Dr Michael Furtado

My background is in critical literacy and productive pedagogies, which provide an authentic and transformative educational foundation for exposing and redressing unjust and exclusive/secluding/separatist school practices through deconstructing unexamined pedagogies and their reproductive social and cultural effects. In this project I work with Sharon to help in all areas of the project. I also try to help teachers reflect on the implications of their current practice for the life chances of all their students, especially the most marginalised. In particular, my focus is on curriculum and pedagogy and on what constitutes just, empowering and inclusive assessment practices. For this to happen my role is to develop ‘vocabularies’ of inclusive assessment practice so that teacher engagement is understood as reflecting the learning needs and styles of all.

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Mike Furtado
Address 14 Kenric Street, Toowoomba, QLD. 4350
Telephone (07) 4639 3465 (Home); 0417 708 945 (Work); Mobile: 0417 708 945

Education

University of London Institute of Education, 1968 - 1971
Certificate in Education (Junior & Secondary History, Art)

University of Oxford, 1972 - 1974
Special Diploma in Social Studies

University of Strathclyde, 1974 - 1977
BA (Politics Honours with History)

Western Australian College of Advanced Education, (now Edith Cowan University), 1984
Graduate Diploma in Religious Education Studies

University of Western Australia, 1987
Master of Arts (By Research, in Politics)

University of Queensland, 2001
Doctor of Philosophy (in Education Studies)

Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
Toowoomba Education Centre, 2004

Employment

Part-time

Tutor, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology
Kelvin Grove Campus, First Semester, 2002.

Research Assistant to Dean of Education,
Queensland University of Technology, January – July 1993.

Tutor, Western Australian College of Advanced Education,
(Edith Cowan University), Claremont Campus, First Semester 1984.

Part-time Lecturer, London University BA (External Degree),
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, January 1974 – December 1977

Full-time

Consultant in Inclusive Education & Co-Director (Boyce-Furtado Educational Consultants)
‘Discovering DisAbility & Diversity’ (DDD) Inclusive Education Professional Development & Social Policy Research Project,
January 2003 and continuing

Lecturer, Policy Sociology and Social Contexts,
Faculty of Education, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
January 1998 - December 2000 (3-year fixed-term contract)

Lecturer, Curriculum Theory & Policy Sociology,
Faculty of Education, University of Newcastle, NSW
August 1993 – July 1996 (3-year fixed-term contract)

Education Officer (Social Justice),
Catholic Education Centre, Brisbane, QLD
April 1985 – December 1992 (left to gain research experience at QUT)

Professional Association Membership and Community Service

Reviewer, International Journal of Teaching and Learning
Reviewer, Asia-Pacific Journal of Education
Reviewer, Australian Journal of Educational Philosophy and Theory
Reviewer, Australian Association for Research in Education
Honorary Research Adviser, School of Education, University of Queensland

Membership of Professional Organizations

The Australian College of Education
The Australian Association for Research in Education
The Australian Peace Education Research Association
The Queensland College of Teachers (Registration No: 774712)

Referees

Mr Garry Everet
(Mr Everett is the former Deputy Director of the Queensland Catholic Education Commission)
3 Venison Crescent, Springfield Lakes, QLD 4300
Telephone: (07) 3288 4474 (Home)
Mobile: 0438 430 049
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Professor Bob Lingard, (Former PhD Supervisor)
Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland,
(Former Bell Professor of Education, The University of Edinburgh)
Telephone: (07) 3365 7343 (Work)
0797 967 1036 (Mobile)
Fax: (07) 3365 7199 (Work)
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Professor Terry Lovat, (Former Work Supervisor)
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education & the Humanities),
The University of Newcastle,
Callaghan, NSW 2312
Telephone: (02) 4921 5000 (Work)
(02) 4957 4760 (Home)
Fax: (02) 4921 7905 (Work)
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Associate Professor Peter Albion, (Former Work Supervisor)
Assoc Dean, Faculty of Education,The University of Southern Queensland,
Toowoomba, QLD 4350
Telephone: (07) 4631 2321 (Work)
(07) 4636 5420 (Home)/ 0402 046 749 (Mobile)
Fax: (07) 4631 2828 (Work)
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Areas of Research Experience and Teaching Expertise

Social, Cultural and Curriculum Theory; Implications for Inclusion of New Policy in Australian School Funding; Education for Human Rights, Diversity, Equity and Social Justice; Modes of Active Learning, Critical Reflection and Transformative Pedagogy; Productive Pedagogies; Inclusive and Authentic Curriculum and Assessment Practice; Sustainable post-PD Change through professional Coaching and Mentoring.

Publications

(N.B. All sole author, except where separately stated. # denotes quality pieces of recency)

1. Refereed journal articles

# ‘Historical Construction and Australian Catholic Education: Some Lessons for School Funding Policy from the Cultural Politics of Australian Education’, Discourse: International Journal of the Cultural Politics of Education, Vol 30, No 2, June 2009
# ‘Some Proposals for Change to the Role of the Catholic Sector in the Australian School Funding Policy Process’, The Australian Educational Researcher, Vol 33, No. 3, December 2006
‘Beating the Odds! A Philosophical Treatise about State Aid as Everyone’s Right to School Choice’ http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/theology/Issue4/Furtado.htm, Journal of Theology, June 2005
# ‘The End of Modernist Approaches to School Funding Policy in Australia: a New Rationale for Funding with Inclusive Implications for All Australian Schools?’ in International Journal of Inclusive Education, Vol 9, No. 4, October-December 2005.
‘School Reform in the Noughties: Some Lessons from the Nineties’ in Catholic Schools Studies, Vol 77, No. 2, September 2004
‘Are Catholic Schools Reproductive or Inclusive?’ in Catholic School Studies, Vol 76, No. 2, September 2003
‘Ten Questions for Those In Charge of Funding Policy’ in Catholic School Studies, Vol 76, No. 1, May 2003
‘Religion in Education: Funding a Hidden Issue’ in Directions in Education, Journal of the Australian Council for Educational Administration, Vol. 9, No. 4, April 2000

2. Refereed and Keynote Conference Presentations

With Boyce, S. ‘Cross-Cultural and Diversity Inclusion in the Early Years’, in ‘Exploring Options, Finding Solutions’, Early Years and Childcare Disability and Inclusion Regional Conference of the Professional Support Co-ordinator Queensland, Rydges International Hotel, Cairns, Saturday February 28, 2009
With Everett, G., Lingard, B., Vickers, M. & Watson, L. ‘Research Symposium on School Funding Policy’, Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Thursday December 4, 2008
# ‘Towards Inclusive Pedagogies: Meanings Emerging in Practice from MUD, SID and RED!’ Refereed paper, Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, December 1-5, 2008
# ‘What should be essential in the role, character and provision of public education? What role should private schooling play and what arrangements might support this role? Refereed paper, The 2020 School Education Summit: The public good and the education of children, Dixson Room, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, June 28th, 2008
‘Building Strategic Partnerships for Inclusion in Learning Communities: shifting perceptions of project participants from disability to diversity and difference’, Refereed Paper, Learning Communities Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point, September 24-27, 2006
‘From Disability to Diversity and Differentiation: Heurism and Educational Change’, Thematic Workshop, ‘Shared Visions, Next Steps’, Conference of Disability Services Queensland, Jupiter’s Conference Centre, Surfers Paradise, September 21-22, 2006
# ‘Inquiry into Diversity through International Telecollaboration Project’, Joint Research Symposium of the Universities of Calgary, Canada and Southern Queensland, Australia, March - April 2006
‘Catholic Education & the FitzGerald Report: Changing Contexts, A Better Future?’ Keynote Address, Queensland Association of Parents & Friends Forum on Catholic School Funding, St. Lawrence’s College, Brisbane, September 3, 2005
‘Funding Future Catholic Schools’ Research Presentation, Joint Australian Catholic University–Queensland Catholic Education Research Forum on Catholic Schools and the Future, ACU McAuley at Banyo, October 1, 2004
‘Inclusive Pedagogic Practices in Catholic Schools: Discourse of Spirituality or Just Entitlement?’ Keynote Presentation with Sharon Boyce, Toowoomba Diocesan Inclusive Education Conference, Highfields, May, 2004
# ‘Educating for the Common Good: Funding Australian Catholic Education in New Times’, Refereed Research Paper, Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, December 2002
# ‘The Funding of Catholic schools in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and their Influence on Social and Cultural Inclusion’, Research Report in UNESCO, International Journal of the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Report of the Proceedings of the UNESCO Conference on Global School Affects, Adelaide, September 9-11, 2002

3. Chapters

# ‘Public Education in New Times: Possible futures for Commonwealth-State relations in sustaining and improving Australia’s schools’ in Connors, L. (Ed) Making Federalism Work for Schools: Due Process, Transparency, Informed Consent, NSW Public Education Alliance, Sydney, 2007

4. Other Publications:

(a) Non-refereed Periodicals

‘Against the Cultural Stereotype’ in Campus Review, June 28, 2009, p. 1
‘Rolling Out the Real Education Revolution’ in Education Review, Vol 18, No. 7, October 2008, pp. 10-11.
‘Where the Good News is a Class Act’ in The Tablet, 25 October 2008, pp. 54-55.
‘For Richer or Poorer: Rationalising Effects of Commonwealth Funding Policy on Schools’ in Eureka Street: Journal of Social Policy, Theology and the Arts, Vol 14, No. 4, May 2004
‘Catholic Schools: Gather Us In’ in Online Catholics, Issue # 11, August 4, 2004
‘For Better or for Worse: The Politics of Catholic School Funding’ in Online Catholics, Issue # 4, June 16, 2004
‘Diversity & Dr Pell’ in The Mix: Journal of Catalyst for Renewal, Vol. 6, No. 5, July 2001

(b) Electronic and Print Media

‘Religious Schools, Social Exclusion and School Funding’, ABC Radio National Religion Report, Broadcast Interview with Stephen Crittenden, October 9, 2007
‘Why the Voucher System Won’t Work’ in The Toowoomba Chronicle, April 27, 2007
‘Better Schooling for all in Single Source Funding’ Article in The Australian, submitted March 23, 2007
‘Towards an Australian Educational Commons’ in A New Matilda: An E-Journal of Social Policy, http://www.newmatilda.com/policytoolkit/policy, October 20, 2006
’The Funding of Religious Schools in Australia’ in ABC Religion Report, Radio National, Broadcast Interview with Stephen Crittenden, October 6, 2004
‘Catholic School Funding Policy’ in ABC Religion Report, Radio National, March 24, 2004
‘No Longer a Case to be Private’ in The Australian, February 21, 2000, p. 15
‘Education’s Value cannot be Measured in Dollars’ in The Australian, June 12, 2000, p.18

5. Unpublished Theses

Masters Thesis: An Evaluation of the Organisation and Administration of Catholic Education in Western Australia. Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement of the degree of Master of Arts of the University of Western Australia, 1987
# PhD Thesis: Funding Australian Catholic Schools in New Times: Policy Contexts, Policy Participants and Theoretical Perspectives, School of Education & the Humanities, The University of Queensland. (Awarded December 21, 2001)

Research Grants and Scholarships

University of Southern Queensland Diverse Assessment Research Project, with Professor Rod St. Hill & Sharon Boyce, January 2006-7: $14, 000. 00
University of Southern Queensland Diversity Awareness Professional Development Project, with Professor Rod St Hill & Sharon Boyce, January 2008 and continuing: $8,000. 00
UNESCO Travel Scholarship to study school funding and enrolment effects in the Low Countries, January 2002: $2000. 00
Literature Review, with Associate Professor Denis McLaughlin & Dr Gayle Spry of Australian Catholic University, for the Queensland Bishops Project, ‘Catholic Schools for the 21st Century: A Report to the Queensland Bishops’, August 2001: $10,000. 00
University of Queensland Writers Scholarship, 1997: $12,000. 00
Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching (with Roy Ballantyne & Brian Hoepper, Queensland University of Technology, 1992) ‘The Improvement of Environmental Education through the Use of Cognitive Conflict & Structured Controversy’: $12,000. 00
Starting Up Research Grant, Newcastle University, 1993: $10,000. 00
Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment & Training and Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission, 1985-88, ‘Teaching for Human Rights Project’: $90,000. 00
University of Western Australia Small Grants Research Scheme, 1984: $2000. 00
Catenian Scholar, Oxford University, 1972-74: $18,000. 00 (Three thousand pounds sterling per annum for two years)
Several small consultancy projects for the Queensland Catholic Education Commission

Research Supervisory Experience and/or Thesis Marking

James Page Smith, MA. BEd, Peace Education After September 11, 2001: Educating Globally, PhD Thesis, Southern Cross University, 2005 (Thesis Examiner)
Sharon Linda Boyce, BA, MEd, Using Multiliteracies to Advance Educational Inclusion in Professional Development Settings, PhD Thesis, University of Queensland, (Honorary Research Adviser)
Paul Anthony Rumble, BA, BEd, MEd, MBA, In Search of the Effective Middle-School Teacher, PhD Thesis, University of the Sunshine Coast, (Honorary Research Adviser)
Patrick Joseph Mallett, BEd, LLB, Transformative Indigenous Pedagogy in the Torres Straits: Combining Community Development with Engaging Educational Practice, University of Queensland, (Honorary Research Adviser)
10 Honours theses each at both the University of Newcastle and USQ (Supervision); 10 Honours theses each at both the University of Newcastle and USQ (Marking); 17 Masters Theses at USQ (Supervision); 17 Masters Theses at USQ (Marking)

Mentoring

44 Independent Studies candidates at the University of Newcastle and 23 teachers engaged in post-delivery Online mentoring as follow-up to the Discovering Disability and Diversity Professional Development Project.

Some University Courses Designed, Taught and, as appropriate to context, Tutored or Supervised

‘Social, Cultural & Curriculum Theory’, University of Newcastle, B Ed Studies, 1993-96 (three semesters)
‘Societal Issues in Educational Theory’, University of Newcastle & USQ, B Ed Studies, 1993-96 (three semesters)
‘Praxis: Developing Critical Reflection on Curriculum Practice’, USQ, B Ed Studies, 1998-2000 (three semesters)
‘Sociology of Education’, USQ, B Ed Studies 1998-2000 (three semesters)
‘Education, Politics & Globalisation’, USQ, M Ed Studies, 2000-2001 (two semesters)
‘Social Justice in Education’, USQ, M Ed Studies, 2000-2001 (two semesters)
‘Education in New Times’, QUT, B Ed Studies, 2002 (one semester)