BA (UNSW), LittB (UNE), MA (Syd), PhD (UNE), DipEd (Armidale CAE), MAPsS

Associate Professor
Academic area: Adult and vocational education

Telephone: +61 2 9514 3712
Email: Jim.Athanasou@uts.edu.au
Room: CB10.5.541
Campus: City Campus - CB10

James Athanasou is an educational and vocational psychologist who specialises in the field of educational measurement and careers. He has been involved in vocational psychology since 1973. He worked both in private industry and the public sector. He was formerly Principal Executive Officer, Human Resources Division, Department of Industrial Relations and Employment. He has been Deputy Director of the Vocational Services Branch and had responsibility for the Government Recruitment Agency. He was responsible for a branch that provided vocational guidance services through a Statewide network of 24 offices. In 2007, Assoc. Professor Athanasou teaches in the areas of: Work and People, Adult Educational Psychology, Adult Teaching and Learning and Assessing Learning. He has been the editor since 1999 of the Australian Journal of Career Development published by the Australian Council of Educational Research. He is on the editorial boards of Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Journal of Humanities and Perspectives in Education.

Teaching Areas:

• Work & People
• Educational Psychology
• Assessing Learning
• Adult Teaching and Learning

Research Areas:
Measurement

• The analysis of human judgements.
• Applications of Rasch measurement in educational assessment.

• Developing and refining a model of human learning as judgements.

• The accuracy of self-estimates of interests and abilities
• The effect of disability on employment outcomes.
• The nature and assessment of vocational interests.

• Australian Psychological Society
• Australian Association of Career Counsellors
• International Affiliate, American Psychological Association
• Editor, Australian Journal of Career Development, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research, since Volume 9, 1999
• Editor, PHRONEMA, Annual Review of St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College, since Volume IX – 1993
• Editorial Board, Education and Training
• Editorial Board, Perspectives in Education
• Editorial Board, Journal of Humanities
• AVCC representative, TAFE Accreditation Council
• Member, Specialist Accreditation Board, Law Society of New South Wales
• Federal Government nominee, Longitudinal surveys of Australian youth
• Member, Standing Committee on Educational Research, Australian Council of Educational Research

Publications:

Recent publications (from 2000 only) have included textbooks, chapters and two psychological tests. Over 150 publications have appeared in academic and professional journals.

Books and chapters in books

Athanasou, J A, Evaluating career education and guidance, Melbourne, Vic.: ACER Press, 2007.

Athanasou, JA, Career education. In L.M. English (Ed.), International Encyclopaedia of Adult Education. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, pp. 90-92.

Kirkcaldy, BD, Potter, SM, & Athanasou, JA, Personal ways of construing others: an application of Personal Construct Theory methodology in drug abuse and alcoholism. In Mary N Smyth (Ed.), Health Care Issues (pp. 173-191), Nova Science Publishers, 2005 ISBN 1-59454-504-9.

Athanasou, J A & Lamprianou, I, A teacher’s guide to assessment. Sydney: Social Science Press, 2002, ISBN: 1 876633 58 1.

Athanasou, JA, Review of the Coddington Life Events Scales. In B.S. Plake, J.C. Impara, R.A. Spies (Eds.), The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook, 2003, pp. 194-196. Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 910674-57-4.

Athanasou, JA, Review of the Australian Developmental Screening Checklist. In B.S. Plake, J.C. Impara, R.A. Spies (Eds.), The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook, 2003, pp. 84-85. Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 910674-57-4.

Athanasou, JA, The Career interest Test (3rd Edition). In M McMahon & W. Patton (Eds.), Ideas for Career Practitioners, 2003, pp. 8-15.Brisbane: Academic Press. ISBN 1-875-37845-6.

Athanasou, JA & Hosking, K. Career Interest Card Sort for vocational assessment and counselling. In M McMahon & W. Patton (Eds.), Ideas for Career Practitioners, 2003, pp. 16-25. Brisbane: Academic Press. ISBN 1-875-37845-6.

Athanasou, J A, Combining school and work: New pathways for learning in Australia, in D R Herschbach and C P Campbell (Eds.), Workforce preparation: An international perspective. Ann Arbor, MI: Prakken Publications, 2000, pp. 176-179. ISBN 0-911168-97-4

Athanasou, J A, Evaluating adult education and training, in G. Foley (Ed.), Understanding Adult Education and Training. (2nd edition) Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2000. Pp. 81-96 ISBN 1 86508 147 7

Athanasou, J A & Athanasou, A AIM Tests Year 5 (Victoria),. Sydney: Pascal Press, 2002 ISBN 1 74020 320 8

Athanasou, J A & Athanasou, A AIM Tests Year 3 (Victoria). Sydney: Pascal Press, 2002 ISBN 1 74020 319 4

Athanasou, J A, Basic Skills Tests Year 3. Sydney: Pascal Press, 2000 ISBN 1-74020-076-4

Athanasou, J A, Basic Skills Tests Year 5, Sydney: Pascal Press, 2000 ISBN 1-74020-091-8

Articles

Athanasou, JA, Lamprianou, I, & Agho, K, The feasibility of using Rasch measurement in vocational education and training classrooms. International Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006, 14(2), 53-64.

Athanasou, JA. An evaluation of a formal professional examination in adult continuing education. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2006, 46(2), 202-223.

Athanasou, JA, The Career Interest Test – a brief standardized assessment of interests for use in educational and vocational guidance. Revista Espanola De Orientacion Y Psicopedagogia, 2006, 17(1), 5-17.

Athanasou, JA & Lamprianou, I, Children’s responses to interest items. Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2005, 22(1), 22-37.

Athanasou, JA, Issues in self-evaluation in adult education and training. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2005, 45(3), 290-303.

Athanasou, JA, Technical and further education in Australia: 1981-2004. International Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2005, 13(1), 23-32.

Athanasou, JA, Return to work following whiplash and back injury: A review and evaluation. Medico-Legal Journal, 2005, 73(1), 29-33.

Athanasou, JA, A judgement-based framework for analysing adult job choices. Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004, 13(3), 42-46.

Athanasou, JA, Return to work following whiplash and back injury: A review and evaluation. Medico-Legal Journal, 2005, 73(1), 29-33.

Athanasou, JA, A judgement-based framework for analysing adult job choices. Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004, 13(3), 42-46.

Athanasou, J A & Lamprianou, I, Reading in one’s ethnic language: A study of Greek-Australian high school students. Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2004, 4(1), 86-96.

Athanasou, JA, A judgement-based model of workplace learning, Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2004, 44(1), 62-71.

Hill, J, Morris, R, & Athanasou, JA, The continuing education needs of country-based solicitors, Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2004, 44(1), 105-115.

Athanasou, JA, Paedagogy of the psyche. Journal of Christian Education, 46(2), 2003, 57-59.

Athanasou, J A, Using the Reading-Free Vocational Interest Inventory (Second edition). Australian Career Counsellor , 2003, 14, 42-43.

Athanasou, J A, Factors influencing job choice. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2003, 3, 205-221.

Athanasou, J A, Rating of vocational interests under matching and nonmatching conditions. Psychological Reports , 2003, 92, 1061-1064.

Athanasou, J A, The role of contextual factors in judgements: Implications for research into adult learning. Australian Vocational Education Review , 2002, 9(2), 1-8.

Athanasou, J A, Vocational interests of Australian high school students. International Career Journal, November 2002

McDonald, B & Athanasou, J A, Vocational education: A study of business management technicians in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. International Journal of Vocational Education and Training , 2002,10(2), 55-60.

Langan, D & Athanasou, J A, A comparison of video recall responses between music therapy, music and other therapy students. The Australian Journal of Music Therapy , 2002, 13, 28-37.

Athanasou, J A, Vocational pathways in the early part of a career: An Australian study. The Career Development Quarterly , 2002, 51, 78-86.

Athanasou, J A, Educational and vocational guidance in Oceania: Introduction. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance , 2002, 2, 3-6.

Athanasou, JA & Torrance, J, Career development in the Pacific Islands: Key issues influencing educational and vocational achievement. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance , 2002, 2, 7-20.

Athanasou JA, & Olasehinde, O, Male and female differences in self-reported cheating, Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation , 2002,   8(5).

Murphy, GC, Athanasou, J & King, N, Job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviour: A study of Australian human-service professionals. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2002, 17(4), 287-297.

Athanasou, J.A. & Aiyewalehinmi, O. (2001). A case study of student judgments of interest in a subject. Ife Psychologia, 2001, 9(1), 74-82.

Athanasou, J A, Religious behaviours: A study of Greek Orthodox high school pupils in Australia. Religious Education Journal of Australia , 2001, 17(1), 3-6.

Athanasou, J A & Cooksey, R W, Judgment of factors influencing interest: An Australian study, Journal of Vocational Education and Research , 2001, 26(1), 77-96.

Athanasou, J A, Analysis of responses to vocational interest items: A study of Australian high school students. Journal of Career Assessment . 2001, 9, 61-79.

Athanasou, J A, Young people in transition: Factors influencing the educational-vocational pathways of Australian school-leavers, Education+Training, 2001, 43, 132-138.

Kirkcaldy, B D, Trimpop, R & Athanasou, J A, Evaluation of occupational health and safety information for professionals, Evaluation Journal of Australasia , 2001, 1, 73-74.

Trimpop, R, Kirkcaldy, B D, Trimpop, R, Athanasou, J A, & Cooper, C, Individual differences in working hours, work perceptions and accident rates in veterinary surgeries. Work and Stress, 2000, 14, 2, 181-188.

Kirkcaldy, B D, Athanasou, J A, & Trimpop, R, The idiosyncratic construction of stress: Examples from medical work settings. Stress Medicine , 2000, 16, 315-326

Athanasou, J A, Critical considerations for assessing competence. Training and Development in Australia. 2000, 27 (2), 17-20

Wurm, C S E & Athanasou, J A, Logotherapy-based counselling: An introduction and examples from general medical practice, Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology , 2000, 1, 17-20

Athanasou, J A, & Langan, D Is there a role for a domain specific model of learning in vocational education? Australian Vocational Education Review , 2000, 7 (1), 1-8.