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Jane is a Chief Researcher. She joined NZCER in June 2003. Before that she was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at Victoria University of Wellington. She has also worked in the School of Education at the University of Waikato, and was a secondary school teacher (of biology and science) for ten years before that.
Her research interests include:
- the “knowledge society” and 21st century learning,
- the sociology of knowledge and curriculum theory,
- Mäori education, gender issues in education, linguistic issues in education and science education.
She is leading the following NZCER projects:
Recent publications
Books
Bolstad, R. & Gilbert, J. (2008). Disciplining and drafting, or 21st century learning? Rethinking the New Zealand senior school curriculum for the future. Wellington: NZCER Press.
Bolstad, R. (with Gilbert, J.) (2006). Zooming in on learning in the digital age: A literature review. Wellington: NZCER Press.
Gilbert, J. (2005). Catching the Knowledge Wave?: The Knowledge Society and the future of education in New Zealand. Wellington: NZCER Press.
Research reports
Roberts, J., Gardiner, B., Gilbert, J., & Vaughan, K. (2008). Trading choices: young people’s career decisions and gender segregation in the trades. Wellington: Ministry of Women’s Affairs.
Gilbert, J. (2007). Personalising learning. Unpublished discussion paper for the Ministry of Education.
Bull, A., & Gilbert, J. (2007). Student movement and schools—what are the issues? Unpublished report prepared for the Centre for Research Evaluation and Social Assessment.
Cooper, G., Gilbert, J., & Campbell, R. (2007). Te Kete o Aoraki evaluation. Unpublished report for Te Rünanga o Ngäi Tahu/Te Kete o Aoraki Reference Group.
Gilbert, J. & Bolstad, R. (2006). Personalising learning: a background paper by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Unpublished discussion paper for the Ministry of Education
Bolstad, R., & Gilbert, J. (2006). Creating digital age learners through school ICT projects: What can the Tech Angels project teach us? Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. (Also available from www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ict/creating_digital_age_learners.)
Bolstad, R., & Gilbert, J. (2006). The Tech Angels project as ICT initiative: A discussion paper. Unpublished report for the Ministry of Education.
Bolstad, R., Gilbert, J., and Hipkins, R. (with Baker, R.) (2006). Tech Angels at Wellington Girls’ College. Unpublished report for Wellington Girls’ College and the Ministry of Education.
Bolstad, R., Gilbert, J., Vaughan, K., Darr, C., & Cooper, G. (2006). Zooming in on learning in the digital age (ZILDA): Report No 1: Zooming in on “digital age” learners. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Gilbert, J. (2005). Educational issues for communities affected by transience and residential mobility: Report on Phase One (2003–04). Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.
Goven, J., Cram, F., & Gilbert, J. (2004). Eliciting complementary expertise on genetic testing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Working Paper (Research Report No 4). Constructive Conversations Körero Whakaaetanga project. Available from www.conversations.canterbury.ac.nz/reportspapers.htm
Gilbert, J. (2001). Engaging women and girls in science: Re-configuring science, science education and gender for the Knowledge Age. Paper prepared for the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology. Available from www.morst.govt.nz
Articles in refereed journals
Gilbert, J. (2010). Equity and difference: Schooling and social democracy in the 21st century? Critical Literacy: theories and practices 4(1) www.criticalliteracyjournal.org.
Gilbert, J. (2007). Knowledge, the disciplines, and learning in the digital age. Education Research Policy and Practice, 6(2), 115–122.
Gilbert, J. (2007, April). Catching the Knowledge Wave? The Knowledge Society and the future of public education. Education Canada, 4–8.
Gilbert, J. (2003). Catching the Knowledge Wave? The Knowledge Society—what does it mean for education? set—Research Information for Teachers, 3, 31–32.
Gilbert, J. & Calvert, S. (2003). Challenging accepted wisdom: looking at the gender and science question through a different lens. International Journal of Science Education, 25(7), 861–878.
Gilbert, J., & Cameron, M. (2002). When two cultures collide: similarities and differences between tertiary teachers in two institutional contexts. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies/Te Hautaka Mätai Mätauranga o Aotearoa, 37(1), 87–91.
Gilbert, J. (2001). Science and its ‘other’: Looking underneath ‘woman’ and ‘science’ for new directions in research on gender and science education. Gender and Education, 13(3), 291–305.
Gilbert, J. (2001). “It’s science, Jim, but not as we know it”: Re-thinking an ‘old’ discipline for the Knowledge Society. SAMEPapers 2001, 174–190.
Gilbert, J. (1999). “It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it”: The trouble with girls’ achievement in traditionally ‘masculine’ subjects at school. Women’s Studies Journal, 15(2), 9–27.
Gilbert, J. (1998). Gender equity statements in the New Zealand National Curriculum documents: Their genealogy and likely effects. New Zealand Annual Review of Education/Te Arotake ä Tau o te Ao o te Mätauranga i Aotearoa, 8, 97–117.
Gilbert, J. (1997). Looking underneath the categories ‘science’ and ‘gender’ for new directions in research on gender issues in science education. SAMEPapers 1997, 61–85.
Gilbert, J. (1996). The sex education component of school science programmes as a ‘micro-technology’ of power. Women’s Studies Journal, 12(2), 37–57.
Gilbert, J. (1994). The construction and reconstruction of the concept of the reflective practitioner in the discourses of teacher professional development. International Journal of Science Education, 16(5), 511–522.
Gilbert, J. (1994). The semiotics of human sex chromosomes. (University of Waikato Women’s Studies Occasional Paper No. 9.) Hamilton: University of Waikato Department of Women’s Studies.
Book chapters
Gilbert, J. (2010). Are we there yet? Sixty years of educational sociology and equality in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In: J. Kidman and K. Stevens (eds.) Looking Back from the Centre: A snapshot of contemporary New Zealand education. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
Gilbert, J. (2005). Catching the Knowledge Wave? ‘Knowledge society’ developments and the future of public education in New Zealand. In: J. Codd & K. Sullivan (Eds.), Education Policy Directions in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Looking for a Third Way? (pp. 53–70). Southbank, VIC: Thomson Dunmore Press.
Gilbert, J. (1996). Looking underneath science: New directions in gender issues research in science education? In J. Gilbert (Ed.), Proceedings of the Colloquium on Gender Issues Research in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education: New Directions (pp. 12–30). Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington Mathematics, and Science Education Centre.
Papers in refereed conference proceedings
Gilbert, J. (2008). Progress in 21st century education? In Making progress—measuring progress: Conference proceedings March 2008 (pp.63–73). Wellington: NZCER Press.
Gilbert, J. (2006). A future focus: what are the implications for research, policy and practice? In Key competencies: Repackaging the old or creating the new? (pp. 53–54). Conference proceedings April 2006. Wellington: NZCER Press.
Gilbert, J. (2001). Developing narrative-based approaches to science education: Rethinking an ‘old’ discipline for the Knowledge Age (23pp). In B. Cope & M. Kalantsis (Eds.), Learning Conference 2001 Papers.
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