Steven A Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4007548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven A Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven A |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6036-7600 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 228 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Between-school inequalities in access to science and mathematics curricula in a marketized education system
Increasing the participation of students who study science and mathematics curricula is a priority in many countries, but between-school inequalities in the offerings of these subjects is not well understood. We examine stratified opportunities to learn science and math subjects in upper secondary schools in Australia, as a case study for examining how educational marketization reduces access to curricular subjects in comprehensive secondary educ…
Principals’ perspectives on school–community engagement in hard-to-staff schools
Principals of marginalized schools confront a variety of equity challenges that impact students’ academic outcomes and wellbeing. There is growing consensus that the way principals and schools engage with the community can contribute to addressing equity challenges. This study examined the experiences of six principals of marginalized schools with school–community engagement in Victoria, Australia. Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews,…
Attracting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Australia
Persistent teacher shortages in rural schools continue to challenge the provision of equitable, high-quality education. While research has documented the difficulties of recruiting and retaining teachers in these contexts, less attention has been given to how the conditions of teaching are shaped through leadership in contexts of workforce instability. This study examines how principals in rural schools in Victoria, Australia, respond to ongoing …
How a rural school leader’s ‘funds of knowledge’ built a culture that helped to attract and retain teachers
Impact of context-tailored rural teaching placements on preservice teachers’ commitment to teach in a rural area
A common strategy for jurisdictions confronting teacher shortages in rural schools is to support programs that encourage preservice teachers to undertake placements in rural areas. This strategy assumes that exposure to rural schools will increase the likelihood that participants will take up teaching positions in rural areas. There is, however, limited evidence of the impact of these programs. This paper reports on mixed-methods research into a …
Australian teachers’ adoption of critical and creative thinking as curriculum
Critical and creative thinking (CCT) was introduced as a General Capability in the Australian Curriculum in 2010, heralded as a call for more explicit teaching of CCT. This study was an online survey of 259 Australian teachers, exploring how they have adopted CCT as curriculum, including how confident they feel about this area of their teaching and what aspects of Australia’s CCT curriculum they teach and how. Most respondents believed it was imp…
Developing quality community connections through a regional preservice teacher placement program
The recruitment and retention of teachers in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia remains a persistent challenge. Greater awareness of and experience in regional, rural and remote schools is a common strategy adopted by initial teacher education providers to mediate this challenge. This paper examines the quality of connection between preservice teachers and a regional community developed through a multi-university placement program. The…
Australian preservice teachers’ reflections on how a group placement model influenced their professional learning
Significant stressors encountered during pre-service teacher (PST) placements can create suboptimal conditions for professional learning. Group (or cohort) placement models, where multiple PSTs are placed in the same school, can provide additional support for PSTs as they navigate the challenges. Framed by social coping and self-efficacy theory, the survey and focus group responses of 166 Australian PSTs undertaking placements in primary and seco…
Perspectives on graduate teacher ‘readiness’ from principals of ‘hard-to-staff’ Australian schools
Against a background of teacher shortages, Australian policy prioritises ‘classroom readiness’ as a quality indicator. This paper presents an alternative view from principals of nine (9) schools defined as ‘hard to staff’. Evoking a Discourse that we named Teaching as a professional calling , these principals defined graduate teacher readiness in terms of a moral purpose, enacted in their specific school contexts through relational care practices…
Context matters
Access to senior secondary science and mathematics
This research investigates access to senior school science and mathematics subjects offered in the final year of secondary schooling. Using data from the most populous Australian state of New South Wales, we examine whether stratification occurs in access to science and mathematics curricula. We find that the opportunity to study these subjects differs by key school characteristics, including location, socioeconomic composition and school sector.…
Attracting teacher candidates from regional and rural areas to initial teacher education (ITE) programs
To address teacher shortages in regional and rural areas, a number of initiatives have been implemented to attract teacher candidates, particularly from regional and rural areas, to teach in these areas. This systematic literature review aims to identify such initiatives reported between 2000 and 2022 and the evidence of their impact. Of the 15 articles identified, this review revealed that federally and state-funded alternative pathways, as well…
Leadership practices contributing to STEM education success at three rural Australian schools
The limited research into leading STEM education in rural schools internationally tends to adopt a deficit view, with a focus on the poor achievement and aspirations of rural students, difficulties recruiting and retaining STEM teachers, and issues of isolation and under-resourcing. Counter to this trend, this paper reports on research investigating leadership practices shaping STEM education at three high STEM-performing rural schools. High-perf…
Cogito argot sum ou la langue verdâtre de Monsieur Homais
Pour Brigitte et Denis Hüe L’argot, parole des autres « Un mazagran n’est pas de la langue de M. Mure, lequel est un magistrat. Pourquoi ainsi parler argot ? » « M. Flaubert n’est pas un écrivain. Descriptions à part, son style est indécis, incorrect, vulgaire, et son école, si elle venait à prévaloir, serait l’invasion dans la langue du daguerréotype, du parler de la rue, et bientôt après du patois, sous prétexte d’exactitude et de naturel. »J. …
The problem-solving service worker
Affective Events Theory suggests customer interactions elicit event appraisals that, in turn, prompt affective reactions in employees. A qualitative diary study was used to examine the daily events and cognitive appraisals that elicit positive emotions during customer service interactions. Thematic analysis of the diary contents of 276 sales employees from a variety of industries (874 positive events) showed helping customers solve their problem …
Sustainable Corporate Strategy
The Nature Relatedness Scale
Disconnection from the natural world may be contributing to our planet's destruction. The authors propose a new construct, Nature Relatedness (NR), and a scale that assesses the affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals' connection to nature. In Study 1, the authors explored the internal structure of the NR item responses in a sample of 831 participants using factor analysis. They tested the construct validity of NR with respe…
How We Define Success
The Recent Performance of the Canadian Forecasting Industry
This paper evaluates the forecast performance of Canadian financial institutions and forecasting firms between 1984 and 2003. The sample period is roughly double that of an earlier study. We divide the sample in two and investigate whether a particular institution has improved its relative standing over the last ten years. Results for two Quebec institutions -- the Banque Nationale (National Bank) and the Mouvement Desjardins -- are now included …
Listening above the Din
In this article, the authors critically examine the use of language in organizational research. A literature review of management articles since the 1950s reveals that qualitative research is increasingly using quantitative methods to bolster arguments and argue for increased reliability. The authors found relatively few articles that included any analysis of the language or context embedded in any empirical study. They offer suggestions for the …
The Nature Relatedness Scale
Disconnection from the natural world may be contributing to our planet's destruction. The authors propose a new construct, Nature Relatedness (NR), and a scale that assesses the affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals' connection to nature. In Study 1, the authors explored the internal structure of the NR item responses in a sample of 831 participants using factor analysis. They tested the construct validity of NR with respe…
How We Define Success
The problem-solving service worker
Affective Events Theory suggests customer interactions elicit event appraisals that, in turn, prompt affective reactions in employees. A qualitative diary study was used to examine the daily events and cognitive appraisals that elicit positive emotions during customer service interactions. Thematic analysis of the diary contents of 276 sales employees from a variety of industries (874 positive events) showed helping customers solve their problem …
Attracting teacher candidates from regional and rural areas to initial teacher education (ITE) programs
To address teacher shortages in regional and rural areas, a number of initiatives have been implemented to attract teacher candidates, particularly from regional and rural areas, to teach in these areas. This systematic literature review aims to identify such initiatives reported between 2000 and 2022 and the evidence of their impact. Of the 15 articles identified, this review revealed that federally and state-funded alternative pathways, as well…
How We Define Success
The Recent Performance of the Canadian Forecasting Industry
This paper evaluates the forecast performance of Canadian financial institutions and forecasting firms between 1984 and 2003. The sample period is roughly double that of an earlier study. We divide the sample in two and investigate whether a particular institution has improved its relative standing over the last ten years. Results for two Quebec institutions -- the Banque Nationale (National Bank) and the Mouvement Desjardins -- are now included …
Listening above the Din
In this article, the authors critically examine the use of language in organizational research. A literature review of management articles since the 1950s reveals that qualitative research is increasingly using quantitative methods to bolster arguments and argue for increased reliability. The authors found relatively few articles that included any analysis of the language or context embedded in any empirical study. They offer suggestions for the …
The Nature Relatedness Scale
Disconnection from the natural world may be contributing to our planet's destruction. The authors propose a new construct, Nature Relatedness (NR), and a scale that assesses the affective, cognitive, and experiential aspects of individuals' connection to nature. In Study 1, the authors explored the internal structure of the NR item responses in a sample of 831 participants using factor analysis. They tested the construct validity of NR with respe…
Sustainable Corporate Strategy
The problem-solving service worker
Affective Events Theory suggests customer interactions elicit event appraisals that, in turn, prompt affective reactions in employees. A qualitative diary study was used to examine the daily events and cognitive appraisals that elicit positive emotions during customer service interactions. Thematic analysis of the diary contents of 276 sales employees from a variety of industries (874 positive events) showed helping customers solve their problem …
Cogito argot sum ou la langue verdâtre de Monsieur Homais
Pour Brigitte et Denis Hüe L’argot, parole des autres « Un mazagran n’est pas de la langue de M. Mure, lequel est un magistrat. Pourquoi ainsi parler argot ? » « M. Flaubert n’est pas un écrivain. Descriptions à part, son style est indécis, incorrect, vulgaire, et son école, si elle venait à prévaloir, serait l’invasion dans la langue du daguerréotype, du parler de la rue, et bientôt après du patois, sous prétexte d’exactitude et de naturel. »J. …
Leadership practices contributing to STEM education success at three rural Australian schools
The limited research into leading STEM education in rural schools internationally tends to adopt a deficit view, with a focus on the poor achievement and aspirations of rural students, difficulties recruiting and retaining STEM teachers, and issues of isolation and under-resourcing. Counter to this trend, this paper reports on research investigating leadership practices shaping STEM education at three high STEM-performing rural schools. High-perf…
Access to senior secondary science and mathematics
This research investigates access to senior school science and mathematics subjects offered in the final year of secondary schooling. Using data from the most populous Australian state of New South Wales, we examine whether stratification occurs in access to science and mathematics curricula. We find that the opportunity to study these subjects differs by key school characteristics, including location, socioeconomic composition and school sector.…
Attracting teacher candidates from regional and rural areas to initial teacher education (ITE) programs
To address teacher shortages in regional and rural areas, a number of initiatives have been implemented to attract teacher candidates, particularly from regional and rural areas, to teach in these areas. This systematic literature review aims to identify such initiatives reported between 2000 and 2022 and the evidence of their impact. Of the 15 articles identified, this review revealed that federally and state-funded alternative pathways, as well…
Australian teachers’ adoption of critical and creative thinking as curriculum
Critical and creative thinking (CCT) was introduced as a General Capability in the Australian Curriculum in 2010, heralded as a call for more explicit teaching of CCT. This study was an online survey of 259 Australian teachers, exploring how they have adopted CCT as curriculum, including how confident they feel about this area of their teaching and what aspects of Australia’s CCT curriculum they teach and how. Most respondents believed it was imp…
Developing quality community connections through a regional preservice teacher placement program
The recruitment and retention of teachers in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia remains a persistent challenge. Greater awareness of and experience in regional, rural and remote schools is a common strategy adopted by initial teacher education providers to mediate this challenge. This paper examines the quality of connection between preservice teachers and a regional community developed through a multi-university placement program. The…
Australian preservice teachers’ reflections on how a group placement model influenced their professional learning
Significant stressors encountered during pre-service teacher (PST) placements can create suboptimal conditions for professional learning. Group (or cohort) placement models, where multiple PSTs are placed in the same school, can provide additional support for PSTs as they navigate the challenges. Framed by social coping and self-efficacy theory, the survey and focus group responses of 166 Australian PSTs undertaking placements in primary and seco…
Perspectives on graduate teacher ‘readiness’ from principals of ‘hard-to-staff’ Australian schools
Against a background of teacher shortages, Australian policy prioritises ‘classroom readiness’ as a quality indicator. This paper presents an alternative view from principals of nine (9) schools defined as ‘hard to staff’. Evoking a Discourse that we named Teaching as a professional calling , these principals defined graduate teacher readiness in terms of a moral purpose, enacted in their specific school contexts through relational care practices…
Context matters
Between-school inequalities in access to science and mathematics curricula in a marketized education system
Increasing the participation of students who study science and mathematics curricula is a priority in many countries, but between-school inequalities in the offerings of these subjects is not well understood. We examine stratified opportunities to learn science and math subjects in upper secondary schools in Australia, as a case study for examining how educational marketization reduces access to curricular subjects in comprehensive secondary educ…
Principals’ perspectives on school–community engagement in hard-to-staff schools
Principals of marginalized schools confront a variety of equity challenges that impact students’ academic outcomes and wellbeing. There is growing consensus that the way principals and schools engage with the community can contribute to addressing equity challenges. This study examined the experiences of six principals of marginalized schools with school–community engagement in Victoria, Australia. Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews,…
Attracting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Australia
Persistent teacher shortages in rural schools continue to challenge the provision of equitable, high-quality education. While research has documented the difficulties of recruiting and retaining teachers in these contexts, less attention has been given to how the conditions of teaching are shaped through leadership in contexts of workforce instability. This study examines how principals in rural schools in Victoria, Australia, respond to ongoing …
How a rural school leader’s ‘funds of knowledge’ built a culture that helped to attract and retain teachers
Impact of context-tailored rural teaching placements on preservice teachers’ commitment to teach in a rural area
A common strategy for jurisdictions confronting teacher shortages in rural schools is to support programs that encourage preservice teachers to undertake placements in rural areas. This strategy assumes that exposure to rural schools will increase the likelihood that participants will take up teaching positions in rural areas. There is, however, limited evidence of the impact of these programs. This paper reports on mixed-methods research into a …
Psychology (9 works) · Education Systems and Policy (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 works) · Indigenous and Place-Based Education (6 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Business (4 works)