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Teaching commitment- EDF6903,SEMESTER1,2009
- EDF6828,(PART)SEMESTER1,
- EDF6904,SEMESTER2,2009
- EDF6020,SEMESTER2,2009
BiographyLen Cairns has been an active Teacher Educator in Universities since 1971. Major research and teaching interests are in: Capability, especially in organisations and individuals,Workplace Learning, Leadership and Management, Literacy especially the reading process Supervision of the practicum in Teacher Education Organisational Change and Development International Education, with reference to development of Global Capability, Workplace Learning Learner-Managed Learning Self-Efficacy. Len is a Past Chair of the Workplace Learning SIG of the AERA (USA).Len also is a Visiting Professor in the Institute for Work-Based Learning at Middlesex University, London, England.
Research InterestsOrganisational and Executive Leadership
Capability, Capable Organisations and the Capable Teacher.
Leadership and Change in organisations especially with regard to Sustainable Leadership and Resource Management.
The Reading Process and Early Literacy
Workplace Learning, Work and Happiness
Teacher Education, especially Supervision of the Practicum, Classroom Management, and The teaching/learning processes.
Self-efficacy, Teacher Efficacy and Collective Efficacy.
Social capital and its development in regional Communities.
Professional Associations
- AERA (American Educational Research Association)
- AARE (Australian Association for Educational Research)
- EERA (European Educational Research Association)
Community Service
- Council Member, The Alpine School, Victoria
- Past President, Rotary Club of Moe, Victoria
- Past Chair, Workplace Learning SIG, AERA (USA).
SupervisionPhD
Edwin Achorn (High Value Knowledge in two Rural Communities)
Carolyn Theodore (The Gippsland Community Leadership Programme and Social Capital)
PublicationsCairns, L.G and Stephenson, J., (2009), Capable Workplace Learning, SENSE Publishers, Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei.
Cairns, L.G. (2009), Being Happy @ Work: The Fifth Bottom line in Workplace Sustainability? Paper Presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Workplace Learning SIG, San Diego, April.
Cairns, L.G. and Gray, J., (2008), Using a 360 Degree Instrument in the Workplace as a Leadership Development Tool Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, Workplace Learning SIG, April.
Cairns, L.G., (2008), The Educational Revolution: The good, the old, the possible and the needed, Paper presented at the Holistic Education Research Group Symposium, Latrobe University, Bundoora, Australia, February.
Cairns, L.G., (2006), The PAM Model of Adult Learning: Being there, Paper presented at the European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Geneva.
Cairns, L, Malloch, M. and Burns, G., (2006), Learning Work, International Journal of Technology and Engineering Education, Vol 3 (2), Winter, 2006, 91-105.
Stephenson, J., Malloch, M., and Cairns, L., (2006), Managing their own programme: A case study of the first graduates of a new kind of doctorate in professional practice, Studies in Continuing Education, 28, (1),17-32.
Cairns, L.G., (2005) ,Reinforcement, Core Chapter in O Hargie (Ed), The Handbook of Communication Skills, (3rd edition), Routledge, (Taylor and Francis Group), London
Townsend, P., & Cairns, L. (2003). Developing the Global Manager Using A Capability Framework. Management Learning, 34(3), 313-327
Seddon , T., and Cairns, L.G., (2002), "Enhancing Knowledge in Organisations: developinmg capacity and capability through learning and leadership" Chapter in P Gronn (Section Ed), Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership, Klewer.
Dyson, M., Cairns, L.G, Reeves, M., and Hesse, A., An alternative to the traditional educational program for year nine students: A new issue to research in an unchanging system Australian Association for Research in Education, Annual Conference, Brisbane, 2002 (Proceedings published ISSN 1324 9320)
Cairns, L.G., and Stephenson, J., (2001),Peripheral Social Learning in the Workplace and the Development of Corporate Capability: The Role of NVQs, Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 53 (3), 443-446.
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