Dr. Merryn Davies is a Lecturer in Secondary and Post Compulsory Education in the School of Education at Victoria University. She coordinates, and teaches in, the Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education. Her research interests focus on access and eq
...MoreDr. Merryn Davies is a Lecturer in Secondary and Post Compulsory Education in the School of Education at Victoria University. She coordinates, and teaches in, the Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education. Her research interests focus on access and equity in education. She has extensive experience in the conduct and management of educational research projects at the national and state levels, working as a Research Fellow in the Educational Outcomes Research Unit at the University of Melbourne between 1994 and 2002 and as Manager of the Equity Research Centre in Melbourne in 2004. Her work has involved administration of large scale surveys in Australian schools, VET providers and universities and analysis of resultant data. She has also participated in qualitative research work involving individual interviews and focus group work with principals, teachers, students parents, employers and other stakeholders in schools and training providers in a number of states. In recent years she has worked closely with school clusters as a University Associate, supporting their involvement in DEST’s Values Education Good Practice project.
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Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
New Directions in the Humanities
