Research Supervisor Connect
Sydney School of Education and Social Work
Research interests
Samantha McMahon’s research interests include sociology of education, inclusive education and widening university participation. Her work explores how teachers' engagement with multiple knowledges effects the equity of student experience and how students’ lived experiences impact their understandings of education. Sam’s mainly ethnographic research includes participation in the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), widening participation programs and NSW public schools. Her two current research projects include: evaluations of widening participation programs for students experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage; and shifting discourses of gap year and university for regional students in NSW (e.g. astar.tv/gapyear). Sam works at the University of Sydney in initial teacher education, teaching units of study in sociology of education, professional research projects and pedagogical approaches in education.
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3367