MEd(Hons)(Nijmegen), GCEdStud(HigherEd)(Syd), PhD(Syd)

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: +61 2 9514 5269
Email: Kitty.TeRiele@uts.edu.au
Room: KG02.02.93
Campus: Kuring-gai

Kitty te Riele has taught in the foundations of education since 1999, especially in educational sociology, educational philosophy and research methodology. Her main research interests are in youth policy and in educational marginalisation. As part of the “Changing Practices” cluster of the Centre for Research in Learning & Change, Kitty has a liaison role between the cluster and doctoral research students.

Teaching Areas:

Kitty teaches educational philosophy, professional ethics, and research methodology in the primary teacher education program. She also teaches on doctoral research as part of the team
for the EdD program in Sydney.

Kitty supervises research students in the PhD, EdD and Honours programs in the Faculty

Completed:
Claire Aitchison – PhD (2007) Mothers and school choice: effects on the home front.
Victoria Barker – Honours (2006) A study of avid readers designing an approach to motivate their younger peers to read
Stewart Edwards – Honours (2005) King of the castle: physical disability and masculinity
Kim Brown – Honours (2004) Speaking from experience: The primary school experiences of a child with a parent with Bipolar Disorder
Gillian Gratton – Honours (2004) Beginning primary teachers’ experiences with programming

Current:
Marion Burford – EdD, Students’ Perspectives of ‘Care’ in Higher Education
Anne Chan – EdD, The Lifelong Learning Education Reform in Hong Kong – a Review from the Perception of Frontline Teachers
Lily Cheung – EdD, A Study on the Multiple Dimensions of Children’s Development Reflected in Preschoolers’ Visual Arts Portfolios
Sam Ho – EdD, Analysis of the impacts of voluntary community services to Associate Degree students'  moral development
Mary Leung – EdD, A Study of Two Districts’ Primary Teachers’ View on Citizenship Education
Natasha Greenwood – Honours, Stories of justice: a classroom perspective

Research Areas:

Educational marginalisation and inclusion
Youth policy, esp. re. youth transition and 'youth at risk'
Alternative forms of post-compulsory secondary schooling
Homeless youth and education
Implications of 'ethics of care' for teachers

Current research projects:
ARC Linkage with Deb Hayes (2005-2007): “Changing schools in changing times: Stabilising and sustaining whole school change in schools serving low-income communities”
UTS ECRG (2006-2008): “Alternative education for marginalised youth: Negotiating risk and hope”

Research reviewing for:
Journal of Education Policy
Journal of Youth Studies
International Journal of Inclusive Education
Literacy & Numeracy Studies
AERA (American Educational Research Association)
AARE (Australian Association for Research In Education)
NYA (National Youth Affairs) Conference

Publications:

Research publications:

Te Riele, K. (2007). How much longer is left of this stupid lesson? Pp. 118-125 in A. Wierenga (ed.) Are we there yet? National Youth Affairs Conference Proceedings: Peer reviewed papers, Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic), Melbourne.

Te Riele, K. (2007).  The relational dimension of ‘effective schooling’ for marginalized young women. Pp. 121-132 in J. McLeod and A. Allard (Eds).  Learning from the margins: Inclusion/exclusion and ‘at risk’ young women.  London: Routledge Falmer

Te Riele, K. (2006). Youth ‘at risk’: further marginalizing the marginalized? Journal of Education Policy 21 (2) 129-146

Te Riele, K. (2006).  Schooling practices for marginalized students – practice-with-hope.  International Journal of Inclusive Education 10 (1) 59-74

Te Riele, K. (2005). Transition complexities in a knowledge/risk society.   Chapter 3 in N. Bagnall (Ed). Youth transition in a globalised market place .   New York: Nova Science Publishers

Wyn, J. & Te Riele, K. (2005). Transformations in Youth Transition in Australia.   Chapter 7 in N. Bagnall (Ed). Youth transition in a globalised market place .   New York: Nova Science Publishers

Te Riele, K. (2004). Youth transition in Australia - challenging assumptions of linearity and choice. Journal of Youth Studies 7 (3) 243-257

Meijers, F. and Te Riele, K. (2004).   From Controlling to Constructive: Youth unemployment policy in Australia and The Netherlands. Journal of Social Policy   33 (1) 3-25

Te Riele, K. (2003). An inclusive learning culture: Post-compulsory education for a 'second chance'.   Refereed paper in D. Roebuck (Ed) Enriching learning cultures . Proceedings of the 11th Annual international conference on post-compulsory education and training, 1-3 December 2003,Gold Coast

Te Riele, K. & Crump, S. (2003).   Ongoing inequality in a 'knowledge economy': perceptions and actions.   International Studies in Sociology of Education 13 (1) 55-75

Te Riele, K. and Crump, S.   (2002).   Young People, Education and Hope: Bringing VET in from the margins. International Journal of Inclusive Education 6 (3) 251-266

Crump, S. and Te Riele, K. (2002).   Book Review Essay: 'Why fly that way?   Linking community and academic achievement'.   Journal of Curriculum Studies 34 (5) 606-610

Te Riele, K.   (2000).   No more drop outs?   Hopes and realities of post compulsory participation.   In Schuck, S. & Segal, G. (Eds)Change and choice in the new century.   Is education Y2K compliant?   CERG conference proceedings, February 2000, University of Technology, Sydney

Te Riele, K. (1997).   Early school leavers: comparing recent policy in Australia and the Netherlands.   In: Education, Equity and Transformation in a post-colonial world . ANZCIES Conference Proceedings,   December 1997, University of Ballarat

Paper presentations:

Te Riele, K. (2007). Who gets to be cosmopolitan?  Young people in peripheral communities. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Conference, 4-5 October 2007, UTS: Sydney

Te Riele, K. (2007). Post-15 education for marginalised youth in Australia: two perspectives. Research Seminar, 22 March 2007, Kings College London

Te Riele, K. (2007). Alternative schooling. Research Seminar, 6 March 2007, The Urban Institute, Washington DC

Te Riele, K. (2007). One size does not fit all. Paper for workshop funded by the Academy of Social Sciences “Student engagement with post-compulsory education and training: meaning making in a context of blurred boundaries and shifting policy and work contexts”.  22-23 February 2007, Adelaide

Te Riele, K. (2007). Alternative Education for Marginalised Youth: Negotiating Risk and Hope. Research Seminar, 7 February 2007, Youth Research Centre, Melbourne

Te Riele, K (2006). Turning risk into hope – how schools can make a difference.  Key note address to the Australian College of Educators - Mid North Coast Regional Group, World Teachers Day Awards Presentation, 24 October 2006, Port Macquarie

Te Riele, K. (2006). The role of alternative schools. Reclaiming the Margins symposium, 3-4 November 2006, UWS Parramatta

Te Riele, K. (2004). The human face of 'effective schooling' for marginalised young women. Paper presented at the conference: Learning from the margins: Inclusion/exclusion and the educational and social experiences of 'at risk' young women. Deakin University Faculty of Education, 12-13 July 2004. 

Te Riele, K. (2004).   Lifelong learning for homeless youth: laying the foundation.   Paper presented at the Lifelong Learning Conference, CQU, 13-16 June 2004

Te Riele, K. (2003). Ideas from second chance senior secondary education. Paper presented at the Equity4Kids, NSW Public Education Equity Conference, Sydney, 20-21 February 2003 

Te Riele, K, (2002). Alienation and Re-engagement: Re-entry education for marginalised youth in Australia. Paper presented at the World Congress of the International Sociology Association, Brisbane, 7-13 July 2002

Te Riele, K. (2001). Senior Colleges for a Second Chance. Invited address at the NSW State Senior Colleges & Collegiates Conference, Port Kembla, 6 December 2001,

Te Riele, K. (2000). 'The Best Thing I've Ever Done': Second Chance Education For Early School Leavers. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Sydney, December 2000

Te Riele, K. (2000). Hope For Early School Leavers.   Opportunities Offered By Re-Entry Education In Australia. Paper presented at the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth, Antwerp, September 2000

Te Riele, K. (1999). Early school leavers in Australia. Paper presented at the 'Living at the Edge' International Conference on Youth and Social Exclusion, Glasgow, September 1999

Scholarship of teaching

Te Riele, K. (2007). Making philosophy practical – transforming the core “Philosophy of Education” subject in the BEd (Primary) degree. UTS Teaching and Learning Forum, 15 November 2007, UTS: Sydney

Te Riele, K. and Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2006). Learning from peer observation in teacher education. Paper presented in the symposium, ‘Self-study as collective and collaborative endeavour’ at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 7-11 April 2006, San Francisco           

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Te Riele, K. (2004). Critical friendship for professional development. UTS Teaching and Learning Forum, 3 December 2004, UTS: Sydney