Dr Akshir Ab Kadir ~ Senior Lecturer Early Childhood Education

Dr. M. Akshir Ab Kadir is currently Senior Lecturer and education programme coordinator at James Cook University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education and has taken on various roles and appointments. These include being an editor of educational books at an international publishing firm, classroom teacher in Singapore and Australian schools, deputy director at an educational consultancy organization, educational research scientist, Assessment Lead at the Department of Education, Victoria,  and teacher educator.  Having multifaceted expertise and interests in education, he teaches and researches in areas such as critical thinking, curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. He has also published works in international journals and presented at various international conferences.

Teaching

• ED4389: Fourth Year Professional Experience B (Singapore) (Level 4; SIN)
• ED4460: Service Learning for Sustainable Futures (Level 4; SIN)
• ED4461: Indigenous Futures (Level 4; SIN)
• ED4995: Education Across Culturally Diverse Contexts (Level 4; SIN)

Interests

Research

• Curriculum
• Pedagogy
• Assessment
• Educational policy
• Critical & creative thinking

Research Disciplines

• Education policy, sociology and philosophy (3902)
• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Teaching and curriculum (1603)
• education and training (1699)

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Journal Articles

• Ab Kadir A (2019) Singapore’s educational policy through the prism of student voice: recasting students as co-agents of educational change and ‘disrupting’ the status quo? Journal of Education Policy, 34 (4). pp. 547-576
• Ab Kadir A (2018) An inquiry into critical thinking in the Australian curriculum: examining its conceptual understandings and their implications on developing critical thinking as a “general capability” on teachers’ practice and knowledge. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 38 (4). pp. 533-549
• Ab Kadir A (2017) What teacher knowledge matters in effectively developing critical thinkers in the 21st century curriculum? Thinking Skills and Creativity, 23. pp. 79-90
• Ab Kadir A (2017) Critical thinking and learner diversity in the Australian Curriculum: implications and epistemological tensions. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 11 (3). pp. 225-237
• Ab Kadir A (2016) Developing critical thinking citizens through Civics and Citizenship: pedagogical implications. The Social Educator, 34 (1). pp. 4-15
• Ab Kadir A (2016) Engendering a culture of thinking in a culture of performativity: the challenge of mediating tensions in the Singaporean educational system. Cambridge Journal of Education, 47 (2). pp. 227-246

Book Chapters

• Ab Kadir A (2015) Developing critical thinkers in the 21st century: gaps in teacher education? In: International Perspectives on Comparative Education Policy. Bloomsbury, New Delhi, India, pp. 330-342

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Philosophy Education in Early Childhood Context (PhD , Primary Advisor)