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Associate Professor Tracey Price
Executive Dean, Academic
About Tracey
In a previous life Tracey was a correctional officer in maximum security, male prisons (possibly a reason why there were so few behavioural issues in her classroom!) She also spent 15 years as a Secondary Teacher of English Studies, Politics and Religion in Independent schools.
Whether classroom teaching or lecturing or in professional development seminars, Tracey is well regarded for her highly relational and interactive teaching style that challenges herself and others to critical and ‘outside the box’ thinking, as well as reflective attention to, and ongoing development of, personal and professional characteristics, values and integrity.
Tracey’s teaching is particularly influenced by Paulo Freire’s theory of Critical Pedagogy, the spiritual concepts of Justice, Mercy and Humility (Micah 6:8), and Parker Palmer’s concepts of authentic and hospitable pedagogy; ‘We teach who we are’ (the courage to teach 2017, p.2).
Research
Areas of Research:
- Education
- Justice in education
- Faith based education studies
- Spirituality on education
Qualified to Supervise:
- PhD level Thesis
- Masters level Research Project
Subjects taught
- Pedagogy
- Christian Worldview Understandings
- Literature, History and Culture
- Teaching and Learning
- Teaching in Public Education
- Shakespeare – Poetry and Plays
- Ethical Understandings
- Integrating Spirituality, Justice and Education
Recent Publications
Publications (2016-Current)
Doctoral thesis
Price, T. (2019). An investigation of Secondary teachers’ understandings of justice in the context of evangelical christian schooling. Doctoral Thesis. University of South Australia.
Books
Price, T., Warren, V., & Ben, F. (forthcoming). PeBL. Pedagogies enabling Beautiful Learning. Proposal in process 2026.
Book Chapters
Price, T. (Dec 2024). ‘Pedagogy of Hospitality’. Deborah Green & Deborah Price (editors). Enabling Pedagogy to Transform Learning: Pedagogical Approaches to Inclusive, Responsive and Socially Just Education. Chapter 7. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
Price, T. (2016). ‘Conceptual Understandings of Justice: Enhancing the Human Flourishing Work of Youth Work Practitioners.’ Phil Daughtry & Stuart Devenish (Eds.) Spirituality in Youth Work: new vocabularies, concepts and practices. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Chapter 8, pp. 137-167.
Journal Articles
Price, T. (2023). ‘An ethics approach to Christian spiritual work’. Spiritus. Conference proceedings from Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality International Conference: July 5-7, 2023.
Price, T. (2023). ‘The Consciousness of Critical Teaching’. Thinker, Issue 2, pp.23-25. Tabor College of Higher Education: Adelaide, SA.
Price, T. (2018). ‘Teaching Justly for Justice (with a nod to critical Pedagogy)’. Thinker. Issue 1, October. Tabor College of Higher Education: Adelaide, SA
Conference Proceedings
Price, T., Ben, F., Warren, V & Willsmore, B. (2021). Enhancing learning environments and understandings of students using Pedagogies Enabling Redemptive Learning (PeRL). Peer-reviewed Paper accepted for ACHEA Conference (September 2021) proceedings.
Ben, F., Price, T., Morrison, C., Warren, V., Gollan, W., Dunbar, R., Davies, F. & Sorrell, M. (2016). ‘Overall student satisfaction at Tabor School of Education: an examination of key factors based on the AUSSE SEQ’. In Proceedings of ICEPSS 2016: 18th International Conference on Education, Policy and Social Sciences. Osaka, Japan, 10-11 October 2016.
Teaching AWARDS
Recipient 2024 | Tabor Excellence in Practice Award
Recipient 2010 | Tabor Adelaide Award for Teaching Excellence
Nomination 2010 | Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning
Recipient 2009 | ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. For sustained outstanding authentic practice in pre-service teacher education that models and inspires effective learning and teaching practice.
Qualifications
- Associate Professor
- Doctor of Education
- Master of Education
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
- Graduate Diploma Education (Secondary)
- Bachelor of Arts – English Studies & Politics
- Diploma of Journalism (Freelance)
Current Teacher Registration – Teachers Registration Board SA
Roles
- Executive Dean, Academic
- Chair of Scholarship Committee
- Senior Lecturer
- Member Tabor Executive
- Member Tabor Academic Board
About
- Tracey is a trained hostage negotiator
- Her favourite band is Hootie and the Blowfish
- Interested in Justice, ethics, hospitality, authentic pedagogy and mindfulness
Location
You can contact Tracey on
1300 482 267
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