Mark Peel

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Mark Andrew Peel (born October 17, 1959), Australian historian and academic, is a member of the School of Historical Studies in the Faculty of Arts, Monash University. He is the author of Good Times, Hard Times: The Past and the Future in Elizabeth[1] (Melbourne University Press, 1995, Shortlisted for The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award); A Little History of Australia (Melbourne University Press, 1997); and The Lowest Rung: Voices of Australian Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2003, Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[2]). He holds degrees from Flinders University (BA (Hons), 1980 and MA, 1983), Johns Hopkins University (MA, 1985) and Melbourne University (PhD, 1993) and was appointed a full Professor in 2007.

Peel played a significant role in early research on student transition to university education, contributing to a major report in the federal government's Higher Education Series in 1999[3] and conducting a major research project on school-leavers' experiences of university teaching.[4] Peel has also contributed to debates about history teaching and curriculum, especially through his paper, "The Essentials of Australian History", which formed part of the 1999 National Inquiry into School History[5], through his work as an advisor on Australian history to the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and through two surveys on university curricula and teaching for the Australian Historical Association.

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  1. ^  Peel, Mark (1995). Good Times, Hard Times: The Past and the Future in Elizabeth. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84628-9. 
  2. ^  2004 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Nettie Palmer Non-fiction Prize Shortlist http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/npprize/shortlist2004.html
  3. ^ Transition from Secondary to Tertiary: A Performance Study (http://www.dest.gov.au/archive/highered/hes/hes36.htm)
  4. ^  "Nobody Cares: The Challenge of Isolation in School to University Transition", at http://www.aair.org.au/jir/May00/Peel.pdf
  5. ^ http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/national_inquiry_into_school_history/appendix_c.htm
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