Associate Professor Claire Aitchison

Associate Dean: UniSA Online University of South Australia Online

City West Campus (GK4-25)
tel +61 8 830 20892

email Claire.Aitchison@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Dr Claire Aitchison has worked in higher education for over two decades researching and publishing on student learning and researcher and academic development. At UniSA she has applied these interests to the online environment working with academics, teaching & learning colleagues, and online educational designers to produce quality courses and programs for UniSA Online. As an Academic Developer, Claire aims to transform educator experiences by building knowledge and skills that positively impact student success. This ambition is achieved through a suite of activities including supporting academics to engage in teaching and learning scholarship, leading and coordinating courses and workshops, mentoring academic ... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Specialist Studies in Education
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Education Systems
Cognitive Sciences
Education

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2016	Fourie-Malherbe, M, Albertyn, R, Aitchison, C & Bitzer, E 2016, Postgraduate supervision: future foci for the knowledge society, African Sun Media, South Africa.
2015	Guerin, C, Carter, S & Aitchison, C 2015, 'Blogging as community of practice: lessons for academic development?', International Journal for Academic Development, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 212-223. Open access 20 10 32
2013	Aitchison, C & Mowbray, S 2013, 'Doctoral women: managing emotions, managing doctoral studies', Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 859-870. 50 28
2012	Aitchison, C, Catterall, J, Ross, P & Burgin, S 2012, ''Tough love and tears': learning doctoral writing in the sciences', Higher Education Research and Development, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 435-447. 128 95
2009	Aitchison, C 2009, 'Writing groups for doctoral education', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 905-916. 137 99

Books

Year	Output
2024	Guerin, C, Aitchison, C & Carter, S 2024, Creating, managing, and editing multi-authored publications: a guide for scholars, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London : New York. 6
2020	Carter, S, Guerin, C & Aitchison, C 2020, Doctoral writing: practices, processes and pleasures, Springer, Singapore. 14 3
2016	Fourie-Malherbe, M, Albertyn, R, Aitchison, C & Bitzer, E 2016, Postgraduate supervision: future foci for the knowledge society, African Sun Media, South Africa.
2014	Aitchison, C & Guerin, C 2014, Writing groups for doctoral education and beyond: innovations in practice and theory, Routledge, UK. 57
2010	Aitchison, C, Kamler, B & Lee, A 2010, Publishing pedagogies for the Doctorate and beyond, Routledge, US.

Chapters

Year	Output
2023	Guerin, C & Aitchison, C 2023, 'Finding confidence in writing: doctoral writing groups', in DL Elliot, SSE Bengtsen & K Guccione (eds), Developing Researcher Independence Through the Hidden Curriculum, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, ch. 12, pp. 147-156.
2021	Mewburn, I, Guerin, C & Aitchison, C 2021, 'Networks as learning environments for doctoral education', in A Lee & R Bongardt (eds), The Future of Doctoral Research: Challenges and Opportunities, Routledge, US, ch. 17, pp. 195-206. 3
2018	Aitchison, C 2018, 'Writing an identity into being', in S Carter & D Laurs (eds), Developing Research Writing: A Handbook for Supervisors and Advisors, Routledge, US, ch. 27, pp. 193-197.
2018	Aitchison, C, Carter, S & Guerin, C 2018, 'Blogging: connecting research communities online', in R Erwee et al. (eds), Postgraduate Education in Higher Education, Springer, Singapore, ch. 9, pp. 153-164.
2018	Guerin, C & Aitchison, C 2018, 'Peer writing groups', in S Carter & D Laurs (eds), Developing Research Writing: A Handbook for Supervisors and Advisors, Routledge, US, ch. 7, pp. 51-55.
2016	Aitchison, C & Mowbray, S 2016, 'Doctoral writing markets: exploring the grey zone', in Tracey Bretag (ed.), Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer, Singapore, ch. 21, pp. 287-301. 12
2016	Aitchison, C 2016, 'Research writing: purposes, practices and pedagogies in contemporary times', in Fourie-Malherbe et al. (eds), Postgraduate supervision: future foci for the knowledge society, SUN Press, Stellenbosch, ch.3, pp.33-49.
2016	Guerin, CM, Aitchison, C & Carter, S 2016, 'Networks, nodes and knowledge: blogging to support doctoral candidates and supervisors', in Fourie-Malherbe et al. (eds), Postgraduate supervision: future foci for the knowledge society, SUN Press, Stellenbosch, ch.16, pp.269-282.
2015	Proctor, H & Aitchison, C 2015, 'Markets in education : 'school choice' and family capital', in Gabrielle Meagher and Susan Goodwin (eds), Markets, rights and power in Australian social policy, Sydney University Press, Sydney, ch. 10, pp. 321-339. Open access
2014	Aitchison, C & Guerin, C 2014, 'Writing groups, pedagogy, theory and practice: an introduction', in Claire Aitchison and Cally Guerin (eds.), Writing groups for doctoral education and beyond: innovations in practice and theory, Routledge, US, ch. 1, pp. 3-17. 49
2014	Aitchison, C 2014, 'Learning from multiple voices: feedback and authority in doctoral writing groups', in Claire Aitchison and Cally Guerin (eds.), Writing groups for doctoral education and beyond: innovations in practice and theory, Routledge, US, ch. 4, pp. 51-64. 19
2012	Aitchison, C & Paré, A 2012, 'Writing as craft and practice in the doctoral curriculum', in Alison Lee & Susan Danby (eds.), Reshaping doctoral education: International approaches and pedagogies, Routledge, UK, ch. 2, pp. 12-25. 19
2011	Lee, A & Aitchison, C 2011, 'Working with tensions : writing for publication during your doctorate', in Tonette S Rocco & Tim Hatcher (eds), The handbook of scholarly writing and publishing, Jossey-Bass, US, ch. 5, pp. 62-74.
2010	Aitchison, C & Lee, A 2010, 'Writing in, writing out: doctoral writing as peer work', in Melanie Walker and Pat Thomson (eds.), The Routledge doctoral supervisor's companion, Routledge, US, ch. 21, pp. 260-269. 7
2010	Aitchison, C 2010, 'Good mothers go school shopping', in S Goodwin & K Huppatz (eds), The good mother: contemporary motherhoods in Australia, Sydney University Press, Australia, ch. 5, pp. 89-110.
2010	Aitchison, C 2010, 'Learning together to publish: writing group pedagogies for doctoral publishing', in C Aitchison, B Kamler & A Lee (eds), Publishing pedagogies for the doctorate and beyond, Routledge, US, ch. 6 , pp. 83-100.
2009	Aitchison, C 2009, 'Research writing groups', in J Higgs, D Horsfall & S Grace (eds), Writing qualitative research on practice, Sense Publishers, Netherlands, ch. 23, pp. 253-266.
2009	Lee, A & Aitchison, C 2009, 'Writing for the doctorate and beyond', in D Boud & A Lee (eds), Changing practices of doctoral education, Routledge, US, ch. 7, pp. 87-99.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Costabile, M, Birbeck, D & Aitchison, C 2024, 'Using simulations to meld didactic and constructivist teaching methods in complex second year STEM courses', International Journal of Science Education, online, pp. 1-18. Open access 2 2
2024	McInnes, R, Hobson, J, Johnson, K, Cramp, J, Aitchison, C & Baldock, K 2024, 'Online course quality evaluation instruments: a scoping review', Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, online, pp. 1-21. Open access 1
2021	Guerin, C & Aitchison, C 2021, 'Doctoral writing and remote supervision: What the literature tells us', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 624-634. 6 6 2
2021	McInnes, R, Cramp, J & Aitchison, C 2021, 'Evaluating technologies for communicating mathematical and scientific reasoning in fully online engineering courses: a technology choice framework', International Journal on Innovations in Online Education, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 73-91.
2020	Aitchison, C, Harper, R, Mirriahi, N & Guerin, C 2020, 'Tensions for educational developers in the digital university: developing the person, developing the product', Higher Education Research and Development, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 171-184. Open access 21 15 26
2020	Guerin, C, Aitchison, C & Carter, S 2020, 'Digital and distributed: learning and teaching doctoral writing through social media', Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 238-254. 18 11 10
2020	McInnes, R, Aitchison, C & Sloot, B 2020, 'Building online degrees quickly: academic experiences and institutional benefits', Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1-19. Open access 6 2
2018	Kumar, V & Aitchison, C 2018, 'Peer facilitated writing groups: a programmatic approach to doctoral student writing', Teaching in Higher Education, 23, no. 3, pp. 360-373. 31 25 1
2017	Guerin, C, Walker, R, Aitchison, C, Mattarozzi Laming, M, Padmanabhan, MC & James, B 2017, 'Doctoral supervisor development in Australian universities: preparing research supervisors to teach writing', Journal of Academic Language and Learning, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. A88-A103. Open access 14
2016	Catterall, J, Aitchison, C & Rolls, N 2016, 'Disconnected pedagogies: experiences of international students in higher education', Journal of Academic Language and Learning, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. A70-A79. Open access
2015	Aitchison, C 2015, 'Writing the practice/practise the writing: writing challenges and pedagogies for creative practice supervisors and researchers', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 1291-1303. 6 4
2015	Guerin, C, Carter, S & Aitchison, C 2015, 'Blogging as community of practice: lessons for academic development?', International Journal for Academic Development, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 212-223. Open access 20 10 32
2013	Aitchison, C & Mowbray, S 2013, 'Doctoral women: managing emotions, managing doctoral studies', Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 859-870. 50 28
2012	Aitchison, C, Catterall, J, Ross, P & Burgin, S 2012, ''Tough love and tears': learning doctoral writing in the sciences', Higher Education Research and Development, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 435-447. 128 95
2011	Catterall, J, Ross, P, Aitchison, C & Burgin, S 2011, 'Pedagogical approaches that facilitate writing in postgraduate research candidature in science and technology', Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, vol. 8, no. 2, article no. 7, pp. 1-12. Open access
2011	Ross, P, Burgin, S, Aitchison, C & Catterall, J 2011, 'Research writing in the sciences: liminal territory and high emotion', Journal of Learning Design, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 14-27. Open access
2009	Aitchison, C 2009, 'Writing groups for doctoral education', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 905-916. 137 99

Other outputs

Aitchison, C. and Lee, A. (2006) Research writing: problems and pedagogies. Teaching in Higher Education 11 (3), 265 - 278.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Charles Darwin University	AUSTRALIA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
McGill University	CANADA
Murdoch University	AUSTRALIA
Stellenbosch University	SOUTH AFRICA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Auckland	NEW ZEALAND
University of Otago	NEW ZEALAND
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology, Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2022
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2022
Member Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)	2022
Reviewer HERD Journal	2022
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2021
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2021
Member Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)	2021
Reviewer HERD Journal	2021
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2020
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2020
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2020
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2020
Fellowship AdvanceHE UK	2020
Member Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)	2020
Reviewer HERD Journal	2020
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2019
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2019
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2019
Member Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)	2019
Reviewer HERD Journal	2019
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2018
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2018
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2018
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2018
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2017
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2017
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2017
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2017
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2017
Member International Doctoral Education Researchers Network	2017
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2017
Reviewer HERD Journal	2017
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2016
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2016
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2016
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2016
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2016
Keynote Speaker Swinburne University Living Research Conference	2016
Member International Doctoral Education Researchers Network	2016
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2016
Organising Committee International Doctoral Education Researchers Network	2016
Reviewer HERD Journal	2016
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2015
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2015
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2015
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2015
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2015
Invited speaker: Balancing books and bubs: Parenting through postgraduate degrees The University of Sydney	2015
Keynote Speaker Postgraduate Supervision Conference, Cape Town	2015
Member International Doctoral Education Researchers Network	2015
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2015
Reviewer HERD Journal	2015
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2014
Doctoral Writing SIG Coordinator QPR (Quality in Postgraduate Research)	2014
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2014
Editorial Board Member Teaching in Higher Education	2014
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2014
Keynote Speaker Deakin University - ADR Conference	2014
Member International Doctoral Education Researchers Network	2014
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2014
Reviewer The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)	2014
Reviewer HERD Journal	2014
Advisory Committee Member, Academic English Expert University of Western Sydney	2013
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2013
Editorial Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2013
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2013
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2013
Member International Doctoral Education Researchers Network	2013
Member International Doctoral Education Researcher Network	2013
Reviewer ESP Journal	2013
Reviewer The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)	2013
Reviewer Studies in Continuing Education	2013
Reviewer HERD Journal	2013
Reviewing Fellow Higher Education Research and Development Journal	2013
Advisory Committee Member, Academic English Expert University of Western Sydney	2012
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2012
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2012
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2012
Reviewer Studies in Higher Education	2012
Reviewer HERD Journal	2012
Reviewer The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)	2012
Advisory Committee Member, Academic English Expert University of Western Sydney	2011
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2011
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2011
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2011
Reviewer HERD Journal	2011
Reviewer ESP Journal	2011
Reviewer The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)	2011
Reviewer Studies in Higher Education	2011
Reviewer The Australian Educational Researcher	2011
Reviewer Studies in Continuing Education	2011
Vice Chancellor's Award for Leadership in HDR Teaching Excellence University of Western Sydney	2011
Advisory Committee Member, Academic English Expert University of Western Sydney	2010
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2010
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2010
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2010
Reviewer The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)	2010
Reviewer ESP Journal	2010
Reviewer Studies in Continuing Education	2010
Reviewer HERD Journal	2010
Reviewer The Australian Educational Researcher	2010
Reviewer Studies in Higher Education	2010
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2009
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2009
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2009
Reviewer Studies in Higher Education	2009
Reviewer The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)	2009
Board Member Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2008
Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC)	2008
Editorial Committee Journal of Academic Language and Learning	2008
Member Association of Academic Language and Learning	2008

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
This is what I actually need: Addressing contemporary learner's needs through amplifying the first-year student voice	Current
Engaging WIL: risk, trust, and complex contexts of academics¿ communication with work integrated learning hosts	Completed
The digital home: exploring the communicative experiences of contemporary mothers	Completed

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Associate Professor Claire Aitchison

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