Dr Margaret Scrimgeour

I currently teach and co-ordinate a core education course – Education, Change and Society. This course provides a focus on social justice and anti-racist education and is taught in conjunction with lecturers from the David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research (DUCIER). My interest in working with pre-service teachers stems from my early career experience as a primary teacher in rural and remote WA, NT and SA. Prior to working at UniSA I was engaged in research work in the Northern Territory with the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH). I continue to research with colleagues in the Indigenous health and education fields. Most recent projects include qualitative data collection and analysis relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector accreditation and Improving Housing Responses to Indigenous Patterns of Mobility.

• Social Justice and anti-racist education
• Indigenous education
• Research methodology (qualitative)

South Australian Institute for Educational Research (SAIER) (Executive committee member)

Issues in Educational Research Journal (Editorial Board member)

The Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES)

Ethics Centre of South Australia (ECSA)

Professional Doctorate (EdD) (2002) Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria
Thesis title: Barriers to Indigenous education and educational research reform in Australia

Masters of Education (1994) Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria.
Thesis Title: Analysis of Aboriginal education policy in Western Australia

Bachelor of Education (1992) Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria
Major areas of study: Theory of first and second language acquisition/Language and learning in minority group learning contexts

Diploma of Teaching (1978) Claremont Teachers College, WA.
Major areas of study: Early childhood education and literacy education

• Evaluation in community development contexts
• Cross cultural research methodology and research ethics
• Indigenous health research ethics
• Indigenous education
• Bilingual education

List of my research publications