Sharon McDonough
Biographic Data
| ID | 7829283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon McDonough |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | McDonough |
| SIGNATURE | MCDONOUGH S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Federation University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0924-9414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Review of Amelia Walker, Helen Grimmett, and Alison L. Black’s, Ludic Inquiries Into Power and Pedagogy in Higher Education
This narrative offering, interwoven with poetry, is my response to Walker, Grimmett, and Black’s (2024) edited volume Ludic Inquiries into Power and Pedagogy in Higher Education: How Games Play Us. In sharing this, I illustrate the way that I engaged with the book as a reader, how it resonated with me, and how it prompted me to think about my work in higher education and the nature of finite and infinite games, rules, and play. Throughout the rev…
Inside the game of teacher education
Teacher education is constantly scrutinised, both nationally and globally, although the voices of those who work inside this complex field are often silenced. Similarly, the simplistic understandings and politicised discourses that endeavour to both rationalise and dominate the argument often negate the inherent human and social activities that underpin teacher education. In this article, we focus on teacher educators’ experiences to explore how …
Ties That Bind or Exclude? Knitting and Craft Groups as Contested Spaces of Inclusion and Exclusion
Making teacher educators’ experiences visible
The field of teacher education is subject to intense scrutiny and policy reform and within this context, the voices of those working within the field are often marginalised. Drawing on our larger study of teacher educators, we addressed the key research question: “How do those who work in the field of teacher education articulate and represent the nature of their work?.” Using a fusion of arts-based and data science research methods and the theor…
‘Stretched very thin’
The spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe has had a significant impact on teachers and teaching with countries around the world closing schools in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. Such a mass cessation of traditional face-to-face teaching has required schools and teachers to move rapidly to remote and, primarily, online learning and teaching. In this paper, we draw on a study conducted in Australia during the period of June–…
“I Feel Like Nothing Else Will Ever Be This Hard”
While the COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in numerous lockdowns, understanding how teachers experience the shift to remote learning and the person focussed skills and capacities they employ during this time is vital. We draw from an online qualitative study to examine questionnaire data from 137 Australian teachers. Using the four dimensions of teacher resilience as a lens for analysis, we highlight the multidimensional approach teachers em…
A Study of Teacher Educators’ Work
Using pedagogical confrontations as a lens for a study of teacher educator work, we identify the way that teacher educator practice is mediated by teacher educator values and beliefs. We highlight the ways that an examination of these confrontations provides greater understanding of the pedagogy, practice, and decision-making of teacher educators and contend that analysis of practice is vital to revealing the complexity of teacher educator work
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If Not Now, Then When? Wellbeing and Wholeheartedness in Education
The COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and political and social movements have required each of us to pause. Collectively they signal a unique moment in our history, and we argue that they provide us with an opportunity to consider what matters most as we move forward. Using poetic representation and Brené Brown’s guideposts for wholehearted living as a framework, we offer a series of provocation for readers to consider the role of wholehearte…
Endings and Beginnings
As all my friends and colleagues had babies, my mother knitted and crocheted for them. She made blankets, cardigans, shawls, and misshapen teddy bears with fat, plump limbs, rounded bellies and won
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Endings and Beginnings
As all my friends and colleagues had babies, my mother knitted and crocheted for them. She made blankets, cardigans, shawls, and misshapen teddy bears with fat, plump limbs, rounded bellies and won
If Not Now, Then When? Wellbeing and Wholeheartedness in Education
The COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and political and social movements have required each of us to pause. Collectively they signal a unique moment in our history, and we argue that they provide us with an opportunity to consider what matters most as we move forward. Using poetic representation and Brené Brown’s guideposts for wholehearted living as a framework, we offer a series of provocation for readers to consider the role of wholehearte…
“I Feel Like Nothing Else Will Ever Be This Hard”
While the COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in numerous lockdowns, understanding how teachers experience the shift to remote learning and the person focussed skills and capacities they employ during this time is vital. We draw from an online qualitative study to examine questionnaire data from 137 Australian teachers. Using the four dimensions of teacher resilience as a lens for analysis, we highlight the multidimensional approach teachers em…
A Study of Teacher Educators’ Work
Using pedagogical confrontations as a lens for a study of teacher educator work, we identify the way that teacher educator practice is mediated by teacher educator values and beliefs. We highlight the ways that an examination of these confrontations provides greater understanding of the pedagogy, practice, and decision-making of teacher educators and contend that analysis of practice is vital to revealing the complexity of teacher educator work
Fabric
Making teacher educators’ experiences visible
The field of teacher education is subject to intense scrutiny and policy reform and within this context, the voices of those working within the field are often marginalised. Drawing on our larger study of teacher educators, we addressed the key research question: “How do those who work in the field of teacher education articulate and represent the nature of their work?.” Using a fusion of arts-based and data science research methods and the theor…
‘Stretched very thin’
The spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe has had a significant impact on teachers and teaching with countries around the world closing schools in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. Such a mass cessation of traditional face-to-face teaching has required schools and teachers to move rapidly to remote and, primarily, online learning and teaching. In this paper, we draw on a study conducted in Australia during the period of June–…
Ties That Bind or Exclude? Knitting and Craft Groups as Contested Spaces of Inclusion and Exclusion
A Review of Amelia Walker, Helen Grimmett, and Alison L. Black’s, Ludic Inquiries Into Power and Pedagogy in Higher Education
This narrative offering, interwoven with poetry, is my response to Walker, Grimmett, and Black’s (2024) edited volume Ludic Inquiries into Power and Pedagogy in Higher Education: How Games Play Us. In sharing this, I illustrate the way that I engaged with the book as a reader, how it resonated with me, and how it prompted me to think about my work in higher education and the nature of finite and infinite games, rules, and play. Throughout the rev…
Inside the game of teacher education
Teacher education is constantly scrutinised, both nationally and globally, although the voices of those who work inside this complex field are often silenced. Similarly, the simplistic understandings and politicised discourses that endeavour to both rationalise and dominate the argument often negate the inherent human and social activities that underpin teacher education. In this article, we focus on teacher educators’ experiences to explore how …
Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Art (3 works) · COVID-19 and Mental Health (3 works) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (3 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2 works)