BAEd Kenya, MEd (International Ed) (Hons), PhD NE A teacher by profession, Kip Langat has previously taught in both primary and high schools and at universities in Australia and overseas. Kip is currently a Senior Lecturer with the School of Education within the Faculty of Arts and Education. His teaching and research focus on education contexts (pedagogical practices) and literacy education. Since being awarded MEd (Hons) Class 1 with specialities in International Education, Kip has broadened his interest in comparative understandings about teaching and learning in a global context. He has been working on research projects concerned with professional development of teachers of students from diverse backgrounds. He has also been a community advocate for such students, with close links to the recently arrived migrant population in Australia. His current study looks at how do teachers in rural and regional areas understand and shape their own teacher identity in ways that will create intercultural understanding with affinity for valuing of equity, diversity, and social justice. Kip is a strong supporter for school-community-university partnerships. Kip's doctoral research focused on psychoanalytic inquiry of teaching pedagogies, specifically, teachers' reading positions of prescribed classroom texts. The thesis has a direct link to researching and developing education as a public good, in particular the teaching and learning of English language in local and international contexts. His Class 1 Honours Master's degree thesis draws on a number of theoretical perspectives from the field of international education but with particular focus on discourses of the current trends in public education contexts. The study is an analysis of discourses of education, poverty and sustainable development in rural and regional areas. The research goes beyond the mere rhetoric of education for all to identify and analyse major discourses and narratives embedded in themes such as 'partnership' both nationally and internationally in the formulation of regional educational policies. Kip's research passions include: Current project(s) Community ConnectionsTeaching and Research Staff
Dr Kiprono Langat