DrJill Loughlin

Lecturer Curriculum, Pedagogy and Professional Learning

After completing my training as generalist primary school teacher at Auckland
College of Education in 1990, I taught in urban Intermediate Schools, moving
from general classroom to specialist performing arts and Lead Teacher. I
continued my professional learning in the areas of Curriculum Leadership,
Dance and Drama Teaching and ICT.

In 2001 I moved with my family to Australia and enrolled in a Master of
Education degree at Deakin University. I was awarded an APA scholarship to
undertake my doctoral studies under the supervision of Associate Professor
Geoff Shacklock and Professor Noel Gough, later completing under the
supervision of Professor Jill Blackmore.

In 2007 I joined the Deakin faculty working as a Research Fellow in the Centre
for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation. Working with Professor
Blackmore and a team of Deakin researchers, we completed a suite of research
projects on school redesign and learning spaces, funded by the Department of
Education and Early Childhood Development in partnership with the OECD.

After three years as research coordinator of CREFI, I returned to my first
love, teaching, and became a Lecturer in Curriculum, Pedagogy and Professional
Learning in the newly minted Master of Teaching and later took an active role
in leading the Internship program for the MTeach as well as being a key member
of the course enhancement and reaccreditation team.

In 2014, Deakin made a successful bid for the Teach for Australia contract and
the associated Mentor Professional Learning Program. I was asked to take up a
role as School Academic Mentor and have been working with various partners to
support the TFA MTeach cohort.

Alongside my work in education, I have been a professional musician, working
for Television New Zealand and a number of bands throughout the 1980s and
1990s. I often incorporate my love of arts education, photography and arts-
based research into my work at Deakin.