Australian women in education : 2012 and still blocked at the pass. Is there a remedy?

Women have been striving for equity and diversity for a long time. Despite enormous changes in Australian women’s lives over the past five decades, there are glaring ‘sticking points’ – in education and social life in general - that are proving resilient to change. This keynote addresses some of these issues and canvasses what might be needed to tackle them.

‘Yes, no, maybe, can you repeat the question?’ : Is thinking like a lawyer different to thinking like a teacher?

Presentation at APLEC 2013. 
Kristoffer Greaves is researching how lawyers who teach lawyers’ skills in PLT engage in scholarly activities regarding their teaching work. This qualitative research involves cross-disciplinary exchanges between law, legal education, education theory and practice, sociology of law, and cultural theory. Data collected for the research includes 30+ hours semi-structured interviews with 35 PLT practitioners working with different PLT providers around Australia.
One question asked during the interviews - Is thinking like a lawyer different to thinking like a teacher? - elicited reflective and diverse responses and insights about how PLT practitioners reconcile ‘thinking like a lawyer’ with their teaching and mentoring work.
This presentation discusses the relevance and significance of these insights in the context of scholarship of teaching in PLT, and practical legal training’s ‘big picture’ purpose to improve protection of clients, protection of the administration of justice, and the assurance of the quality of legal services.

If the land is healthy… it makes the people healthy

This PhD explores the connection Aboriginal Victorian people have to their traditional lands (known as Country) and its relationship with health. Findings identify the deep connection Aboriginal Victorian people have to their Country and the need for public health clinicians to engage with diverse Indigenous practices and knowledge when applicable.