Academic Articles

Publications
Books

  • Lovat, T, Toomey, R, Clement, N, Crotty, R & Nielsen, T, (2009), Values Education, Quality Teaching and Service Learning: A Troika for Effective Teaching and Teacher Education, David Barlow Publishing, Terrigal.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2004) Rudolf Steiner’s pedagogy of imagination: a case study of holistic education. Bern, Oxford, New York: Peter Lang.
  • Olsen, J. & Nielsen, T. W. (2006) Holistic discipline. Australia: Pearson Education.
  • Nielsen, T. W., Fitzgerald, R., & Fettes, M. (Eds) (2010) Imagination in educational theory and practice – a many-sided vision. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Fitzgerald, R. & Nielsen, T. W. (Eds) (2008) Imaginative inquiry, imaginative practice – conference proceedings of the 6th international conference on imagination and education. Canberra: University of Canberra.

Book Chapters

  • Haralambous, B. & Nielsen, T. W. (2014) Celebrating carnival: an innovative application of Steiner education within a university setting. Chapter 14, pp. 141—162, in Burrows, L. & Stehlik, T. (Eds), Teaching with Spirit: New perspectives on Steiner Education in Australia, Murwillumbah, N.S.W. Australia.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2014) Finding the keys to meaningful living: beyond being sad and happy is to love. Chapter 6, pp. 81—93, in Batthyany, A. and P. Russo-Netzer (Eds), Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology, Springer New York.
  • Nielsen, T. W., & Haralambous, B. (2014) Wonder-full Education. In Wonder and Imagination in Education. Eds. Egan, K., Cant, A., & Judson, G. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2011) A curriculum of giving for student wellbeing and achievement – ‘How to wear leather sandals on a rough surface’ (Ch. 15). In D. Wright, C. Camden-Pratt & S. Hill (Eds), Social ecology: Applying ecological understanding to our lives and our planet (pp. 151-164). UK: Hawthorn Press.
  • Nielsen, T. W., Fitzgerald, R., & Fettes, M. (Eds) (2010) Imagination in educational theory and practice – a many-sided vision. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (See B:4 for comments and esteem measures).
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2010) Towards pedagogy of giving for wellbeing and social engagement. In International research handbook on values education and student well-being. Eds. Lovat, T. & Toomey, R. New York: Springer.
  • Fettes, M., Nielsen, T. W., Haralambous, B., & Fitzgerald, R. (2010) Imagination and education: a many-sided Vision. In Imagination in educational theory and practice – a many-sided vision. Eds. Nielsen, T. W., Fitzgerald, R., & Fettes, M. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2009) Imaginative and culturally inclusive First Nations education: some LUCID insights. In The imagination in education: extending the boundaries in theory and practice. Ed. Sean Blenkinsop. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Nielsen, T.W. & Fitzgerald, R. (2008) Imaginative inquiry, imaginative practice: the imaginative education impulse. In Imaginative inquiry, imaginative practice –conference proceedings of the 6th international conference on imagination and education. Canberra: University of Canberra.

Journal Articles

  • Nielsen, T. W. & Ma, J. (2016) Investigating Meaningful Happiness and Wellbeing in College Students through a ‘Curriculum of Giving’ Outdoor Education Program. International Education Research, v.4, no.2, pp.1-13.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2013) Developing values through the imagination. TEACH – Journal of Christian Education, v.7, no.1, pp.8-13.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2011) Imagination as evolution – and educational and human development perspective. Research of Steiner Education, v.2, no.1, pp. 24-33.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2011) A curriculum of giving for student wellbeing and social cohesion. Australian Fabian, v.51, no.1.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2010) Lost in translation: how the Long-house became a Victorian picket fence overnight. International Review of Education, v.56, no.4, pp.411-433.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2008) Storyline: the new Oregon trail? The Social Educator, v.26, no.2, August, pp.26-32.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2008) Good value from values education project. Australian Council for Educational Leaders: Directions in Education, vol.17, no.5, April 4.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2008) Keeping it real: reconstructing John Dewey for postmodern living. Curriculum and Teaching, v.23, no.2, pp.81-97.
  • Nielsen, T. W., Fitzgerald, R., & Haralambous, B. (2007) Imagination and education. Australian College of Educators: Education Review, vol.17, no.6, Sept 12.
  • Haralambous, B., Fitzgerald, R. & Nielsen, T. W. (2007) You are now leaving flatland thinking: why we need imagination in education. Professional Educator, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 38-41.
  • Nielsen, T. W. & Smith, J. (2007) Tracing Rudolf Steiner’s pedagogy of imagination. History of Education Review, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 49-60.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2006) Toward a pedagogy of imagination. Ethnography and Education, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 247-264.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2005) Values education through thinking, feeling and doing. The Social Educator, v.23, no.2, pp. 39-48.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2005) Values education? It depends! Every Child, vol. 11, no. 1, summer, pp. 12-13.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2004) Is John Dewey’s notion of scientific inquiry still viable? Curriculum and Teaching, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 83-94.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2001) Problems old, problems new: reconciling heart and mind in education. Encounter, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 4-15.
  • Nielsen, T. W. (2001) Review: on knowing art and visual culture. Journal of the Australian Institute of Art Education, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 50-52.
  • Nielsen, T.W. (2000) Hermeneutic phenomenological data representation: portraying the Ineffable. Journal of the Australian Institute of Art Education, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 9-14.

For all other academic publications, please visit Dr. Thomas Nielsen’s profile on Research Gate.