By Professor Kevin Lowe

Books

Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M, 2010, Re-awakening languages: theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages, Sydney University Press, Sydney

Lowe K, 2007, Facilitating strong school and community partnerships in Aboriginal education, NSW Board of Studies

Lowe K; Ash A, 2006, Talking each other’s lingo: The Aboriginal Languages K - 10 Syllabus and its role in language revival in NSW, NSW Board of Studies

Lowe K, 2002, The need for community consultation to assist in the development of Aboriginal languages in schools

Lowe K, 1999, Issues impacting on the improvement of educational opportunities for Aboriginal boys in school, University of Sydney

Book Chapters

Lowe K; Coombs D; Goodwin S, 2024, 'Indigenist policy analysis: The Uluru Statement from the Heart as a road map towards recognising Indigenous sovereignty in Indigenous education', in Analysing Education Policy: Theory and Method, Routledge, London, pp. 59 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003353379-7

Lowe K; Tennent C; Burgess C; Moodie N; Vass G; Guenther J, 2023, 'Developing a Systematic Methodology to Explore Research in Indigenous Education', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 19 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_2

Lowe K; Harrison N; Tennent C; Guenther J; Vass G; Moodie N, 2023, 'Improving School Engagement with Indigenous Communities', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 83 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_5

Gutierrez A; Lowe K; Guenther J, 2023, 'Interrogating Indigenous Student Literacy Programs', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 181 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_10

Harrison N; Tennent C; Burgess C; Vass G; Guenther J; Lowe K; Moodie N, 2023, 'Knowing in Being: An Understanding of Indigenous Knowledge in Its Relationship to Reality Through Enacted Curriculum', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 125 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_7

Guenther J; Lowe K; Burgess C; Vass G; Moodie N, 2023, 'Making a Difference in Educational Outcomes for Remote First Nations Students', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 229 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_12

Vass G; Lowe K; Burgess C; Harrison N; Moodie N, 2023, 'Professional Learning and Teacher Identity in Indigenous Education', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 103 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_6

Moodie N; Burgess C; Lowe K; Vass G, 2023, 'The Aboriginal Voices Project: What Matters, and Who Counts, in Indigenous Education', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_1

Lowe K; Burgess C; Moodie N; Tennent C; Guenther J, 2023, 'The Benefit of Indigenous Cultural Programs in Schools', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 41 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_3

Guenther J; Rigney L-I; Osborne S; Lowe K; Moodie N, 2023, 'The Foundations Required for First Nations Education in Australia', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 265 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_14

Burgess C; Tennent C; Vass G; Guenther J; Lowe K; Harrison N; Moodie N, 2023, 'What Does Quality Teaching Look Like for Indigenous Australian Students and How Do We Know?', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 161 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_9

Burgess C; Lowe K; Goodwin S, 2023, 'What’s the Problem Represented to Be? Analysing Indigenous Education Policy as Discourse', in Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research, Springer International Publishing, pp. 245 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9_13

Martin AJ; Tynan L; Collie RJ; Bishop M; Lowe K, 2022, 'Indigenous (Aboriginal, First Nations) students overcoming academic adversity', in Overcoming Adversity in Education, Routledge, pp. 211 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003180029-19

Lowe K; Moodie N; Weuffen S, 2021, 'Refusing Reconciliation in Indigenous Curriculum', in Green B; Roberts P; Brennan M (ed.), Curriculum Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World: Transnational Perspectives in Curriculum Inquiry, Palgrave, Chem, Switzland, pp. 71 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61667-0_5

Burgess C; Lowe K, 2019, 'Aboriginal voices: Social justice and transforming aboriginal education', in Higher Education, Pedagogy and Social Justice: Politics and Practice, pp. 97 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26484-0_7

Lowe K; Burgess C, 2019, 'Aboriginal Voices: Social Justice and Transforming Aboriginal Education', in Freebody K; Goodwin S; Proctor H (ed.), Higher Education, Pedagogy and Social Justice, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 97 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26484-0

Lowe K; Cairncross J, 2019, 'Authentic engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content in the P-6 Australian Curriculum', in Green D; Price D (ed.), Making humanities and social sciences come alive, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 307 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108692779.022

Lowe K, 2019, 'Leaning with connection: shifting teachers’ practice through authentic engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities', in Netolicky D; Andrews J; Paterson C (ed.), Flip the system Australia : what matters in education, Routledge, pp. 124 - 132

Lowe K, 2018, 'Learning with connection', in Flip the System Australia, Routledge, pp. 124 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429429620-18

Lowe K, 2018, 'Learning with connection: Shifting teachers' practice through authentic engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities', in Flip the System Australia: What Matters in Education, pp. 124 - 132

Giacon J; Lowe K, 2016, 'Key factors in the renewal of Aboriginal languages in NSW', in Austin PK; Koch H; Simpson J (ed.), Language, land and song, EL Publishing, London, pp. 523 - 538

Lowe K, 2014, 'Interview: Kevin Lowe', in Couzens V; Eira C; Stebbins T (ed.), Tyama-teeyt yookapa, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, Fitzroy, VIC, pp. 135 - 150

Lowe K, 2011, 'A Critique of school and Aboriginal community partnerships', in Purdie N; Milgate G; Bell HR (ed.), Two way teaching and learning, ACER Press, Camberwell, VIC, pp. 13 - 32

Howard P; Cooke S; Lowe K; Perry B, 2011, 'Enhancing quality and equity in mathematics education for Australian Indigenous students', in Atweh B; Graven M; Secada W; Valero P (ed.), Mapping Equity and Quality in Mathematics Education, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 365 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9803-0_26

Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M, 2010, 'Re-awakening Australian languages Introduction', in Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M (ed.), RE-AWAKENING LANGUAGES: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE REVITALISATION OF AUSTRALIA'S INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, SYDNEY UNIV PRESS, pp. XXV - XXX, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000308671300002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hill C, 2010, 'Emergency language documentation teams: the Cape York Peninsula experience', in Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M (ed.), Re-Awakening Languages: theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous languages, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 418 - 432

Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M, 2010, 'Introduction: re-awakening Australian languages', in Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M (ed.), Re-awakening languages, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. xxv - xxx

Lowe K; Howard P, 2010, 'So you want to work with community? Principles and strategies for school leaders affecting the establishment of Aboriginal language programs', in Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M (ed.), Re-awakening languages, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 194 - 209

Jones C; Chandler P; Lowe K, 2010, 'Sounds, spelling and learning to read an Aboriginal language', in Hobson J; Lowe K; Poetsch S; Walsh M (ed.), Re-awakening languages, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 281 - 292

Lowe K, 2008, 'Walking the talk', in Leading from the edge, South Australian Centre for Leaders in Education, pp. 35 - 46

Edited Books

Lowe K, (ed.), 2023, Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research: Implications for Policy and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzland, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14306-9

Journal articles

Martin AJ; Bostwick KCP; Durksen TL; Amazan R; Lowe K; Weuffen S, 2025, 'Teachers’ motivation to teach Aboriginal perspectives in the curriculum: links with their Aboriginal students’ academic motivation', Australian Educational Researcher, 52, pp. 1637 - 1662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00779-0

Lowe K; Weuffen S; Woods A; Burgess C; Vass G, 2025, 'Conceptualising culturally nourishing pedagogies for professional learning in Australian schooling', Australian Educational Researcher, 52, pp. 627 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00733-0

Golledge C; Amazan R; Durksen TL; Lowe K; Vass G, 2025, 'Transforming practices in aboriginal education through teachers’ professional learning conversations', Teaching and Teacher Education, 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104900

Thompson K; Lowe K; Vass G; Woods A, 2025, '“Sometimes perception will suffice”: Indigenous Knowledges and the Australian Curriculum', Curriculum Inquiry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2025.2471494

Lowe K; Golledge C; Poulton P; Thompson K, 2025, 'Curriculum as policy deception: a critical analysis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge inclusion in the Australian Curriculum', Australian Educational Researcher, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-025-00824-6

Skrebneva I; Lowe K; Goetz K, 2025, 'Reconsidering engagement: aligning teacher qualities with Indigenous students’ aspirations and needs', Educational Research, 67, pp. 20 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2024.2438644

Vass G; Coombs D; Woods A; Lowe K, 2024, 'Educators engaged in curriculum work: Encounters with relationally responsive curriculum practices', Curriculum Journal, 35, pp. 91 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/curj.231

Amazan R; Wood J; Lowe K; Vass G, 2024, 'Pathways to progress?–collective conscientisation and progressive school reform in Aboriginal education', Critical Studies in Education, 65, pp. 312 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2023.2275771

Weuffen S; Lowe K; Amazan R; Thompson K, 2024, 'The need for First Nations pedagogical narratives: epistemic inertia and complicity in (re)creating settler-colonial education', Journal of Curriculum Studies, 56, pp. 58 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2023.2294723

Lowe K; Thompson K; Vass G; Grice C, 2024, 'Transforming schooling practices for First Nations learners: culturally nourishing schooling in conversation with the theory of practice architectures', International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 37, pp. 2236 - 2250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2024.2318265

Lowe K; Weuffen S, 2023, '“You get to ‘feel’ your culture”: Aboriginal students speaking back to deficit discourses in Australian schooling', Australian Educational Researcher, 50, pp. 33 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00598-1

Weuffen S; Lowe K; Moodie N; Fricker A, 2023, 'Doing decolonisation: cultural reconnection as political resistance in schooling', Australian Educational Researcher, 50, pp. 147 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00603-7

Weuffen S; Lowe K; Burgess C, 2023, 'Identity matters: Aboriginal educational sovereignty and futurity pushing back on the logic of elimination', Australian Educational Researcher, 50, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-023-00608-w

Weuffen S; Maxwell J; Lowe K, 2023, 'Inclusive, colour-blind, and deficit: Understanding teachers' contradictory views of Aboriginal students’ participation in education', Australian Educational Researcher, 50, pp. 89 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00517-4

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