Personal profile

Biography

Marc Pruyn is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and the School of Curriculum, Teaching and Inclusive Education at Monash University. Originally from Los Angeles where he worked as a bilingual primary school teacher, he went on to work as an academic at New Mexico State University before later joining Monash.

Research interests

Marc’s areas of expertise include citizenship education, multicultural education, critical pedagogy and educational research. His research focuses social justice through education.

Monash teaching commitment

While regularly working across a number of teacher education classes, Marc's central pedagogical work is with undergraduates in Humanities and Social Sciences education. He also regularly teaches and mentors MA and PhD students.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Research area keywords

  • social and citizenship education
  • critical pedagogy
  • multicultural education
  • educational research

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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