Dr Jim Twelves
Head of Education, Lecturer, Program Director - Master of Teaching (Primary), Master of Teaching (Secondary)Contact Jim Twelves
Jim was principal of three Christian schools, one in Victoria, one in New South Wales and one in Queensland. Concurrent with this chapter he returned to university as a mature student gaining a Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration, Masters of Education and a PhD from Melbourne University. His doctoral research; Putting them in the hands of God: A successful Australian Christian School was published as a book in 2013. Prior to Jim’s emigration to Australia in 1995 he was Head of Geography at Aldenham School, in England for most of his 19½ years there in high school teaching.
Jim is passionate about the spiritual dimension of Christian education, particularly its tangible expression within educational communities but also in the life and calling of the individual Christian teacher. As Director of Twelves Consulting, with a team, he developed a national policy framework for a group of Christian schools and from this platform he joined Alphacrucis College in 2010 to head up the delivery of our first initial teacher education program, the Master of Teaching (Primary), pioneered by Associate Professor Jennie Bickmore-Brand. Since then he has headed up the growing Faculty of Education incorporating Master of Teaching (Secondary) and Bachelor of Education (Primary) until 2017 when the faculty enlarged to incorporate Arts and Social Science under Professor Mark Hutchinson. Jim has pioneered the introduction of the Clinical Teaching Model (CTM) that sees teacher education students placed in schools throughout their studies providing practice based learning under the guidance of their host coach.
Jim is currently responsible for EDU500 Professional Experience; EDU401 Foundations in Christian Learning and Teaching; EDU502 History and Geography; EDU522 The Self-Reflective Educator and RES502 Action Research. He also represents Alphacrucis College on the New South Wales Council of Deans of Education. The NSWCDE is the peak body representing NSW Teacher Education Providers, University Faculties and Schools of Education. The NSWCDE leads the delivery and development of education programs, partnerships and research. It acts as an advocate for pre-service and in-service teacher education.
Qualifications
PhD (Melbourne University)
Dissertation Title Putting them in the hands of God: A successful Australian Christian School
2005
MEd (Melbourne University)
Dissertation Title Leadership and Management in Three Exemplar Non-Government Christian Schools
2000
Grad Dip Ed Admin (Melbourne University) 1999
PGCE (University of Sheffield - Geography & Biology) 1975
BSc(Hons) (University College of Wales, Aberystwyth - Geography) 1974
Research Interests
The Heart of the Teacher
Blended Learning
Future Education
Staff Appraisal and Career Development Programs
Models of Christian Education
Ethnographraphy
Leadership Development
Organisational Redesign
Action Research
Clincal Teaching Model (CTM)
Field of Research
- 1301 Education Systems
- 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
- 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
- 1399 Other Education
Book
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2013
- Twelves, J. (2013). Putting Them in the Hands of God: A Successful Christian School in Australia. Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Germany. | External link
Journal Article
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2016
- Twelves, J (2016). The Clinical Teaching Model (CTM): Explored. Crucis, 6th September 2016. | Link to journal | External link
- Twelves, J (2016). You can change lives through teaching. Eternity, 6th October 2016. | Link to journal
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2015
- Twelves, J (2015). The Clinical Teaching Model (CTM). Crucis, 6th November 2015. | Link to journal | External link
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2014
- Twelves, J & Arasaratnam, L (2014). Blended Learning in Postgraduate Studies: A contextualised discussion. Journal of Christian Education, Vol 55, Issue 1 59-69. | External link
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2009
- Twelves, J. (2009). The Future of Education. The Christian Teachers Journal, Vol 17.4 October 2009.
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2001
- Twelves, J. (2001). Some Characteristics of Successful Christian Schooling in Australia. Journal of Education and Christian Belief, Vol 5, No 1, Spring 2001. | External link
- Twelves, J. (2001). The Leadership and Management of Three Successful Australian Christian Schools. Melbourne Graduate School of Education Online Refereed Journal, Post Script Vol 2, No 2, April 2001. | External link
Presentations
Academic Conference
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2018
- Field Work (2018), PD Day, AC Parramatta, 12 Oct 2018
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2016
- Christian Education (2016), EurECA Conference, Seminario Alfragide, Lisbon, Portugal, 06 May 2016
- Clinical Teaching Model (CTM) (2016), EurECA Conference, Seminario Alfragide, Lisbon, Portugal, 05 May 2016
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2015
- Learning Styles (2015), Faculty PD, AC Parramatta, 20 Jul 2015
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2014
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Clinical Teaching Model (2014), Workshop with Christian School Principals, Brisbane Airport, 26 Aug 2014
Co-presenter: Dr Jennie Bickmore Brand
Professional Memberships
National Digital Learning Resources Network (NDLRN) - Scootle (since 2015)
NSW Council of Deans of Education (since 2016)
the Scholarly Christian Educators’ Gathering (SCEG) (since 2015)
Toastmasters (since 2004)
- CRS202 History and Geography: Part A
- CRS302 History and Geography: Part B
- CRS402 Economics Curriculum: Part A
- CRS403 Curriculum Studies – English: Part A
- CRS411 Curriculum Studies – Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: Part A
- CRS412 Curriculum Studies – Geography: Part A
- CRS413 Curriculum Studies – History: Part A
- CRS414 Curriculum Studies – Mathematics: Part A
- CRS418 Curriculum Studies – Information and Communication Technology: Part A
- CRS431 Curriculum Studies – Drama: Part A
- CRS432 Media: Part A
- CRS433 Curriculum Studies – Music: Part A
- CRS435 Curriculum Studies – Visual Arts: Part A
- CRS450 Curriculum Studies – Commerce
- CRS451 Accounting: Part A
- CRS502 Curriculum Studies – Economics
- CRS503 Curriculum Studies – English: Part B
- CRS511 Curriculum Studies – Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: Part B
- CRS512 Curriculum Studies – Geography: Part B
- CRS513 Curriculum Studies – History: Part B
- CRS514 Curriculum Studies – Mathematics: Part B
- CRS518 Curriculum Studies – Information Processes and Technology
- CRS531 Curriculum Studies – Drama: Part B
- CRS532 Curriculum Studies – Studies of Religion
- CRS533 Curriculum Studies – Music: Part B
- CRS535 Curriculum Studies – Visual Arts: Part B
- CRS550 Curriculum Studies – Business Studies
- CRS551 Accounting: Part B
- EDU101 Foundations in Christian Learning and Teaching
- EDU322 The Self-Reflective Educator
- EDU401 Foundations in Christian Learning and Teaching
- EDU403 Language and Literacy
- EDU424 Australian Indigenous and Multicultural Education
- EDU500 Professional Experience A, B & C
- EDU502 History and Geography
- EDU511 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
- EDU512 Science and Technology
- EDU513 Learning and Teaching English
- EDU514 Learning and Teaching Mathematics: Part A
- EDU515 Learning and Teaching Mathematics: Part B
- EDU520 Educational Leadership
- EDU521 Creative Arts
- EDU522 The Self-Reflective Educator
- EDU523 Inclusive Education
- EDU540 Learning and Teaching, Theory and Practice
- EDU541 Differentiated Curriculum and Learning Management
- EDU542 Learning and Teaching through ICT
- EDU545 Educational Policy Development
- RES502(MTP) Action Research
Completed Supervision
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2019
- Hendricksson, C, Muliticultural Integration in Swedish Schools (Doctoral Thesis), 2019
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