlands and the Arthur-Pieman Areas of Tasmania, The Oral History Association of Australia Journal, Vol 33. pp. 14-20.
Jetson, TJ. (2009) That some rich lode amongst these hills is waiting for us yet: Balancing Mining and Environmental Concerns in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Journal of Australasian Mining History, Vol. 7. pp. 39-59.
Jetson, TJ. (2006)Things of Native Worth and Beauty: The Environmental Attitudes of HD Atkinson, Tasmanian Historical Studies, Vol 11. pp. 28-40. ISSN 1324-048X (2006)
Book
Chapman, GPR and Jetson, TJ. ((2006) Historical Records of Australia: Resume Series III. Despatches and Papers Relating to the History of Tasmania. Volume IX. Tasmania, January-December 1830, Melbourne University Press, Australia, pp. 1063.
Review
Jetson, TJ. (2009) Thomas Vennum: Lacrosse legends of the first Americans and Thomas Vennum: American Indian lacrosse: Little brother of war, Sport, Education & Society, Vol 14 (1) pp. 143-146.