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Contact: G23, Upper Campus
Telephone: +61 (2) 9385 - 2204
email: d.fitzsimmons@unsw.edu.au
Dominic began working at The Learning Centre in 1997 as a Writing Assistant while undertaking a PhD in German Studies. Since graduating in 2003 he has worked as a Learning Adviser with particular focus on co-ordinating the Writing Assistants program, running workshops on all aspects of academic work, doing individual consultations, and teaching on the preparation programs for alternative entry students, Indigenous students and International students. Dominic has also been involved with the Law Peer Tutors program since its beginnings, and has also lectured in the School of Modern Languages and Faculty of Law.
As Dominic studied in Germany, he is especially interested in strategies to adapt to the different academic traditions. Dominic finds that one of the most enjoyable parts of his work is participating in the generating of ideas, and then encouraging people to critically apply these ideas in their immediate context. Knowing that what we teach has a transformative impact on people and their role in society is what makes this work special.
Papers presented at conferences in 2005
Who chooses who belongs? Ius participarii, governmental belonging and trusting strangers. Paper for Australian Society of Legal Philosophy conference: Constitutions, Sovereignty and Democracy. University of NSW, 29th April - 1st May 2005.
Who chooses who belongs: tactics and strategies and migrant literature. Paper presented at the AULLA and FILLM conference, James Cook University, Cairns, 15 -19th July 2005.
Encountering the Other: Some Reflections on Peer-to-Peer Learning. LAS NSW/ACT meeting, 25th August 2005.
Adult Education and Early Childhood Education: in these troubling times what can we learn from each other? Honouring the Child 5 Conference, Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood, University of Melbourne 17-20th November 2005.
Publication
Miriam Giugni & Dominic Fitzsimmons, Notes, sketches and reflections of an early childhood educator learning theory: A rhythmanalysis. Education Research Conference, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus, October 2004.