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Dr Olivia Johnston

Olivia is a Lecturer in Postgraduate and HASS Education in the School of Education.

Current teaching

  • EDU6000 - Changing Practice in Classroom Management
  • HSS6711 - Humanities and Social Sciences Education Foundations
  • HSS6712 - Secondary Humanities and Social Sciences Education
  • EDU6187 - Advanced Seminar

Background

Olivia’s research aims to increase equity in education and break cycles of disadvantage by challenging mainstream ideas and practices. Her research projects have generated new knowledge about class ability grouping and teachers’ expectations, increasing student voice in these research areas.

Her teaching background also keeps students at the centre. She draws on her decade of experience teaching secondary HASS and English in a range of WA private and public schools. Olivia models a classroom environment that is inclusive and celebrates diversity, built on a foundation of positive student-teacher relationships

Awards and recognition

  • Government of Western Australia Research Training Program Scholarship
  • Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER) – Annual Research Grant, 2019
  • Fogarty Foundation Postgraduate Student Researcher Prize 2019

National and international research awards

  • Nomination for the Australian Association of Educational Research’s Ray Debus Award for excellence in Doctoral Research in Education - 2021
  • The Cameron Prize for Education – best PhD thesis in 2020
  • Dr Teck Jin Lian Memorial Prize in Education for 2020 -  best track record of research achievements over period of PhD candidature
  • UWA Dean's List Award Recipient for PhD Thesis - 2020
  • 3Minute Thesis: Matariki Network International Finals - Runner-up

Research Interests

  • Teacher expectations
  • Ability grouping/streaming
  • Grounded theory methods
  • Composite narratives
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