Dr Debra Donnelly

Work Phone	(02) 4921 6231
Fax	(02) 4921 7887
Email	Debra.Donnelly@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Lecturer School of Education The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	HC74, Hunter Building

Biography

Qualifications

PhD (Pedagogy), Monash University, 2013
Graduate Certificate Practice of Tertiary Teaching, University of Newcastle, 2007
Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship), Charles Sturt University, 2006
Master of Arts, University of Newcastle, 1999
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Newcastle, 1994
Bachelor of Arts, University of Newcastle, 1979

Research

Research keywords

global education
historical feature films
historical understanding
history education
visual media pedagogies

Research expertise

Debra’s research interests centre on the role of the visual and media in the development of historical consciousness in an age of ever-increasing access through modern technology. It seeks to explore and clarify the relationship between teacher conceptual frameworks of historical understanding, problematic knowledge and historical representation and memory and pedagogical practice. Debra has also undertaken research into global education and citizenship and the role of image making in the exploration, communication and disruption of knowledge. Debra is a founding member of HERMES (historical experience, representation, memory, education and society), an interdisciplinary research group based at the University of Newcastle, Australia whose two main lines of research concern historical consciousness and history education ( http://www.newcastle.edu.au/institute/educational-research-institute-newcastle/affiliations/hermes).

Collaboration

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
130205	Humanities And Social Sciences Curriculum And Pedagogy (Excl. Economics, Business And Management)	100

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

Member - NSW History Teachers Association

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Dr Debra Donnelly is a history educator and program convenor in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, NSW, working in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. She has a secondary school background with extensive classroom, school administration and welfare experience across a range of educational settings in NSW and overseas. Debra’s has worked as a consultant for the NSW Board of Studies on School Certificate and Higher School Certificate examination boards and as a HSC marker in English and Ancient History.

At the University, Debra has been the program convenor of the BT (Sec)/ BA for the past five years and is a member of the Faculty Progress and Appeals Committee.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

Secondary HSIE
history education
pre-service teaching
teaching pedagogies

Teaching expertise

Dr Debra Donnelly is a history educator and program convenor in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, NSW, working in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. She has a secondary school background with extensive classroom, school administration and welfare experience across a range of educational settings in NSW and overseas. Debra came to the University of Newcastle with an extensive secondary teaching career and has taught History and Geography (Years 7-10), HSC Modern and Ancient History, Society and Culture and Extension History. Debra’s has worked as a consultant for the NSW Board of Studies on School Certificate and Higher School Certificate examination boards and as a HSC marker in Ancient History and English.

Teaching interests

History education and teaching pedagogies
Historical literacy and the influence of the "new media" on historical consciousness and imagination.
Values and citizenship education

The University of Newcastle, Australia