John Smyth has recently been appointed as Research Professor of Education, School of Education, University of Ballarat, Australia. In 2004-2005 he held the Roy F. & Joann Cole Mitte Endowed Chair in School Improvement, Texas State University-San Marcos.  He also is also Emeritus Professor, Flinders University of South Australia and holds positions as  Senior Research Scholar, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato, New Zealand, and Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Charles Darwin University, Australia.  He previously held the Foundation Chair of Teacher Education and was Associate Dean of Research, School of Education, Flinders University, and was Director of the Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching for 13 years. He is author/editor of 15 books the latest (with McInerney) is entitled Teachers in the Middle: Reclaiming the Wasteland of the Adolescent Years of Schooling (2007, Peter Lang Publishing) —a report of how some schools keep young people engaged in schooling.  He recently completed the largest study of its kind undertaken in Australia that accessed the voices of students around early school leaving in a reported entitled 'Dropping Out' Drifting Off, Being Excluded: Becoming Somebody Without School. (2004, Peter Lang Publishing) (with Hattam and others).  He is currently involved in two major research projects funded by the Australian Research Council: one is investigating the conditions that support and sustain students in disadvantaged high schools towards completing their schooling, and the second is exploring school and community forms of capacity building that assists school reform in schools working in challenging circumstances.  His research interests include: policy ethnographies of schooling, issues of social justice, and policy sociology of students’ lives and teachers’ work.

Publications

Books (In Press)

Smyth, J., & McInerney, P.  Teachers in the Middle: Reclaiming the Wasteland of the Adolescent Years of Schooling.  New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2006

Scholarly Academic Books

1. Smyth, J., Hattam, R, with Cannon, J., Edwards, J., Wilson, N. & Wurst, S 'Dropping Out' Drifting Off, Being Excluded: Becoming Somebody Without School  New York: Peter Lang, Publishing, 2004, pp. 1-224  ISBN 0-8204-5507-5
2. Smyth, J. (ed) La Autonomia Escolar: Una Perspectiva Critica.  Madrid: Ediciones Akal, S.A., 2001, pp. 1-295.  ISBN 84-460-1239-1
3. Smyth, J., Critical Politics of Teachers' Work: An Australian Perspective.  New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2001, pp. 1 - 300.  ISBN 0-8204-4915-6
4. Smyth, J. Dow, A., Hattam, R., Reid, A., & Shacklock, G.  Teachers' Work in a Globalising Economy.  London & New York: Falmer Press, 2000, pp. 1 -222 .  ISBN 0-750-70962-6 (hardback) 0-750-70961-8 (paperback)
5. Smyth, J., Hattam, R., & Lawson, M. (eds) Schooling for a Fair Go.  Sydney: Federation Press, 1998 pp. 1 - 128.  ISBN 1-86287-296-1
6. Hunt, I., & Smyth, J. (eds) The Ethos of the University: West and Beyond.  Adelaide, Flinders University: Centre for Applied Philosophy and the Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching, 1998, pp. 1 - 220.   ISBN 0-7258-0666-4
7. Smyth, J., & Shacklock , G.  Remaking Teaching: Ideology, Policy and Practice.   Routledge: London   & New York, 1998, pp. 1- 223.  ISBN 0-415-18690-0 (hardback) 0-415-18691-9 (paperback)
8. Shacklock, G., & Smyth, J. (eds) , Reflexive and Critical Approaches to Social and Educational Research.   Falmer Press, London & Philadelphia, 1998, pp. 1-221  ISBN 0-7507-0776-3 (hardback) 0-7507-0775-5 (paperback)
9. Smyth, J. (ed) Critical Discourses in Teacher Development.  London: Cassell, 1995, pp. 1-230  ISBN 0-304-33401-4 (hardback) 0-304-33402-2 (paperback)
10. Smyth, J., (ed) Academic Work: the Changing Labour Process in Higher Education.  Milton Keynes, England:  Open University Press, England, 1995, pp. 1-213  ISBN 1-335-19022-7
11. Smyth, J., (ed) A Socially Critical View of the Self-Managing School.   Falmer Press, London & Philadelphia, 1993, pp. 1-260.  ISBN 0-75070-212-5 (hardback) 0-75070-213-3 (paperback)
12. Smyth, J., Teachers-as-Collaborative Learners: Challenging Dominant Forms of Supervision.  Milton Keynes, England: Open University Press, 1991, pp. 1-156.  ISBN 0-335-09588-7 (hardback) 0-335-09587-9 (paperback)
13. Smyth, J., & Gitlin, A., Teacher Evaluation: Educative Alternatives London & Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1989, pp. 1-184.  ISBN 1-85000-522-2 (hardback) 1-85000-523-0 (paperback)
14. Smyth, J., (ed) Critical Perspectives on Educational Leadership, London & Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1989, pp. 1-247.   ISBN 1-85000-524-9 (hardback) 1-85000-525-7 (paperback)
15. Smyth, J., (ed) Educating Teachers: Changing the Nature of Pedagogical Knowledge. London & Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1987, pp. 1-240.  ISBN 1-85000-293-2 (hardback) 1-85000-294-0 (paperback)
16. Smyth, J., (ed) Learning About Teaching Through Clinical Supervision, London: Croom Helm, 1986, pp. 1-260.  ISBN 0-7099-4417-9

School Textbooks

1.      Smyth, J., Hiri : Commerce in Papua New Guinea, Melbourne:  Macmillan, 1979, pp. 1-101.

2.      Smyth, J., Bisnis: Commerce in Papua New Guinea, MacMillan, 1976, pp. 1-99.

3. Smyth, J., Kina and Toea: Commerce in Papua New Guinea, Melbourne: MacMillan, 1975, pp. 1-96.

Chapters in books

In press

1. Smyth, J. “Listening to Student Voice in the Democratisation of Schooling”. In Samier, E. (Ed) Politics of Education. London: Routledge (in press)
2. Smyth, J. toward the Pedagogically Engaged School: listening to student voice as a positive response to disengagement and ‘dropping out’. In Cook-Sather, A., & Thiessen, D. (eds) International Handbook of Student Experience of Elementary and Secondary School.  Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Science Publishers, 2006.
3. Smyth, J. Attrition from school.  In B. Bank (ed) Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia. New York: Greenwood Press, 2006.
4. Smyth, J. Teacher and curriculum development: a clinical analysis perspective.  Reprinted in Australian Curriculum Studies Association Reprint of Outstanding Articles, 2005 (?)

Chapters

1. Smyth, J. Policy research and ‘damaged teachers’: towards an epistemologically respectful paradigm .  In F. Bodone (ed). What Difference Does Research Make and for Whom ? New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2005, 141-156.
2. Smyth, J. Standards for critical inquiry in supervision.  In S. Gordon (ed) Standards for Instructional Supervision: Enhancing Teaching and Learning. Larchmont, New York: Eye on Education Publishers, 2005, 91-105.
3. Smyth, J. Foreword, In P. Adams, K. Vossler, & C. Scrivens (eds)  Teachers’ Work in Aotearoa New Zealand South Bank, Victoria: Thomson/Dunmore Press, 2005, 9-10
4. Smyth, J., Unmasking teacher’ subjectivities in local school management. In The Open University (ed) Researching Educational Leadership and Management: Reader, Milton Keynes: The Open University, 2005, 8-27.
5. Smyth, J.  Teachers’ work: what is happening to it? In J. Kincheloe & D. Weil (eds). Critical Thinking and Learning; an Encyclopedia.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004, pp. 216-221
6. Smyth, J. & Shacklock, G. Teachers doing their economic work.  In S. Ball (ed) The Routledge/Falmer Reader in Sociology of Education.  London & New York, 2004, pp. 240-261.
7. Smyth, J. Critical Scholar: Exploring a ‘Critical Politics of teachers’ Work’.  In M. Wolfe & C. Pryor (eds) The Mission of the Scholar:  Research and Practice.  A Tribute to Nelson Haggerson.  New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002, pp. 65-74.
8. Smyth, J.  Manufacturing the myth of the self-managing school as an international educational reform.  In M. Fielding (ed) Taking Education Seriously: Four Years’ Hard Labour London & New York: Routledge/Falmer, 2001, pp. 238-253.
9. Smyth, J.  A culture of teaching under 'New Management'.  In D. Gleeson & C. Husbands (eds) The Performing School: Managing, Teaching and Learning in a Performance Culture.  London & New York: Routledge/Falmer Press, 2001, pp. 118 -136. 
10. Smyth, J.  La ensenanza la politica social: las imagenes de la ensenanza en favor del cambio democratico.  In B. Biddle, T, Good, & I. Goodson (eds.) La ensenanza y los: La reforma de la ensenanza en un mundo en transformacion (Teaching in a World in Transformation) Barcelona: Ediciones Padios Iberica, SA, 2000,  pp. 98 - 168
11. Smyth, J.  Researching the Cultural Politics of Teachers’ Learning.  In J. Loughran (ed.) Researching Teaching: Towards an Understanding of Pedagogical Knowledge. London: Falmer Press,  1999,  67 - 82.
12. Smyth, J., Devolution of teachers' work: the underside of a complex phenomenon.  In M. Strain, B. Dennison, J. Ouston, & V. Hall (eds) Policy, Leadership and Professional Knowledge. London: Paul Chapman, 1998, 34 - 41. 
13. Hattam, R. & Smyth, J. The contested nature of defining competent teaching: a case study on the beginning teacher competency framework.  In E. Hatton (ed) Understanding Teaching. Sydney: Harcourt Brace, 1998, pp. 113 119. 
14. Smyth, J., & Hattam, R.  Intellectual as hustler: researching against the grain of marketization.  In I. Hunt & J. Smyth (eds) The Ethos of the University: West and Beyond.  Adelaide: Flinders University, Centre for Applied Philosophy and the Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching, 1998, pp. 145 - 178. 
15. Smyth, J., Hattam, R., & Shacklock, G.  Investigating enterprise culture in schools: is a socially critical enterprise education possible? In Australian Education Union (SA Branch) Socially Critical Key Competencies and Vocational Education and Training.  Published Conference Papers.  Adelaide, 1998, pp.  43 - 60. 
16. Smyth, J. (1998). Three rival versions and a critique of teacher staff development. In A. Hargreaves, A. Lieberman, M. Fullan, & D. Hopkins (Eds.), International Handbook of Educational Change (Vol. 5, pp. 1231-1244). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
17. Smyth, J. (1998). The school as a critical learning community. In B. Down, C. Hogan, & P. Swan (Eds.), Reclaiming Professional Knowledge: New Ways of Thinking About Teachers' Learning (pp. 7-14). Murdoch: Centre for Curriculum and Professional Development, Murdoch University.
18. Smyth, J. & Shacklock, G.  Behind the ‘cleansing’ of socially critical research accounts.  In G. Shacklock,  & J. Smyth (eds) , Reflexive and Critical Approaches to Social and Educational Research.   Falmer Press, London & Philadelphia, 1998, pp. 1 - 12.
19. Smyth, J.  Economic, political and social forces shaping school supervision.  In J. Firth & E. Pajak (eds) Handbook of Research on School Supervision.  New York: Scholastic Inc, 1998,  pp. 1173- 1183.
20. Smyth, J. Education policy. In J. Shafiriz (ed) International Encyclopedia of Public Policy. Boulder, Co; Westview Press, 1998, pp. 1204-1206.
21. Smyth, J.  Teaching and social policy: images of teaching for democratic change.  In B. Biddle, T, Good, & I. Goodson (eds.  International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching.  Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic,  1997.  pp. 1081- 1144
22. Smyth, J. Is supervision more than the surveillance of instruction ? In J. Glanz & R. Neville (eds) Educational Supervision: Perspectives, Issues and Controversies. New York: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1997, pp. 285-298.
23. Smyth, J.  Developing socially critical educators.  In D. Boud (ed) Working with Experience: Animating Learning.  London: Routledge, 1996, pp. 41-57.
24. Smyth, J.  The socially just alternative to the 'Self-Managing School'. In K. Leithwood, J. Chapman, D. Corson, P. Hallinger, & A. Hart (eds) International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration.  Part 2. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1996, pp. 1097- 1131. 
25. Smyth, J.  Higher education policy reform in Australia: an expansive analysis.   In P. Sabloff & J. Mauch (eds) Reform and Change in Higher Education: International Perspectives.  New York & London: Garland Press, 1995. pp. 51-82.
26. Smyth, J., Teachers' work and the labour process of teaching: central problematics in professional development.  In M. Huberman & T. Guskey (eds) New Paradigms and Practices in Professional Development.  New York: Teachers College Press, 1995, pp. 69-91.
27. Smyth, J. Skejjel mifthin ghall-Genituri f'dinja f'recessjoni. In R. Sultana (ed) Genituri u Ghalliema ghal Edukazzjoni Ahar. Malta: Mireva Publications, 1994, pp. 126-38.
28. Smyth, J.  Devolution: international trends and the genesis of a wider process of educational re-structuring.  In R. Martin (ed) Devolution, Decentralisation and Recentralisation: the Structure of Australian Schooling. Melbourne: Australian Education Union, 1994, pp. 6-8. 
29. Smyth, J.  A socially critical approach to teacher education.  In T. Simpson (ed)    Teacher Educators' Annual Handbook 1993. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology, 1993, 153-165.
30. Smyth, J.  Teacher collegiality: is it another way of controlling teachers ?  In A. Reid & B. Johnson (eds) Critical Issues in Australian Education in the 1990s.  Centre for Educational Leadership: University of South Australia, 1993, pp. 138-45. 
31. Smyth, J.  Professional development and the restructuring of teachers' work: the case of teacher collegiality.  In F. Crowther & D. Ogilvie (eds) The New Political World of Educational Administration.  Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Administration, 1992, pp. 123-34.
32. Smyth, J., Looking for the power brokers in your setting.  In A. Bowman & N. Haggerson (eds)  Informing Educational Policy and Practice through Interpretive Inquiry. Lancaster, PA:  Technomic Publishing, 1992, pp. 225-50. 
33. Smyth, J., Et pedagogisk  perspektiv ledelse.  in Trod Alvik (ed) Skolebasert Vuedering - en Artikkelsamling.  Homansbyen, Oslo: Ad Notam, 1992, pp. 111-20
34. Smyth, J.  Una pedagogia critica de la practica en el aula.  In Revista de Educacion 294.  Madrid, Spain: Centro de Investigacion y Documentacion Educativa, Ciudad Universitavia, 1991, pp. 275-300. 
35. Smyth, J., Teacher evaluation as the technology of increased centralism in education. In World Yearbook of Education 1990. London: Kogan Page, 1989, 237-257.
36. Smyth, J., La Administracion educativa: critica al enfoque tradicional.  In J. Smyth et al., Practica Critica de la Administracion Educativa  Valencia, Espana: Universitat de Valencia, 1989
37. Smyth, J., A 'pedagogical' and 'educative' view of leadership. In J. Smyth (ed) Critical Perspectives on Educational Leadership London: Falmer Press, 1989, 179-204.
38. Smyth, J., When teachers theorize their practice: a reflexive approach to a distance education course. In D. Nation & T. Evans (eds) Critical Reflections on Distance Education London: Falmer Press, 1989, 197-133.
39. Smyth, J., Administrative leadership in the intellectual transformation of schooling. In M. Holly & K. McLoughlin (eds) Perspectives on Teachers' Professional Development London: Falmer, 1989, 219-35.
40. Smyth, J., Transforming teaching through intellectualizing the work of teachers. In J. Smyth (ed) Educating Teachers: Changing the Nature of Pedagogical Knowledge. London: Falmer, 1987, 155-68.
41. Smyth, J., An alternative and critical perspective for clinical supervision in schools. In K. Sirotnik & J. Oakes (eds) Critical Perspectives on the Organization and Improvement of Schooling. Boston, MA: Kluwer-Nijhoff, 1986, pp. 131-61.
42. Smyth, J., Towards a collaborative, reflective and critical mode of clinical supervision. In J. Smyth (ed) Learning About Teaching Through Clinical Supervision, London: Croom Helm,1986, pp. 59-84.
43. Smyth, J., Time and school learning. In T. Husen & N. Postlethwaite (eds) International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies, Oxford: Pergamon, 1985, pp. 5265-72.
44. Smyth, J., A context for the study of time and instruction. In D. Berliner & C. Fisher (eds) Perspectives on Instructional Time, New York: Longmans, 1985. pp. 3-27.
45. Smyth, J., Clinical supervision: a collaborative and reflective form of staff development. In E. B. Thomas (ed) ,A Professional Reading Guide for Educational Administrators, (Media Package) Geelong, Australia, 1985.
46. Smyth, J., Time, achievement and teacher development. In L. Anderson (ed) Time and School Learning: Theory, Research and Practice, (Croom Helm Curriculum Policy and Research Series) London: Croom Helm, 1984, pp. 128-43.
47. Smyth, J., Two for the price of one: staff development through the utilization of findings from research on teaching. In B. Biles, L. Billups, S. Veitch (eds) Training and Resource Manual. Educational Research & Dissemination Program. Washington, D.C.: American Federation of Teachers, 1983, pp. 40-1.
48. Smyth, J., The principal and teacher evaluation: auditor or artist? In W. Simpkins, E. B. Thomas, & A.R. Thomas (eds) Principal and Task: Australian Perspectives.  Armidale:  University of New England Press, 1982, pp. 154-64.
49. Smyth, J., Teacher involvement in school decision making.  In E. Hodgson, J. Bergen, & R. Bryce (eds) The Organization and Administration of Education in Canada: A Collection of Readings. Edmonton: University of Alberta, 1980, pp. 452-4.
50. Smyth, J.,  Economics education for living in a developing country. In A. Bell, J. Glasson, M. Hayden, A Robins & M. Sherry (eds)  A Curriculum for Living, Melbourne: Victorian Commercial Teachers Association, 1975, pp. 150-61.

Deakin University Press & Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching Publications

1. Smyth, J., Hattam, R., & Shacklock, G. (1997). Pursuing a Qualitative/Critical Research Thesis in Education. Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
2. Smyth, J. (Ed.). (1997). Becoming a Learning Professional: Conference Proceedings. Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
3. Smyth, J. (1996). Teaching and Learning the Key Competencies in the Vocational Education and Training Sector (Research Report ). Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
4. Smyth, J. (1995). An 'indigenous culture' of educational leadership in a context of school restructuring. In J. Smyth (Ed.), Educational Leadership: Cultural, Critical, Political and Gendered Perspectives (pp. 63-70). Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
5. Smyth, J. (Ed.). (1995). Educational Leadership: Cultural, Critical, Political and Gendered Perspectives: Conference Proceedings. Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
6. Smyth, J., Lawson, Hattam, R., & Summers. The use of competency standards for beginning teachers.  Report to the Federal Department of Employment, Education and Training, January 1995, pp. 1- 81.
7. Smyth, J. (ed) Conference proceedings Qualitative Approaches in Educational Research, Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching, 1994, pp. 1- 76.
8. Hattam, R., Brown, K., & Smyth, J. (1995). Sustaining a Culture of Debate About Teaching and Learning. Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching & Personnel Division of Department for Education and Children's Services.
9. Smyth, J., Glimpses of the administrator and teacher evaluation in a cold administrative climate.  In F. Rizvi, Images of Educational Administration,  Geelong: Deakin University Press, 1991, pp. 153-209. 
10. Smyth, J., Foreword to Critical Reflection and the Culture of Schooling: Empowering Teachers, by L. Beyer, Geelong: Deakin University Press, 1989, pp. 1-7.
11. Smyth, J., A Critical Pedagogy of Teacher Evaluation Geelong: Deakin University Press, 1988, pp. 1-147.  Reprinted in Revista de Educacion (Ministry of Education, Spain), 1990.
12. Smyth, J., (ed)  Theorising Practice: the Teacher's Professional Journal, by D. Tripp.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1987.
13. Smyth, J., (ed)  Seeing Anew: Teachers Theories of Action, by J. Nias.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1987.
14. Smyth, J.,  A Rationale for Teachers' Critical Pedagogy: A Handbook.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1987.
15. Smyth, J., (ed)  Administrative Leadership and the Democratic Community as a Social Ideal, by F. Rizvi.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1986, pp. 1-119.
16. Smyth, J., (ed)  A Critical Review of Leadership Concepts and Research: The Implications for Educational Administration, by P. Watkins.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1986, pp. 1-93.
17. Smyth, J., (ed)  The Reconstruction of Leadership, by W. Foster, Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1986, pp. 1-88.
18. Smyth, J., (ed)  The Psycho-Social Dynamics of Leading and Following, by P. Gronn.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1986, pp. 1-145.
19. Smyth, J.,  Reflection-in-Action.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1986, pp. 1-118.
20. Smyth, J., Leadership and Pedagogy.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1986, pp. 1-104.
21. Smyth, J.,  Critically examining what we do in the field of instructional supervision.  In J. Smyth et al.  Readings on School-Based Professional Development.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1984. 
22. Smyth, J., (ed)  Keeping a Personal Professional Journal by M.L. Holly.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1984, pp. 1-58.
23. Smyth, J., School-Based Professional Development: A Course Guide.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1984, pp. 1-60.
24. Smyth, J., Clinical Supervision - Collaborative Learning About Teaching: A Handbook.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1984, pp. 1-56.
25. Smyth, J., (ed) Case Studies in Clinical Supervision.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1984, pp. 1-81.
26. Smyth, J., Educational administration: a critique of the tradition.  In L. Rattray-Wood et al.  Introduction to Educational Administration, Volume 1.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1982,  pp. 1-18.
27. Smyth, J., Administrative Praxis Handbook. Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1982, pp. 1-12.
28. Smyth, J., Teachers’ classroom constructs.  In J.G. Wallace et al.  The Nature of Teaching and Learning.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1982, pp. 1-20.
29. Smyth, J., Teachers-as-evaluators: analysis and answerability in the classroom.  In R. Bates et al.  Organizational Evaluation in the Schools.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1981, pp. 19-36.
30. Smyth, J., Clinical supervision: towards a guided self-analysis of teaching.  In L. Lomas et al.  Classroom Processes. Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1981, pp. 148-56.
31. Smyth, J., Human resource development in schools.  In R. Bates et al.  Resource Management in Schools. Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1981, pp. 27-52.
32. Smyth, J., The teacher-as-executive: managing pupil engagement during learning.  In L. Lomas et al.  Classroom Processes.  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1981, pp. 33-62.
33. Smyth, J., Innovation and planned change in schools: an administrative dilemma.  In J. Smyth et al.  Educational Leadership in Schools, Volume 2.  Geelong: Australia: Deakin University Press, 1980, pp. 5-22.
34. Smyth, J., Accountability and professional development: odd bed-fellows.  In J. Smyth et al.  Educational Leadership in Schools, Volume 1,  Geelong, Australia:  Deakin University Press, 1980, pp. 77-96.
35. Smyth, J., Functional aspects of control in schools.   In J. Smyth et al.  Educational Leadership in Schools, Volume 1,    Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1980, pp. 59-76.
36. Smyth, J., Managing the bureaucratic/professional dilemma in schools.  In J. Smyth et al.  Educational Leadership in Schools, Volume 1,  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1980, pp. 23-46.
37. Smyth, J., The nature of administration and leadership in schools.  In J. Smyth et al.  Educational Leadership in Schools, Volume 1,  Geelong, Australia: Deakin University Press, 1980, pp. 5-12.

Publications from  the Teachers' Learning Project

1. Hattam., R., McInerney, P., Lawson, M., & Smyth, J.  (1999).  Enhancing Teachers' Learning.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
2. Lawson, M., McInerney, P., Hattam., & Smyth, J.  (1999).  Embedding Information Technology in the Curriculum.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching. 
3. McInerney, P., Hattam, R., Smyth, J., & Lawson, M.  (1999).  Making Socially-Just Curriculum.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
4. McInerney, P., Hattam, R., Lawson, M., & Smyth, J.  (1999).  Developing Middle School Practices.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
5. Hattam, R., McInerney, P., Smyth, J., & Lawson, M.  (1999).  Promoting Student Voices.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
6. Hattam, R., McInerney, P., Smyth, J., & Lawson, M.  (1999).  Enhancing School-Community Dialogue.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
7. Smyth, J., McInerney, P., Hattam, R., & Lawson, M.  (1999).  Critical Reflection on Teaching and Learning.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
8. Smyth, J., McInerney, P., Lawson, M., & Hattam, R.  (1999).  School Culture as the Key to School Reform.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
9. McInerney, P., Hattam., Smyth, J., & Lawson, M.  (1999).  Middle Schooling from the Ground Up: Seaforfd 6 -12 School.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
10. Lawson, M., McInerney, P., Hattam, R., & Smyth, J.  (1999).  Keeping Senior Secondary Curriculum Alive in Rural Communities: Mid North Secondary Education Cooperative.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
11. McInerney, P., Smyth, J., Lawson, M., & Hattam, R.  (1999). Rigorous Curriculum in an Isolated Community: Indulkana Aboriginal School.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
12. Lawson, M., McInerney, P., Hattam, R., & Smyth, J. (1999). Learning to Teach the Virtual Class: the Open Access College Senior Secondary School Distance Education . Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
13. Lawson, M., McInerney, P., Hattam, R., & Smyth, J. (1999). Learning about Partnerships and Reporting: Ingle Farm East School. Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
14. Hattam, R., McInerney, P., Lawson, M., & Smyth, J. (1999). A School as a Learning Community:  Hackham West Schools. Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
15. Smyth, J., McInerney, P., Hattam, R., & Lawson, M. (1999). Placing Girls at the Centre of Curriculum: Teachers' Learning and School Reform at Gepps Cross Girls' High School. Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.
16. Smyth, J., McInerney, P., Hattam, R., & Lawson, M. (1999). A Culture of Reform for Social Justice: the Pines School Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.

Publications from the Students Completing Schooling Project

Smyth, J., Hattam, R., Cannon, J., Edwards, J., Wilson, S., & Wurst, S.  (2000) Listen to me, I’m Leaving: Early School Leaving in South Australian Secondary Schools.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of teaching; Department of Education and Training: Senior secondary Assessment Board of South Australia.

Publication from Other Projects

McInerney, P., Hattam, R., & Smyth, J.  ‘We’re in for the long haul’: Middle Schooling at Christies Beach High School.  Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of teaching, 2001, pp. 1-79. 

Conference Presentations

Papers to International Conferences

1. New direction for supervision? When students have power over their learning.  Paper to the annual meeting of the Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision, University of Georgia, Athens, GA., October 28-30, 2005. 
2. When students have power over their learning: an imperative for the ‘unfinished journey towards justice’.  Paper to the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Nashville, TN., November 10-13, 2005.
3. (With Wright, N.). Exploring literacy across the curriculum in secondary schools: addressing whole-school change. Paper to the annual meeting of the Australian Association for research in Education, Paramatta, NSW, November-December, 2005.
4. (With May, S.) Exploring literacy across the curriculum in secondary schools: the development of a multidimensional methodological approach. Paper to the annual meeting of the Australian Association for research in Education, Paramatta, NSW, November-December, 2005.
5. (With Angus, L). Ethnographic research into educational inequality: Pushing the agenda a little further each time. Paper to the Ethnography in Education conference, St. Hilda's College, Oxford University, September 12-13, 2005.
6. A great leap forward! Student engagement and school completion: when students have power over their learning.  Keynote address to the Annual conference of the New Zealand Association of Secondary Deputy and Assistant Principals, Rotorua, New Zealand, 16 June, 2005
7. (With Down, B). Enhancing school retention: building ‘geographies of trust’ and ‘socially just’ schools.  Paper to the annual meeting of the Australian Association for research in Education, Melbourne, November-December, 2004.
8. (With McInerney, P). ‘You have to view the child as a person not a commodity’: schools reinventing themselves for young adolescents. Paper to the Annual meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, November-December, 2004.
9. A challenge for the next president: students ‘dropping out, drifting off, being excluded’ from school.  Public lecture as Mitte Endowed Chair in School Improvement, Texas State University-San Marcos, 27 October, 2004.
10. Taking flight: school reform through actively listening to the voices of early school leavers (and their teachers!).  Keynote address to the New Zealand English Teachers Association Annual Conference, Dunedin, 6 July, 2004
11. Social capital and the ‘socially just school’.  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, December 2002. 
12. Undamaging ‘damaged’ teachers: an antidote to the ‘self-managing school’.  Keynote address to the “Politics of Teachers’ Work” conference, New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Massey University, 24-25 August, 2002. 
13. Undamaging ‘damaged’ teachers: reclaiming teachers’ pedagogical work.  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Fremantle, December  2001
14. “What’s happening to teachers’ work?”.  Lansdowne Lecture, University of Victoria, British Columbia, 18 July, 2001.
15. “When are we being leaned on? The politics of sustaining a socio-critical policy analysis of teachers’ work”. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Seattle, April 2001. 
16. “Reflections on a ‘damaged life’: the hidden injuries of teaching within the self-managing school”. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, Seattle, April 2001.
17. “School culture and student voices in early school leaving”.  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Educational Research Association, University of Sydney, December, 2000.
18. “Voiced research: bringing in the epistemologically marginalised".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, December, 1999. 
19. “A cultural ecology of teachers' work in the devolved school".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, December, 1999. 
20. “Towards a critical theory of teachers' work in the context of devolving school management”.  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the British Educational Research Association, University of Sussex, 2 - 5 September, 1999. 
21. “Teachers' work in a globalising economy".  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of American Education Research Association, Montreal, April, 1999. 
22. “A university research institute as a 'counter public': speaking back against the grain of marketisation".  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of American Education Research Association, Montreal, April, 1999.
23. (With Lawson, M.) “Developing materials for teachers' learning".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
24. (With McInerney, P.) "The politics of collaborative research: doing ethnography with an industry partner".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
25. (With Edwards, J.) "Stories from the field: reflections on conducting interviews as purposeful conversations".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
26. (With Cannon, J.) "Making sense of the interview material: themating, NUD*IST, and 10meg of transcripts".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
27. (with Hattam, R)  "Designing a collaborative research project as a space for the enunciation of the 'subjugated knowledges' of early school leavers".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
28. (with Hattam, R) "Towards a cultural geography of school reform and teachers' learning".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
29. (With Hattam, R.) "Schooling and enterprise culture: pause for a critical policy analysis". Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
30. “Promoting school-based research through coursework Masters programs.  Discussion session conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
31. “The cultural politics of researching teacher learning: a critical overview".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, December, 1998. 
32. “Dialectical theory building: juxtaposing theory with students' voices in the non-completion of schooling".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Adelaide, 1998. 
33. “Teachers' work in a globalising economy: a university research institute uses an iscursive imagery to create dialogic space in schools". Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of American Education Research Association, San Diego, April, 1998.
34. “Roots and branches of educational change". Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of American Education Research Association, San Diego, April, 1998.
35. “Being reflexive in critical educational research". Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of American Education Research Association, San Diego, April, 1998.
36. “Finding the 'enunciative space' for teacher leadership and teacher learning in schools" Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, November, 1997.
37. (With McInerney, P., Lawson, M., & Hattam, R.) "Teachers' learning towards the dialogic school: getting real and enacting the rhetoric beyond resistance". Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, November, 1997.
38. (With Lawson, M., McInerney, P.,  & Hattam, R.)  "The constructive nature of teachers' learning. "Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Brisbane, November, 1997.
39. (With Hattam, R., McInerney, P., & Lawson, M.) "In whose interests - school reform and teachers' learning? Whole school reform as a site of negotiation of interests". Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association of Research in Education, Brisbane, November, 1997.
40. “Teaching in difficult times". Invited Keynote address to the Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand, November, 1996.
41. “A study of participation, consultation and collective bargaining in the teaching profession in Australia: a comparative look at New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria." Paper presented to the International Conference on Education (Sectoral Activities Working Paper), International Labour Organisation, Geneva, October, 1996.
42. “Schools as critical collaborative communities". Paper presented to a Meeting of the Self-Study of Education Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association, Herstmonceaux, East Sussex, August, 1996.
43. “Globalisation and higher education: what's happening to academic work?” Paper presented at the 9th World Congress on Comparative Education, University of Sydney., July 1996
44. “Re-making teachers: ideology, policy and practice". Paper to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education & Singapore Educational Research Association, Singapore., November1996
45. (With Hattam, R., Shacklock, G.) "Towards a practice of critical teaching about teachers' work". Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education and Singapore Educational Research Association, Singapore, November 1996.
46. “Teachers' work and the labour process of teaching: central problematics in professional development".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 18, 1995. 
47. “A socially critical view of the self-managing school".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, 5 April, 1994.
48. “What's happening to teachers' work?"  Keynote address to Third International Teacher Development Conference, Terrace Inter-Continental Hotel, 28 November, 1993.
49. “Devolution and teachers' work" human resource implications."  Keynote address to the Australian Council for Educational Administration conference, Grand Hotel Adelaide, September 29, 1993
50. “Teachers as collaborative learners".  Colloquim to the Department of Teaching and Teacher Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, April 20, 1993.
51. “Teachers as collaborative learners: a socially critical view of the supervisory process".  An address sponsored by the Division of Innovative Programs, College of Education, University of New Mexico, Alburquerque, April 19, 1993. 
52. “Teachers as collaborative learners".  Paper to Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 12 April 1993.
53. “Conflicting conceptualizations of teaching and teachers' work: implications for professional development".  Invited presentation to the Seven Oaks Symposium Series, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 1992. 
54. “Lead teachers, instructional supervision and a labour process analysis of teachers' work in Australia: a work-in-progress report.  Paper to Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco , 23 April 1992.
55. “Professional development and the restructuring of teachers' work: the case of teacher collegiality".  Invited keynote address to the National Conference of the Australian Council for Educational Administration, Goldcoast, Queensland, 18 September, 1991. 
56. “Critical perspectives on teacher development".  Public lecture, Summer Institute for Teaching, Simon Fraser University, July 30, 1991. 
57. “Critical discourses on teacher development".  Noted Scholar public lecture, University of British Columbia, July 24, 1991.
58. “A vision for research in the Centre for Teacher Education".  Noted Scholar public lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, July 10, 1991.
59. “Getting the bigger picture into focus on research into higher education". Invited presentation to UNESCO-sponsored Forum of Experts on Research on Higher Education, University of Pittsburgh, March 17-19, 1991. 
60. “International perspectives on teacher collegiality: discussion and critique".  Invited paper to the International and Comparative Education Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, March 1991. 
61. “Higher education policy reform in Australia in the context of the client state".  Invited presentation to the International and Comparative Education Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, March 1991.
62. “Instructional supervision and the re-definition of who does it in schools" .  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 1991. 
63. “Teachers' work and the politics of reflection: or, reflections on a growth industry"  Invited keynote address to a conference on Conceptualising Reflection in Teacher Development, University of Bath, 2-22 March, 1991. 
64. Symposiate presenter, International Invitational Colloquium on a "New Agenda in Teacher Education" (Organized by the Journal of Education for Teaching), University of Birmingham, June 14-17, 1990. 
65. “A pedagogical and educative view of leadership".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April 1990.
66. “The empire strikes back: a problematising approach to clinical supervision".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April 1990.
67. “The critical theory approach to instructional supervision".  Paper the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April 1990.
68. “Collegiality as a counter discourse to the intrusion of corporate management into higher education". Paper presented to an International Symposium on Action Research in Higher Education, Government and Industry, Brisbane, 19-23 March 1989.
69. “Problematising teaching through a critical perspective on clinical supervision" Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, March 1989. 
70. “Critical pedagogy of classroom practice: ideological tone of educational reform and a counter discourse" Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Palmerston North, December 1988.
71. “A critical pedagogy of classroom practice: a rationale and anecdotal evidence".  Paper to be presented to Ninth Annual Conference of Curriculum Theorizing and Classroom Practice, Dayton, Ohio October-November 1987 
72. “Teachers-as-intellectuals in a critical pedagogy of schooling" Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne University, November 18, 1986. 
73. “The reflective practitioner in nurse education".  An invited keynote address to the Second National Nursing Education Seminar, Sturt College of Advanced Education, Adelaide, September 13th 1986
74. “Peer clinical supervision as empowerment versus delivery of a service".  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 1986.
75. Invited discussant/critic at symposium entitled "Fostering reflective practice in teacher education.  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association April 17, 1986.
76. Invited colloquia on "Using clinical supervision to develop a critical perspective on teaching" Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona), Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri), Kent State University (Kent, Ohio), University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Teachers College Columbia University (Columbia University, New York), April - May, 1986
77. “Cinderella syndrome: a philosophical view of supervision as a field of study".  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 1986.
78. “Teachers as clinical inquirers into their own practice".  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Hobart, November 1985.
79. “Clinical supervision: technocratic mindedness, or emancipatory learning?"  Paper to the 16th International Conference of the South Pacific Association of Teacher Education, Hobart, July 1985.
80. “Developing a 'critical' practice of clinical supervision".  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 1984.
81. “Case study experiences of a collaborative and responsive form of professional development for teachers."  Paper presented (with C. Henry) to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Canberra, November 1983.
82. “Supervision is a dirty word . . . but, need it be?"  Invited keynote address to the Annual Convention of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Showcase '83, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, March 16, 1983.
83. “Teachers as collaborative learners in clinical supervision: a state of the art review."  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April 1983.
84. “Theory, research and practice in clinical supervision: a view from 'down under'."  An invited paper presented to the Annual Meeting of  the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Houston, Texas, March 9th, 1983.
85. “Towards a critical consciousness in instructional supervision of experienced teachers."  An invited keynote address to the Annual Meeting of the Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision, Houston, Texas, March 6th, 1983.
86. “Teaching as learning: some lessons for staff development from clinical supervision".  Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, November 12th, 1982.
87. “Policy implications from recent research on instructional supervision and effective teaching". Paper presented to the 8th International Conference of the Australian Council for Educational Administration, Melbourne, September 1st, 1981.
88. “Professional development and research on teaching: willing collaboration or uneasy coalition?".  Paper presented to the 11th International Conference of the South Pacific Association of Teacher Education, Adelaide, July 23rd, 1981.
89. “Research on pupil engaged learning time: past, present and future".  Paper presented to an Invitational Conference on Instructional Time (Sponsored by the U.S. National Institute for Education).  Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinios, May 18-19th, 1981.
90. “Two for the price of one: staff development and the utilization of research on teaching".  Paper to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, April 16th, 1981.
91. “Professional development and educational leadership in schools: in search of a pedigree".  Paper presented to the 7th International Conference of the Australian Council for Educational Administration, Adelaide, September 4th, 1980.

Convenor of Symposia at International Conferences

1. Symposium on “Landscapes of space, place, power and identity in contemporary schooling”.  Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for research in Education, Fremantle, December  2001. 
2. Symposium on “Speaking back to neo-liberal interventions in schools”. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, April 2001. 
3. Symposium on “The politics of research on teachers’ work in marketized times”. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, April 2001.
4. Symposium on "The death of the Australian university: the West Report as an instrument". Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,  Montreal, April, 1999. 
5. Symposium on "A cultural politics of teachers' work in fractured times -- an Australian perspective".  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, April, 1999.
6. Symposium on "The self-managing school and the retreat of the state?".  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans,  April 1994. 
7. Book reviewers' symposium, "Becoming political about teachers thinking politically about their work".  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,  Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1993.
8. Symposium on "Critical perspectives on educational leadership".  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, April 1990.
9. Symposium on "Counter-hegemonic views and practices in teacher evaluation/supervision: international perspectives".  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association San Francisco, March 1989.
10. Symposium on "Peer clinical supervision: myth or reality?"  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 1986.
11. Symposium on "School-based professional development".  Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Hobart, November 1985.
12. Symposium on "Curriculum leadership; participation and administration".  Annual Meeting of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Melbourne, August 1985.
13. Symposium on "Clinical supervision in teacher development".  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, May 1983.
14. Symposium on "In-service education research: exploring new directions for staff development and school improvement".  Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, November 1982.
15. Symposium on "Utilization of research on teaching in school-based staff development".  Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, April 1981.

Workshops, Seminars and Conference Presentations

1.          Smyth, J. ‘Dropping out’ or getting ‘pushed out: a critical theory reading of early school leaving.  Public Lecture sponsored by the College of Education Doctoral Students Association, Texas State University-San Marcos, 21 November, 2005.

2.          Smyth, J. (2005) When power over their learning: a research project and some research prospects and possibilities.  Colloquium to School of Education, Waikato University, 3 June. 

3.          Smyth, J. Teachers’ lives. (2004). Presentation to the Texas State University-San   Marcos Chapter of Phi Delta Kappan, San Marcos, Texas, 25 October

4.          Smyth, J. (2004) Panel presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision, College of Education, Seattle University, 29-31 October. 

5.          Smyth, J. (2004) Keynote to the ‘Extending School Improvement Efforts to the Entire Faculty’ conference, National Center for School Improvement Network, Texas State University-San Marcos,  14 September

6.          Smyth,, J. (2003). Teaching as a ‘policy case’: pedagogical reclamation as an imperative.  Paper to the Curriculum and Pedagogy Institute, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 19 September

7.          Smyth, J (2003). How is educational policy travelling with teachers and students? An address to the University of Alberta Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Edmonton, Alberta, 18 September

8.          Smyth, J (2003). Undamaging damaged teachers: getting back to the sources of satisfaction.  Public lecture, Barnett House, Edmonton (Alberta Teachers Association), 16 September

9.          Smyth, J. (2003) Address to the Provincial Council of the Alberta Teachers Association, Banff, 11 September

10.      Smyth, J. (2003). Researching issues of critical policy analysis.  Presentation to graduate students, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 10 September

11.      Smyth, J. Issues for researchers on teachers’ work.  Seminar to graduate students, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 9 September

12.      Smyth, J. (2003). A case of "stolen identity": the hidden injuries of educational reforms to teachers' work. Paper presented to the Centre for Teacher Education and Development, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, 8 September

13.      Smyth, J. (2003). Teachers’ work in middle schooling for early adolescents.  Seminar conducted for teachers in the Fremantle-Peel Education District, Munja Gardens Conference Centre, Karnup, . 18 March. 

14.      Smyth, J.  (2003) School retention and the role of the collaborative school.  Public Lecture, Edith Cowan University (South West  Campus), 17 March.

15.      Smyth, J. (2003). Teachers’ work in middle schooling for young adolescents.  Seminar conducted for teachers, Bunbury Tower, Bunbury, 13 March.

16.      Smyth, J.  (2002) Undamaging ‘damaged’ teachers: an antidote to the ‘Self-Managing School’.  Keynote address to the “Politics of teachers’ Work”conference, Massey University, 24-25 August.

17.      Smyth, J. (2002) .  Challenging current orthodoxies.  Keynote address. Australian Education Union Beginning teachers Conference, Adelaide, 6 April.

18.      Smyth, J. (2001).  The myth of the self-managing school.  Keynote address to the Combined Principals Training and Development Conference, Terrigal, NSW, June 8-9. 

19.      Smyth, J. (1998). Pedagogical leadership and the cultural politics of teachers' work (Keynote address ). Adelaide: Leaders 2000 Program.

20.      Smyth, J., & McInerney, P. (1998). Enhancing teachers' learning: (re) claiming an educator's view of reform in schools . Adelaide: World Education Fellowship.

21.      Smyth, J., & (with Lawson and McInerney). (1997). The Teachers' Learning Project (School of Education Seminar Series ). Adelaide: Flinders University.

22.      Smyth, J., & (with Hattam, S. E. (1997). The students' completing schooling project . Adelaide: Post-Compulsory Schooling Conference.

23.      Smyth, J. (1997, ). Intellectual as hustler: researching against the grain of marketization. Paper presented at the Ethos of the University, Adelaide, Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching, Centre for Applied Philosophy.

24.      Smyth, J., & Hattam, R. (1996). A social justice reading of the "Futures Forum" . Adelaide: North East Principals Group, Elizabeth West.

25.      Smyth, J. (1996). What's happening to teachers' work in an era of national curriculum statements and profiles (Keynote address ). Melbourne: Health & Physical Education Key Learning Area.

26.      Smyth, J. (1996). Teachers Reclaiming Teaching . Mandurah: Innovative Links Conference.

27.      Smyth, J. (1996). Teachers Learning: presentation . Adelaide: Human Resource Management Group, Department for Education and Children's Services.

28.      Smyth, J. (1996). Reflective practice in teaching and other professions (Keynote address ). Adelaide: International Palliative Care Conference.

29.      Smyth, J. (1996). Reflective practice . Adelaide: Participatory Action Research Group, Department of Public Health, Flinders University.

30.      Smyth, J. (1996). Keeping alive alternative discourses about teaching (Public Lecture ). Perth: Edith Cowan University.

31.      Smyth, J. (1996). Becoming a Learning Profession (Conference Convenor ). Adelaide: Flinders Institute.

32.      Smyth, J. (1995). What's happening to school leadership (Keynote address ). Adelaide: South Australian Southern Primary Principals' Forum.

33.      Smyth, J. (1995). The school-as-a-critical learning community (Keynote address ). Adelaide: Social Justice Education Forum.

34.      Smyth, J. (1995). Critically reflective practice (Seminar ). Adelaide: Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Flinders University.

35.      Smyth, J. (1995). Problematising the notion of collaboration (Two day workshop on Schools as Critical Collaborative Communities). Adelaide: Flinders Institute for the Study of Teaching.

36.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Economic rationalism in education: have we lost our way"?  Address to annual general meeting of Australian Association of Special Education, Cabra Dominican College, 23 November

37.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Critically reflective teacher: reclaimer and activist".  Keynote address to Priority Education Conference on "Managing Action Research" 15 November

38.      Smyth, J. (1993). "The role of special education in training regular classroom teachers".  Address to annual general meeting of Institute for the Study of Learning Difficulties, Flinders University 15 November

39.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Economic rationalism and education".  Invited address to undergraduate students in Power and Decision Making Course, 25 October

40.      Smyth, J. (1993). "The collaborative school" a place for teachers to reclaim their work, or another form of social control."  Keynote address to Whyalla District Principals Group, 24 October

41.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Key elements in the role of the curriculum leader in developing a socially just curriculum".  Workshop for Whyalla District Principals, Cowell Sporting Complex, 22 October

42.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Teachers reclaiming teaching" practical strategies for principals".  Keynote address to the Adelaide North Principals' Group, Burton Primary School, 21 October

43.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Education and economic rationalism and have we lost our way".  Inaugural professorial lecture, Flinders University, October 8

44.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Changing role of teachers and teachers reclaiming teaching".  Leadership Expo. Keynote address to the South Australian Country Principals Group, Barossa Valley, 15 September

45.      "Teachers' work, competencies and where the debate is going".  Address sponsored by South Australian Institute for Teachers at Port Lincoln, 9 September 1993.

46.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Critically reflective practice: social justice and student outcomes".  Workshop at Mansfield Park Primary School, 8 September

47.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Quality schooling: getting the educational agenda back into schooling".  Keynote address to Principals Forum from Adelaide South, The Orphanage, 8 September

48.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Empowering grassroots participation of educators in their profession in an economic rationalist economy".  Keynote address to Annual Conference of South Australian Institute for Teachers, 21 August

49.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Rattling the cages: an alternative view of the teaching competencies debate".  Keynote address to World Educational Fellowship, 19 August

50.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Competencies and teachers' work".  Address to Commissioners of SA Catholic Education Commission, 17 August

51.      Smyth, J. (1993). "A critically reflective approach to teacher competency".  Workshop for Winter School of National Schools Project "Schools: the National Agenda".  Flinders University, 13 July

52.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Teachers' work: constraints and possibilities".  Keynote address for Winter School of National Schools Project "Schools and the National Agenda".  12 July

53.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Schools of the Future and the politics of blame". Public lecture sponsored by the Public Sector Management Institute, Monash University, July 2

54.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Quality: Is it an aerosol word"?  Keynote address to South Western District Educational Leaders Conference, Clapham Conference Centre, 28 June

55.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Trends, issues and directions for teacher education - some responses to government initiatives".  Address to the Annual General Meeting Australian College of Education, St Peters College, 17 June

56.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Schools getting back to the business of teaching and learning".  Keynote address to Secondary Deputy Principals Association, Stoneyfell Winery Conference Centre, Friday 28 May

57.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Competencies approach to teachers and their training/retraining: does it have any merit ?".  Paper to the Centre for Educational Leadership, University of South Australia, 14 May

58.      Smyth, J. (1993). "When are we going to stop the economic tail wagging the educational dog?  Address to the Yorke Peninsular Group, Regal Motor Inn, North Adelaide, 22 March

59.      Smyth, J. (1993). "School self-management: where it comes from, and its problems".  Address to the TASS Centre, Whyalla, 18 March

60.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Teaching and learning: the present situation".  Address to the Whyalla chapter of the Australian College of Education, 18 March

61.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Schools of the Future: what about the evidence ?"  An address to the principals' group of the Federated Teachers Union of Victoria, 25 February

62.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Schools of the Future: Another Viewpoint".  A Public address sponsored by the Federated Teachers Union of Victoria, Victorian Council for School Organizations, and the Victorian Federation of State Schools Parents' Clubs.  Dallas Brookes Hall, Melbourne, 24 February

63.      Smyth, J. (1993). "Reflective practice in teacher education and other professions".  Keynote address to the Teacher Education Practicum Conference, Macquarie University, 4 February

64.      Smyth, J. (1992). "Theory and practice of supervision".  Teleconference with graduate student class, Department of Curriculum and Supervision, Pennsylvania State University, 3 December

65.      Smyth, J. (1992). "What's worth reflecting on (and fighting for) in higher education.  Paper to a Reflective Practice in Higher Education Mini-Conference, Grace College, University of Queensland, 11-13 July

66.      Smyth, J. (1992). "Trends, issues and themes in teacher education in Australia".  Public lecture, Flinders University of South Australia, 14 May

67.      Smyth, J. (1992). "Developing and sustaining critical reflection in teacher education".  Faculty Research Colloquium Series, University of Manitoba, April 28

68.      Smyth, J. (1992). "The current context of professional development for teachers".  Presentation to the Geelong Primary Schools Professional Development Co-ordinators, Geelong Regional Education Office, April 2

69.      Smyth, J. (1991). "Developing critical and  reflective practitioners in teacher education".  Presentation to faculty, Goldcoast University College of Griffith University, June 6

70.      Smyth, J. (1991). "Journalling as a way of critically theorising teaching".  Workshop for a study group on Teachers and Teaching.  Centre for Applied Teaching Studies, University of Tasmania, 4 June

71.      Smyth, J. (1991). Workshop on "Educative Leadership" for superintendents, principals, and assistant principals.  Centre for Applied Teaching Studies, University of Tasmania, 3 June

72.      Smyth, J. (1991). "The potentiality of qualitative research methodology" Presentation to a group of graduate students, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, 1 April

73.      Smyth, J. (1991). "Major issues confronting instructional supervision" .  Colloquium to faculty and graduate students, The Pennsylvania State University, 27 March

74.      Smyth, J. (1991). "Instructional supervision and the re-definition of who does it in schools" .  Colloquium to faculty and graduate students, The Pennsylvania State University, 26 March

75.      Smyth, J. (1990). "Clinical supervision in a paediatric nursing setting".  Workshop conducted for experienced nursing practitioners, Royal Childrens' Hospital, Melbourne, 11 September

76.      Smyth, J. (1990). "Supervision-as-school  reform: a  critique of the Madeline Hunter model of teacher appraisal".  Presentation  to faculty, University of Western Australia, 9 August

77.      Smyth, J. (1990). "The role and function of a  School of Education in a   university".  Paper to a staff seminar, University College of  Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, 15 February

78.      Smyth, J. (1987). "Teachers and critical theory: an Australian perspective".  Colloquium sponsored by the Centre for International and Intercultural Education, Kent State University, Ohio, U.S.A., 26 October

79.      Smyth, J. (1987). "Critical perspectives on administration, supervision and teaching: degree programs and research agenda at Deakin University in Australia".  Colloquium sponsored by the Institute for International Studies in Education, & the Division of Administrative Policy Studies in Education, University of Pittsburgh, October 22

80.      Smyth, J. (1987). "Teachers working with other teachers towards empowerment".  Workshop conducted for Senior Education Officers, principals and teachers, Western Metropolitan Education Region, Melbourne, 20 August

81.      Smyth, J. (1987). "Putting the 'educative' back into educational leadership".  A Paper to the annual conference of the Victorian Catholic Primary School Principals Association, Melbourne, 19 May

82.      Smyth, J. (1987). "Cinderella syndrome: a philosophical view of supervision as a field of study".  Paper to the School of Education seminar series, Deakin University, 15 April.

83.      Smyth, J. (1987). "A practice-based approach to nurse education" In-service workshop for Infant Child Welfare Nurses, Barwon Regional Health Centre, 10th March

84.      Smyth, J. (1986). "Reflection-in-action".  Workshop conducted at the Second National Nursing Education Seminar, Sturt College of Advanced Education, Adelaide, 13th September (with B. Dickie & A. Street)

85.      Smyth, J. (1986). "Leadership enabling teachers to become transformative intellectuals".  Paper to educational administrators, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., April.

86.      Smyth, J. (1986)."Action research as an aberrant activity". Paper to the Fourth Generation Action Research Conference, Deakin University, February 3rd-7th 1986

87.      Smyth, J. (1985). "Collaborative learning about teaching: clinical supervision".  Workshop for school administrators, Institute of Educational Administration, Geelong, September 3rd

88.      Smyth, J. (1985). "Changing what we do in our teaching: let's stop talking about it". Invited keynote address to a Humanities Teachers Conference, Lorne, Victoria, August 4th

89.      Smyth, J. (1985). "Clinical supervision-as-research by teachers for teachers".  Research training workshops sponsored by the Australian Association for Research in Education.  Launceston and Hobart, April; Adelaide, June; Perth, June

90.      Smyth, J. (1985)."A school-assisted teacher-controlled form of reflection upon teaching".  A series of workshops for the Geelong College Preparatory School, June 5th, June 26th, & August 7th

91.      Smyth, J. (1984). "An educative and empowering notion of leadership".  Three day workshop with Senior Masters, Tasmanian Community Colleges, Launceston, Tasmania, November 26th - 29th

92.      Smyth, J. (1984). "Clinical supervision revisited at Ballarat North Technical School".  Workshop for teachers at Ballarat North Technical School, 10th September

93.      Smyth, J. (1984). "Clinical supervision for school improvement".  Workshops for teachers at the Ballarat North Technical School, 9th July & 10th September (with C. Henry and B. Dickie)

94.      Smyth, J. (1984). "Clinical supervision in a pre-service teacher education context".  An address to School-Experience Co-ordinators, Bendigo College of Advanced Education, 6th September

95.      Smyth, J. (1984). "Getting started on clinical supervision".  Workshops for teaching staff of the Library Studies Department of the Footscray College of Technical and Further Education, 13th February & 16th March (with C. Henry and B. Dickie)

96.      Smyth, J. (1984). "Doing clinical supervision".  Workshops for instructors at the Braybrook Training Centre of the Footscray College of Technical and Further Education, 3rd February & 6th April, (with C. Henry and B. Dickie)

97.      Smyth, J. (1984). "On working collaboratively to improve our teaching".  Workshop for teachers of Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria, 1st February

98.      Smyth, J. (1983). "Towards an effective means of self-evaluation in teaching".  A workshop for staff at Warragul Technical College, Victoria, 28th November (with C. Henry)

99.      Smyth, J. (1983). "The role of clinical supervision in staff development".  Presentation via video conference link-up with teachers, principals and graduate students, University of Tasmania, October

100.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Clinical supervision in an Australian setting".  A colloquium with Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, 25th April

101.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Teacher professional development: the Deakin University Open Campus model".  Seminar for faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, April 6th

102.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Distance education: processes and procedures of the Deakin University model".  An address to the Faculty of the Department of Extension and Continuing Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, 14th March

103.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Developmental supervision with special emphasis on conferencing".  Workshop for principals with the Regina Board of Education, Saskatchewan, 23rd February

104.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Clinical supervision: a whiff of antiseptic and a reprimand from the inspector".  An address to the Directors of Education, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 23rd February

105.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Peer supervision in an Australian context".  A seminar conducted for graduate students, Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, 11th February

106.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Similarities and differences in educational systems in Australia and Canada".  An address to the Regina Chapter of the Canadian College of Teachers, Saskatchewan, 10th February

107.  Smyth, J. (1982). "Supervision as in-service education".  An invited address to the Regina Public Schools Principals Association, Regina , Saskatchewan, 8th February

108.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Clinical supervision and the in-service education of teachers".  An invited seminar for faculty and graduate students, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, 27th January

109.  Smyth, J. (1983). "Clinical supervision and teacher development".  An invited seminar presented for faculty and graduate students, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada, 26th January

110.  Smyth, J. (1982)."Organising in-service education".  Workshop conducted at the annual meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education (with L. Ingvarson & J. Northfield), Griffith University, Brisbane, November 12th

111.  Smyth, J. (1982)."Clinicus supervisus . . . or, the way the Greeks would have improved their teaching".  A workshop conducted for the Geelong College Preparatory School, September 6th

112.  Smyth, J. (1982)."Teacher-controlled professional development".  A workshop conducted as part of a 3 day Career and Professional Development Seminar for Senior School Administrators, Old Ballarat Motor Inn, August 8th (with C. Henry)

113.  Smyth, J. (1982).Chair, Plenary session on "Research and evaluation of inservice education", Seminar for the Social Biology Resources Centre, Melbourne, August 5-6th

114.  Smyth, J. (1982)."Another pair of eyes . . . clinical supervision as teacher improvement."  Paper presented to a seminar of graduate students of educational management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, July 17th

115.  Smyth, J. (1982)."Teaching as learning".  Two one day workshops conducted for teachers and principals in the Swan Hill inspectorate of the Bendigo Regional Education Office, June 10th and July 16th, (with C. Henry)

116.  Smyth, J. (1982)."Improving teaching and learning."  Workshop for principals, teachers, in-service co-ordinators and consultants.  Continuing Education Centre, Kew, Melbourne, March 16th, (with C. Henry & J. Martin)

117.  Smyth, J. (1981)."Effective teacher development."  Workshop conducted for teachers and principals from Colac, Werribee, Lalor and Swan Hill.  Deakin University, 7th December, (with C.  Henry & J. Martin)

118.  Smyth, J. (1981)."On becoming clinical about teaching."  Two one day workshops conducted for school principals in Mt. Gambier, S.A., 21st October and 27th November (with C. Henry)

119.  Smyth, J. (1981)."Clinical supervision: pathological accountability or enlightened professional development?"  Paper presented to the first national conference of lecturers of educational administration, Melbourne, August 30-31st

120.  Smyth, J. (1981)."A meaningful role for the deputy principal: the clinical supervision of teachers."  Workshop conducted for primary deputy principals in the Werribee-Melton Region, Victoria, September 23rd, (with C. Henry)

121.  Smyth, J. (1981)."Clinical supervision and the secondary teacher."  Presentation to a group of Catholic secondary school teachers, St. Joseph's Trinity College, Colac, July 20th, (with C. Henry)

122.  Smyth, J. (1981)."Teacher evaluation - a collaborative alternative."  Paper presented to a graduate student seminar in educational management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, July 18th

123.  Smyth, J. (1981)."Clinical supervision for school-based professional development."  A workshop for teachers and principals in the Colac and Corio Inspectorates, Deakin University, June 20th, (with C. Henry)

124.  Smyth, J. (1981)."Research on teaching: potion, poison or panacea?"  Keynote address at a three day professional development conference, The Geelong College, Geelong, May 7th

125.  Smyth, J. (1981)."A case study of clinical supervision in an Australian setting."  Paper presented to a workshop of primary school principals, Ballarat College of Advanced Education, April 7th

126.  Smyth, J. (1980)."Educational leadership and staff development: stop the train(ing) I want to get off."  Paper presented to a staff seminar, Riverina College of Advanced Education, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, November 17th

127.  Smyth, J. (1980)."The principal and teacher evaluation: auditor or artist?"  Keynote address to the Northern Region Principals' conference, Port Augusta, S.A., July 14th.

128.  Smyth, J. (1980)."Educational leadership in schools and what it might mean."  Keynote address to the Colac Region Primary School Principals' annual meeting, Lorne, Victoria, May 1st

129.  Smyth, J. (1980)."Research on classroom management: studies of pupil engaged learning time as a special but instructive case."  Paper presented to a graduate student seminar, Monash University, April 16th.

130.  Smyth, J. (1980). "Clinical supervision as classroom development."  A workshop for teachers in the Colac Inspectorate,  April 21st, (with C. Henry)

131.  Smyth, J. (1979)."An innovative form of school-based in-service education."  A workshop for teachers in the Geelong and Colac Inspectorates, December 10th, (with C. Henry)

132.  Smyth, J. (1979)."Communication within educational organisations".  A workshop for the Special Services Division of the Victorian Education Department, Curriculum Branch, July 16th

133.  Smyth, J. (1976)."Papua New Guinea at the educational crossroads."  Paper presented to the Armidale Chapter of the Australian College of Education, April 12th.

134.  Smyth, J. (1975)."A business education curriculum for living in a developing country."  A paper presented to the Australasian Commerce and Economics Teachers' Association Seventh Annual Conference, Melbourne University, July 7-11th.

135.  Smyth, J. (1974)."Evaluation as a part of teaching."  An address to a National In-Service day for technical teachers, Lae, Papua New Guinea, August 16th

136.  Smyth, J. (1974). "Economic and business literacy in Papua New Guinea."  An  address to a National In-Service training day for Commerce teachers, Lae, Papua New Guinea, August 15th

137.  Smyth, J. (1974). "An approach to the teaching of business subjects in Papua      New Guinea."  An address to a National In-Service training day for Commerce teachers, Lae, Papua New Guinea, March 9th

Current Project

January 2006 – December 2008: Individual, institutional and community ‘capacity building’ in a cluster of disadvantaged schools and their community.  Australian Research Council Discovery Project $200,000

            Joint Chief Investigators: J. Smyth & L. Angus

January 2005 – December 2007: School and Community Linkages for Enhanced School Retention in Regional/Rural Western Australia. Australian Research Council Linkage Project $200,000 with a further $432,000 from Industry Partner.

            Joint Chief Investigators: J. Smyth & B. Down