Rate My Professor Jennifer Shand

Shand's research specializations encompass literature education, writing pedagogy, young adult fiction and reading, and preservice teacher education and mentoring. She supervises higher degree research students on topics including secondary English, learning environments, writing and grammar pedagogy and instruction, pastoral care, and Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, with recent graduates receiving commendations such as an Honourable mention for the UWA Graduate Research School Dean’s List and the Fogarty Student Research Prize. Key publications include 'A grounded theory about how teachers communicated high expectations to their secondary school students' (2024, European Journal of Psychology of Education, with Olivia Johnston and Helen Wildy), 'A cycle of insecurity: Primary teachers’ practices and resources for the teaching of written grammar' (2024, Language and Education, with Jeannine Wishart and Grace Oakley), 'Learning environments for the English learning area: perspectives of secondary students who struggle with writing' (2024, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, with Grace Oakley and Emma Purvis), and 'The Use of Orang Asli Mother Tongue in Community Based Education in Malaysia' (2026, Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education, with Keith Wei Jun Chin and Grace Oakley). Her awards include Mentoring Education Students Placed In Disadvantaged Schools – Alumni People’s Choice Winner (2017), Graduate School of Education Award for Research Mentorship (2023), FABLE Excellence in Teaching (2020), Contribution to Student Learning Award (2020), and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2020). Shand served as Chief Examiner for Literature in WACE examinations from 2015 to 2019 and Chief Marker from 2012 to 2015, and was a member of the Literature Course Advisory Committee with the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (WA) from 2010 to 2022. She delivers professional development on World Literature and Literary Close Reading, presents at conferences, and engages in international collaborations such as Collaborative Online International Learning projects with Universitas Negeri Jakarta and Durban University of Technology on World Literature and cultural pedagogies.