Dr Sarah James
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Biography
Dr Sarah James is a lecturer and the Academic Lead Professional Experience at QUT. She oversees and leads the Professional Experience team, and has a vested interest in the quality and delivery of the programs preservice teachers undertake at QUT. Sarah’s research has focused on large scale mixed methods approaches to initial teacher education, including, literacy and mentoring. She currently has research interests in early career teacher retention and attrition in rural, regional, and remote communities, and is undertaking policy analysis in this area. Sarah has led a $20,000 research project into regional school inquiry cycles that focused on evaluation of, and improvement in, student outcomes. She has 20 years of teaching and learning experience, undertaking roles such as classroom teacher (domestically and internationally), Head of Department, and Master Teacher.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer, School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Southern Cross University)
Teaching
QUT - Lecturer in Professional Experience and Literacy
Southern Cross University - Lecturer in Foundations Literacy and Professional Experience
Secondary Teacher - Head of Department, Master Teacher, Support Teacher in Literacy and Numeracy, and Classroom Teacher
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Sarah, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
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