Rate My Professor Daniella Forster

Dr. Forster's research specializations encompass educational ethics, epistemology, moral injury, normative case study methodology, professional codes of conduct, teacher professionalism, ethical dilemmas in education, ethics in teacher education, philosophy of education, moral psychology, virtue ethics and epistemology, values education, teacher education and professional development, curriculum and pedagogy theory, and history and philosophy of education. She has received major awards including the Research Advantage Equity Fellowship (2025), ADVANCE Research Fellowship (2025-2026), DVC(A) Educator Innovation and Impact Award (2020), Centre for Excellence for Equity in Higher Education Early Career Researcher Development Grant (2016), and a Visiting Scholar appointment at Harvard Graduate School of Education (2023). Dr. Forster serves as Vice President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (2023) and was a member representative on its Executive Committee (2015-2017). Her key publications include "Philosophy of education in a new key" (2025), "Using Codes of Professional Ethics and Conduct in Teacher Education: Pitfalls and Best Practice" (2023), "Codes of Professional Ethics and Conduct in Teaching" (2022, 2020), "Professional ethics in Australian teaching and teacher education: Tensions and aspirations" (2020), "Codes of ethics in Australian education: Towards a national perspective" (2012), and "The moral imagination in pre-service teachers ethical reasoning" (2013).