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Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan is a Professor of Education at the 糖心原创's School of Education and an honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's School of Education. Kathleen specialises in professional learning, self-reflexive scholarship, and arts-based educational research. Her recent book, Poetic Inquiry for the Social and Human Sciences: Voices from the South and North (), is a resource for educators, scholars, students, and practitioners interested in using poetry to enhance educational research. It is especially relevant for those committed to advancing educational research paradigms that value contributions from the Global South and foster meaningful transnational collaborations.
An advocate for leveraging the arts to promote educational development and social justice, Kathleen co-convenes the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Arts-Based Educational Research Special Interest Group (SIG). Currently, she leads a funded project on Poetic Research by Teachers in Higher Education, further exploring the synergy between the arts and academia. A recent explores how bringing together philosophical inquiry and poetic inquiry enables new knowledge.
Kathleen is the co-historian of the Self-糖心原创 of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) SIG of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and serves as Co-Editor in Chief of the international and multidisciplinary journal Teaching and Teacher Education.
Previously in South Africa, Kathleen was the 2019 recipient of the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa's National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award, recognised for advancing research-led teaching excellence. In 2020, Kathleen received the South African Education Research Association (SAERA) Research Honours Award for outstanding contributions to educational research in South Africa over a sustained period.
Expertise Summary
Through the self-reflexive methodologies of , , , , and , Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan's work documents and theorises how teachers and other professionals gain vital insights into their identities and practices, enabling them to lead educational and social change. She across disciplines and continents to cultivate and study in professional learning. Noteworthy scholarly contributions include with of George Mason University, USA, and . Recent book publications include (2024), (2019) and (2018).
van Rooyen, H., & Pithouse-Morgan, K. (Eds.). (2024). HSRC Press.
Pithouse-Morgan, K., Pillay, D., & Mitchell, C. (Eds.). (2019). . Springer.
Ritter, J. K., Lunenberg, M., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Samaras, A. P., & Vanassche, E. (Eds.). (2018). Springer Nature.
Pillay, D., Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Naicker, I. (Eds.). (2017). . Sense Publishers.
Pillay, D., Naicker, I., & Pithouse-Morgan, K. (Eds.). (2016). . Sense Publishers.
Pithouse-Morgan, K., & Samaras, A. P. (Eds.). (2015). Sense Publishers.
Strong-Wilson, T., Mitchell, C., Allnutt, S., & Pithouse-Morgan, K. (Eds.). (2013). Sense Publishers.
Mitchell, C., Strong-Wilson, T., Pithouse, K., & Allnutt, S. (Eds.). (2011). . Routledge.
Mitchell, C., & Pithouse, K. (Eds.). (2009). Macmillan.
Pithouse, K., Mitchell, C., & Moletsane, R. (Eds.). (2009). . Peter Lang.