Dr Janet Edwards

I work as a counsultant in developing countries. I provide advice on gender, policy, education, disability, youth. I am avalilable to provide expertise in any of the above areas. I have an interest in Islamic education, especially in Indonesia.

Visit my blog where I publish about my work in developing countries.

Visit the AusAID funded Gender Responsive Budgeting in the Asia Pacific Region website.

Visit the Learning Assistance Program for Islamic Schools website.

Visit the Teacher Education for Madrasah Ibtidayah website.

Member of Chancellors Club, University of South Australia.

Member, Australian Association for Research in Education (former executive member)

Founding Member and Convenor, Postgraduate and Early Career Research Special Interest Group, Australian Association for Research in Education

Member, UNIFEM: United Nations Development Fund for Women

Member, AWID: Association for Women’s Rights in Development

Registered Teacher South Australian Teachers Registration Board.

Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Australia. PhD thesis title: Policing and practising subjectivities: poor and working class young women and girls and government Mutual Obligations policies

Master of Social Science (Counselling) (1997) University South Australia.

Bachelor of Special Education (1988) Flinders University of South Australia.

Diploma of Teaching (Primary) (1984) South Australian College of Advanced Education.

• Social policy, education policy, gender policy, social class, poverty, social justice, equality, youth policy, youth studies, gender, gender and development, social inclusion/exclusion.

Edwards, J. (2006). Conceptualising hy-bivalent subjectivities to facilitate an examination of Australian government Mutual Obligations policies. Journal of Education Policy. 21 (2) (pp. 417-436)

Edwards, J. (2004). Discursive spaces available poor and working class young women and girls by Australian government Mutual Obligations policies. Paper submitted to Gender and Education, April 2005.

Edwards, J. (2003) Send three and fourpence we’re going to a dance: Forward generating research. The Australian Educational Researcher. 30 (2) (pp. 17-32).

Edwards, J. (2003) Students researching their subjectivities as constructed by Australian mutual obligations policies. Melbourne Studies in Education Special Issue Inclusive Education and Research Methodologies. 44 (1) (pp. 23-44).

Edwards, J. (2003) The policy panoptic of mutual obligations. Journal of Educational Enquiry. 4 (1) (pp. 97-116).

Smyth, J. & R. Hattam with J. Cannon, J. Edwards, N.Wilson & S. Wurst (2004). ‘Dropping out’, drifting off, being excluded: becoming somebody without school. New York. Peter Lang.

Edwards, J. /DETE (1999a) Students-as-researchers: facilitating student research into social issues. Adelaide. Department of Education, Training and Employment.

Edwards, J. (1998) Stories from the field: Reflections on conducting interviews as ‘purposeful conversations’. Journal of the South Australian English Teachers Association. 28 (2) (pp.97-116).

Edwards, J. /DETE (1999a) Students-as-researchers: facilitating student research into social issues. Adelaide. Department of Education, Training and Employment.

Edwards, J. (1998) Transient Students: moving frequently between schools in South Australia. Adelaide. Department of Education and Children’s Services.

Edwards, J. (2007). The lived experience of Australian Mutual Obligations policies: Creating shadow and preferred policy subjects. Learning from the margins: Young women, social exclusion and education. London. Routledge Falmer. J McLeod and A. Allard (eds).

Smyth, J., Hattam, R., Cannon, J., Edwards, J., Wilson, N., & Wurst, S. (2000) Listen to me, I’m leaving: Early school leaving in South Australian secondary schools in the late 1990’s. Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching, Department of Education, Training and Employment and the Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia. Adelaide.

Edwards, J. & Hattam, R. (1997) Establishing a Research Team, Research Update No 1. Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching. Adelaide

Edwards, J. & Hattam, R. (1999) Using students-as-researchers in educational research: Beyond silenced voices URL: http://www.studentsasresearchers.nexus.edu.au/academicpaper.html

Dzuhayatin, Siti Ruhaini & Edwards, J. (2009) Upaya menembus ‘Atap Kaca”: Kepemimpinan Perempuan di Pendidikan Islam. Invited keynote to the LAPIS-PGMI Women and Leadership in Islamic Education National Summit. Surabaya. May 26-28 2009 (in English and Bahasa Indonesia)

Edwards, J. (2006) Discourses of downward envy and Australian Government Mutual Obligations policies. Paper accepted for presentation at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Engaging Pedagogies. Adelaide. November 26-30 2006.

Edwards, J. (2004) Preferred subject and shadow: gender, class, subjectivities and Australian government Mutual Obligations policies. Paper presented to Learning from the margins: inclusion/exclusion and the educational and social experiences of ‘at risk’ young women working conference. Deakin University, Toorak, Melbourne, July 12-13, 2004.

Edwards, J. (2004). A nexus of relations of power in students-as-researchers approaches. Refereed paper for presentation at the Australian Association of Research in Education, Annual Conference, Melbourne November 28 – December 2, 2004.

Edwards, J., (2004) Moksha-Patamu (Snakes and Ladders): PhD Journey of destination?. Paper presented to the NZARE/AARE Conference, Educational Research, Risks, & Dilemmas. Auckland, New Zealand 29 November – 3 December 2003.

Edwards, J. (2002) Weaving webs of obligation. Paper presented to the International Sociological Association XV World Congress, Brisbane, July 7-13, and to the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Meeting, Brisbane, December 1-5.

Edwards, J. (2001) Students researching their subjectivities as constructed by Australian youth policies: Disrupting normative readings. Paper presented to ‘A New Girl Order’ conference, Kings College, London, November 14–16, and to the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Meeting, Fremantle, December 2–6.

Edwards, J. (2000) Students-as-researchers. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Invisible College, American Education Research Association, New Orleans, April 8.

Edwards, J. (1999) Students-as-researchers Paper presented to the Australian and New Zealand Association of Research in Education Annual Conference, Melbourne November 27 – December 2.

Edwards, J. (1999) Fastfoodtown. Paper presented to the Australian and New Zealand Association of Research in Education Annual Conference, Melbourne, November 27 –December 2.

Edwards, J., Gender equality and equity in the Islamic schooling Sub-sector in Indonesia. Symposium on Islamic education: Basic Education in Islamic Schools, Bridging the Gap – Vision 2025. UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, July 2007.

Edwards, J. (2004) Young people as researchers inside and outside schools (2004). Positioning education research. AARE Annual Conference. Melbourne, 28 November – 2 December 2004.

Edwards, J. (2003) The PhD: Journey or destination (2003) Postgraduate and early career researcher SIG symposium. NZARE/AARE Conference, Educational Research, Risks, & Dilemmas. Auckland, New Zealand 29 November – 3 December 2003.

Edwards, J. (2002) Panel discussion (2002) Postgraduate and early career researcher SIG symposium. AARE Annual Conference Problematic futures: educational research in and era of uncertainty. Brisbane. 1-5 December 2002.

Edwards, J. (2001) Border crossings and dangerous frontiers: constructing inclusive methodologies in educational research (2001). AARE Annual Conference, Crossing borders: New frontiers in educational research. Fremantle 2-6 December 2001.