Kim Beasy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3063790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kim Beasy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kim |
| FAMILY NAME | Beasy |
| SIGNATURE | BEASY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tasmania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5998-1419 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Enhancing education and employment and career opportunities through collaboration in the mining sector
With the increasing demand for critical minerals, there is a growing concern about the impact of mining on communities and the environment. As part of an interdisciplinary study on community perceptions about education and the mineral industry, we undertook a scoping review to investigate how education, employment, and career opportunities in/for the mining industry of rural and regional communities can be supported. Our research question was: Ho…
Common experiences and critical reflections
Purpose Higher education institutions are embedding education for sustainability in curricula, but there are many challenges slowing the process down. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses reflections from stakeholders across eight disciplines to identify themes supporting EfS integration across disciplines, using collaborative autoethnography. Findings The paper highlights unique challenges and opportunities in embedding sustainability edu…
The Heat Is On
Many young people feel distressed about climate change, and pessimistic about what the future holds. Gaps in education about climate change contribute to limited understanding of opportunities for climate mitigation and adaptation, and to a pervasive “discourse of doom.” Here we describe a “game for change” co-designed by climate and education researchers and young people, that aims to shift narratives about climate changed futures toward an acti…
Exploring beginning teachers’ experiences in a liminal phase
The first year of teaching is an exciting time of growth, but it’s not without challenge. This qualitative study investigates how the practice-based experiences of 26 beginning teachers (BTs) in Australasia influenced changes in their view of themselves as teachers during their first year, based on two interviews. Alongside lenses of identity development and resilience commonly used to interrogate this intense formative phase in teachers’ careers…
Political Science's Engagement With the Sustainability Challenge
The implications of sustainable development are far reaching, and yet many areas of academic scholarship were slow to deeply engage with it. This is a problem because, in practical terms, it can generate a false sense of calm, of business as usual, and a failure to rise to the integrative challenge of balancing the trade‐offs across sustainability's economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Conceptually it is also problematic as, properly u…
From theory to practice
Introduction Teacher effectiveness is a critical factor influencing student outcomes, with physically active learning (PAL) emerging as an evidence-based approach that enhances academic achievement and health. Embedding PAL within Initial Teacher Education (ITE) may support pre-service teachers to develop pedagogical competence and confidence. TransformUs Higher Ed is a research-informed intervention designed to integrate PAL within ITE, aligned …
Expert views on the legitimacy of renewable hydrogen certification schemes
In this article, we draw on findings from a mixed-methods international survey of experts in the energy sector ( n = 179) to better understand the role of legitimacy theory in informing the development of renewable hydrogen standards, certification, and labelling (SCL). The investigation is viewed through two conceptions of legitimacy: the sociological legitimacy of increasing the availability of renewable hydrogen technologies and the normative …
Academics’ perspectives on a student engagement and retention program
Within the contemporary higher education landscape, maintaining student engagement and retention has become of critical concern to universities. Universities have mostly responded to this concern by implementing institutional engagement and retention initiatives by professional university staff. Thus far, however, the role that teaching academics can play in student engagement and retention programs has been largely unexplored within institutiona…
A Water[shed] Moment for Articulating a Professional Practice of Education Resource Creation
Teachers are grappling with increased pressure and expectations to facilitate transformative education experiences, the kinds of experiences that cultivate dispositions and skillsets essential for young peoples’ preparedness to imagine and create sustainable futures. As expectations for teachers grow, so too do initiatives intended to assist their efforts, such as the advent of classroom-ready education resources. The rise of educational resource…
Embedding Sustainability across a Teacher Education Course
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) remains an urgent priority to combat the numerous social, environmental and political crises prominent in the 21st century. This article shares the experiences of teacher educators who integrated ESD into discipline-specific units of study for pre-service teachers. Using a collaborative auto-ethnographic approach, we explore how curriculum change for ESD was navigated and discuss how institutional suppo…
Analysis of children’s questions on climate change reveals that they are most concerned about how to take action
Children across the world are facing physical, emotional, and social impacts of climate change. Despite burgeoning scientific and political climate discourse, the voices and opinions of children are underrepresented, as previous research has focused on the opinions of adults. This lack of representation contributes to feelings of disempowerment and betrayal. We investigate children’s priorities for climate knowledge, reporting on questions asked …
Multiple dimensions of safe space for LGBTQ students
Inclusive school environments have been shown to improve educational outcomes, retention, mental health and overall wellbeing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) students. Anti-bullying approaches have been common strategies used in schools to promote safety for all students, yet a well-established critique among scholars and educators suggests such approaches by themselves are insufficient. Little research exi…
The burden of bad news
Hydrogen economies and energy futures
What counts as sustainability
Sustainability is a ubiquitous term today and one that is central to key environmental and social policy discussions relating to the most pressing questions faced in contemporary societies. In this paper we argue that sustainability needs to be understood in relation to social space. We do so by engaging with Pierre Bourdieu’s thinking tools as well as Edward Soja’s spatial analysis to deconstruct how differently positioned actors understand and …
Learning from home learning
During the COVID-19 lockdown, parents and caregivers were asked to take greater responsibility for their children's education while they were unable to attend school. In this commentary, we report on data sourced from 243 participants in theTasmania Projectin Australia about their experiences of learning from home during COVID-19 lockdown. We engage with ideas about boundaries and bounding processes to understand how participants perceived challe…
Writing together to foster wellbeing
Candidate wellbeing is recognised as a continual challenge for doctoral programs, with government mandates requiring an institutional response. This article explores the experiences of candidates undertaking intensive writing sessions (‘Write-Ins’) and their influence on their wellbeing. Exploratory findings demonstrate opportunities for Write-In models to contribute positively to ‘Spaces of Wellbeing’. Spaces of Wellbeing theory highlights four …
Multiperspectivism as a threshold concept in understanding diversity and inclusion for future teachers
Homonormativity and celebrating diversity
With the growing acceptance and normalisation of same-sex attraction in the West, scholars from a range of fields have documented a ‘post-gay’ shift, or a decline in the significance of sexual identity labels among youth. Despite this shift, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) youth continue to experience discrimination and harassment, particularly in schools. In this context, this article examines the role of student…
Beyond ‘safety’
Australian and international research consistently indicates that inclusive school cultures improve the educational outcomes and health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) students. Little is known, however, about how Tasmanian school staff are supporting LGBTI students or the needs of teachers and school staff in creating and sustaining inclusive school environments. To address this knowledge gap, this paper…
The burden of bad news
Homonormativity and celebrating diversity
With the growing acceptance and normalisation of same-sex attraction in the West, scholars from a range of fields have documented a ‘post-gay’ shift, or a decline in the significance of sexual identity labels among youth. Despite this shift, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) youth continue to experience discrimination and harassment, particularly in schools. In this context, this article examines the role of student…
Beyond ‘safety’
Australian and international research consistently indicates that inclusive school cultures improve the educational outcomes and health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) students. Little is known, however, about how Tasmanian school staff are supporting LGBTI students or the needs of teachers and school staff in creating and sustaining inclusive school environments. To address this knowledge gap, this paper…
Hydrogen economies and energy futures
Expert views on the legitimacy of renewable hydrogen certification schemes
In this article, we draw on findings from a mixed-methods international survey of experts in the energy sector ( n = 179) to better understand the role of legitimacy theory in informing the development of renewable hydrogen standards, certification, and labelling (SCL). The investigation is viewed through two conceptions of legitimacy: the sociological legitimacy of increasing the availability of renewable hydrogen technologies and the normative …
What counts as sustainability
Sustainability is a ubiquitous term today and one that is central to key environmental and social policy discussions relating to the most pressing questions faced in contemporary societies. In this paper we argue that sustainability needs to be understood in relation to social space. We do so by engaging with Pierre Bourdieu’s thinking tools as well as Edward Soja’s spatial analysis to deconstruct how differently positioned actors understand and …
Learning from home learning
During the COVID-19 lockdown, parents and caregivers were asked to take greater responsibility for their children's education while they were unable to attend school. In this commentary, we report on data sourced from 243 participants in theTasmania Projectin Australia about their experiences of learning from home during COVID-19 lockdown. We engage with ideas about boundaries and bounding processes to understand how participants perceived challe…
Beyond ‘safety’
Australian and international research consistently indicates that inclusive school cultures improve the educational outcomes and health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) students. Little is known, however, about how Tasmanian school staff are supporting LGBTI students or the needs of teachers and school staff in creating and sustaining inclusive school environments. To address this knowledge gap, this paper…
Homonormativity and celebrating diversity
With the growing acceptance and normalisation of same-sex attraction in the West, scholars from a range of fields have documented a ‘post-gay’ shift, or a decline in the significance of sexual identity labels among youth. Despite this shift, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) youth continue to experience discrimination and harassment, particularly in schools. In this context, this article examines the role of student…
Writing together to foster wellbeing
Candidate wellbeing is recognised as a continual challenge for doctoral programs, with government mandates requiring an institutional response. This article explores the experiences of candidates undertaking intensive writing sessions (‘Write-Ins’) and their influence on their wellbeing. Exploratory findings demonstrate opportunities for Write-In models to contribute positively to ‘Spaces of Wellbeing’. Spaces of Wellbeing theory highlights four …
Multiperspectivism as a threshold concept in understanding diversity and inclusion for future teachers
What counts as sustainability
Sustainability is a ubiquitous term today and one that is central to key environmental and social policy discussions relating to the most pressing questions faced in contemporary societies. In this paper we argue that sustainability needs to be understood in relation to social space. We do so by engaging with Pierre Bourdieu’s thinking tools as well as Edward Soja’s spatial analysis to deconstruct how differently positioned actors understand and …
Learning from home learning
During the COVID-19 lockdown, parents and caregivers were asked to take greater responsibility for their children's education while they were unable to attend school. In this commentary, we report on data sourced from 243 participants in theTasmania Projectin Australia about their experiences of learning from home during COVID-19 lockdown. We engage with ideas about boundaries and bounding processes to understand how participants perceived challe…
Hydrogen economies and energy futures
Multiple dimensions of safe space for LGBTQ students
Inclusive school environments have been shown to improve educational outcomes, retention, mental health and overall wellbeing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) students. Anti-bullying approaches have been common strategies used in schools to promote safety for all students, yet a well-established critique among scholars and educators suggests such approaches by themselves are insufficient. Little research exi…
The burden of bad news
Academics’ perspectives on a student engagement and retention program
Within the contemporary higher education landscape, maintaining student engagement and retention has become of critical concern to universities. Universities have mostly responded to this concern by implementing institutional engagement and retention initiatives by professional university staff. Thus far, however, the role that teaching academics can play in student engagement and retention programs has been largely unexplored within institutiona…
A Water[shed] Moment for Articulating a Professional Practice of Education Resource Creation
Teachers are grappling with increased pressure and expectations to facilitate transformative education experiences, the kinds of experiences that cultivate dispositions and skillsets essential for young peoples’ preparedness to imagine and create sustainable futures. As expectations for teachers grow, so too do initiatives intended to assist their efforts, such as the advent of classroom-ready education resources. The rise of educational resource…
Embedding Sustainability across a Teacher Education Course
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) remains an urgent priority to combat the numerous social, environmental and political crises prominent in the 21st century. This article shares the experiences of teacher educators who integrated ESD into discipline-specific units of study for pre-service teachers. Using a collaborative auto-ethnographic approach, we explore how curriculum change for ESD was navigated and discuss how institutional suppo…
Analysis of children’s questions on climate change reveals that they are most concerned about how to take action
Children across the world are facing physical, emotional, and social impacts of climate change. Despite burgeoning scientific and political climate discourse, the voices and opinions of children are underrepresented, as previous research has focused on the opinions of adults. This lack of representation contributes to feelings of disempowerment and betrayal. We investigate children’s priorities for climate knowledge, reporting on questions asked …
The Heat Is On
Many young people feel distressed about climate change, and pessimistic about what the future holds. Gaps in education about climate change contribute to limited understanding of opportunities for climate mitigation and adaptation, and to a pervasive “discourse of doom.” Here we describe a “game for change” co-designed by climate and education researchers and young people, that aims to shift narratives about climate changed futures toward an acti…
Exploring beginning teachers’ experiences in a liminal phase
The first year of teaching is an exciting time of growth, but it’s not without challenge. This qualitative study investigates how the practice-based experiences of 26 beginning teachers (BTs) in Australasia influenced changes in their view of themselves as teachers during their first year, based on two interviews. Alongside lenses of identity development and resilience commonly used to interrogate this intense formative phase in teachers’ careers…
Political Science's Engagement With the Sustainability Challenge
The implications of sustainable development are far reaching, and yet many areas of academic scholarship were slow to deeply engage with it. This is a problem because, in practical terms, it can generate a false sense of calm, of business as usual, and a failure to rise to the integrative challenge of balancing the trade‐offs across sustainability's economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Conceptually it is also problematic as, properly u…
From theory to practice
Introduction Teacher effectiveness is a critical factor influencing student outcomes, with physically active learning (PAL) emerging as an evidence-based approach that enhances academic achievement and health. Embedding PAL within Initial Teacher Education (ITE) may support pre-service teachers to develop pedagogical competence and confidence. TransformUs Higher Ed is a research-informed intervention designed to integrate PAL within ITE, aligned …
Expert views on the legitimacy of renewable hydrogen certification schemes
In this article, we draw on findings from a mixed-methods international survey of experts in the energy sector ( n = 179) to better understand the role of legitimacy theory in informing the development of renewable hydrogen standards, certification, and labelling (SCL). The investigation is viewed through two conceptions of legitimacy: the sociological legitimacy of increasing the availability of renewable hydrogen technologies and the normative …
Enhancing education and employment and career opportunities through collaboration in the mining sector
With the increasing demand for critical minerals, there is a growing concern about the impact of mining on communities and the environment. As part of an interdisciplinary study on community perceptions about education and the mineral industry, we undertook a scoping review to investigate how education, employment, and career opportunities in/for the mining industry of rural and regional communities can be supported. Our research question was: Ho…
Common experiences and critical reflections
Purpose Higher education institutions are embedding education for sustainability in curricula, but there are many challenges slowing the process down. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses reflections from stakeholders across eight disciplines to identify themes supporting EfS integration across disciplines, using collaborative autoethnography. Findings The paper highlights unique challenges and opportunities in embedding sustainability edu…
Sociology (14 works) · Pedagogy (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works)