Publications

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Journal Articles

*Dwyer, R., Jacobs, R., Tuxworth, J., Qi, J., Harris, D. X., and Manathunga, C., (2024, online). Schools as inclusive workplaces: Understanding the needs of a diverse teaching workforce in Australian schools. Australian Educational Researcher.

Tuxworth, J. & Dwyer, R. (2023). The crucial need to support culturally diverse students in Australian music classrooms. Australian Journal of Music Education, 55(1),

*Willis, A., Grainger, P., Thiele, C., Simon, S., Menzies, S., & Dwyer, R. (2023). The benefits and pitfalls of social media for teachers’ agency and wellbeing. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2023.2210585

Munge, B., Black, A. L., Heck, D., Manathunga, C., Davidow, S., Thiele, C., ... & Schriever, V. (2021). Thinking (Now) Out of Place? Scripting and Performing Collective Dissent Inside the Corporatized University. Cultural Studies↔ Critical Methodologies, 21(5), 413-423.

Willis, A., Thiele, C., Dwyer, R., Grainger, P., & Simon, S. (2021). The Pressing Need to Raise the Status of the Teaching Profession: The Launch Story of the Teachers of Australia Social Media Campaign. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46(2), 16-28.

Willis, A., Grainger, P., Menzies, S., Dwyer, R., Simon, S., & Thiele, C. (2021). The role of teachers in mitigating student stress to progress learning. Australian Journal of Education, 65(2), 122-138.

Dwyer, R., Willis, A., & Call, K. (2020). Teacher educators speaking up: Illuminating stories stifled by the iron-grip regulation of initial teacher education. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48(5), 572-585.

Dwyer, R. (2020). “Music is special”: Specialist music teachers navigating professional identity within a process of arts curriculum reform. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 21(20).

Black, A. L., Crimmins, G., Dwyer, R., & Lister, V. (2020). Engendering belonging: thoughtful gatherings with/in online and virtual spaces. Gender and Education, 32(1), 115-129. doi:10.1080/09540253.2019.1680808

Carey, G., Coutts, L., Grant, C., Harrison, S., & Dwyer, R. (2018). Developing a shared understanding of optimal learning and teaching in the tertiary music studio. Music Education Research, 20(4), 399-411.

Carey, G., Harrison, S., & Dwyer, R. (2017). Encouraging reflective practice in conservatoire students: a pathway to autonomous learning? Music Education Research, 19(1), 99-110. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2016.1238060

Dwyer, R. (2015). Unpacking the habitus: Exploring a music teacher’s values beliefs and practices. Research Studies in Music Education.  doi: 10.1177/1321103X15589260

Harrison, S. D. & Dwyer, R. (2014). Alleviating isolation: Research in the conservatoire. Music Education Research,17(2), 201-210. doi: 10.1080/14613808.2014.930115

Davidson, J. & Dwyer, R. (2014). The role of professional learning in reducing isolation of classroom music teachers. Australian Journal of Music Education, 1, 38-51. Retrieved from http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=988265345732616;res=IELHSS

Books

Trocchio, S., Hanasono, L.K., Jorgenson Borchert, J., Dwyer, R., & Yih Harvie, J. (Eds.) (2023). Academic Mothers Building Online Communities: It takes a village. Palgrave Macmillan.

Black, A. L. & Dwyer, R. (Eds.) (2021). Reimagining the Academy: ShiFting Towards Kindness, Connection, and an Ethics of Care. Palgrave Macmillan.Dwyer, R., emerald, e., & Davis, I. (Eds.)(2017). Narrative research in practice: Stories from the field. Singapore, SN: Springer.

Dwyer, R. (2016). Music teachers’ values and beliefs: Narratives from music classrooms. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Garvis, S. & Dwyer, R., (2012). (Eds.) Whisperings from the corridors: Stories of teachers in higher education. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Book Chapters

Dwyer, R., Trocchio, S., Jorgenson Borchert, J., Hanasono, L.K., & Yih Harvie, J. (2023) It Takes a Village: Academic Mothers Building Online Communities. In S. Trocchio, L.K. Hanasono, J. Jorgenson Borchert, R. Dwyer, & J. Yih Harvie, J. (Eds.) Academic Mothers Building Online Communities: It takes a village. Palgrave Macmillan.

Dwyer, R., & Black, A. L. (2021). Reimagining the Academy: Conceptual, Theoretical, Philosophical, and Methodological Sparks. In Reimagining the Academy (pp. 1-16). Palgrave Macmillan.

Dwyer, R. & Flynn, L., (2018). ‘If these walls could talk’: Looking in, walking out, and reimagining a broken system. In A. L. Black and S. Garvis (Eds.) Live experiences of women in academia: Metaphors, Manifestos and Memoir. UK: Routledge.

Dwyer, R. & emerald, e., (2017). Narrative research in practice: Navigating the field. In R. Dwyer, e. emerald, & I. Davis (Eds.) Narrative research in practice: Stories from the field. Singapore, SN: Springer.

Davis, I., & Dwyer, R., (2017). The power and possibility of narrative research: Challenges and opportunities. In R. Dwyer, e. emerald, & I. Davis (Eds.) Narrative research in practice: Stories from the field. Singapore, SN: Springer.

Dwyer, R. & Garvis, S., (2012). Whisperings from the corridors: Sacred stories, cover stories and secret stories of teachers in higher education. In S. Garvis & R. Dwyer (Eds.), Whisperings from the corridors: Stories of teachers in higher education, (pp. 1-6). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Garvis, S. & Dwyer, R., (2012). “The assessment is the learning”: Designing and implementing assessment that enhances student learning. In S. Garvis & R. Dwyer (Eds.), Whisperings from the corridors: Stories of teachers in higher education, (pp. 53-62). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Garvis, S., Davey-Chesters, S., Dwyer, R., Keogh, J., & Pendergast, D., (2012). Who cares? Tensions and conflicts from the field of teacher education. In S. Garvis & R. Dwyer (Eds.), Whisperings from the corridors: Stories of teachers in higher education, (pp. 81-96). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Conference Presentations

Dwyer, R., & Jacobs, R. (2023, November). Anti-racist education through the arts: a guide for embodied learning. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Dwyer, R., Jacobs, R., Qi. J., Manathunga, C., Harris, D.X., (2023, November). Reimagining Australian schools as inclusive, diverse and thriving workplaces. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

O’Chin, H., O’Chin, L., Kruger, C., & Dwyer, R. (2023, July). Singing Kabi Kabi: A rationale and ethical process for developing songs in Aboriginal languages for use in school classrooms. Paper presented at the conference of Australian Society of Music Education, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Kruger, C., & Dwyer, R. (2023, July). Illuminating the complexities: Supporting music educators to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives. Paper presented at the conference of Australian Society of Music Education, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Heck, D., Dwyer, R., Call, K., & O'Bryan, J. (2022). Empirical realities vs political sound bites: Exploring teacher quality discourses in empirical research. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

O’Chin, H., O’Chin, L., Kruger, C., & Dwyer, R. (2022, July). Singing Kabi Kabi: A rationale and ethical process for developing songs in Aboriginal languages for use in school classrooms. Paper presented at the conference of International Society of Music Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Kruger, C., Dwyer, R., & Jacobs, R. (2022, July). Context Is Everything: Exploring Culturally Respectful Arts Pedagogies. Paper presented at the conference of International Society of Music Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Heimans, S., Heck, D., Davidow, S., Munge, B., Thiele, C., Schriever, V., Black, A.L., Dwyer, R., & Manathunga, C. (2021, May). Collaborative dissent as a scholarly adventure toward collectivizing public knowledge work: a narrative against the authoritarianism of the corporatized university. Presented at the 17th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

Davidow, S., & Dwyer, R. (2019, November). Closing Our Gap: Stories of decolonising our teaching in schools and in teacher education. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Black, A.L., & Dwyer, R. (2019, November). MAKING shiFt HAPPEN: Privileging the voices of women in academia through creative and scholarly exchange. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Heimans, S., Black, A.L., Dwyer, R., Heck, D., Davidow, S., Munge, B., Thiele, C., Schriever, V., & Manathunga, C. (2019, November). Thinking (now) out of place? Methodologies of dissent inside the corporatised university. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Willis, A., Dwyer, R., Grainger, P. R., Simon, S. E., Thiele, C., Menzies, S., & Hyde, M. B. (2019, November). Teachers are tightrope walkers, they simultaneously balance academic agendas and student wellbeing. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2018, July). “Music is special”: The place of the specialist music teacher within a process of arts curriculum reform. Presented at the Music in Schools and Teacher Education Pre-conference Seminar of the International Society for Music Education, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dwyer, R. (2017, November). The STEAM Train: Should we all be getting on board? Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2017, November). The STEAM Train: Should we all be getting on board? Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2016, November). The ups and downs of a curriculum reform journey: Living the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2015, September). Storied knowledge: The place of narratives in music teachers’ professional learning. Paper presented at the conference of Australian Society of Music Education, Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2013, April). Music teachers’ values and beliefs: Narrative case studies of music education. Poster presented at the Research in Music Education conference, Exeter, United Kingdom.

Harrison, S. D. & Dwyer, R. (2013, April). Self-perpetuating learning and teaching practices in music: Breaking the cycle in research higher degree pedagogy.  Paper presented at the Research in Music Education conference, Exeter, United Kingdom.

Dwyer, R. (2011, July). Metaphors of belief and practice: A narrative analysis of compulsory music courses in early secondary school. Paper presented at the conference of Australian Society of Music Education, Gold Coast, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2010, November). A teacher born or made? The role of reflexivity in teacher education. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Dwyer, R., Davey-Chesters, S., Zavros, A., Garvis, S., Keogh, J., Pendergast, D., & Bahr, N. (2010, November). Who pays the piper? Dancing to someone elses drum. Presented at the 3rd International conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music and Education, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2010, November). Values and beliefs in music education: A narrative study. Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Narrative Inquiry in Music and Education, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Dwyer, R. (2010, August). Music for all: The role of the teacher in inclusive music education. Presented at the 29th World Conference of the International Society of Music Education, Beijing, China.

Dwyer, R. (2009, November). Dissonant voices of social justice in music education. Presented at Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Canberra, ACT, Australia.