Rate My Professor Steve Hay

Steve Hay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, where he serves as a research and teaching academic within the Arts, Education and Law group. Located at the Mount Gravatt Campus in room M09 2.114, he can be contacted at +61 (0)7 3735 5650. Since completing his PhD, he has focused on educational research and pedagogy.

Hay teaches courses such as Designing Educational Research (8903EDN), Understanding Research (7016EDN), and others related to educational research methodologies. He supervises higher degree by research (HDR) students and contributes to the Griffith Institute for Educational Research. His funded research includes the Queensland Department of Education Horizon Grant project 'Initiating, building and sustaining Industry-school partnerships,' in collaboration with Professor Stephen Billett, Professor Sarojni Choy, Dr Kathy Gibbs, and Associate Professor Loraine McKay. Hay's research examines educational governance, policy shifts in Queensland, school-industry partnerships, post-school transitions, parental discourses in school success, and inclusive education practices. Key publications encompass 'Reconstituting creativity through student subjectivity: British educational discourse and the constitution of creative education' (2009, British Journal of Sociology of Education), 'School Education as Social and Economic Governance' analyzing governance changes in Australian education, 'Constructing productive post-school transitions: An analysis of Australian schooling policies' co-authored with Jill Ryan, 'Discourses of the Good Parent in Attributing School Success' with Sue Thomas and Jayne Keogh, and 'Transforming social and educational governance: Trade union activists and policy trajectories' (2009). Recent contributions include editorial roles in special issues on advancing inclusive education for students with special educational needs and disabilities in Australia. His scholarship influences educational policy, practice, and interdisciplinary research at Griffith University.