Dr Marthy Watson
Name | Dr Marthy Watson |
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Email Address | marthy.watson@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Lecturer (Curriculum and Pedagogy - Primary Education) |
Qualifications | HighEdDip Orange Free State, BA(Hons) Pretoria, MA Free State, PhD USQ |
Department | School of Education |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8461-0708 |
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Biography
Dr Marthy Watson is a lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy and Director of Teacher Education (ITE) in the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland. She has been an arts educator for over 25 years and taught the arts in secondary and primary schools in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Her main research interest focused on reflective practice through arts-based learning, arts integration and learner engagement. Marthy's recent research focuses on collaborating with primary school teachers in rural and remote Queensland to support them in integrating the arts across the school curriculum. She is particularly committed to researching student engagement through the arts and how arts-based practices impact active learning. Marthy has also worked on numerous research projects supporting culturally and linguistically diverse communities through arts practices. She strongly advocates for the arts and regularly presents at conferences and conducts arts workshops in communities and schools. Follow her on Twitter @Marthy_Watson
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Director of Initial Teachers Education / Convenor Profesional Experience / Lecturer Curriculum and Pedagogynce | University of Southern Queensland | 2022 |
Fields of Research
- 360403. Drama, theatre and performance studies
- 390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development
- 390104. English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)
- 390412. Teacher and student wellbeing
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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InSEA | |
Drama Queensland | |
Dramaa New Zealand | |
AARE |
Supervision Interests
The Arts
Drama
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Well-being and reflectivity
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | ||
The Rhythmic Sounds of Nature: An ecological exploration of how the living environment inspires creative compositions in music | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Investigating education for sustainable communities through visual arts practices in early childhood settings | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Towards a social imagination in Music Education: An action research case study exploring educating school musicians as social changemakers within an aesthetic educational framework. | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |