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Susan Ledger, Ph.D.

Dean of Education -- School of Education
University of Newcastle-Australia

Professor Susan Ledger PhD, Dean and Head of School of Education, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia is a dedicated educator, researcher and advocate for the teaching profession. She is on a mission to inspire the next generation of teachers, shape the future of education and bring change to the system. She has a passion for connecting people, places and projects. Susan has had a range of educational experiences in both primary, secondary and tertiary settings around the globe. She introduced mixed reality learning environments Mursion (TM) into Australia in 2017 at Murdoch and leads three technology platforms: Sim School; SimTeach (Mursion) and SimCAVE at Newcastle. These platforms provide diagnostic tools to target different areas of development for our future teachers. Susan's current research interests intersect three research fields: policies and practices related to teacher education; preparing to teach in diverse contexts (international & remote); and the use of mixed reality simulations to better prepare students for these contexts. Professor Ledger provides a global to local perspective on the teaching profession, leading reform in initial teacher education by implementing simulation. After two decades of teaching in rural, remote, multicultural and international settings she entered teacher education and has led many national policy reforms including a successful 12month internship program unique to WA, a Post Graduate Certificate in International Education aligned with the International Baccalaureate Teaching and Learning Certificates , and a range of mixed reality learning environments supporting the development of preservice teachers. Her work has been showcased nationally, more recently by AITSL https://www.aitsl.edu.au/research/spotlights/technological-innovations-in-initial-teacher-education.

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