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Thursday, 14 November 2013

The International Committee would like to honour retiring academic Dr Alan Pritchard, who has been working in education for 54 years. He worked as a school principal, a university lecturer, a consultant and even led UNESCO review teams in curriculum innovation (1998) and parental involvement in schools (1999) in Indonesia.

Alan came to the Faculty of Education at the behest of then Head of Department Judith Chapman. He was a part of the Faculty’s first EdD cohort along with Professor Simon Clarke.

His contribution to the Faculty of Education’s transnational program was immense. He was a part of the team that began teaching the Master’s program in rural WA in 1997, which then lead to teaching the program in Singapore and Hong Kong in late 1998.

During his impressive supervision record of 20 international and 5 local completions he supervised a range of thesis topics from ‘how do business organisations respond to unplanned change’ to ‘informal learning among casino workers in Macau.’

Alan would like to thank Professor Judith Chapman for her efforts in bringing him to UWA and Winthrop Professor Thomas O’Donoghue for his collegiality, supervision, and mentorship. The Faculty is grateful to Alan for all his amazing work over the years.

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Martin Swann (Faculty of Education)  (+61 8)  6488 2443

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