Associate Professor Anna Fletcher

Position: Acting Director Academic Operations, Institute of Education, Arts and Community, and Director Industry Cooperation, Institute of Education, Arts and Community
Study area: Education
Location: Gippsland Campus, Building 2S, Room 116
Phone: 5122 8012
Email: a.fletcher@federation.edu.au

Qualifications

• Master of Business Administration – Federation University 2023
• Doctor of Philosophy - Charles Darwin University -2016
• Master of Education - Charles Darwin University - 2006
• Bachelor of Education - Stockholm University - 1996

Biography

Associate Professor Anna Fletcher is the Acting Director Academic Operations, Institute of Education, Arts and Community (IEAC) and the inaugural Director Industry Cooperation, IEAC at Federation University. As the Acting Director Academic Operations she works with the Executive Dean to lead the development and delivery of teaching, research, engagement and other activities within the Institute in accordance with the Strategic Plan and the strategic priorities set for the Institute.

In her other role as Director, Industry Cooperation, she leads the Institute’s collaboration with industry, the community, business, and government to establish genuine partnerships built on shared goals in the form of research linkages, industry linkages, short courses and exchange projects that deliver genuine impact, improvement and turnaround.

Anna’s provision of future-focused high-quality learning opportunities for students has been recognised in awards such as the Australian Awards of University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2020), Vice-Chancellor’s Award, Early Career Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, Federation University Australia (2017); and the Faculty of Education Individual Award: Teaching Excellence, Charles Sturt University, 2015.

Expertise

Associate Professor Anna Fletcher is internationally recognised for her research which describes, implements and theorises effective classroom assessment applications to promote student voice, student agency and self-regulated learning. She has led a string of regional research projects, including the innovative ‘Possible Me’ project, a collaborative project with Early Childhood educators around using play-based activities designed to build children’s awareness of and curiosity about the World of Work. At international level, as a native Swedish speaker, Anna works closely with Scandinavian school leaders, entrepreneurs, and researchers on a multidisciplinary secondary school development project.

Teaching

• Higher Degree Research – PhD supervision
• Bachelor of Education courses - Transition to the Profession

Service

Anna’s service experiences and interests include:

• Guest speaking engagements
• Examining PhD theses
• Serving on Boards/panels of professional associations

Research

Anna’s research interests involve:

• Student agency, achievement, and self-efficacy within classroom assessment
• Practitioner research and teachers’ capacity building
• Education for building human capital in place-based contexts

Publications

Book chapters

Fletcher, A.(2022). Children’s self-assessment plans to inform teaching and provide summative data. In C. McLachlan, T. McLaughlin, S. Cherrington & K. Aspden (Eds.) Data systems in early childhood settings: Theory and practice. Springer.

Fletcher, A. (2019). An invited outsider or an enriched insider? Challenging contextual knowledge as a critical friend researcher. In M. Green, S. Plowright, & N. F. Johnson (Eds.), Educational researchers and the regional university: Agents of regional-global transformation (pp. 75-92). Singapore: Springer.

Fletcher, A.(2018). Assessment to develop students’ strategies and competence as learners. In M. Barnes, M. Gindidis & S. Phillipson (Eds.), Evidence-based learning and teaching: A Look into Australian Classrooms. Milton Park: Routledge

Glowrey, C., Fletcher, A., Green, M, Levy, S., Plunkett, M. (2023). “A possible me? Inspiring learning among regional young people for the future World of Work”. In J. Burke, S. Weuffen, A. Goriss-Hunter & M. Plunkett (Eds.) Challenging mainstream discourses in diverse education communities: working towards a sustainable global future. Springer.

Refereed journal articles

Brandenburg, R., Fletcher, A., Gorriss-Hunter, A., Van der Smee, C., Holcombe, W., Griffiths, K., & Schneider, K. (2023). ‘More than Marking and Moderation’: A Self-Study of Teacher Educator Learning through Engaging with Graduate Teaching Performance Assessment. Studying Teacher Education, 19(3), 330-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425964.2022.2164761

Joubert, M., Larsen, A., Magnuson, B., Waldron, D., Sabo, E., & Fletcher, A. (2023). Global challenges: South African and Australian students’ experiences of emergency remote teaching. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.53761/1.20.4.09

Fletcher, A. K. (2022). Self-assessment as a student-agentic zone of proximate competence development. Educational Review, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2022.2103520

Ekman, R., Fletcher, A., Giota, J., Eriksson, A., Thomas, B., & Bååthe, F. (2022). A Flourishing Brain in the 21st Century: A Scoping Review of the Impact of Developing Good Habits for Mind, Brain, Well-Being, and Learning. Mind, Brain, and Education, 16(1), 13-23.

Fletcher, A. & Wennergren, A-C. (2021). Uncovering missing links in collegial learning conversations. Fosrkning og Forandring [Research and Change], 4(1), 41-58.https://doi.org/10.23865/fof.v4.2147

Fletcher, A. (2021). Australia’s National Assessment Programme rubrics: An impetus for self-assessment? Educational Research, 63(1), 43-64.

Fletcher, A. (2018). Classroom assessment as a reciprocal practice to develop students’ agency: A social cognitive perspective. Assessment Matters, 12, 34-57. doi:https://doi.org/10.18296/am.0032

Fletcher, A. K (2018). Help seeking: agentic learners initiating feedback. Educational Review, 70(4), 389-408. doi:10.1080/00131911.2017.1340871

Fletcher, A. K. (2017). The Testing and Learning Revolution: The Future of Assessment in Education. Studies in Continuing Education, 1-2, [online article] doi:10.1080/0158037X.2017.1384624

Fletcher, A. K. (2016). Exceeding expectations: scaffolding agentic engagement through assessment as learning. Educational Research, 58(4), 400-419. doi:10.1080/00131881.2016.1235909

Fletcher, A., & Shaw, G. (2012). How does student-directed assessment affect learning? Using assessment as a learning process. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 6(3), 245-263. doi:10.5172/mra.2012.6.3.245

Fletcher, A., & Shaw, G. (2011). How voice-recognition software presents a useful transcription tool for qualitative and mixed methods researchers. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 5(2), 200-206. doi:10.5172/mra.2011.5.2.200

Grants

Reports

Burke, J., Fletcher, A. & Lugg, A. (2021). Benchmarking Report of selected National Jurisdictions. Prepared for Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

Fletcher, A., Plunkett, M., Glowrey, C., Levy, S. & Green, M. (2020). Possible Me: Inspiring Learning with the World of Work Experiences (A review of the literature) for Dept of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victoria (Latrobe Valley Authority).

Morgan, D., Riaz, S., Colombage, S. Fletcher, A., Lee, C., Kennedy, L. and McLachlan, C. (2019). Broadening Horizons: Modelling for the Future Project Report Complementing the Business (Strategic) Plan 2020-2025. For Dept of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victoria (Latrobe Valley Authority).

Morgan, D., Riaz, S., Colombage, S. Fletcher, A., Lee, C., Kennedy, L. and McLachlan, C. (2019). Broadening Horizons: Modelling for the Future Interim Business (Strategic) Plan 2020-2025. For Dept of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victoria (Latrobe Valley  Authority).

Glowrey, C., Plowright, S. & Fletcher, A. (2017). The DOSSPA Secondary Literacy Network 2016 Research Project Report.

Johnson, N. F., Plunkett, M., Fletcher, A., Glowrey, C. & Holcombe, W. (2017). Final Report: Evaluation of Lakes Entrance School and Community Hub (LESCH).

Johnson, N. F., Fletcher, A., Glowrey, C., Albon, N., Plunkett, M. & Holcombe, W. (2016). Interim Report: Evaluation of Lakes Entrance School and Community Hub (LESCH). Report for The Smith Family, November.

Patents

Fletcher, A. I. K. (2006). Autograph. Australia Patent No. 2006100630. I. P. Australia.

Awards

2020

Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.

Assessment Criteria: Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience.

Citation Title: For leading and implementing innovative, research-led approaches that enhance Education students’ ability to make discerning pedagogical choices, as members of a Community of Practice

2017

Vice-Chancellor’s Award, Early Career Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Citation: ‘For outstanding and sustained implementation of research-led approaches to assessment design, coordination and development of teaching resources that promote enhanced learning’. Federation University

2015

Faculty of Education Individual Award: Teaching Excellence

Faculty of Education, Charles Sturt University

Associations

• Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)