Lecturer

Telephone: +61 2 9514 5354
Email: Nina.Burridge@uts.edu.au
Room: K2.297
Campus: Kuring-gai

Nina Burridge is a teacher, academic and community activist. She holds the position of Lecturer in Education at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has been involved in tertiary education since 1991 in various education faculties in Australian universities. Her main research interests centre on Indigenous education and approaches to the policy of reconciliation in schools. More recently she has broadened her research interest to investigating representations within community settings of popular education issues including cultural diversity and refugee studies. She has published papers and educational materials on the teaching of History, on Indigenous education in schools and on approaches to reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the current socio-political context. She was the founding director of the Institute of Aboriginal Studies and Research at Macquarie University from 1997 - 1999. She holds a number of community based positions including chairperson of the Don Chipp Foundation, board member of the Burdekin Association - a non-profit organisation working with homeless youth and is she is involved with a number of local community groups dealing with social, political and cultural issues.

Teaching Areas:
Sociological and philosophical aspects of education, professional practice in secondary schools, Indigenous education and Secondary history education.

Research Areas:
Indigenous education including reconciliation studies, multiculturalism and cultural diversity in schools development of professional learning communities. Current research projects include a project funded by the Brencorp Foundation on representations of cultural diversity in school settings with the Centre for Popular Education at UTS and the Australian Government's Quality Teaching Program projects.

Nina is a member of a number of professional associations including the Australian College of Education and the Australian Association for Research in Education and hold various community based positions including Chairperson of the Don Chipp Foundation, Board member of the Burdekin Association, a member of the Community Advisory Committee Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and the Sanctuary Foundation at North Head.

Publications:

Conference Presentations

6th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations held in New Orleans in June 2006

Diversity Disadvantage and Discrimination. Migrants, Refugees and Racism in Australia. Lakemba Senior Citizen's Centre May 2006

The third National Conference on Human Rights and Mental Health, Parliament House Canberra. Panel Chair September, 2005

Human Rights and Mental Health in the political context of contemporary Australia. NSW Parliament House Organiser and Panel Chair, March 2004

UN Dialogue Among Civilisations (UNDAC) Forum. Invited speaker, August 20

International Peace and Reconciliation conference paper on the Reconciliation movement in Australia, July 2003

Burridge, N.(2006)Meanings of Reconciliation in the School Context. Journal of Indigenous Education

Burridge, N. (2006 forthcoming) Meanings of Reconciliation in the Australian-Sociopolitical context International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations

Burridge N. (2003)The Taste of Freedom Manly Daily, 8 February, 2003

Burridge, N. (2001) The Quarantine Station: A site of national heritage significance, History March N.67pp24- 25

Burridge,N. (2000) Nullawa, Achieving Reconciliation in NSW Schools Macquarie University, a Resource Package for schools Chief

Burridge, N. (1999) 'Reconciliation: Bringing the Nation Together' in Craven R (ed) Teaching Aboriginal Studies, Allen and Unwin

Burridge N(ed) 1998 Life Stories from Brewarrina Mission Station and the Brewarrina District, Macquarie University . A video package for educational institutions

Burridge, N. (1998) 'Approaches to Teaching Aboriginal Perspectives in the Classroom' in Sawyer W, et al, Re-viewing English , St Clair Press Rozelle

Burridge, N. (1997)'Creation Stories from Western NSW' in Gold E Timeless Truths, St Clair Press

Buridge, N. (1997) 'Dreamtime Stories'in Watson K (ed) Word & Image, Using Picture Books in years 6- 10, St Clair Press