QUT - Academic profiles - Associate Professor Jennifer Clifton

Biography

Associate Professor Jennifer Clifton is an experienced educator and researcher. She is an active member of the professional experience field and initial teacher education. She is the incoming president of the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) executive membership and the QLD representative for the Network of Academic Directors of Professional Experience (NADPE) group. Jen has established herself as an active researcher with expertise in partnerships and work-integrated learning (WIL) in higher education. She has been the sole or co-investigator on research and consultancy projects partnering with Departments of Education, government agencies and industry. She is a theme leader for Theme Leader (Educators, teachers and professionalism) of the Digital Learning for Change (DL4C) Research Group. Jen is well renowned for alternative models of professional experience based on school-university partnership, which focuses on shared responsibility and the employability of graduates.

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Personal details

Positions

Associate Professor of Teacher Education
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Education

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosphy (Central Queensland University)

Professional memberships and associations

Incoming President – Australian Teacher Educators’ Association (ATEA)

Theme Leader (Educators, teachers and professionalism) of the Digital Learning for Change (DL4C)

QLD Representative for Network of Academic Directors of Professional Experience (NADPE)

Research Group Member of the Teacher and Teaching Research Group (TTRG)

Teaching

I teach (or have previously taught) various subjects to postgraduate and undergraduate students, including professional experience, health education, and transition to the profession. My teaching has been acknowledged with several awards and commendations, including innovation in teaching (redesign of first year WIL), a university-level teaching award (early-career academic) and for innovative curriculum from the Australian Curriculum Studies Association.

Publications

Research outputs by year

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3 new publications in 2013

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1 new publication in 2014

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3 new publications in 2015

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4 new publications in 2016

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1 new publication in 2017

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1 new publication in 2019

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1 new publication in 2020

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1 new publication in 2021

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4 new publications in 2022

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5 new publications in 2023

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2024

Gutierrez, A. S., Fox, J. & Clifton, J. (2024). The significance of partnerships to future university missions: A systematic literature review. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/250769
Clifton, J., Briant, E., Gordon, D., Savage, S. & Stone, B. (2024). The Asynchronous Shift in Professional Experience. 25. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/251558

2023

Finn, E., Hewetson, R., Howells, S., Clifton, J. & Cardell, E. (2023). What students can teach each other: Promoting optimal voice use for teaching through a speech-language pathology student-led voice clinic. Teaching and Teacher Education, Article 104053, 125. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238581
Briant, S., Crowther, P., Clifton, J. & Burton, L. O. (2023). Work-integrated learning (WIL) as a part of quality education in architecture: the profession's perspective. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 17(3), 518–535. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238657
Loughland, T. & Clifton, J. (2023). It's a Horror Movie Right There on My Computer Screen: The Beautiful Risk of Work-Integrated Learning. In Winslade, M., Loughland, T. & Eady, M. J. (Eds.), Work-Integrated Learning Case Studies in Teacher Education (pp. 365–377). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238725
Clifton, J., Ledger, S., Morrison, C. & Bentley, B. (2023, August 4). Why the future of professional experience is now in peril. EduResearch Matters, Australian Association for Research in Education. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247823
Thompson, K., Lockyer, L., Clifton, J., Huijser, H., Blundell, C., Arthars, N., Xavier, R. & Gibson, D. (2023). Queensland University of Technology response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training Inquiry into the use of generative artificial intelligence in the Australian education system. Parliament of Australia. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247998

2022

Clifton, J. & Jordan, K. (2022). Beyond Cream, Off-White, and Beige: Finding Slippages in Accreditation for Innovation in Professional Experience. In Bourke, T., Henderson, D., Spooner-Lane, R. & White, S. (Eds.), Reconstructing the Work of Teacher Educators (pp. 71–87). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210172
van Leent, L., Tunny, R. & Elsden-Clifton, J. (2022). A systematic review: gender and sexual diversity in work-integrated learning in higher education contexts. Work Integrated Learning in Practice, 1(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235376
Morrison, C., Bentley, B., Clifton, J. & Ledger, S. (2022, July 22). Growing numbers of unqualified teachers are being sent into classrooms - this is not the way to 'fix' the teacher shortage. The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247822
Clifton, J., Morrison, C., Ledger, S. & Bentley, B. (2022, August 8). A perfect storm: Fast-tracking student teachers will have dire consequences. EducationHQ. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247824

2021

Sulistiyo, U., Rusdi, M., Clifton, J., Fehring, H. & Jordan , K. (2021). The Implementation of the Coaching Approach to Professional Experience (CAPE) Model in Indonesian initial Teacher education: The Participants' Perspectives. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Article 2, 46(3), 20–35. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210381

2020

Clifton, J., Thompson, K., Williams, B. & Alhadad, S. (2020). Designing an immersive environment for pre-service teachers: Considering learning spaces when planning for teaching. The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 2431–2432. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207489

2019

Clifton, J. & Jordan , K. (2019). Who is the Hybrid Teacher Educator? Understanding Professional Identity in School-University Partnership. In Guitierrex, A., Fox, J. & Alexander, C. (Eds.), Professionalism and Teacher Education (pp. 71–90). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210170

2017

Jordan , K. & Elsden-Clifton, J. (2017). Designing Teacher Education Programs that Produce ICT Ready Graduates. Computers Supported Education, 402–419. Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/210382

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