Dr Rachel Patrick has worked as a teacher educator in both Australia and New Zealand. She is currently a lecturer in the School of Education at RMIT University, in Melbourne, Australia. Rachel has a particular interest in social justice in education
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Dr Rachel Patrick has worked as a teacher educator in both Australia and New Zealand. She is currently a lecturer in the School of Education at RMIT University, in Melbourne, Australia. Rachel has a particular interest in social justice in education and the role that teacher education plays in preparing teachers to work towards this. Her recent and current research focuses on early career and student teachers' professional knowledge and identity formation, educational policy reform as it plays out in schools, and teacher education’s roles and responsibilities in addressing issues impacting on indigenous peoples. Her teaching responsibilities include coordination and teaching of teacher education courses on diversity and difference and supervision of post-graduate research students.
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