Winthrop Professor Tom O'Donoghue is a Gaelic language enthusiast who is fascinated by all spheres of education.
He is Deputy Dean and Doctor of Education (EdD) joint coordinator, at the Faculty of Education.
He worked as a high school teacher in Ireland and as a teacher, educator and university academic in Ireland, Papua New Guinea, and, in Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and WA.
His teaching and research interests are the history of education, contemporary curriculum theory and policy developments; Catholic education; international education, qualitative research methods.
Winthrop Professor O'Donoghue is a member of editorial boards of History of Education (UK), History of Education Quarterly (USA), Journal of Educational Administration and History (UK), The Australian Journal of Irish Studies, The Welsh Journal of Education, and The Australian Journal of Teacher Education.
He was President of the Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society, 2001-2003 and an annual visiting professor at Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea.
