Dr Kate Winchester

B Soc. Sci, MTeach, PhD
Lecturer

Email: kate.winchester@nd.edu.au
Phone: (02) 8204 4625

  • Biography

    Dr Kate Winchester is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Sydney Campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia. Kate has had teaching experience in educational contexts in Australia and the UK at primary and tertiary levels.

    Kate began working in schools as an Arts facilitator in disadvantaged schools in the United Kingdom. This experience motivated her to pursue a career as a teacher and she returned to Australia to undertake a Master of Teaching degree at Western Sydney University. Having been particularly inspired by the work of the Fair Go Program in her studies, Kate worked as a teacher in a variety of Primary schools that serve lower socio-economic communities in both Western Sydney and in the UK, and she continued to explore the key ideas from the Fair Go Program and how arts pedagogy could deeply engage students in these social contexts. Her PhD research, completed at Western Sydney University, examined how the synchronous interplay of the themes of creativity, arts practice, student engagement and big ideas in learning could enhance the social and academic outcomes of all learners, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

    Kate is passionate about student engagement, social justice, authentic arts education and meaningful integration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in the curriculum.`

  • Teaching Areas

    Primary Creative Arts

    Primary History and Geography

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in the curriculum

    Pedagogy for Engagement

  • Research Expertise and Supervision

    Student Engagement

    Creative Arts

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in the curriculum

  • Book Chapters

    Winchester, Kate (2005) Moon music: musical meanings in "One night the moon" In Coyle, Rebecca (Ed) Reel tracks: Australian feature film music and cultural identities, Eastleigh, England: John Libbey Publishing

  • Conference Papers

    Winchester, Kate (2005) Moon music: musical meanings in "One night the moon" In Coyle, Rebecca (Ed) Reel tracks: Australian feature film music and cultural identities, Eastleigh, England: John Libbey Publishing

  • Journal Articles and Proceedings

    Winchester, K (2021) 'We Are Not Just Some Kids': The Gallery as A Classroom Space for Student Engagement, Journal of Professional Learning, Semester 1, 2021

    https://cpl.asn.au/journal/semester-1-2021/we-are-not-just-some-kids-the-gallery-as-a-classroom-space-for-student

  • Conference Papers

    "Integrating STEM into the Curriculum: Dimensional Models", The 2018 Hawaii University International Conferences (HUIC) STEM/STEAM and Education

  • In the Media

    Winchester, K (2017, April 25) Is Anzac Day relevant to kids? That depends on how it's taught, The Guardian, Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/25/is-anzac-day-relevant-to-kids-that-depends-on-how-its-taught

  • Professional Affiliations

    Sydney Living Museums

  • Other

    Winchester, K. (2015). 'No kid is an island': The Gallery as a classroom space for creativity, student engagement and the bigger pictures (Doctoral dissertation, Western Sydney University (Australia)).