Joanne Deppeler is Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Research in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Professor Deppeler has extensive experience in leading research and consultancy across different sectors in education. In particular, her work has focused on the examination and development of effective practices of teaching and learning with diverse students, structures and practices in schooling and practitioner research. Her research has been founded on the belief that to achieve change there needs to be collaboration, both within schools and amongst stakeholder groups, government ministries, and universities. This work has simultaneously involved collaboration with local, national and international organisations and with teachers and other health professionals to improve outcomes for students and families. For more than a decade, Professor Deppeler has engaged in international education reform and research including the current project funded by Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) in the Pacific (2013-2015).
In Australia, Professor Deppeler’s research and teacher professional development projects have been in partnership with The Catholic Education Office Melbourne (CEOM), Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood (DEECD), and with the Commonwealth government. In 2011-2013, in partnership the Victorian education department she worked with teachers and other professionals in collaborative practitioner inquiry in 15 schools in practices that resulted in improved academic and social participation outcomes for students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Current research is focused on understanding how the actions of teachers can provide quality teaching and learning experiences for everyone in classrooms within and across a number of specific curriculum domains. Professor Deppeler has made a substantive contribution to the professional and policy domains of the education of students with disabilities at state, national and international levels.
Joanne Deppeler is co-editor of the book Inclusion Through Shared Education
(with Danielle Zay), Deep Education Press
In Australia, Professor Deppeler’s research and teacher professional development projects have been in partnership with The Catholic Education Office Melbourne (CEOM), Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood (DEECD), and with the Commonwealth government. In 2011-2013, in partnership the Victorian education department she worked with teachers and other professionals in collaborative practitioner inquiry in 15 schools in practices that resulted in improved academic and social participation outcomes for students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Current research is focused on understanding how the actions of teachers can provide quality teaching and learning experiences for everyone in classrooms within and across a number of specific curriculum domains. Professor Deppeler has made a substantive contribution to the professional and policy domains of the education of students with disabilities at state, national and international levels.
Joanne Deppeler is co-editor of the book Inclusion Through Shared Education
(with Danielle Zay), Deep Education Press