A/ProfJane Hunter

Dr Jane Hunter is an Industry Fellow in the Institute for Education; an honorary appointment from March 2026.

As an associate professor her theory-practice background is a strength as is her expertise in pedagogy, curriculum, practitioner inquiry, technology enhanced learning and teacher professional learning. 

In 2019 her research in NSW schools was awarded 'High Impact' in the first Engagement and Impact Assessment by the Australian Research Council. This set of studies culminated in Jane's second book: "High Possibility STEM Classrooms: Integrated STEM Learning in Research and Practice" (Routledge, 2021).

Prior to her appointment to UTS in February 2016 she held leadership roles as a head teacher, senior officer in government bureaucracies in education policy and in large-scale technology innovation programs including the Teaching and Learning Exchange, the Connected Classrooms Program and Quality Teaching.

She taught in teacher education at the University of Sydney for a number of years before a secondment to the Interim Committee for a NSW Institute of Teachers and the Australian Government Quality Teaching Program. From 2010 until early 2016 she was a unit coordinator in the Master of Teaching program at Western Sydney University.

Jane is the recipient of numerous national and international awards for outstanding contributions to student learning in higher education. Throughout her education career in schools, universities and 'outside the academy' she has circulated findings of her work in books, scholarly chapters and peer-reviewed papers. She enjoys writing for public forums like The Conversation, Education Review and her High Possibility Classrooms (HPC) blog. These types of public engagement with education colleagues more broadly is something she values.

She is regularly invited to conduct professional learning with system leaders, and in schools with teachers and principals where there is a focus on pedagogical change in classrooms. Passionate about teachers developing their sense of identity and autonomy, she is committed to mentoring early career teachers as they commence their professional work in schools.

Talking Teachers is a podcast she developed and produced with her colleague Associate Professor Don Carter in 2023-25 - all episodes are available here https://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-arts-and-social-sciences/podcasts/talking-teachers

Jane is a past member of the Centre for Research on Education in a Digital Society (CREDS) and a past convener of the Life-wide Learning and Education (LLE) Research Group in the faculty. She is a member of the Australian Association of University Professors and the Australian Association for Research in Education.