Dr Jen Skattebol

Overview

Jen Skattebol, Dip Ed (EC), B.Ed., PhD, Research Fellow SPRC, conducts policy relevant research related to the lives of children, young people and their families. She has expertise in the design of methodologies which are sensitive to the politics of marginalisation, and in incorporating educational and capacity building elements in research design. Dr Skattebol has experience teaching in early childhood and primary settings and spent 10 years as a teaching academic in the School of Education at the University of Western Sydney. In 2008, she was awarded a Creswick Foundation Scholarship to investigate the leadership challenges in integrated service provision. She has recently completed work on Making a Difference: Young people's experiences of economic adversity.

Current Projects:
Families at the Centre: Negotiating Australia's Mixed Market in Early Education and Care. (ARC Linkage with Prof. Deborah Brennan - 2010-2013)
Are the Kids Alright? Understanding the wellbeing of Australian children in their middle years. (ARC Linkage with Dr Gerry Redmond and Prof. Peter Saunders. 2012-2015).
Body image? What do young indigenous Australians and young people in insecure housing think? ( DEEWR - NYARS 2011 - 2012).

Teaching

HDR Supervision:
Jen Skattebol welcomes enquires from prospective Higher Research Candidates interested in children and young people’s experiences, families with young children, services for low income and/or culturally diverse communities, practitioner or participatory research methods.

Dr Skattebol is currently supervising Inara Walden.

Publications

Recent publications

Book
Skattebol, J. (2010), (re)searching shared meanings between teachers and children; identities, being and belonging. VDM Verlag, Saabrucken.

Recent journal articles

Skattebol, J., '"When the money's low": economic participation among disadvantaged young Australians', Children and Youth Services Review, available online 2 June 2010, DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.05.007.

Skattebol, J., (2010) 'Affect: a tool to politicise pedagogy', Discourse. Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 31 (1), 75-91.

Skattebol, J ., and Michail, S. (2008), 'Research on and with children and young people at the SPRC', SPRC Newsletter Issue 100 (PDF), Dec. 2008, 8-9.

Skattebol, J., and Griffiths, M., (2008), 'Making a difference: young people's perspectives of economic adversity', Association of Children's Welfare Agencies News,Oct/Nov, 6.

Press, F., and Skattebol, J. (2007), 'Early childhood activism, minor politics and resuscitating vision: a tentative foray into the use of "intersections" to influence early childhood policy', Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, (8) 3, 180-191.

Dockett, S., Perry, B., Mason, T., Simpson, T., Howard, P., Whitton, D., Gilbert ,S., Pearce, S., Sanagavarapu, P., Skattebol, J., Woodrow, C. (2007) Successful transition programs from prior-to-school to school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.Report to NSW Department of Education and Training.

Skattebol, J. and Ferfolja, T. (2007), 'Voices from an enclave: Lesbian mothers' experiences of child care, Australian Journal of Early Childhood, (32) 1, 10-18.

Skattebol, J., (2007), 'Through their mother's eyes: the impact of heteronormative paradigms in child care on lesbian- and gay- headed families', International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood, (5) 2, 47-63.

Skattebol, J. (2006), 'Playing boys: identity and belonging in the early years', Gender and Education, 18 (5), 507- 522.

Skattebol, J. (2005), 'Insider/outsider belongings: traversing the borders of whiteness',Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 6 (2), 189-203.

Gilbert, S. and Skattebol, J. (2004), 'Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families', in Johnston C. ed, Does this Child Need Help? Identification and Early Intervention, Australian Early Intervention Association, NSW Chapter, 24-30.

Skattebol, J. (2003), 'Dark, dark and darker: Children's negotiations of identity', Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 4 (2), 149-166.

Contributions

Dr Skattebol is a regular reviewer for academic journals including Discourse: Cultural Studies in the politics of Education; Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Australian Educational Researcher, Qualitative Studies in Education.

Other Information

Memberships:
TASA
ARACY