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PhD (Griffith University), MHMS (University of Queensland), MA (University of York), BSc(Hons) (Liverpool Polytechnic), BA (University of Queensland), LLB (Queensland University of Technology)
Gordon Tait has a background in Sociology and Physical Education. He teaches in the areas of:- the sociology and philosophy of education
- education and the law.
- cultural studies
- sociology
- criminology
- philosophy.
- applied philosophy and behaviour disorders
- the sociology of death investigations
- jurisprudence.
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- Carpenter B, Barnes M, Adkins G, Naylor C, Tait G, Begum N, (2008) The coronial system in Queensland: The effects of new legislation on decision making, Journal of Law and Medicine, 16 (3), pp. 458-465.
- Tait G, (2004) Why Ask New Questions?, New Questions for Contemporary Teachers: Taking a socio-cultural approach to education, pp. 1-9.
- Tait G, (2004) Modernity and the 'Failure' of Crime Control. In R Hill & G Tait, Hard Lessons Reflections on Governance and Crime Control in Later Modernity, Ashgate Publishing Limited, pp. 18-32.
- Tait G, (2004) What is the Relationship between Social Governance and Schooling?, New Questions for Contemporary Teachers: Taking a socio-cultural approach to education, pp. 13-24.
- Tait G, (2003) The ADHD Debate and the Philosophy of Truth, Joint Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education & Australian and New Zealand Association of Educational Research.
- Tait G, (2003) Free will, moral responsibility and ADHD, International Journal of Inclusive Education, 7 (4), pp. 429-449.
- Tait G, (2002) The Philosophy of Behaviour Disorders: Free Will, Moral Responsibility and ADHD, AARE 2002 Conference Papers, pp. 1-16.
- Tait G, (2001) 'No Touch' Policies and the Government of Risk. In , Touchy Subject: Teachers Touching Children, University of Otago Press, pp. 39-49.
- Tait G, (2001) Pathologising difference, governing personality, Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, pp. 93-102.
- Carpenter B, Meadmore D, Tait G, (2001) Innovative Teaching and Student Centre Learning: A Case Study of Three Faculties at QUT, Presented at: International Education Research Conference, pp. 28-29.
- Governing Through Risk: Exploring the Maltreated Child as a Potential Delinquent (2008)
- Schooling Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders: Educational Systems of Formation and the 'Behaviourally Disordered' School Child (2007)
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll but I Like It: a History of the Early Days of Rock 'n' Roll in Brisbane as Told by Some of the People Who Were There (2003)