Dr Matthew Thomas

Matthew Krehl Edward Thomas (BA [Hons] La Trobe, GCertHELT, GCertAIB Deakin, GDipEd, PhD UniMelb) SFHEA is a Senior Lecturer in Education (Pedagogy and Curriculum) at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He is the Academic Director of Professional Practice. Matthew lectures in teaching (pedagogy) and curriculum (design) and trains postgraduate researchers. In addition, he works internationally leading humanitarian projects through global immersion programs. He is a former schoolteacher with a background in leadership, strategy, and negotiation. Matthew’s research explores the sociology of education, in particular: time and temporality, initial teacher education, surveillance capitalism and human rights. Matthew’s most recent publications explore the implications of time as a structuring force in learning, human rights in schooling and relationality in initial teacher education. Recently he co-edited Post-Qualitative Research and Innovative Methodologies (2020; Bloomsbury Academic) and Inclusive Education is a Right, right? (2021; Brill). He tweets @whoseprivacy.

• Time & Temporality
• Human Rights
• Surveillance Capitalism
• Initial Teacher Education

• British Education Research Association (BERA)
• European Educational Research Association (EERA)
• Victorian Institue of Teaching (VIT)
• Higher Education Academy (HEA)

• Pedagogy
• Curriculum
• Research Methodology & Methods
• Global Experience & Intercultural Understanding

Currently Teaching

• EDX707 - Research Project
• EDX703/4 - Research Paper
• EDX705/6 - Minor Thesis

Previously Taught

• EDX701 - Research Design Development and Method
• EPR7X3 - Reflecting On Professional Experience
• EPR7X1 - Planning For Learning In Professional Experience
• EEE751 - Teaching: Promoting Successful Learning
• EEE752 - Planning and assessment with diverse learners

Ask me about?

• Temporality
• Surveillance Capitalism
• Human Rights
• Initial Teacher Education

• Thomas, M. K. E., & Whitburn, B. (2021). Assessment for Inclusion: Off the clock and just in time What is assessment for inclusion?, Deakin University, Melbourne Campus.

• Thomas, M. K. E., & Whitburn, B. (2019). Risks in TIme to Inclusive Educational Rights Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future, Hamburg, Germany.

• Skourdoumbis, A., Rowolle, S., & Thomas, M. K. E. (2019). Using the Bourdieuian notion of ‘Economism’ to theorize education policy representations of innovation and creativity Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making, Manchester, United Kingdom.
   
• Skourdoumbis, A., & Thomas, M. K. E. (2019). Teaching As Improvisation: New Education Policy Directions Of Pedagogy. Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future, Hamburg, Germany.
   
• Thomas, M. K. E., & Whitburn, B. (2018). TIES: The Inclusive Education Summit, Deakin University, Waterfront Campus.

• Thomas, M. K. E. (2017). The Erosion of the Public: From Romper Stomper to Woof-Woof Summer Institute in Qualitative Research:Putting Theory to Work.
   
• Thomas, M. K. E. (2017). Temporality and Diffraction: Visual Possibilities. Summer Institute in Qualitative Research: Putting Theory to Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.
   
• Thomas, M. K. E., McKnight, L., & Bellingham, R. (2016). Symposium: In defence of the dark arts: merging theory and method to transfigure education research Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, Australia.

• Thomas, M. K. E. (2016) Left behind: What possibility remains for a pedagogy of insurrection in the current Australian context Australian Association for Research in Education Annual International Conference, AARE, Melbourne, Australia MCG, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
   
• Thomas, M. K. E. (2013). Manufacturing consensus: does pedagogy shape what is common sense? AARE 2013: Shaping Australian Educational Research. Australian Association for Research in Education Annual International Conference, Adelaide.
   
• Thomas, M. K. E. (2011). The Empty Child: The Reproduction Of Culture Through Schooling. AARE Conference 2011, Hobart, Tasmania. 

Websites

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ORCid Profile

Twitter @whoseprivacy

• Research Pathways
   
• Curriculum, Pedagogy and Professional Learning
   
• Inclusive Education

• 2019 SFHEA Senior Fellow: Global Recognition HEA Fellowship demonstrates a personal and institutional commitment to professionalism in learning and teaching in higher education.
   
• 2017 ESRI REDI inaugural Travelling Fellow: Education and Social Research Institute (ESRI) & Research for Educational Impact (REDI)
   
• 2016 RCA Award: Research Coaching Australia Faculty Award

Current Projects:

• Critical Times: Producing the global graduate in a pandemic
• Access Quality Teaching
• Multi-Provider Teaching Academy: A Professional Practice Model for workforce creation in Rural and Regional Victoria
• What a difference a school makes: Effective schools serving vulnerable communities
• Global Immersion Experience's for Pre-Service Teachers
• National Exceptional Teaching for Disadvantaged Schools
   

Past Projects:

• Inclusive education is a Right, right? (Brill)
• Post-Qualitative Research and Innovative Methodologies (Bloomsbury)
• Koorie Inclusive School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support Program Evaluation (KISWPBS)
• The Inclusive Education Summit Conference Committee
• Graduate Teacher Conferences (GTC)
• Higher Education Partnership and Participation Program (HEPPP)
• Twilight Seminar Series: Diversity and Inclusion 
• National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE)
• Melton & Wyndham: Strengthening Connections between School, Young People, Parents and Community.
• Educational Consciousness: Pop Up Schools