Katherine Dix

Katherine Dix

Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research

Dr Katherine Dix is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Council for Educational Research. With over a decade of experience in evaluating and monitoring national whole-school wellbeing initiatives and school professional development programs, Katherine has gained extensive experience in questionnaire design, large-scale online survey administration with real-time reporting, as well as novel approaches using statistical modelling to determine evidence of impact. She holds academic status at Flinders University South Australia, where she formerly lectured in Statistics and Educational Research Methods.

2 total results
Implementing student behaviour supports in schools – consistency is key
Implementing student behaviour supports in schools – consistency is key
Apr 17,2023

‘There is a need for schools to have consistent and clear approaches to behaviour that set and maintain behaviour expectations ...’ Katherine Dix, Tom Cain, Karina Stocker and Susannah Schoeffel discuss 6 key recommendations from a new guidance report, and share some common challenges and implementation tips for how to overcome them.
behaviour, school culture, evidence-based practice, school leaders, strategic planning, professional learning, short articles
Implementing evidence-based strategies to improve student wellbeing
Implementing evidence-based strategies to improve student wellbeing
Nov 04,2020

Dr Pauline Ho and Dr Katherine Dix share the findings of a systematic review investigating the impact of wellbeing-related interventions on student academic and wellbeing outcomes, including four ingredients for effective implementation and three recommended actions for schools.
student welfare, school leaders, research news, long reads