Dr John Holmes

I am an ADJUNCT RESEARCH FELLOW with the University of South Australia, having retired from the University after 18 years service as a Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor, Head of School and Associate Head of School. Currently I am preparing publications as follows:

1. Education and Disability.

2. Paper for the Routledge journal ‘National Identities’.

3. Completing the first draft of a book on the History of Drama Education in South Australia. [63,000 words completed]

4. Completing the first draft of a book of interviews, diaries and photographs of a World War II ‘Rat of Tobruk’: accepted for the Manuscript Collection of Australian War Memorial.

5. Editing three separate autobiographies with octogenarians.

'Our People' - article about John

Civil Celebrant & Justice of the Peace

• Drama Education - Junior Primary, Primary, Secondary teacher education; Drama performance - improvisation to performance
• Research supervision - intersections of sexuality and education; the broad perameters of arts education
• Practicum research and supervision
• Equity - individual to systemic
• Research degree supervisor: PhD Associate and Co-Supervisor, EdD Principal Supervisor. I am Supervisor for EdD, PhD, Masters and Honours students.

Life Member - Australian College of Education

Member - Research Centre for Gender Studies - UniSA

Member - Centre for Research in Education Equity and Work - UniSA

Member - Drama Subject Advisory Committee, Senior Secondary Board of South Australia

B.A.(Hons), Dip.Ed., M.A., EdD, M.A.C.E., C.M.C., J.P.

B.A.(Hons) - Flinders University - thesis located in theories of performance

Dip. Ed. - Flinders University

M.A. (Aboriginal Studies) - UniSA - thesis in area of race and sexuality

EdD - Flinders University - theses and international publications in areas of education, sexuality, physical theatre

MACE - Life Member of the Australian College of Education

CMC - Civil Celebrant for Commonwealth of Australia

JP - Justice of the Peace for South Australia

• 2010 - Reviewer for Australian Journal of Adult Learning
• ASSOCIATE EDITOR - International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (2008)
• ASSOCIATE EDITOR - International Journal of the Arts in Society (2007, 2008, 2009)
• DRAMA EDUCATION - Physical Theatre: its parameters and its illustrations. A project which also analyses the practice of the French-based youth theatre company 'Image Aigue' in South Australia in a Physical Theatre context.
• DRAMA EDUCATION - Drama research: what is it? How does it relate to other disciplines? What are its manifestations?
• SEXUALITY AND EDUCATION - 'If there was any hint': an analysis of the perceptions that lesbian and gay educators have of teacher sexuality and education.
• RACE AND SEXUALITY - 'Race and Sexuality': What does it mean to be Aboriginal and Gay?
• POLICY IN TERTIARY EDUCATION - 'Policy/Ethics/Race': The intersections of university policy, Human Research Ethics Committee protocols, and researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, at the University of South Australia.
• HISTORY OF DRAMA EDUCATION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA [complete 2009] - Linkages between schools, employers, universities, private and public sectors. A joint project with Flinders University
• A RAT OF TOBRUK DIARY [complete 2009] - Collation and reflections of a hand-written diary, with accompanying photographs, from an Australian soldier in World War II.

Holmes, John & Dougherty, Emily, 2009, 'If Creative Dance Is Beneficial for Primary Schools, What Are the Factors Hindering Its Wider Implementation?' in The International Journal of the Arts in Society, Volume 4, Issue 6, pp.101-110 [from 4th International Conference on the Arts in Society, Venice, Italy].

Holmes, John 2009, 'Sexuality as tertiary study – issues and excitements' in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences [from the International Conference for Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Monash University Centre, Pratro, Tuscany], Volume 3.

Holmes, John 2009, 'Drama Teachers - How Do They Change, Succeed and Survive?' in The International Journal of the Arts in Society [from 3rd International Conference on the Arts in Society, Birmingham Institute of Arts & Design, UK], Volume 3.

Holmes, John 2007, 'Meeting the Challenges of University Arts Education', in The International Journal of the Arts in Society [from 2nd International Conference on the Arts in Society, University of Kassel, Germany], Volume 2, Issue 3.

Holmes, John 2001, '"If There Was Any Hint": An Analysis of the Perceptions That Lesbian and Gay Educators Have of Teacher Sexuality and Education' in 'Leading & Managing', Journal of the Australian Council for Educational Administration, Vol 7, No. 1.

Holmes, John 2000, 'Image Aiguë: a conversation about one model of a multi-lingual youth theatre', in NJ (Journal of Drama Australia) Vol.24, No. 2.

Holmes, John 1999, Chapter 11: 'Race, Sexuality and Education: what does it mean to be Aboriginal and gay in education in Australia?' in 'A Dangerous Knowing: Sexual Pedagogies and the Master Narrative', Epstein, Debbie & Sears, Jim (eds.) Cassell, London.

Holmes, John 1999, 'Lesbian and Gay Educators Tell Their Stories', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 86806 6315

Holmes, John 1999, 'Patrick & John: conversations around race and sexuality', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 086803 6404

Holmes, John (ed.) 1999, 'R-7 Drama Education', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 86803 6323

Holmes,John (ed.) 1999, 'Production Study & Contemporary Innovators', Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 868803 6307

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1997, 'Dancing up the stairs, whistling: a research project about secondary drama teachers. How do they change, succeed and survive?' Document Services, UniSA, ISBN 0 868031917

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1996, 'The Process of Researching the Process of Teaching', in NADIE Journal vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 23-32.

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1992 & 1995 'I thought this was supposed to be Greece: 21 drama lessons in a primary school', Document Services, UniSA.

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1993, 'Four Beacons Burning Bright:interviews with four self-renewing secondary drama teachers', Document Services, UniSA.

Holmes, John & Fox, Malcolm 1989, 'Drama in Australia: An Overview' and 'The Secondary Drama Teacher and Change', in International Perspectives in Drama Research, ed. John Somers, Captus Press, North York, Canada.(in press)

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Education

• Junior Primary/Primary/Secondary/Adult
• Arts Education - R-12