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DR STEPHEN LAMB



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW (SM&ST)
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Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=4828
Work: 8344 8332
Room: 325
Level: 03
Building: Doug Mcdonell Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Social theory and quantitative research methods; Survey methods; Longitudinal studies Australia
Sociology of education; Equity; Student outcomes Australia
Curriculum and student attainment; Student transition Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States University of California - Santa Barbara Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Education University of Tasmania 31-Dec-1982
Master of Education University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1987
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1991

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The VCE: social access and transition effectiveness Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2003
Academic curriculum and school setting : how school subjects live different lives in different schools Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
ANALYSIS AND MODELLING FOR YOUTH ALLOWANCE INDEPENDENCE CRITERIA REVIEW Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION SCIENCE & TRAINING 28/10/2005
DESTINATION AND SATISFACTION SURVEY OF 2005 HSC GOVERNMENT STUDENTS Chief Investigator NSW DEPT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING 08/06/2006
THREE YEAR ROLLING BENCHMARKS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING 01/09/2006
EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES, CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS UNDERPINNING YEAR 12 STANDARDS IN AUSTRALIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES Chief Investigator QUEENSLAND STUDIES AUTHORITY 06/11/2006
HYPAF Chief Investigator EDUCATION FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA 01/05/2008
VET IN SCHOOLS 2009 BUDGET MODELLING Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION & EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 01/05/2008
REVIEW OF RESOURCING MECHANISMS Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING - WA 24/12/2008
REVIEW OF THE TASMANIAN STATE SCHOOL RESOURCING MODEL Chief Investigator DEPT OF EDUCATION - TAS 20/04/2009
HOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FARING 2009 Chief Investigator FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS 11/06/2009

Consultancies

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
DEVELOP, DISCUSS AND RUN A MODEL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION TO ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS AGED 15 PLUS ATTENDING SCHOOLS ACROSS AUSTRALIA, TAKING INTO ACOUNT POLICY AND NON-POLICY INFLUENCES ON ENROLMENTS Chief Investigator UMEE LTD
MODELS TO ESTIMATE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENT ENROLMENTS FOR 3 CATEGORIE: ALL STUDENTS, STUDENTS AGED 15 PLUS AND NON-GOVENMENTAL STUDENTS Chief Investigator UMEE LTD

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Selective-Entry Schools: the need for a re-think
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Professional Voice
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 17-22
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  • Successful provision of VET in schools: Overseas approaches
    Year: 2008
    Journal: VOCAL
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 117-121
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Reports

  • Participation in vocational education and training across Australia: A regional analysis. Program 4: Understanding vocational education participation and barriers


    Year: 2008
    Customer: Australian Government
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Adelaide)
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  • A Guide to Help Schools Increase School Completion
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development(Melbourne)
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  • Alternative Pathways to High School Graduation: An International Comparison
    Year: 2008
    Customer: California Dropout Research Project
    Report No:: 7
    Publisher: University of California(Berkeley)
    Authors:
  • Effective Strategies to Increase School Completion Report: Every child, every opportunity
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
    Publisher: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development(Melbourne)
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  • How Young People are Faring 08: An update about the learning and work situation of young Australians
    Year: 2008
    Customer: Foundation for Young Australians
    Publisher: Foundation for Young Australian(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Participation in VET across Australia: a regional analysis
    Year: 2008
    Customer: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Adelaide)
    Authors:

Publications in 2007

Books

  • International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy: Volume Three. Inequality: Educational Theory and Public Policy


    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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  • International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy: Volume Two. Inequality in Education Systems


    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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  • International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy: Volume One. Educational Inequality: Persistence and Change


    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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Book Chapters

  • Rurality and inequality in education: The Australian experience


    Year: 2007
    Book: International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy: Volume Two. Inequality in Education Systems
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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  • School reform and inequality in urban Australia: A case of residualising the poor


    Year: 2007
    Book: International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy: Volume Three. Inequality: Educational Theory and Public Policy
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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  • Social inequalities in education: Enlarging the scope of public policy through reflection on context


    Year: 2007
    Book: International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy: Volume Three. Inequality: Educational Theory and Public Policy
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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  • Transforming school education in China to a mass system: Progress and challenges
    Year: 2007
    Book: International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Policy: Volume Two. Inequality in Education Systems
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Student Experiences of VCE Further Mathematics
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice: The 30th annual conference of the Mat
    Conference Publication: Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice: Proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 353-361
    Publisher: MERGA Inc.(Adelaide)
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Reports

  • On Track Longitudinal 2006 Results
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Office for Planning, Policy and Evaluation, Department of Education
    Publisher: Victorian Department of Education and Training(Melbourne)
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  • On Track Longitudinal 2007 Results
    Year: 2007
    Customer: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
    Publisher: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development(Melbourne)
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  • Career moves: Destination and satisfaction survey of 2005 HSC VET students in New South Wales
    Year: 2007
    Customer: State of New South Wales
    Publisher: NSW Department of Education & Training(Sydney)
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  • Participation in VET across Australia: a regional analysis - Support document
    Year: 2007
    Customer: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Adelaide)
    Authors:

Publications in 2006

Reports

  • Participation in vocational education and training across Australia: A regional analysis. Summary of research findings


    Year: 2006
    Customer: Consortium Research Program. A well-skilled Future: Tailoring vocational education and training to the emerging labour market
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Canberra)
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  • The Victorian Certificate of Education: Social Access and Transition Effectiveness
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
    Report No:: Interim Report
    Publisher: Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Educational Stories: Engaging teachers in educational theory
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Educational Philosophy and Theory
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 907-917
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Reports

  • Destinations and satisfaction survey of 2004 HSC VET students in New South Wales
    Year: 2005
    Customer: Department of Education and Training, NSW
    Publisher: NSW Department of Education & Training(Sydney)
    Authors:

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Public education and public purposes: School quality, sectors and place
    Year: 2004
    Journal: IARTV - Seminar Series
    Volume: 138
    Issue: October 2004
    Page numbers: 1 - 10
    Publisher: Incorporated Association of Registered Teachers of Victoria(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Early School Leaving in Tasmania: Origins and Outcomes
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Department of Education, Tasmania
    Publisher: Department of Education, Tasmania(Hobart)
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  • Performance of the Australian education and training system
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet
    Publisher: Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Training(Melbourne)
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  • School Performance in Australia: Results From Analyses of School Effectiveness
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet
    Publisher: Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Training(Melbourne)
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  • Staying on at school: Improving student retention in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Customer: Queensland Department of Education and the Arts
    Publisher: Queensland Government, Department of Education and the Arts(Brisbane)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • The early employment and further education experiences of high school dropouts: a comparative study of the United States and Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Economics of Education Review
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 353-366
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Reports

  • Australia's Qualifications System and Lifelong Learning: A country background report prepared for the OECD project 'The role of national qualifications systems in promoting lifelong learning'
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Department of Education Science and Training
    Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(Paris)
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  • International indicators for vocational education and trainingAn Australian perspective
    Year: 2003
    Customer: National Centre for Vocational Education Centre
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Adelaide)
    Authors:
  • Student Workers in High School and Beyond:The effects of part-time employment on participation in education, training and work.
    Year: 2003
    Customer: Department of Education, Science and TrainingandAustralian Council of Educational Research
    Report No:: 30
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research(Camberwell)
    Authors:

Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Classroom and school factors affecting mathematics achievement:A comparative study of Australia and the United States using TIMSS
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Education
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 154-171
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research(Camberwell)
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  • Inequality and public policy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Education
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 105-108
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research(Camberwell)
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  • Why state policies matter : The influence of curriculum policy on participation in post-compulsory education and training
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Education
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 46
    Page numbers: 172-188
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research(Camberwell)
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Reports

  • Analysis of factors influencing post-compulsory activity using 2001 census data
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of Treasury and Finance(Melbourne)
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  • Demand for Victorian higher education courses among Tasmanian students
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Tasmania University(Hobart)
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  • Firm Based Training for Young Australians
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of Education Science and Training(Canberra)
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  • International Comparisons-training indicators
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Canberra)
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  • International Indicators of VET
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: National Centre for Vocational Education Research(Adelaide)
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  • School enrolment projections for Victoria, 2002-2012
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of Treasury and Finance(Melbourne)
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  • System and its relationship with the promotion of lifelong learning
    Year: 2002
    Publisher: Department of Education Science and Training(Canberra)
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