
PhD (Griffith University), MEd (University of Queensland), BA (Hons) (University of Queensland), Dip.Ed (University of Queensland)
Dr Deborah Henderson taught History and Civics and Citizenship Education in Queensland secondary schools as a teacher/Head of Department/Administrator. Deborah teaches and researches secondary school social education curriculum studies and pre-service teacher education in relation to history and civics and citizenship education and supervises higher degree research students. Her publications include school curriculum resources and academic articles. Her teaching and research interests include include the relationship between history teachers’ practice and fostering young people’s historical thinking, civics and citizenship and values education, the internationalisation of education and outbound mobility experiences, policy and practice for studies of Asia, teacher professional learning and education, and teaching for effective learning. Her international experience includes:
- Visiting Scholar, Centre for Governance and Citizenship, The Education University of Hong Kong (2016);
- Building Pre-Service teacher intercultural capability through Culture, Language and History Education in Malaysia, New Colombo Plan (NCP), (2016);
- Intercultural Competence for Student Teachers – Language, Culture and History Education in Malaysia, Study Overseas Short-term Mobility Program (STMP), (2015-2013);
- Strengthening Leadership and Teaching Skills (SLATES) (Philippines) program, Australia and The Philippines (2015);
- Strengthening Curriculum Development for Educators and Trainers of Future Teachers (CLADE)(Philippines) program, Australia and The Philippines (2014);
- Visiting Scholar, Centre for Governance and Citizenship, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (2012);
- QUT-BNU 4th Doctoral Program, Beijing (2009);
- Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOEM2) Project, Malaysia (2009);
- Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education - Jiangsu Educational Services, China (2008);
- Visiting Scholar to National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) (2006);
- Lectured and worked in the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Organisation for Educational Research and Planning (OERP), for the Ministry of Education, in their plans to revise the social studies curriculum (2005);
- Delivered teacher professional development papers and workshops in China, The Philippines, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Professional development
- In tandem with her research, Deborah is highly engaged in professional development programs in primary and secondary schools and in the production of quality teaching resources;
- She is a contributing author to 11 school texts which explore aspects of Asian history and culture.
Additional information
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- Awarded an Australian Award for University Teaching - Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) 2010 Teaching Excellence in the Social Science (including Education) category. Official presentation 16 November 2010.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2009
- Details
- ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning awarded in 2009.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Nominated by peers and selected on the basis of scholarship and contribution to promoting Asia-Pacific perspectives in education to receive the Neil Baumgart Award at the 2014 38th Annual Pacific Circle Consortium (PCC) Conference.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Invited keynote speaker for the 2008 Jiangsu International Forum of School Principals - "Leadership in Education", 2-5 November at Yangzhou and 6-8 Beijing, China.
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Selected as Visiting Scholar, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU)September-October.
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2005
- Details
- Selected as one of two National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) representatives from Australia to attend the Council for the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CHASS) Humanities CHASS on the Hill event, Canberra 16-17 August 2005.
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2003
- Details
- Recipient of the 2003 Korean Studies Workshop, sponsored by the Korea Foundation, to travel and study in South Korea 22 June-10 July.
- Leading the implementation of the national curriculum: A case study in one Queensland school (2017)
- A Case Study of Implementing International Programs in One State School (2016)
- Learner Strategy Instruction and Student Uptake of Strategies in a Japanese as a Foreign Language Context (2013)
- Open Educational Resources in China: A Governmentality Analysis (2013)
- Higher education policy in China 1992-2010: A genealogical analysis of the enterprise university (2012)
- Principals' and Teacher Leaders' Perceptions of their Role and Interaction under Current Chinese Reform: a case study in Shandong Province (2012)
- Reading the Environment: Narrative Constructions of Ecological Subjectivities in Australian Children's Literature (2009)
- Global Connections: A Case Study of How and Why Australian Teachers Connect Their Students with Cambodian Communities (2016)
- Media education, collaboration and industry: a case study of what a group of year 10 and 11 students value in a community of practice (2012)
- Fact or Fiction? Photography Merging Genres in Children's Picturebooks (2008)