BSc (Hons), PhD (Sur), CPhys, FSRHE, FRSA, MInstP

Professor of Adult Education
Academic area: Changing Practices Research Cluster

Telephone: +61 2 9514 3945
Email: David.Boud@uts.edu.au
Room: CB10.5.296
Campus: City - CB10 Building

Professor Boud has been involved in research and teaching development in adult, higher and professional education for over 30 years and has contributed extensively to the literature. Previously he held the positions of Head of the School of Adult and Language Education and he was Associate Dean (Research and Development) in the Faculty of Education. Prior to his appointment at UTS he was Professor and Foundation Director of the Professional Development Centre at the University of New South Wales.

Currently he is Dean of the University Graduate School.

Teaching Areas:

Most of Professor Boud's teaching has been in the postgraduate area. It has included:

Experience-based learning, Adult learning and program development, Researching educational practice, Analysing professional practice, Dissertation design and development. He has also supervised many research students.

Research Areas:

Professor Boud is interested in how people learn and what can be done to foster their learning. This has taken him to a variety of settings in adult, higher and professional education and prompted an examination of many practices and processes. This has ranged from new forms of curriculum design (problem-based learning, negotiated learning and work-based learning) to learning practices (use of reflection, reciprocal peer learning) and assessment (self-assessment, sustainable assessment). A continuing theme of these explorations has been the role of the learner and how learning might be fostered. This has taken Professor Boud to developing models for learning from experience and the role of reflection in learning, and to examining the role of those who intervene in learning whether or not they are identified as teachers.

Currently, Professor Boud is interested in the challenges faced by formal education from new modes of knowledge production, learning in organizations, new practices in doctoral education and the role of assessment for long-term learning.

Grants:

Australian Research Council (SPIRT) Grant (with Nicky Solomon):

“Uncovering Learning in the Workplace” 2001-2003

Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (with Carl Rhodes, Nicky Solomon, Clive Chappell and Hermine Scheeres)  “Beyond training and learning: Integrated development practices in organizations” 2006-2008

National Teaching Development Grants (with various others):

Improving the use of learning contracts, Effective peer teaching and learning, Reciprocal peer learning.

• President, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) 1988-91
• Member, National Strategic Review of Research in Education, Australian Research Council, 1990-92
• Ministerial appointee, NSW Board of Adult and Continuing Education, 1991-96
• Co-founder and Executive Member, Australian Consortium on Experiential Education, 1978-94
• Editor/Co-Editor, Studies in Continuing Education , 1986-present

Publications:

A complete list of David Boud's recent publications including many papers available for download.