Dr Helen Raduntz

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of e-journal 'The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies', published by The Institute for Education Policy Studies, University of Northampton UK.

2001 Doctoral thesis by research: A contemporary Marxian critique of trends in education and teachers’ work in an era of major structural change. University of South Australia

1992 Masters thesis by research: Shared praxis as the depoliticisation of critical pedagogy: A critical study of Thomas H. Groome’s approach to Christian religious education. University of South Australia

• Developing a Marxian critical approach for examining contemporary issues in education, intellectual property and the work of knowledge and information professionals
• Critically analysing the relationships between intellectual property, the work of knowledge and information professionals, and trends in contemporary capitalism
• Critically examining the trend towards the capitalisation and industrialisation of higher education as a relation including the generation of knowledge through research, methods of diffusing and communicating knowledge and information, the storage and retrieval of information in libraries,problems of accessing privatised intellectual property in the so-called information age, and the social and economic impact of this development in the capitalist market driven economy,
• Developments in education policy in general.

Green, Anthony, Glenn Rikowski and Helen Raduntz (2007) eds. Renewing dialogues in Marxism and Education: Openings. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.

Raduntz, Helen (2007) ‘The Role of Education in Capital Crisis Resolution’, in Green, Anthony, Glen Rikowski, and Helen Raduntz eds. Renewing Dialogues in Marxism and Education: Openings, Palgrave Macmillan, New York NY.

Raduntz, Helen (2007) Book Review of Globalisation, Information and Libraries: The Implications of the World Trade Organisation’s GATS and TRIPS Agreement By Ruth Rikowski, Chandos Publishing, Oxford 2005, ISBN 1-84334-084-4. In Library Review Vol. 56, No. 9, pp. 846-48

Raduntz, Helen (2006) ‘Education for Social Change or for Captial Crisis Resolution’. In Information for Social Change Journal No. 23, Summer. Accessed http://www.libr.org/isc 11/10/06.

Raduntz, Helen (2005) ‘The Marketisation of Education Within the Global Capitalist Economy’, in Apple, Michael W, Jane Kenway, Michael Singh, eds. Globalising Public Education: Policies, Pedagogy & Politics, Peter Lang USA.

Raduntz, Helen (2005), ‘Constructing a Critical Democratic Education: Is it possible? A critical review essay of Philosophical Scaffolding for the Construction of Critical Democratic Education, By Richard A. Brosio, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York 2000, 365 pages ISBN 0-8204-3939-8, in Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies Volume 3, Number 1 (March).

Raduntz, Helen (Ed.) 1995, Potential and opportunity: Critical issues for Australian Catholic education into the 21st Century. Auslib Press, Blackwood SA

Holdcroft, Michael and Raduntz, Helen, 1995, ‘Critical teaching of social justice: A classroom experience.’ In Word in Life: Journal of Religious Education Vol. 43 No.2. February, Sydney.

Raduntz, Helen 1994, ‘Shared praxis approach to religious education: Does it serve the needs of social justice?’ In Word in Life: Journal of Religious Education Vol. 42 No.1 February, Sydney.