Professor Barry Down is a former secondary school teacher in the social sciences. He has particular expertise in teacher development at both pre-service and in-service levels, critically reflective practice, action research and collaborative models of school reform.

He has had extensive involvement in Commonwealth teacher development programs including Innovative Links and Quality Teacher Project.

His research interests include critical policy ethnography, teachers' work, school reform, critical pedagogy, socially just schooling and revisionist educational history.

He is currently working on a three year Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant entitled "Enhancing School Retention: School and Community Linkages in Regional/Rural Western Australia" (2005-2007).

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