Researcher Profile

Associate Professor Joseph Zajda

Faculty of Education and Arts, School of Education

Areas of expertise: curriculum reforms; discrimination in schools; education reforms; education policy reforms; cultural diversity; human rights education; leadership in schools; quality education; social inequality in schools; social justice

HDR Supervisor accreditation status: Full

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4422-9782

Phone: +61 03 9953 3268

Email: joseph.zajda@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Melbourne Campus

Joseph Zajda, BA (Hons.), MA, M.Ed. Ph.D. (Monash University) is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specializes in globalisation and education reforms, history education, human rights education and curriculum reforms. He has written and edited 48 books (mainly for Springer, the Netherlands) and over 150 book chapters and articles in the areas of globalization and education reforms, history education, and social justice and human rights education.

He edits World Studies in Education, Curriculum and Teaching, and Education and Society for James Nicholas Publishers. His works are found in 568 publications in 4 languages and 11,195 university library holdings globally. He was awarded the 2012 Peter Sheehan Excellence in Research Award (Faculty of Education, ACU), Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Australian Awards for University Teaching — July 2011), and Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (ACU). He was also awarded an ARC Discovery Grant ($315,000) Globalising studies of the politics of history education: a comparative analysis of history national curriculum implementation in Russia and Australia (with A. Taylor, Monash University, 2011-2013). Elected as Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (June 2013).

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Books

• Zajda, J. (Ed). (2021a). 3rd International handbook of globalisation, education and policy research. Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-66002-4
• Zajda, J. & Majhanovich, S. (2021). Discourses of globalisation, ideology, education and policy reforms Dordrecht: Springer. Book 26. Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-71583-0
• Zajda, J. & Vissing, Y. (2021). Discourses of Globalisation, Ideology, and Human Rights. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. & Jacob, J. (2021). Discourses of globalisation and higher education reforms. Dordrecht: Springer ISBN 978-3-030-83136-3
• Zajda, J. (2021b). Globalisation and education reforms: Creating effective learning. Dordrecht: Springer. (September). ISBN 978-3-030-71574-8
• Zajda, J. (2021c). Globalisation and education reforms: Overcoming discrimination and changing schools. Dordrecht: Springer. (unpublished Chapter 1).
• Zajda, J. & Majhanovich, S. (Eds.) (2021). Globalisation, cultural identity and nation-building: The changing paradigms. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. & Rust, V. (2021). Globalisation and comparative education. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J (Ed). (2020a). Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Dervin, F. & Zajda, J. (2022). Governance in education: Diversity and effectiveness. Paris: UNESCO
• Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020b). Human rights education globally. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020). Globalisation, ideology and education reforms: Emerging paradigms.
  Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2019) (Ed.). Globalisation, ideology and politics of education reforms. Dordrecht: Springer. http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319195056 (9,704-chapter downloads as at 15 May 2019
• Zajda, J. (2018). Globalisation and education reforms: Paradigms and ideologies. Dordrecht: Springer.
  http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789402412031(10,275-chapter downloads as at 6 August 2019)
• Zajda, J. (2017). Globalisation and national identity in history textbooks: The Russian Federation. Dordrecht: Springer. http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789402409710 (2,025-chapter downloads as at 7 July 2019)
• Zajda, J. Tsyrlina-Spady, T. & Lovorn, M. (2017) (Eds.). Globalisation and Historiography of National Leaders: Symbolic Representations in School Textbooks. Dordrecht: Springer. (4,374-chapter downloads as at 5 July 2019)
• Zajda, J. & Ozdowski, S. (2017). (Eds.), Globalisation, Human Rights Education and Reforms Dordrecht: Springer. (10,953-chapter downloads as at 6 August 2019)
• Zajda, J. & Rust, V. (Ed.) (2016). Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms. Dordrecht: Springer. (11,966-chapter downloads as at 6 August 2019).
• Zajda, J. (2015). (Ed.). Second International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. Dordrecht: Springer. (135,986-chapter downloads as at March 2020)

Book chapters

• Zajda, J. (2021a). Organizational and pedagogical leadership in the 21st century: Standards-driven and outcomes-defined imperatives. In A. Nir (Ed.), School Leadership in the 21st century: Challenges and strategies. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
• Zajda, J. (2020b). Curriculum Design and Evaluation in the Global Culture. In P. Trifonas (Ed.), The International Handbook of Curriculum Theory, Research and Practice. Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2020a). Globalization, Education and Reforms. In George Ritzer & Chris Rojek (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Sociology.
• Zajda, J. (2020b). Globalisation and the Impact of Social Change and Economic Transformation in Lifelong Learning in Russia. In M. London (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Oxford: OUP.
• Zajda, J. (2020c) Globalization, education and policy reforms. In G. Fan & T. Popkewitz (Eds.), Handbook of policy studies: Values, governance, globalization and methodology. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2020d). Current Research Trends in Globalisation and Neo-Liberalism in Higher Education. In J. Zajda, J (Ed). (2020), Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2020e). Research Priorities and Developments in Education Reforms Globally. In J. Zajda, J (Ed). (2020), Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2020f). Globalisation and Education Reforms: Paradigms and Ideologies. In J.Zajda (Ed). (2020). Globalisation, ideology and education reforms: Emerging paradigms. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2020g). Evaluating Globalisation and Education Reforms: Paradigms and Ideologies.In J. Zajda (Ed). (2020). Globalisation, ideology and education reforms: Emerging paradigms. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2020h). Evaluating research on Human Rights Education Globally. In Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020). Human rights education globally. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2020i). Current Research on Human Rights Education Globally. In Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020). Human rights education globally. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. & Majhanovich, S. (2020). Cultural identity in the global era. In J. Zajda & S. Majhanovich (Eds.). Globalisation, cultural identity and nation-building: The changing paradigms. Book 23. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Dervin, F. & Zajda, J. (2021). Governance in education: Diversity and effectiveness. Paris: UNESCO.
• Zajda, J. (2018b). Evaluating Globalisation and Education Reforms Research: Paradigms and Ideologies. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalisation and education reforms: Paradigms and ideologies. Dordrecht: Springer. [B1]
• Zajda, J. (2018a). Globalisation and Education Reforms Research: Paradigms and Ideologies. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalisation and education reforms: Paradigms and ideologies. Dordrecht: Springer. [B1]
• Zajda, J. Henderson, D. & Whitehouse, J. (2017). The portrayal of John Curtin as Australia’s wartime Labour Prime Minister. In J. Zajda, T. Tsyrlina-Spady & M. Lovorn (Eds.), Globalisation and Historiography of National Leaders: Symbolic Representations in School Textbooks. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. Tsyrlina-Spady, T. & Lovorn, M. (2017a). Research Trends in Globalisation and Historiography of National Leaders: Symbolic Representations in School Textbooks. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. Tsyrlina-Spady, T. & Lovorn, M. (2017b). Globalisation and Historiography of National Leaders. In J. Zajda, T. Tsyrlina-Spady & M. Lovorn (Eds.), Globalisation and Historiography of National Leaders: Symbolic Representations in School Textbooks. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. & Ozdowski, S. (2017a). Globalisation and Human Rights Education: Emerging Issues (pp. 1-11). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. & Ozdowski, S. (2017b). Globalisation and Research in Human Rights Education (pp. 265-272). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2016a). Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalisation, ideology and politics of education reforms (pp. 1-10). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2016b). Globalisation, Ideology and Politics of Education Reforms. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalisation, ideology and politics of education reforms (pp. 153-162). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Henderson, D. & Zajda, J. (2016c). The National Curriculum and History School Textbooks in Australia and the Russian Federation. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalisation, ideology and politics of education reforms (pp. 21-40). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2016d). Reforms in Higher Education in the Russian Federation: Implications for Equity and Social Justice. In J. Zajda & V. Rust (Eds.), Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms (pp. 149-160). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. & Rust, V. (2016e). Current Research Trends in Globalisation and Neo-liberalism in Higher Education. In J. Zajda & V. Rust (Eds.), Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms (pp. 1-22). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. & Rust, V. (2016f). Research in Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms. In J. Zajda & V. Rust (Eds.), Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms (pp. 179-188). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2015a). Globalisation and its impact on education and policy. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Second International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 1-13). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2015b). Global trends in education and academic achievement. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Second International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research. (pp. 105-125). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Zajda, J. (2015c). Minorities and education policies reform in Central Asia. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Second International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 441-451). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Banya, K. & Zajda, J. (2015). Globalisation, the brain drain and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Second International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 263-285). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Geo-JaJa, M. & Zajda, J. (2015). Globalisation and the future of education in Africa. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Second International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 287-307). Dordrecht: Springer.

Articles

• Zajda, J. (2020). Discourse analysis as a qualitative methodology. Educational Practice and Theory, 42(2), 5-21
• Zajda, J. (2019). Current research of theories and models of intelligence. Curriculum and Teaching, 34(1), 85-105. link
• Zajda, J. (2019). Research on discrimination and self-fulfilling prophecy in schools globally. Education & Society, 37(1), 59-77. link
• Zajda, J. (2018). Effective constructivist pedagogy for quality learning in schools. Educational Practice & Theory, 40(1), 67-80. [C1]
• Smith, K. & Zajda, J. (2018). A Critique of qualitative and quantitative methodologies: A minimalist view. Education and Society, 36(1), 73-83. [C1]
• Zajda, J. (2018). Motivation in the classroom: Creating effective learning environments. Educational Practice & Theory, 40(2), 85-103. [C1] link
• Zajda, J. (2018). Researching values education in the classroom: A global perspective. Education & Society, 36(2), 29-47. link
• Zajda, J. & Whitehouse, J. (2017). The Russian revolution in school history textbooks. World Studies in Education, 1(18), 59-86.
• Zajda, J. & Henderson, D. (2015). What does the review of the Australian Curriculum mean for Senior Modern History? Curriculum Perspectives, 35(1), 64-68.
• Zajda, J & Smith, K. (2015). History School Textbooks and Key Events: A Survey of Russian Teachers. Educational Practice & Theory, 37(2), 59-78.
• Zajda, J. (2014). Understanding the quality debate in education. In What counts as quality in education. Melbourne: ACE.

Projects

• Zajda, J. (CI) (with Monash) (2011-2015). Globalising studies of the politics of history education: a comparative analysis of history national curriculum implementation in Russia and Australia. Australian Research Council Discovery Project. DP110101320 AUD $332,421 Globalisation and Education Reforms: Creating Effective Learning Environments
• Discourses of Globalisation, Ideology, Education and Policy Reforms (Joseph Zajda, ACU & Suzanne Majhanovich, Western University)
• Discourses of Globalisation, Ideology, and Human Rights (Joseph Zajda, ACU & Yvonne Vissing, Salem State University
• Globalisation, Ideology and Social Justice Discourses (Joseph Zajda, ACU, Yvonne Vissing, Salem State University
• Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Education:New Policy Challenges (Joseph Zajda, ACU, Suzanne Majhanovich, Western University)
• Discourses of Globalisation, Nation-building and Cultural Identity (Joseph Zajda, ACU, Nitza Davidovich, Ariel University & Suzanne Majhanovich, Western University)

Accolades and awards

• The 2012 Peter Sheehan Excellence in Research Award. The award recognises the high quality of research activities, and particularly celebrates sustained research that has had a substantive impact nationally and internationally (Faculty of Education, Australian Catholic University)
• Australian Awards for University Teaching — July 201. Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning — Associate Professor Joseph Zajda
  Australian Catholic University, National. Citation Wording: For an innovative, influential and sustained contribution to teacher education through scholarship and publication. Synopsis: The applicant has pioneered an innovative approach in teacher education, where he uses global pedagogy and “teacher as a researcher” model.
• Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Australian Catholic University. The award was presented at the April 2005 Graduation Ceremony, the Melbourne Town Hall. It was the sole award for the whole university.
• Chair of World Education Research Association International Research Network (WERA-IRN) ‘The Impact of Globalization on Higher Education’ (2013-2015).
• Elected as Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (June 2013). FACE Citation: Associate Professor Joseph Zajda has made an outstanding contribution to research in education with particular emphasis on globalisation, gender and equity and to the enhancement of teacher education.
• ERA reviewer for 2012 (reviewed education research output from 6 universities across Australia).

Appointments and affiliations

Australian Association for Research in Education, American Educational Research Association, American Political Science Association, American Sociological Association, Australia and New Zealand History of Education Society, Australian Teacher Education Association, Australian College of Educators, Comparative and International Education Society, History Teachers Association of Victoria, International Sociological Association, and Phi Delta Kappa International.

Editorial roles

• Editor, Education and Society, 39(1), 2021, an ‘A’ rated international journal in education and sociology.
• Editor, Curriculum and Teaching
• Editor, World Studies in Education, (since 2000—present), an international journal in education research.
• Member of Editorial Board of International Review of Education (UNESCO, since 2006 and continuing)
• Member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Leadership in Education, London, Taylor and Francis (since March, 2000 and continuing)
• Member of Editorial Board of Prospects (UNESCO).
• Member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Education for Social Justice (Spain)

Grant agency review panel

• ARC Grants reviewer 2015; 2016-2020