Dr Meghan Stacey is an Associate Professor and ARC DECRA Fellow in the UNSW School of Education, researching in the fields of the Sociology of Education and Education Policy and with a particular interest in teachers' work. Meghan completed her PhD with the University of Sydney in 2018, before which she worked as an English and Drama teacher in public secondary schools in NSW.
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Dr Meghan Stacey is an Associate Professor and ARC DECRA Fellow in the UNSW School of Education, researching in the fields of the Sociology of Education and Education Policy and with a particular interest in teachers' work. Meghan completed her PhD with the University of Sydney in 2018, before which she worked as an English and Drama teacher in public secondary schools in NSW.
Many of Meghan's publications are available Open Access via UNSWorks.
My Grants
Competitive
Australian Research Council Linkage Project, 2021-2024, $232,347 - Co-Chief Investigator
'Time use, time poverty and teachers' work', Associate Professor Greg Thompson, Dr Anna Hogan, Associate Professor Nicole Mockler and Dr Meghan Stacey
UNSW School of Education Research Grants funding, 2021, $8327 - Chief Investigator
'Teachers and religion in NSW schools', Dr Meghan Stacey
UNSW School of Education Research Grants funding, 2019, $5000 - Chief Investigator
'Graduate school choice and initial teacher education', Dr Meghan Stacey
Commissioned
NSW Teachers Federation, 2018, $120 000 - Co-Chief Investigator
'Understanding work in schools: the foundation for teaching and learning', Associate Professor Susan McGrath-Champ, Dr Rachel Wilson, Dr Meghan Stacey, Dr Scott Fitzgerald
NSW Teachers Federation, 2017, $50 000 - Co-Chief Investigator
'Teaching and learning: review of workload', Associate Professor Susan McGrath-Champ, Dr Rachel Wilson, Meghan Stacey
My Qualifications
PhD, BEd (Hons 1), BA - The University of Sydney
My Awards
Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Association for Research in Education, 2020
New Voice Scholar in Educational Leadership Research, ACEL, 2020
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Sydney, 2016
Institute for Educational Research (IER) grant to attend the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in Dublin, Ireland, 2016
Best Research Paper Award, University of Sydney Research Students' Forum, Faculty of Education and Social Work, 2015
Postgraduate scholarship for attendance at the Association of Industrial Relations Academics Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) conference in Auckland, New Zealand, 2015
Australian Postgraduate Award, 2014-2017
G. S. Caird Scholarship for Most Proficient Student in Bachelor of Education II, University of Sydney, 2007
NSW Department of Education and Training Teacher Education Scholarship, 2005-2010
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
- Neoliberal policy in education, particularly marketisation and school choice
- Social class in education
- Teachers' work and working conditions
Currently supervising
- Therese Gawthorne, 'An investigation into factors facilitating and inhibiting workplace satisfaction and the mental wellbeing of staff in New South Wales (NSW) public schools'
- Jonathan Ang, 'The alienated teacher in the `Industry of Education': examining the complexities of teacher's work and how it creates an estrangement from their core occupational identities'
- Manu Prasad, 'Constructions of creativity in Australian schools'
- Yasai Li, 'The role of Advanced Content Coverage at Kindergarten for children's transition to primary school in China'
- Pascale Drever, 'Evaluating the effectiveness of a whole-school approach to student wellbeing on teacher wellbeing'
- Shannon Robertson, 'The impact of the underrepresentation of female leadership in Australian high schools'
- Andrea de Carvalho, 'Collective teacher efficacy is correlated with improving student achievement and closing student achievement gaps. An empirically-based research study is needed to determine how PL for teachers makes the intended impact on student outcomes'
- Lois Odame, 'Pregnant women and women with babies as university students; experiences and lessons from Australia, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates'
My Engagement
Blog Posts
- Stacey, M. (2019, July 22). Teachers also are affected by the ‘school choice’ policies dividing Australia [blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=4224&fbclid=IwAR0Mskuhanjyne1HN7EihhimQDUlgVl8uDSuMnxWqqhB5dmg6YI_paq9hu8
- Mockler, N. & Stacey, M. (2019, March 18). What’s good ‘evidence-based’ practice for classrooms? We asked the teachers, here’s what they said [blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=3844
- Sattin-Bajaj, C., Stacey, M. & Thomas, M. (2019, February 27). How do school choice and funding work in Australia? [blog post] Retrieved from https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2019/02/how_do_school_choice_and_funding_work_in_australia.html
Podcasts
Editorial Work
Meghan currently serves as the Coordinating Associate Editor for the Australian Educational Researcher (AER).
Reviewing
Meghan regularly reviews for academic journals including:
- Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
- Critical Studies in Education
- Journal of Education Policy
- Asia Pacific Journal of Education
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
- Compare
- Policy Futures in Education
- Journal of Curriculum Studies
My Teaching
Convenor:
- EDST1104 - Social Perspectives in Education
- EDST5451 - Educational Policy: Theory and Practice
- EDST5457 - Literature Review
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