Rate My Professor Geraldine Burke

Dr. Geraldine Burke is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Curriculum Teaching and Inclusive Education within the Faculty of Education at Monash University, lecturing in visual and creative arts education across Melbourne and Singapore campuses. An accomplished artist, researcher, and teacher-educator, she holds a Master’s in Art and Design obtained by exhibition and exegesis, and a PhD completed through an art-based photo book and exegesis. Her passion lies in art-based educational research that tackles contemporary issues via artistic practice, pedagogy, and community projects. As co-leader of the Art-Creativity-Education Faculty Research Group in the Faculty of Education, Burke delivers creative arts units for early childhood and primary education at undergraduate and master’s levels. Her pedagogy features Art-Reach experiences linking pre-service teachers, kindergarten and school children, seniors, and cultural institutions to cultivate vibrant social and ecological bonds through art. She also supervises PhD candidates at the nexus of material knowledge, socially engaged research practices, and image-text methodologies.

Geraldine Burke’s research specializations encompass reimagining art education via intergenerational learning, employing socially engaged arts-based research for wellbeing, leveraging art education to promote ecological awareness and climate action, advancing inclusive futures in arts-based education, exploring a/r/tography and the global South, and conducting arts-based educational research in early childhood, primary, and community contexts. Key publications include “Drawing with art-well-being: intergenerational co-creation with seniors, children and the living museum” (International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2021), “Learning about health through ‘intergenerational arts-led pedagogies’ in health and physical education: exploring pedagogical possibilities” (Sport, Education and Society, 2021), “Surveying and resonating with teacher concerns during COVID-19 pandemic” (Teachers and Teaching, 2024), “Art educators’ professional learning: reflecting together to consider ontologies of quality in our praxis” (Teaching in Higher Education, 2022), and contributions to projects like Play-Exploration-Art (PEA). Burke has garnered awards such as the Dean’s Award for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (2024), Dean’s Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (2021), Dean’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (2025: Educational Partnerships in Learning and Teaching - Art Reach Collective), and nomination for Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Awards for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (2024). She has presented as an invited speaker at the Transformative Education Showcase, Wyndham City Council (2025), and as keynote at the Australian Institute for Intergenerational Practice Annual Conference (2025).