Dr. Phil Poulton
Details
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College: School of Education
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Department: School of Education
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Campus: Bundoora West Australia
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phil.poulton@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-2245-5482
Open to
- Collaborative projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Membership of an advisory committee
About
Dr Phil Poulton is a teacher educator and curriculum researcher in the School of Education, RMIT Melbourne. He completed his PhD at the University of Sydney exploring early career teachers’ curriculum-making experiences in schools. Prior to working in initial teacher education, Phil worked as primary classroom teacher, Principal Project Officer (Early Years and Literacy), and Head of Curriculum with the Queensland Department of Education. He is the recent recipient of the Australian Association for Research in Education’s 2023 Postgraduate Student Researcher Award. Phil has presented his research in national and international conferences, including in Sydney, Melbourne, Manchester, Birmingham, and Hamburg. His research interests include teacher professionalism, school-based curriculum development, teacher professional learning, and research ethics.
Research fields
- 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
- 390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators
- 390201 Education policy
UN sustainable development goals
- 4 Quality Education
Academic positions
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- School of Education
- , Australia
- 7 May 2024 – Present
- Academic Tutor
- University of Sydney
- School of Education and Social Work
- , Australia
- 1 Mar 2020 – Present
Teaching interests
Phil teaches across both the Bachelor of Education and Master of Teaching Practice programs at RMIT University.
He has worked previously as a primary classroom teacher and Head of Curriculum in a large Queensland public school. He also completed a secondment into the Queensland Department of Education as a Principal Project Officer (Early Years and Literacy) developing beginning teacher curriculum materials.
Research interests
Teacher curriculum-making
School-based curriculum development
Preservice teacher curriculum-making capabilities
Initial teacher education
