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Melissa Cain is an Associate Professor in the National School of Education at Australian Catholic University, specializing in inclusive education and creative arts education. Her academic career is focused on addressing educational challenges through research and practical applications that support diverse learners.
Her research interests center around fully asynchronous Initial Teacher Education, pracademic identities, and supporting students with blindness or low vision in mainstream educational contexts. Dr. Cain has conducted extensive work on how students with disabilities experience mainstream schooling and what teachers can do to create more inclusive environments. She has also investigated the challenges of fully online teacher education programs that lack real-time connections between students and instructors.
Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on educational equity, with particular attention to students with disabilities, teacher preparation, and learning interventions for students who are falling behind. Her work consistently emphasizes the importance of listening to students' experiences and adapting teaching practices accordingly.
- Recipient of the Callaway Doctoral Award
- Multiple higher education teaching awards
Dr. Cain has managed three large-scale national Learning and Teaching projects and created an international MOOC 'Deep Learning for Transformative Pedagogies' through EdX and Microsoft. Her work bridges theory and practice, focusing on how educational research can directly improve classroom experiences for both teachers and students, particularly those with special needs.
