Donna M. Velliaris

Donna M. Velliaris holds two Graduate Certificates: (1) Australian Studies; and (2) Religious Education, two Graduate Diplomas: (1) Secondary Education; and (2) Language and Literacy Education, as well as three Master’s degrees: (1) Educational Sociology; (2) Studies of Asia; and (3) Special Education. In 2010, Dr Velliaris graduated with a PhD in Education from the University of Adelaide focused on the social/educational ecological development of school-aged transnational students in Tokyo, Japan. Her primary research interests include: human ecology; Third Culture Kids (TCKs); schools as cultural systems; and study abroad. With recent publication of over 20 book chapters, titles comprise: Academic reflections: Disciplinary acculturation and the first-year pathway experience in Australia [Garnet]; Conceptualizing four ecological influences on contemporary ‘Third Culture Kids’ [Palgrave Macmillan]; Culturally responsive pathway pedagogues: Respecting the intricacies of student diversity in the classroom [IGI Global]; The other side of the student story: Listening to the voice of the parent [Sense]; and Metaphors for transnational students: A moving experience [Cambridge Scholars]. This is Dr Velliaris’ third book publication with IGI Global. The other titles are: Handbook of research on academic misconduct in higher education (2016); and Handbook of research on study abroad programs and outbound mobility (2016).

Publications

Cheaters Beware: (Re)designing Assessment Practices to Reduce Academic Misconduct
Donna M. Velliaris, Janine M. Pierce. © 2022. 28 pages.
This descriptive chapter tackles the issue of ‘preventing' academic misconduct via effective assessment design. A dearth of literature is focused on ‘detecting'...
International Family Configurations in Tokyo and Their Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language Socialization
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2020. 32 pages.
For children raised in a primarily monocultural setting, where their passport or “home” and their residential or “host” countries are the same, the knowledge/skills developed in...
Academic Mobility Programs and Engagement: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Donna M Velliaris. © 2020. 263 pages.
Students in a range of academic disciplines can take part in a growing number of international placements available to them. Given the sharp increase in the number of exchange...
To Study Abroad: A Complex Matrix of Influences
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2020. 30 pages.
Universities globally are increasingly seeking to improve the international mobility of their students. There are several latent benefits that accrue to a university whose...
Academic Language and Learning Support Services in Higher Education
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2020. 243 pages.
Registering for courses, securing financial aid, developing strong study skills, and mastering difficult course material are just a few of the wide variety of obstacles that...
A Study of the One-to-One Writing Tutoring Effects: A Perspective of Intercultural Contrastive Rhetoric
Hai-yan Zhang, Yunhui Hao, Mingsheng Li, Donna M. Velliaris. © 2020. 28 pages.
This chapter is motivated by the fact that few studies have been made about the effects of one-on-one writing tutoring in English writing centers in Chinese universities. It...
Professional Business Communications: Slopy Typose, Pour Grammer and Speeling
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2020. 26 pages.
In today's competitive business environment, students need to build strategic communication skills to effectively manage business activities, and their ability to effectively...
Prevention and Detection of Academic Misconduct in Higher Education
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2019. 324 pages.
Cheating in educational institutions and society not only threatens the overall quality of the education, as well as its dissemination of knowledge, but it also affects the...
Diploma Pathway Programs: The Offerings of an Australian Pre-University Institute
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2019. 21 pages.
As a second chance for prospective students who do not meet initial Australian Higher Education (HE) entrance requirements, “pathway” providers attract (international) students...
Sustainable Supply Chains: Ethical Challenges and Actions for Best Practice
Janine M. Pierce, Donna M. Velliaris. © 2019. 15 pages.
Supply chains provide many challenges to organizations relating to ethical practices at all levels of the supply chain in an often non-transparent environment, with different...
International Student Perceptions of Ethics in a Business Pathway Course
Donna M. Velliaris, Craig R. Willis, Janine M. Pierce. © 2019. 20 pages.
To attract a growing number of international students, Higher Education (HE) institutions are striving to differentiate themselves from their competitors. The Eynesbury Institute...
Cheaters Beware: (Re)designing Assessment Practices to Reduce Academic Misconduct
Donna M. Velliaris, Janine M. Pierce. © 2019. 38 pages.
This descriptive chapter tackles the issue of ‘preventing' academic misconduct via effective assessment design. A dearth of literature is focused on ‘detecting'...
Study Abroad Contexts for Enhanced Foreign Language Learning
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2018. 342 pages.
Popular opinion has long assumed that learning a foreign language requires not only traditional classroom instruction but also immersion among native speakers of the language....
A Living ‘CCC'ase Study: A Business Focused Action‐Learning Project
Donna M. Velliaris, Janine M. Pierce. © 2018. 18 pages.
This chapter describes the Coglin Clothing Company (CCC), the focus of a multidisciplinary Live/Living Case Study (LCS) that was developed and introduced at the Eynesbury...
Management Methodology: Crafting Creative Case Studies to Capture Concepts and Contexts for Course Clarity
Janine M. Pierce, Donna M. Velliaris. © 2018. 20 pages.
This chapter overviews the rationale and methodology underpinning the implementation of two ‘purpose written' case studies delivered within two separate undergraduate...
Across the Four Domains: Pathway Students' Self-Reported Perceptions of English Proficiency
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2018. 31 pages.
In many Asian countries, tertiary education remains a much desired but seemingly unattainable goal for high school graduates, due to rigorous unified national examinations. With...
A Living Case Study: A Journey Not a Destination
Janine M. Pierce, Donna M. Velliaris, Jane Edwards. © 2017. 21 pages.
Living Case Studies (LCSs) in the discipline of business provide a bridge from knowledge acquisition to knowledge practice in a real world context. They offer the facilitator a...
Handbook of Research on Academic Misconduct in Higher Education
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2017. 440 pages.
To maintain the quality of education, integrity and honesty must be upheld by students and teachers in learning environments. The prevention of cheating is a prime factor in this...
Personal and Professional Perceptions: Pre-University Pathway Programs, Pedagogy, and Praxis
Donna M. Velliaris, Janine M. Pierce. © 2017. 26 pages.
This chapter is focused on the Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology's (EIBT) Diploma of Business pathway, as business-related programs are most common in the...
A Living ‘CCC'ase Study: A Business Focused Action‐Learning Project
Donna M. Velliaris, Janine M. Pierce. © 2017. 18 pages.
This chapter describes the Coglin Clothing Company (CCC), the focus of a multidisciplinary Live/Living Case Study (LCS) that was developed and introduced at the Eynesbury...
Management Methodology: Crafting Creative Case Studies to Capture Concepts and Contexts for Course Clarity
Janine M. Pierce, Donna M. Velliaris. © 2017. 20 pages.
This chapter overviews the rationale and methodology underpinning the implementation of two ‘purpose written' case studies delivered within two separate undergraduate...
Potato, Pot-Ar-To. Tomato, Tom-Ar-To: Is Teacher Quality and Teaching Quality the Same?
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2017. 19 pages.
Research on school effectiveness largely relates to ways of measuring the quality of a school, which is often quantified in terms of students' ‘academic' achievement. The...
What Is Cheating?: Definitions by International Pre-University Pathway Students
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2017. 34 pages.
The Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology (EIBT) is one of a growing number of private providers partnering with universities to attract international students early in...
A Clear Pathway: The Hazy Line between Collaboration and Collusion
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2017. 23 pages.
The educational institution participating in this research is a pre-university pathway college in South Australia. Specific to this study are the international students who enter...
Cultural Diversity: Misconceptions, Misinterpretations, and Misunderstandings in the Classroom
Donna M. Velliaris, Janine M. Pierce. © 2017. 22 pages.
Autoethnography is a genre of writing that connects the personal to the cultural, placing the self within a social context. These texts are usually written in the first-person...
Widening the Lens: A Pathway to Advancing Management Education through Storyboards
Janine M. Pierce, Donna M. Velliaris. © 2016. 17 pages.
To meet the challenge of bridging the digital divide among Net Generation students and Higher Education (HE) lecturers, a ‘Storyboard' methodology was piloted at the South...
Choosing the Right Pathway: A Matrix of Influences Related to Selection of Higher Education Destination Abroad
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2016. 22 pages.
The Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology (EIBT) is a pre-university pathway institution to the University of Adelaide or the University of South Australia. This chapter...
Preface
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2016. 12 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Study Abroad Programs and Outbound Mobility.
Culturally Responsive Pathway Pedagogues: Respecting the Intricacies of Student Diversity in the Classroom
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2016. 21 pages.
The Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology (EIBT) is a pre-university pathway institution to The University of Adelaide or the University of South Australia. This chapter...
Reflections on the Impact of Social Technologies on Lecturers in a Pathway Institution
Donna M Velliaris, Craig R Willis, Paul B Breen. © 2015. 24 pages.
Education has evolved over time from face-to-face teaching to computer-supported learning, and now to even more sophisticated electronic tools. In particular, social technologies...
International Student Perceptions of Ethics in a Business Pathway Course
Donna M. Velliaris, Craig R. Willis, Janine M. Pierce. © 2015. 19 pages.
To attract a growing number of international students, Higher Education (HE) institutions are striving to differentiate themselves from their competitors. The Eynesbury Institute...
Interdisciplinary Perceptions: Academic Acculturation and a Pathway to Improved Critical Thinking
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2015. 24 pages.
This chapter explicates a small-scale action research study that utilised qualitative survey data derived from academic lecturers at the Eynesbury Institute of Business and...
International Family Configurations in Tokyo and their Cross-Cultural Approaches to Language Socialization
Donna M. Velliaris. © 2015. 30 pages.
For children raised in a primarily monocultural setting, where their passport or ‘home' and their residential or ‘host' countries are the same, the knowledge/skills...
Getting Personal: An Autoethnographic Study of the Professional Identit(ies) of Lecturers in an Australian Pathway Institution
Donna M. Velliaris, Craig R. Willis. © 2014. 24 pages.
For educators, understanding what draws an individual to the teaching profession and, arguably more importantly, what keeps them there, involves recognition of how one's...