Colin Marsh was an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University, Perth. He had extensive teaching experience as a primary school teacher, secondary school teacher and university lecturer in a number of countries. Colin was a prolific writer and published more than 35 books. Becoming a Teacher and Teaching Studies of Society and Environment are two major texts published by Pearson Australia. His main interests were playing and listening to jazz music and playing tennis. Angelina Ambrosetti is a lecturer in the School of Education at CQUniversity. Angelina teaches SOSE and pedagogy courses with undergraduate students. Angelina is an experienced primary school teacher who has taught a diverse range of learners. Angelina's research interests include learning design and mentoring in pre-service teacher education.
Dr Susan Bliss is the Director of Global Education in NSW, was past President of the Geography Teachers' Association NSW and past Director and Business Manager for the Australian Geography Teachers' Association. She has written eleven geography textbooks and chapters in over 50 textbooks and refereed journals. Susan won an excellence teaching award at Sydney University and the McDonalds Holmes Medal for geography. She has been on ACARA.
Dr Anita Forsyth is currently a senior lecturer in teacher education in the Education Faculty at Monash University and she is director of the Faculty's Victorian DEECD School Review unit. Major research and teaching interests are in: curriculum and pedagogy related to economics, business, enterprise and civics and citizenship education and leadership, school accountability and school improvement.
Dr Catherine Hart has worked as a teacher educator for ten years across a number of NSW and Victorian Universities. Her research interests focus on the work of history and humanities teachers. Keen to re-engage with the work of teaching and learning in the humanities, Catherine has recently returned to the secondary school classroom.
Associate Professor Deborah Henderson taught in Queensland schools for 16 years prior to joining the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice at Queensland University of Technology. She is a Past President of the History Teachers' Association of Australia, and the Queensland History Teachers' Association. Her work as a pre-service teacher educator was recognised nationally by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) with an ALTC Teaching Citation for her contributions to student learning in 2009 and an ALTC Teaching Excellence Award in 2010. Deborah is Editor-in-Chief of Curriculum Perspectives, the peer-reviewed journal of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association.
Harry Van Issum a Wappa-burra man who has worked as a secondary teacher with Education Queensland. He has also been a lecturer in Indigenous education in the higher education sector for over 15 years. He has completed a Masters in Education and is currently completing his PhD. He is also a current member of the Queensland Indigenous Education Consultative Committee.
Professor Kerry Kennedy started his professional life as a secondary teacher in New South Wales schools teaching English and History. After postgraduate study in both Australia and the United States, he worked in a number of Australian higher education institutions with interests in curriculum studies and citizenship education. Since 2001 he has worked at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and a Life Member of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association. In 2018 he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Citizenship Identity and Citizenship Education European Association.
Dr Dale Kerwin is a proud Goori from the Worimi Nation, New South Wales. He has been awarded a Diploma of Primary Teaching, Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage Management, Masters of Philosophy, and a PhD. He remains committed to furthering knowledge about Aboriginal cultural heritage and inscribing Aboriginal ontology on the body of Australian history.
