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Kevin Donnelly
Kevin John Donnelly AM (born 1952) is an Australian educator, author and commentator. He is Senior Fellow at the Australian Catholic University's PM Glynn Institute
Donnelly has written numerous articles and books on contemporary developments in education, culture and politics. He is known for contributions to the evaluation of the Australian National Curriculum Australian National Curriculum, and for criticisms of the Australian "Safe Schools" programme.
Donnelly was born in Melbourne on 7 January 1952 His father was a Communist and his mother a Catholic. He experienced a difficult childhood with his father being "alcoholic and quite violent at times".
He grew up in "the housing commission tenements of Melbourne’s Broadmeadows in the 1950s" and attended Broadmeadows High School and Melbourne High School.
In 1994, he graduated with a PhD in education from La Trobe University.
From 1975, Donnelly taught for eighteen years in secondary schools (in both the government and non-government educational systems). He was also branch president of the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association (V.S.T.A.).
In the years 1994–2003, he was Director of Education Strategies in Melbourne.[citation needed]
In 1996, he undertook a strategic review of the Queensland Education Department for Minister Bob Quinn, focusing on organisation and curriculum at the senior policy level.
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Kevin Donnelly
Kevin John Donnelly AM (born 1952) is an Australian educator, author and commentator. He is Senior Fellow at the Australian Catholic University's PM Glynn Institute
Donnelly has written numerous articles and books on contemporary developments in education, culture and politics. He is known for contributions to the evaluation of the Australian National Curriculum Australian National Curriculum, and for criticisms of the Australian "Safe Schools" programme.
Donnelly was born in Melbourne on 7 January 1952 His father was a Communist and his mother a Catholic. He experienced a difficult childhood with his father being "alcoholic and quite violent at times".
He grew up in "the housing commission tenements of Melbourne’s Broadmeadows in the 1950s" and attended Broadmeadows High School and Melbourne High School.
In 1994, he graduated with a PhD in education from La Trobe University.
From 1975, Donnelly taught for eighteen years in secondary schools (in both the government and non-government educational systems). He was also branch president of the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association (V.S.T.A.).
In the years 1994–2003, he was Director of Education Strategies in Melbourne.[citation needed]
In 1996, he undertook a strategic review of the Queensland Education Department for Minister Bob Quinn, focusing on organisation and curriculum at the senior policy level.