ROBERT SHAW
Senior Lecturer
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Lower Hutt
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
+64 4 233 0252
robert.shaw@openpolytechnic.ac.nz
Skype orchard.downs
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Auckland, 2010
Thesis: Truth and physics education: a Heideggerian analysis.
Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Scholarship, 2008
Advisors: Robin Small, Peter Roberts, Trevor Thwaites
Master of Public Policy
Victoria University of Wellington, 1985
Thesis published as: The public interest: a concept in New Zealand’s
Official Information Act, 1982. Wellington: New Zealand Institute of
Public Administration, 1989.
Advisors: Sir Kenneth Keith, John Irons
Master of Philosophy (First Class Honours)
University of Auckland, 1976
Thesis: The Assessment of Morality: a conceptual and empirical enquiry. Advisors: Anthony McNaughton, James Marshall, Gordon Arvidson
Bachelor of Arts
University of Auckland, 1974
Educational psychology, evaluation, ethics, political philosophy
Bachelor of Science
University of Auckland, 1971
Physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, microbiology, genetics, zoology
Resource Management Accreditation
University of Auckland, 2009
Certificate in Judicial Studies (Grade A)
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, 1993
Te Reo Māori Level I
Wellington Polytechnic/Massey University, 1986
Diploma in Teaching
New Zealand Department of Education, 1973
Teachers’ College Diploma
Secondary Teachers’ College, New Zealand. 1972
Tertiary education lecturer
Courses taught:
Education
Curriculum Theory
Education Practicum
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Education
Sociology of Education
Multicultural Education
Cognitive Development
Science, Technology and the Good Life
Ethics and Professionalism
Business Ethics
Educational Administration
Management
Organisation and Management
Applied Management
Executive Decision-Making Skills
Business Environmental Analysis
Business Analysis Skills
Programme accreditation, course design, moderation, all delivery modes. Claremont Teachers College, University of Southern Queensland, Massey University, Whitireia Community Polytechnic, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand – 18 years
Manager, Astronomy Education
New Zealand Qualifications Authority registered and accredited provider.
Registered three new standards at NZQA, built an online teaching platform, designed and often wrote course materials, responsible for 5 staff, 850 secondary students, 4,000 primary students
The Carter Observatory, The National Observatory of New Zealand – 5 years.
New Zealand Government senior policy advisor
Major responsibilities: secondary school qualifications & assessment, assessment of te reo Māori, science funding, science education policy, science management, management development, budget forecasting
Ministry of Education, Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, State Services Commission – 8 years
Senior research programme manager
Managed over 100 research projects in school policy and practice from early childhood to tertiary education, research design, the assessment of funding applications, integration of research and policy
Ministry of Education – 5 years
Secondary school teacher
Biology, physics, mathematics, HOD Science
Hillary College, Waiuku College – 5 years
2010– Treasurer, New Zealand Association of Science Educators
2009– Resource Management Act Commissioner
2007 Awarded the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Doctoral Scholarship
2006–2009 Secretary, Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia
2006 Visiting scholar, The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
2003 Visiting scholar, Glasgow University
2001–2004 Board of Trustees, Aotea College, Wellington
1998–2004 Appointed by the Minister of Research, Science and Technology to the Board of the
National Observatory
1998–2001 Member of the Wellington Regional Land Transport Committee
1998–2000 Member of Council, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
1994–1997 Member of the Porirua Licensing Trust
1993– Justice of the Peace for New Zealand
1992–2010 Elected local government representative,
Porirua City Council, Wellington Regional Council
2011 Guest Editor Educational Philosophy & Theory, Special Issue: The Hermeneutic Philosophy of Science & Science Education (invited 4 August, 2010)
2008– Panel Member, Philosophy of Management
2008 Editor (with John Clarke) Creativity, Enterprise, Policy – New Directions in Education, Proceedings of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Conference, Wellington, 2007
2006– Consultant, Educational Philosophy & Theory
2011 The implication for science education of Heidegger’s philosophy of science, Part I: Truth. Educational Philosophy & Theory (Special Issue: The hermeneutic philosophy of science and science education), forthcoming 2011.
2011 The implication for science education of Heidegger’s philosophy of science, Part II: Teaching science as truth. Educational Philosophy & Theory (Special Issue: The hermeneutic philosophy of science and science education), forthcoming 2011.
2011 The nature of democratic decision-making and the alleged universality of democracy. Policy Futures in Education (Special Issue: The Council of Europe’s White Paper). Paper accepted 21 April, 2010.
2011 Truth is essential in science education. Science & Education. Paper submitted September 2010.
2010 The violence in learning. Analysis and Metaphysics, 9 (December 2010, in print).
2009 The Phenomenology of Democracy. Policy Futures in Education, 7(3), 340-348.
2008 The Development of the Astronomy Curriculum for New Zealand Secondary Schools. Southern Stars, 47(1), 13-15.
2007 Case Study: Death2Spam. In Management: A Pacific Rim Focus. North Ryde: Australia: McGrawHill.
2007 Astronomy Aotearoa (student textbook) Auckland: Pearson Education New Zealand. (Book Publishers Association of New Zealand award, 2008)
2007 Astronomy Aotearoa: student workbook. Auckland: Pearson Education New Zealand.
2007 (with Dan Love) A Heideggerian Analysis in the Teaching of Science to Māori Students. He Kupu, 1(3), 31-43.
2007 Pedagogic Thinking That Grounds E-Learning for Secondary School Science Students in New Zealand. E-learning, 4(4), 471-481.
2007 The Peculiar Place of Enlightenment Ideals in the Governance Concept of Citizenship and Democracy. In M. A. Peters, H. Blee, P. Enslin & A. Britton (Eds.), Handbook of Global Citizenship Education (pp. 153-168). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
2005 Marshall - Making Wittgenstein Smile. Educational Philosophy & Theory, 37(3), 397-405.
2010 The Governance of Curriculum and the Plight of Maori. Research Conversations Conference, Auckland University of Technology, 6 August, 2010.
2010 The Implications for Science Education of the Hermeneutic Philosophy of Science. Annual conference of the New Zealand Association of Science Educators, Nelson, 5 July 2010.
2009 The Metaphysics of Physics Education. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Hawaii, 9 December, 2009.
2008 Is There a Place in Management for Martin Heidegger? Paper presented at the Annual Philosophy of Management Conference, Oxford, 3 June, 2008.
2007 The Violence in Learning. Paper presented at the Annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Wellington, 9 December, 2007.
2006 Primary and Secondary School Astronomy. Paper presented to the New Zealand Association of Science Educators, Hamilton, 15 May, 2006.
2005 Heidegger’s Concept of Truth at Work in Western Schools: Building an Ontological Model of Truth and Describing Truth in the Life of the Student. Paper presented at the 34rd Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Hong Kong, 24 November, 2005.
2004 Heideggerian Pedagogy. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Melbourne, 26 November, 2004.