Dr Levon Blue
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Financial literacy education, Entrepreneurship education, Indigenous education
Research field
Specialist studies in education, Curriculum and pedagogy, Other Education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctorate of Philosophy (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
Dr Levon Blue is a member of:
- Pedagogy Education Praxis (PEP) International Research Network;
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA);
- Graduate Women of Queensland;
- Financial Education and Mathematics Community;
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Mathematics Alliance (ATSIMA); and,
- National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN).
Teaching
Teaching Areas:
- Ethics for Education
- Education and Society
- Indigenous Perspectives: Respectful Engagement & Understanding Rights
- Indigenous postgraduate research
Publications
- Blue, L. & Pinto, L. (2022). Disrupting the alibi: Toward a postcolonial financial literacy and entrepreneurship ideal. In T. Lucey (Ed.), Financialization, Financial Literacy, and Social Education (pp. 5–22). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212627
- Samuel, A., Whatham, S. & Blue, L. (2020). Indigenizing Education: Discussions and Case Studies from Australia and Canada. Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202053
- Blue, L. & Grootenboer, P. (2019). A praxis approach to financial literacy education. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 51(5), 755–770. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/152239
- Blue, L., (2019). Financial literacy education with an Aboriginal community: Identifying critical moments for enabling praxis. Education Sciences, 9(1), 1–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127073
- Bodle, K., Brimble, M., Weaven, S., Frazer, L. & Blue, L. (2018). Critical success factors in managing sustainable Indigenous businesses in Australia. Pacific Accounting Review, 30(1), 35–51. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223481
- Blue, L., O'Brien, M. & Makar, K. (2018). Exploring the classroom practices that may enable a compassionate approach to financial literacy education. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 30(2), 143–164. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223480
- Pinto, L. & Blue, L. (2017). Aboriginal entrepreneurship financing in Canada: Walking the fine line between self-determination and colonization. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 9(1), 2–20. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115901
- Blue, L. & Pinto, L. (2017). Other ways of being: challenging dominant financial literacy discourses in Aboriginal Context. Australian Educational Researcher, 44(1), 55–70. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115897
- Pinto, L. & Blue, L. (2016). Pushing the entrepreneurial prodigy: Canadian Aboriginal entrepreneurship education initiatives. Critical Studies in Education, 57(3), 358–375. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115895
- Blue, L., Grootenboer, P. & Brimble, M. (2014). Financial literacy education in the curriculum: Making the grade or missing the mark? International Review of Economics Education, 16, 51–62. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115880
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Levon, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Empowering Indigenous Businesses Through Improved Financial Literacy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IN180100052
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network (NIRAKN)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- SR120100005
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Indigenous Knowledge; Research Capacity Building
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.