Stephen Heimans is a Senior Lecturer in The School of Education at The University of Queensland. He writes and teaches about education policy/ leadership enactment, education research methodology and schooling in underserved communities. He is interested in the post-critical possibilities of Jacques Rancière’s thinking and the philosophy of science of Isabelle Stengers- especially experimental constructivism.
Stephen contributes to the International Teacher Education Research Collective (ITERC), a recently established group collaborating around research on teacher education in several countries including Australia, the UK, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Japan, Hong Kong and Sweden. The Collective is currently exploring three interrelated research themes: how professionalism is ‘claimed’; the ethics and politics of teachers’ knowledge; and the knowledge base of teacher education. https://twitter.com/_ITERC
Journal Article: Teaching, education, and the politics of English
Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert and Takayama, Keita (2023). Teaching, education, and the politics of English. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (5), 409-412. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2274687
Journal Article: Editorial: excavating ‘meaningful differences’ in Asia-Pacific teacher education research
Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen and Biesta, Gert (2023). Editorial: excavating ‘meaningful differences’ in Asia-Pacific teacher education research. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (4), 323-327. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2251218
Journal Article: Transforming teacher education or transforming the school: a dangerous dilemma?
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2023). Transforming teacher education or transforming the school: a dangerous dilemma?. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (3), 213-215. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2207290
Academic advice for departmental research projects
(2022) Queensland Department of Education
Quality Teaching Work and Reducing Educational Inequalities (ARC DP led by Griffith University)
(2020–2021) Griffith University
Teacher Advocacy and People Seeking Asylum
Doctor Philosophy
An Epistemology of Practice for Political and Existential Citizenship
Doctor Philosophy
Institutional language policies, academic literacies and power: a collaborative investigation of practices in higher education in Queensland
Doctor Philosophy
Disrupting education policy enactment research: characterising, dissensus and ground-up change
Heimans, Stephen (2020). Disrupting education policy enactment research: characterising, dissensus and ground-up change. New York, NY United States: DIO Press.
Taking a 'material turn' in education policy research?
Heimans, Stephen (2015). Taking a 'material turn' in education policy research?. Education Policy and Contemporary Theory: Implications for Research. (pp. 160-170) edited by Kalervo N. Gulson, Matthew Clarke and Eva Bendix Petersen. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315818429
Take action or do nothing: the educational dilemma of the teacher
Boyle, Christopher and Heimans, Stephen (2014). Take action or do nothing: the educational dilemma of the teacher. Equality in education: fairness and inclusion. (pp. 51-57) edited by Hongzhi Zhang, Philip Wing Keung Chan and Christopher Boyle. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6209-692-9_5
Deparochializing educational research: three critical, illustrative narratives
Lingard, Bob, Hardy, Ian and Heimans, Stephen (2012). Deparochializing educational research: three critical, illustrative narratives. Knowledge mobilization and educational research: politics, languages and responsibilities. (pp. 211-236) edited by Tara Fenwick and Lesley Farrell. New York, United States: Routledge.
Teaching, education, and the politics of English
Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert and Takayama, Keita (2023). Teaching, education, and the politics of English. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (5), 409-412. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2274687
Editorial: excavating ‘meaningful differences’ in Asia-Pacific teacher education research
Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen and Biesta, Gert (2023). Editorial: excavating ‘meaningful differences’ in Asia-Pacific teacher education research. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (4), 323-327. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2251218
Transforming teacher education or transforming the school: a dangerous dilemma?
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2023). Transforming teacher education or transforming the school: a dangerous dilemma?. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (3), 213-215. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2207290
ChatGPT, subjectification, and the purposes and politics of teacher education and its scholarship
Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita and Kettle, Margaret (2023). ChatGPT, subjectification, and the purposes and politics of teacher education and its scholarship. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (2), 105-112. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2189368
In recognition of teachers and teaching
Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert and Takayama, Keita (2023). In recognition of teachers and teaching. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 51 (1), 1-4. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2023.2168334
Taking “Asia Pacific” seriously: some uncomfortable questions about editing APJTE
Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen and Biesta, Gert (2022). Taking “Asia Pacific” seriously: some uncomfortable questions about editing APJTE. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 50 (5), 425-437. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2022.2138039
What has been “missing” or “missed” over the last 50 years in APJTE?
Brennan, Marie, Carusi, Tony, Clarke, Matthew, Heck, Deborah, Heimans, Stephen, Reid, Jo-Anne and Singh, Parlo (2022). What has been “missing” or “missed” over the last 50 years in APJTE?. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 50 (3), 233-248. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2022.2078952
Calls to action for teacher education research and practice: voices from the field
Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert and Takayama, Keita (2022). Calls to action for teacher education research and practice: voices from the field. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 50 (2), 115-117. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2022.2048464
Collective, vulnerable, nascent (post) qualitative inquiry-writing
Thiele, Catherine, Heimans, Stephen, Manathunga, Catherine, Barry, Suzanne, Cherry-Smith, Benjamin, Farrelly, Kristy, Grogan, Terence, Kemble, Robyn and McIlwain, Lisa (2022). Collective, vulnerable, nascent (post) qualitative inquiry-writing. The Qualitative Report, 27 (5), 1196-1205. doi: 10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5623
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of APJTE: a reflection on the past, present and future
Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen and Biesta, Gert (2022). Celebrating the 50th anniversary of APJTE: a reflection on the past, present and future. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 50 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2022.2022854
Biesta, Gert, Heimans, Stephen, Takayama, Keita and Kettle, Margaret (2022). Taking teacher educators, teachers, and students seriously in research: a statement from the editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education about the revised aims and scope of the journal. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 1-2. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2022.2125226
Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita and Kettle, Margaret (2022). Thinking about what has been ‘missing’ in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (APJTE) and perhaps the field more generally. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 50 (3), 229-232. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2022.2079174
Who educates the teacher educator? On research, practice, and politics
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2022). Who educates the teacher educator? On research, practice, and politics. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 50 (4), 325-327. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2022.2104467
Teacher education policy: part of the solution or part of the problem?
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2021). Teacher education policy: part of the solution or part of the problem?. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49 (5), 467-470. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2021.1992926
Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita and Kettle, Margaret (2021). How is teaching seen? raising questions about the part of teachers and their educators in the production of educational (non)sense. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49 (4), 363-369. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2021.1974152
The regime of ‘post-truth’: COVID-19 and the politics of knowledge
Kwok, Henry, Singh, Parlo and Heimans, Stephen (2021). The regime of ‘post-truth’: COVID-19 and the politics of knowledge. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 44 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2021.1965544
Pedagogic rights, public education and democracy
Heimans, Stephen, Singh, Parlo and Kwok, Henry (2021). Pedagogic rights, public education and democracy. European Educational Research Journal, 21 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1177/14749041211011920
Singh, Parlo, Hoyte, Frances, Heimans, Stephen and Exley, Beryl (2021). Teacher quality and teacher education: a critical policy analysis of international and Australian policies. The Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46 (4), 1-15. doi: 10.14221/ajte.2021v46n4.1
Examining teacher education research methodology: practices, priorities and politics
Kettle, Margaret, Heimans, Stephen, Biesta, Gert and Takayama, Keita (2021). Examining teacher education research methodology: practices, priorities and politics. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49 (3), 245-248. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2021.1928955
Munge, Brendon, Black, Alison L., Heck, Deborah, Manathunga, Catherine, Davidow, Shelley, Thiele, Catherine, Dwyer, Rachael, Heimans, Stephen and Schriever, Vicki (2021). Thinking (now) out of place? Scripting and performing collective dissent inside the corporatized university. Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies, 21 (5), 413-423. doi: 10.1177/15327086211029365
Call for papers: a new agenda for teacher education research
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2020). Call for papers: a new agenda for teacher education research. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (5), 460-462. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2020.1818484
Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Kettle, Margaret and Heimans, Stephen (2020). Teacher education between principle, politics, and practice: a statement from the new editors of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (5), 455-459. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2020.1818485
Editorial: editorial team transition
Heimans, Stephen, Kettle, Margaret, Biesta, Gert, Takayama, Keita, Singh, Parlo, Rowan, Leonie and Allen, Jeanne (2020). Editorial: editorial team transition. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (4), 335-337. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2020.1794572
Is the 2019 Water Revolution a lesson of emancipatory education? A Rancièrean invitation
Kwok, Henry, Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2020). Is the 2019 Water Revolution a lesson of emancipatory education? A Rancièrean invitation. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1744132
Heimans, Stephen and Biesta, Gert (2020). Rediscovering the beauty and risk of education research and teaching: an interview with Gert Biesta by Stephen Heimans. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (2), 101-111. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2020.1731422
Schooling and poverty: re-thinking impact, research and social justice
Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2020). Schooling and poverty: re-thinking impact, research and social justice. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2019.1700907
Researching educational disadvantage: concepts emerging from working in/with an Australian school
Heimans, Stephen, Singh, Parlo and Barnes, Andrew (2020). Researching educational disadvantage: concepts emerging from working in/with an Australian school. Improving Schools, 24 (2), 1-11. doi: 10.1177/1365480220938892
Singh, Parlo and Heimans, Stephen (2019). Cartographies of scholarship: Stephen Heimans talks to Parlo Singh about teaching, research, and the intellectual terrain of feminist scholarship with/after Bernstein. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 47 (5), 460-471. doi: 10.1080/1359866x.2019.1661960
Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2018). Putting the steam back into critique?‘Gathering’ for critical–dissensual collaborations in education policy research. Policy Futures in Education, 16 (2), 185-201. doi: 10.1177/1478210317736209
Some reflections about the political epistemologies of teacher education research
Singh, Parlo, Heimans, Stephen, Rowan, Leonie and Allen, Jeanne (2017). Some reflections about the political epistemologies of teacher education research. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 45 (5), 435-438. doi: 10.1080/1359866X.2017.1377916
Doing education policy enactment research in a minor key
Heimans, Stephen, Singh, Parlo and Glasswell, Kathryn (2017). Doing education policy enactment research in a minor key. Discourse, 38 (2), 185-196. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1074428
Re-presenting, performing critical/post-critical research realities
Heimans, Stephen and Singh, Parlo (2016). Re-presenting, performing critical/post-critical research realities. Research in Education, 96 (1), 93-109. doi: 10.1177/0034523716664606
Heimans, Stephen (2016). Fieldwork in philosophy, emancipation and researcher dis-position: A post-qualitative research exemplar. Qualitative Research Journal, 16 (1), 2-12. doi: 10.1108/QRJ-08-2014-0035
Education policy enactment research: disrupting continuities
Heimans, Stephen (2014). Education policy enactment research: disrupting continuities. Discourse, 35 (2), 307-316. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2013.832566
Singh, Parlo, Heimans, Stephen and Glasswell, Kathryn (2014). Policy enactment, context and performativity: ontological politics and researching Australian National Partnership policies. Journal of Education Policy, 29 (6), 826-844. doi: 10.1080/02680939.2014.891763
Coming to matter in practice: Enacting education policy
Heimans, Stephen (2012). Coming to matter in practice: Enacting education policy. Discourse, 33 (2), 313-326. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2012.666083
Educational policy, practice, and power
Heimans, Stephen (2012). Educational policy, practice, and power. Educational Policy, 26 (3), 369-393. doi: 10.1177/0895904810397338
Contesting the Neo-liberal lash-up: Policy paradoxes and possibilities
Heimans,Stephen (2011). Contesting the Neo-liberal lash-up: Policy paradoxes and possibilities. Social Alternatives, 30 (4), 15-19.
Journal Rankings: Positioning the field of educational research and educational academics
Hardy, Ian, Heimans, Stephen and Lingard, Bob (2011). Journal Rankings: Positioning the field of educational research and educational academics. Power and Education, 3 (1), 4-17. doi: 10.2304/power.2011.3.1.5
Heimans, Stephen (2010). The education debate. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 31 (3), 393-395. doi: 10.1080/01596301003787025
Characterising - (an) Education Policy
Heimans, Stephen (2013). Characterising - (an) Education Policy. PhD Thesis, School of Education, The University of Queensland.
Academic advice for departmental research projects
(2022) Queensland Department of Education
Quality Teaching Work and Reducing Educational Inequalities (ARC DP led by Griffith University)
(2020–2021) Griffith University
Teacher Advocacy and People Seeking Asylum
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
An Epistemology of Practice for Political and Existential Citizenship
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Institutional language policies, academic literacies and power: a collaborative investigation of practices in higher education in Queensland
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Investigating Perspectives on Pronunciation Teaching in the Adult Migrant English Programme
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Governmentality of Queensland Public Academies and Independent Public Schools: A Foucauldian Analysis
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Towards Lao Inclusive Education: Perceptions, Barriers and Evidence-based Strategies to Overcome the Barriers
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Differentiating instruction in early secondary mathematics
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Recontextualizing the Internationalization of the Curriculum at Home in Vietnam Higher Education: An Action Research Project
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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