Storying Pedagogy as Critical PRAXIS in the Neoliberal University: Encounters and Disruptions

Mark Vicars is Associate Professor at the College of Arts & Education at Victoria University, Melbourne. Mark's research interests interrogate the discourses and pedagogies of social and educational inclusion in and across international educational systems. Following 24 years of working in education in several countries, with 15 of those in higher education, Mark has extensive international, multi-sector experience. He is highly experienced in developing international strategy on teaching and learning in Australia, Asia and the UK, generating international opportunities for collaborative partnerships focused on the teaching/research nexus. He has developed research affiliations and education partnerships internationally.
Ligia Pelosi is Senior Lecturer at the College of Arts & Education at Victoria University and has worked in education for over 20 years, with 11 of those spent in higher education. Ligia's research focuses on Arts-based and narrative methodologies. Ligia's interests in education center on literacy, creativity and narrative research methodologies. Underpinning Ligia's research are the principles of social justice in education, and she is currently Chief Investigator at National Exceptional Teachers for Disadvantaged Schools (NETDS).

馬克·維卡斯（Mark Vicars）是墨爾本維多利亞大學藝術與教育學院的副教授。馬克的研究興趣探討社會與教育包容性在國際教育系統中的話語與教學法。在多個國家從事教育工作24年，其中15年在高等教育領域，馬克擁有豐富的國際多領域經驗。他在澳洲、亞洲和英國的教學與學習國際策略發展方面經驗豐富，並創造了專注於教學/研究聯繫的國際合作夥伴關係機會。他在國際上建立了研究聯繫和教育夥伴關係。

莉吉亞·佩洛西（Ligia Pelosi）是墨爾本維多利亞大學藝術與教育學院的高級講師，並在教育領域工作超過20年，其中11年在高等教育。莉吉亞的研究專注於基於藝術和敘事的方法論。莉吉亞在教育方面的興趣集中於識字、創造力和敘事研究方法論。莉吉亞的研究以教育中的社會正義原則為基礎，目前她是全國弱勢學校卓越教師計畫（NETDS）的首席研究員。