Academic Qualifications

PhD in Sociology: Coping with Breast Cancer: Women's Lived Experiences with Illness and Dying and the Role of faith in facilitating well-being
Prelim Masters (La Trobe University)
Dip.Ed (La Trobe University)
B.A. (La Trobe University)

Research Interests

Dr Marcelle Cacciattolo is a sociologist and an experienced lecturer in the School of Education at Victoria University. Marcelle has worked on a wide range of research projects and her current research interests include:

• refugee settlement in Australia alongside the use of digital technology in educational settings
• inclusive pedagogies in tertiary settings and youth programs that facilitate empowerment and proactive change for young people.

Recent Project Experience

• Senior Researcher, Settlement Experiences of Newly Arrived Humanitarian Entrants, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
• Senior Researcher, Advance Project, Department for Victorian Communities, Office for Youth Affairs
• Senior Researcher, Evaluation of the Connectus Program, Vic Health
• Senior Researcher, An Evaluation of Refugee Relocation in Swan Hill and Warrnambool, VicHealth
• Senior Researcher, 'Investigating the Provision for Practices and Effects of the Professional Learning of Teachers in Victorian Schools', A report from Victoria University to the Victorian Institute of Teaching
• Senior Researcher, 'Assisting the Transition to Tertiary Study: Enhancing the Literacy of First Year Pre-service Teachers at Melton and Sunbury'

Organisational and Community Involvement

Marcelle's other major responsibility involves the co-coordination of the Bachelor of Education Project Partnership Program. Through this work Marcelle's has strengthened and facilitated links with educational networks and government bodies.

Marcelle is the Chair of Community Connect. Community Connect is a partnership that involves three secondary schools in the Northern suburbs, pre-service teachers at Victoria University and the Hume Global Learning Centre in Broadmeadows.

Marcelle is also a school council member for Gladstone Park Secondary College.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles
Cacciattolo, M., Dakich., Dalmau, M., Davies, A., Gudjonsdottir, H., & Kelly, C. (2006) 'Transformative Pathways: Inclusive Pedagogies in learning and teaching, paper accepted to Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA).

Cacciattolo, M., Mulraney, R., Eckersley, B., Comley, J., Davies, A., McLaren, M., Senjov-Makahon, N & Thomas, P. (2006). 'Riding the Paperless Tiger', The International Journal on Technology, Knowledge and Society.

Selected Refereed Conference Papers
Cacciattolo, M., Dakich., Dalmau, M., Davies, A., Gudjonsdottir, H., & Kelly, C. 'Initiating Active Professionals: Rethinking Philosophy, Practice and Engagement in Teacher Education, AERA conference presentation, April 2007

Cacciattolo. M., Dakich, E., Gudjonsdottir, H., Dalmau, M., Perselli, V., 'Fish out of Water - Traversing Inclusive Pedagogies through Praxis Inquiry, AERA, April, 2006.

Watt, A. P., Jones, D., Cacciattolo, M., Kruger T., Cherednichenko, B.,Eckersley, B., Moore, R., and Mulraney, R. Effective Teacher Professional Learning: A study of the professional learning practices of teachers on Victoria, Australia, AERA, April, 2006

Cacciattolo, M., Mulraney, R., Eckersley, B., Comley, J., Davies, A., McLaren, M., Senjov-Makahon, N & Thomas, P. (2005) Conference Paper, . 'Riding the Paperless Tiger', The Second International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, Hydrebad India.

'Developing and Teaching Inclusive Pedagogies in Teacher Education: Collaborative International Self-Study Research', paper presented at AERA, 12TH April 2005.

Gudjonsdottir, H., Dalmau, M., Perselli, V., Cacciattolo, M., Dakich, E. 'Developing and Teaching Inclusive Pedagogies in Teacher Education', paper presented at ECER, 8th September 2005.

Gudjonsdottir, H., Dalmau, M., Perselli, V., Cacciattolo, M., Dakich, E. 'Developing and Teaching Inclusive Pedagogies in Teacher Education: Collaborative International Self-Study Research', paper presented at AERA, 12TH April 2005.

Watt, A. P., Jones, D., Cacciattolo, M., Kruger T., Cherednichenko, B., Eckersley, B., Moore, R., and Mulraney, R. (2005). An Investigation of Professional Development Provision within the Australian School System. Paper presented at the at the American Education Research Association Conference, Montreal, April

Kruger, Cherednichenko, Eckersley, Cacciattolo, Moore, Mulraney, Watt. (2004). 'Investigating the Provision for Practices and Effects of the Professional Learning of Teachers in Victorian Schools', A report from Victoria University to the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Robyn Broadbent, R. & Marcelle Cacciattolo, 'Regional Relocation and Retention - Australia and Canada', paper presented at the Metropolis Conference in Geneva on the 29th September 2004

Watt, A. P., Jones, D., Cacciattolo, M., Kruger T., Cherednichenko, B., Eckersley, B., Moore, R., and Mulraney, R. (2004). Construction and initial validation of the Teacher Professional Development and Learning Survey. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Melbourne, November.