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Alexandra Johnston

Tutor In Higher Education
Business And Economics
Higher Education Teaching
Positive Psychology
Higher Education
positive psychology
positive education
wellbeing
wellbeing literacy
peer review of teaching, higher education, academic development
wellbeing, wellbeing literacy, positive education, health promotion, language
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Ms

Alexandra Johnston

 
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Business And Economics
 
Primary Interest
Peer Review of Teaching
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Alexandra Johnston

 

Alexandra Johnston joins the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement as Associate Lecturer, jointly coordinating the Tutoring in Higher Education program. Alexandra is currently a PhD Candidate and holds a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology, Graduate Certificates in Educational Research and University Teaching, and Bachelor's degrees in Education and Fine Arts.Alexandra has been engaged as a teaching specialist and research assistant with the University of Melbourne over the past four years.

She has over twenty years of corporate and educational sector experience bringing both industry practice and academic insights to her work. Her experience includes managing education teams and programs with Canberra Museums and Galleries, the National Museum of Australia, Museum Victoria, the City of Melbourne, and the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Alexandra is also a consultant in education, with experience working with a range of educational providers across public and private sectors. Her PhD is focused on the role of peer review in developing scholarly teaching capabilities of Australian higher education teaching academics.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 9 most recent scholarly works by Alexandra Johnston.

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Peer review of teaching in Australian higher education: a systematic review

Alexandra Johnston, C Baik, A Chester, A Clarke

Journal article  |  2020  |  Higher Education Research and Development

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Partnerships for Learning and Belonging in Tertiary Education: A Social Capital Analysis

Alexandra Johnston, Andrea Chester, Angela Clarke

Book Chapter  |  2019

This chapter provides an analysis of peer partnership activities in tertiary education using the framework of social capital. The ..

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Peer review of teaching in higher education; a systematic review of the international literature

Alexandra Johnston

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  European Conference in Educational Research Proceedings

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Investigating the link between peer review of teaching and scholarly teaching literacy in higher education

Alexandra Johnston

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  RMIT Design and Social Context Intertext Conference Proceedings

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Peer review of teaching in Australian higher education; a systematic review

Alexandra Johnston

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Melbourne Centre for Studies of Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference Proceedings

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Conceptualising wellbeing literacy as the key to positive education

A Johnston, lindsay Oades

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

Language is innate to us as a social species, and is central to how we relate. How we relate is central to our wellbeing. Literacy..

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Enhancing teaching outcomes within the Australian higher education sector through the peer review of teaching

A Johnston

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

Emerging evidence suggests that peer mentoring through the process of peer review of teaching (PRT) - a professional development ..

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Toward Building Sustainable Wellbeing Literacy in Higher Education: Strategies and Indicators of Success

A Johnston, Lindsay Oades, Gavin Slemp

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Well-being in education systems: Conference abstract book: Locarno 2017

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Wellbeing Literacy: The Necessary Ingredient in Positive Education

Lindsay G Oades

Journal article  |  International journal of psychology and behavioral sciences

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Keyword Analysis

Education Systems
Education and Training Systems
Curriculum
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Expanding Knowledge
Psychology
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Public Health and Health Services

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

University of Melbourne
2019

RMIT University

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Tutor In Higher Education

Business And Economics

Member

The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia

Member

Society for Research into Higher Education

Member

International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

RMIT University

Graduate Certificate University Teaching

University of Melbourne

Graduate Certificate in Educational Research

University of Melbourne

Masters of Applied Positive Psychology

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Education

University of Southern Queensland

Bachelor of Creative Art (Visual Art)

University of Southern Queensland

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