Dr Michael Crowhurst - RMIT University

Position: Lecturer

College / Portfolio: Design and Social Context

School / Department: DSC|School of Education

Phone: +61399256625

Email: michael.crowhurst@rmit.edu.au

Campus: Bundoora West

Contact me about: Research supervision

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-2186

Dr Michael Crowhurst teaches and co-ordinates a number of courses, conducts research and supervises post-graduate students in the School of Education.

Overview

I have a long standing interest in education and in the experiences of LGBTIQ people in educative systems. I am interested in thinking about the ways that education is constructed and the impacts that education can have on different groups of people. I am also interested in arts-based research, reflective practice and research, autoethnographic research. I teach into pre-service teacher education courses, write articles and so forth, conduct small unfunded research projects, and supervise post-graduate students. At this point in time I see myself as a teacher who writes (see interests for a list of publications) about what he teaches about. I do paid work on a part time basis and also work on unfunded projects.

Key Activities

Currently I teach mainly into the Masters of Teaching program.
I teach into and co-ordinate:

TCHE 2679 Thinking About Learning
TCHE 2680 Young People Education and Society
TCHE 2665 Humanities Language and Culture

I am interested in pre-service teacher education - social theory - teaching - diversity - learning - social justice - reflective practice - arts-based practice - autoethnography - methods of analysis - (critical, poststructural, social) theory and practice

I currently supervise HDR students.

I am currently working on 2 research projects and towards the completion of 2 books:

Before Between Beyond (A series of teacher focused research/essays on pedagogical spaces')
A currently untitled project on the inhabitation of pedagogical spaces deploying arts-based and auto-ethnographic methods.

Michael Crowhurst is also currrently working on a number of projects with Dr Michael Emslie within a research space that they co-founded and co-convene called 'The Edge/Centre'. For details about current projects see https://edge-centre.github.io/

Availability

Monday - Wednesday (9-5) Email is the best way to contact me

Qualifications

B.Ed Secondary (Melbourne State College)
B.Ed Studies (University of Melbourne)
M.Ed (University of Melbourne)
PhD (University of Melbourne). Thesis link

Industry experience

I have worked for 10 years as a Secondary School teacher in Australian and in London.
I have worked for 15 in the Welfare Sector (Melb City Mission; Salvation Army; Family Planning Vic; Headway Vic.
I have worked as an academic (undertaking various roles) for 21 years.
I started working in professional fields in 1984 and my involvement in sectors above includes overlaps.

Employment Snapshot

Secondary School Teacher

I have worked as a secondary school teacher (1984 - 1998)

Welfare Sector

I have worked in various capacities in the welfare sector (1991 - 2005) (Melbourne City Mission (intellectual disabilities focus - direct service provision); Salvation Army (aged care focus - case management, some report writing); Family Planning Victoria (GLBTIQ+ youth focused - state wide project worker, youth worker, community education and training, development of materials); Headway Victoria (ABI focused) - advocacy); Context (Unpaid activist work)

Academic

Sessional Academic 2000 - 2005 (Deakin (tutor); Melbourne (tutor); RMIT (tutor)
Academic 2006 - ongoing (part time since 2014) - Lecturer (now part time) RMIT University School of Education

Publications

Crowhurst, M. (2022). Begin In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M. (2022). What is a School? In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M. (2022). Thinking About Learning: Before During and After Teaching and Learning Events In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M.,Emslie, M. (2022). What Do Learners Do: Where, When and/or How Does Learning Play Out? Some Ideas In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M. (2022). Designing for Learning Across Shorter Time Frames In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M. (2022). Designing for Learning Across Longer Time Frames In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M.,Emslie, M. (2022). Learner Multiplicities and Learning Spaces and Events: Assessing a Dance In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M.,Emslie, M. (2022). Learning Expansivities: Linearities and Multiplicities In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M. (2022). Theory Towards Expansion: Dialogue Emergence Combinations In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, Singapore
Crowhurst, M. (2022). A Conclusion: On Complex Spaces, Learning Events, Dis/equilibrium and Learners In: On Pedagogical Spaces, Multiplicity and Linearities and Learning, Springer, SIngapore

Supervisor Projects

Michael has co-supervised the following PhD candidates through to successful completion.

Dr Kristopher Redmond (2020 completion) PhD thesis - Reconceiving a culture of experimentation for teaching relative to early childhood education.
Dr. Rachel Chapman (2019 completion) PhD thesis - An exploration of early childhood educators' views on children's gender identities.
Dr. Esmerelda Bamblett (2010 completion) PhD project and exegesis - Gurranyin Borinya (On Eagle's Wings): Effecting Change for Koorie Youth.

Current Supervisions

Alexandra Ciaffaglione (PhD candidate) working on issues relating to gender, sexuality, masculinity and religious schools.

4 PhD Completions

Supervisor Interests

Sexual/gender diversity in schools, whole-school responses, health promotion, reflective practice, teacher self-study, social theory, post-structural theory, critical theory, qualitative methods.

Employment Snapshot

Welfare Sector

Academic

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