By Dr Meera Varadharajan

Books

Varadharajan M, Career Change Teachers Bringing Work and Life Experience to the Classroom, Springer Nature

Book Chapters

Varadharajan M; Schuck S, 2017, 'Can career changers be game changers? Policy, research and practice concerning career changers', in Teacher Education Policy and Practice: Evidence of Impact, Impact of Evidence, Springer Nature, pp. 83 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4133-4_6

Journal articles

Seivwright A; Kaleveld L; Meltzer A; Atkins M; Varadharajan M; Campbell P; Callis Z; Wilson E, 2022, 'Adaptation among aged care and disability service providers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons for the future', Frontiers in Health Services, 2, pp. 1037256, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.1037256

Varadharajan M; Carter D; Buchanan J; Schuck S, 2021, 'Career change student teachers: lessons learnt from their in-school experiences', Australian Educational Researcher, 48, pp. 107 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-020-00381-0

Varadharajan M; Buchanan J; Schuck S, 2020, 'Navigating and negotiating: Career changers in teacher education programmes', Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48, pp. 477 - 490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2019.1669136

Schuck S; Aubusson P; Buchanan J; Varadharajan M; Burke PF, 2018, 'The experiences of early career teachers: new initiatives and old problems', Professional Development in Education, 44, pp. 209 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2016.1274268

Varadharajan M; Buchanan J; Schuck S, 2018, 'Changing course: The paradox of the career change student-teacher', Professional Development in Education, 44, pp. 738 - 749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2017.1423369

Buchanan J; Varadharajan M, 2018, 'Poor understanding? Challenges to global development education', Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, 10, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v10i1.5756

Buchanan J; Varadharajan M, 2016, ''Give Me Liberty, or Give Me.. Nice, New, Shiny Things': Global Development Aid Education in Australia', Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 15, pp. 319 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691497-12341392

Kirkup L; Varadharajan M; Braun M, 2016, 'A comparison of student and demonstrator perceptions of laboratory-based, inquiry-oriented learning experiences', International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 24, pp. 1 - 13, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/CAL/article/view/9034

Reports

Parker R; Yao YS; Varadharajan M; Noone J, 2023, Community Strengthening Evidence Review, NSW Department of Communities and Justice, https://evidenceportal.dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/community-strengthening-evidence-review/D22_3137528__CSI_Evidence_Review_Report_-_FINAL.pdf

Varadharajan M; Buchanan J, 2022, Retraining and retaining sTEM professionals: what works to address teacher shortages. A literature review report prepared for NSW Department of Education, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney, Sydney

Varadharajan M; Beuna P; Noone J; Weier M; Brown G, 2022, Amplify Insights: Education Inequity. Part Two: Levers of Change, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, https://www.csi.edu.au/research/amplify-insights-education-inequity/

Varadharajan M; Beuna P; Muir K; Moore T; Harris D; Barker B; Dakin P; Lowe K; Smith C; Baker S; Piccoli A, 2021, Amplify Insights: Education Inequity. Part One: Drivers of Inequity, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, https://www.csi.edu.au/research/amplify-insights-education-inequity/

Weier M; Writer T; Ahearn E; Buena P; Barnes E; Varadharajan M, 2021, GO Foundation Scholarship Assessment Process Review and Recommendations, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, Sydney, NSW

Varadharajan M; Meltzer A; Saunders I; Weier M, 2020, Evaluation of the Youth Frontiers mentoring program

Varadharajan M; Weier M; Saunders I; Meltzer A, 2020, Evaluation of the Youth Frontiers Mentoring Program, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, Sydney, NSW

Flanagan K; Levin I; Tually S; Varadharajan M; Verdouw J; Faulkner D; Meltzer A; Vreugdenhil A, 2020, Understanding the experience of social housing pathways, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-4118301, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/324

Theses / Dissertations

Varadharajan M, 2014, Understanding the lived experiences of second career beginning teachers, http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29255

Media

Varadharajan M, 2022, What can we do to attract industry professionals to classroom teaching?, , https://www.educationreview.com.au/2022/10/australian-students-deserve-to-be-taught-by-qualified-and-experienced-teachers-what-can-we-do-to-attract-industry-professionals-to-classroom-teaching-opinion/

Varadharajan M, 2022, Equitable and inclusive education: what does it mean for our First Nations students?, , https://www.educationreview.com.au/2022/07/equitable-and-inclusive-education-what-does-it-mean-for-our-first-nations-students-opinion/

Parker R; Varadharajan M, 2022, Examining an early intervention policy that could improve education, gender and socioeconomic equity, , http://www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/examining-an-early-intervention-policy-that-could-improve-education-gender-and-socioeconomic-equity/20/6/2022

Varadharajan M; Noone J, 2022, Australia's education system is the most unequal in the world but we know how to fix it., , https://theconversation.com/australias-education-system-is-one-of-the-most-unequal-in-the-oecd-but-we-know-how-to-help-fix-it-177059

Back to profile page