Dr Robert G. (Jerry) Schwab is a CAEPR Fellow specialising in research related to Indigenous education and training.

Research Interests

Jerry is one of a very small number of anthropologists in Australia with research experience in the area of Indigenous education and training. He has been involved with educational research and development in both Australia and overseas (USA, United Arab Emirates and Egypt) since the mid-1980s. He has worked in the fields of literacy, educational development (in schools and for academic staff in higher education) and program planning and evaluation. Since joining CAEPR in 1995, he has carried out primary and secondary research on issues as diverse as Aboriginal community-controlled schools, notions of educational 'failure' and 'success' among Indigenous students, Indigenous workforce development and Indigenous education outcomes at the primary, secondary and post-compulsory levels. He was a recipient of a DETYA Research Fellowship for the year 2000. His current research is focused on Aboriginal adult literacy and Indigenous learning communities.