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Tracks
Track 6
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
| 1:45 PM - 3:10 PM |
| Stephen Riady Centre (SRC) Seminar Room 5 Level 1 |
Speaker
Dr Shu Jun Lee
University of Melbourne
Investigating the experiences of mentor teachers as partners of initial teacher education in Australia and Sweden
1:45 PM - 2:10 PMBiography
Shu Jun Lee is an early career researcher, lecturer and clinical specialist at the Faculty of Education. She draws from her extensive experience in secondary school teaching and curriculum leadership internationally. Her research interests focus on curriculum and pedagogy in the Humanities and Social Sciences, sustainability education and teacher education. Her doctoral studies examined the intersections and interactions between teacher knowledge, beliefs and practice of discipline-based inquiry in secondary school geography. Shu works extensively with student teachers and their mentors conducting triadic school lesson observation visits. She leads an international research project investigating how mentor teachers grow professionally through mentoring, with the hope of strengthening these triadic relationships. Shu is also involved in an innovative research project using AI to analyse the between desk instruction actions of experienced and novice teachers during lessons in higher education settings.
Prof Vinh Lu
The Australian National University
Management training for First Nations employees in the Australian Public Service: Key success drivers
2:15 PM - 2:40 PMBiography
Professor Vinh Lu is Director of the Research School of Management in the College of Business and Economics at The Australian National University (ANU).
A champion of student employability and global mobility, Professor Lu is a recipient of the ANU Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Education, Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, national Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, Distinguished Marketing Educator Award from the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy, among several others. He has published research on service delivery, relationship management, and student employability in premier journal outlets.
Professor Lu currently serves in the Advisory Board of the ANU Centre for Asian Australian Leadership, the Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Executive Committee, and the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation Board. He is a proud executive lead of the APS First Nations Graduate Certificate of Management Program in partnership with the National Indigenous Australians Agency since its inception.
Chair
Siew Tiang, Lydia Lau
Deputy Head
National University of Singapore