Dip Ed, BA, MA, MEd, PhD

Dean and Head of School

General Responsibilities

Teaching Expertise: Professor Arnold is the recipient of a University of Sydney Teaching Excellence Award. She has been a Chair and member of Teaching and Learning Committees within universities. She acts as a consultant to education institutions and agencies engaged in developing policies and practices to enhance students' learning and teachers' professionalism. Her theory of 'empathic intelligence' has been developed from her research and scholarship in pedagogy over several decades. She has taught English,Writing Development, Drama in Education.and Teacher Education courses in Australia and the United States.

Research Interests

Doctoral research was conducted through a four year longitudinal study of school children's writing development and that work led to the publications of Writing Development-Magic in the Brain (Open University Press, 1991). The model of writing development elaborated in that book is used in teacher education courses. From that longitudinal study she elaborated a concept of psychodynamic pedagogy, which has been developed over the past decade into a theory of empathic intelligence. Professor Arnold has supervised a number of Ph.D projects in areas of writing development, psychodynamic pedagogy, English education and drama in education.

Teaching

Professor Arnold is the recipient of a University of Sydney Teaching Excellence Award. She has been a Chair and member of Teaching and Learning Committees within universities. She acts as a consultant to education institutions and agencies engaged in developing policies and practices to enhance students' learning and teachers' professionalism. Her theory of 'empathic intelligence' has been developed from her research and scholarship in pedagogy over several decades.