Dr Matthew Thomas

Matthew Krehl Edward Thomas  (BA [Hons] La Trobe, GCertHELT Deakin, GDipEd, PhD UniMelb) SFHEA is a Senior Lecturer in Education (Pedagogy and Curriculum) at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He is the Course Director of the Masters of Teaching (Secondary) and the Masters of Teaching (Secondary & Primary) program. Matthew lectures in pedagogy, curriculum and research methodology and enhances intercultural understanding through global immersion programs. He is a former schoolteacher with a background in leadership, strategy and negotiation. His research interests focus on time, power, human rights and technology. Matthew’s most recent publications explore the implications of time and artificial intelligence on human rights and relationships. Recently he co-edited Post-Qualitative Research and Innovative Methodologies (2020; Bloomsbury Academic) and Inclusive Education is a Right, right? (2020; Brill). He tweets @whoseprivacy.

• Time
• Power
• Human Rights
• Surveillance
• Social Engineering
• Technology
• Behaviour Management
• Relationships
• Inclusion & Exclusion
• Privacy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Teachers and Teaching

• British Education Research Association (BERA)
• European Educational Research Association (EERA)
• Victorian Institue of Teaching (VIT)
• Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS)
• Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)
• Australian Education Union (AEU)
• Higher Education Academy (HEA)
• National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)

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

Research Units

• EDX701 - Research Design Development and Method
• EDX703 - Research Paper A
• EDX704 - Research Paper B
• EDX705 - Minor Thesis A
• EDX706 - Minor Thesis B

Pedagogy Units

• 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?

• Time
• Power
• Surveillance
• Human Rights
• Behaviour Management
• Relationships
• Technology
• Inclusion & Exclusion
• Privacy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Teachers and Teaching

Conferences:

Thomas, M. K. E., & Whitburn, B. (2019). Time & Risk in Education. Paper presented at the Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future, Hamburg, Germany. 

Skourdoumbis, A, Thomas, M. K. E. (2019). Teaching As Improvisation: New Education Policy Directions Of Pedagogy. Paper presented at the Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future, Hamburg, Germany. 

Skourdoumbis, A., & Thomas, M. K. E. (2019). Using the Bourdieuian notion of ‘Economism’ to theorize education policy representations of innovation and creativity. Paper presented at the Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Thomas, M. K. E., & Whitburn, B. (2018). TIES: Time for Inclusion? Paper presented at the The Inclusive Education Summit, Deakin University, Waterfront Campus.

Charman, K., Dixon, M., Bellingham, R., Thomas, M. K. E., & Cooper, J. (2017). Pop Up School and Educational Consciousness. Paper presented at the Turning Learning Upside Down, Footscray, Victoria.

Thomas, Matthew Krehl Edward. (2017). Temporality and Diffraction: Visual Possibilities.  Paper presented at the Summer Institute in Qualitative Research: Putting Theory to Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.

Thomas, Matthew Krehl Edward. (2017). The Erosion of the Public: From Romper Stomper to Woof-Woof. Paper presented at the Summer Institute in Qualitative Research: Putting Theory to Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.

Coll, Leanne, Mayes, Eve., Davies, Kim., Whitburn, Ben, Thomas, Matthew Krehl Edward., Corcoran, Tim. (2017). Affective Exclusions: Methodological Amplifications and (Im)Possibilities for Inclusive Education. Paper presented at the Past the Posts? Post-inquiry in the Post-truth Era, Deakin University, Burwood. Symposium 

Thomas, Matthew Krehl Edward. (2016). Left behind: What possibility remains for a pedagogy of insurrection in the current Australian context. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education, AARE, Melbourne, Australia, MCG, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 

Thomas, Matthew Krehl Edward., 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, Matthew Krehl Edward. (2013). Manufacturing consensus: does pedagogy shape what is common sense? Paper presented at the AARE 2013: Shaping Australian Educational Research. Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Adelaide, Australia

Thomas, Matthew Krehl Edward. (2011). The Empty Child: The Reproduction Of Culture Through Schooling. Australian Association for Research in Education  Conference, Hobart, Australia

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• 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:

• Schools Under Surveillance 
• Inclusive education is a Right, right? (Brill)
• Post-Qualitative Research and Innovative Methodologies (Bloomsbury)
• Global Immersion Experience's for Pre-Service Teachers
   

Past Projects:

• 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)
• Routines, Rituals & Realities: What does learning look like (VIC)
• Melton & Wyndham: Strengthening Connections between School, Young People, Parents and Community.
• Educational Consciousness: Pop Up School: Footscray Community
• Educational Consciousness: Pop Up School: Werribee Community