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'Associate Professor Karen L Martin

'School of Education & Professional Studies
Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University

'Dr Karen Martin is a Noonuccal woman from Minjerripah (North Stradbroke Island - south east Queensland) and also has Bidjara ancestry (central Queensland). She is a qualified early childhood educator who has taught for more than 20 years in Aboriginal Community education services from early childhood, compulsory schooling to adult training in remote, regional and urban areas of Queensland. She is a University Medallist; joint awardee of the AARE Dissertation Award (2007) and NAIDOC Scholar of the Year (2008).

'Dr Martin has lectured in Indigenous Australian Studies; Indigenous education and early childhood education and has some 25 years of experience in the development of policy, programs and curriculum regarding education; child care; teaching and learning.'

In 2013 Associate Professor Karen L Martin gave the 'Frank Archibald Memorial Lecture' at the University of New England. Her lecture was titled : Motivation + Action - Tradition = Aboriginal Schooling:

(Source : University of New England)