Dr Michael Whittington

As a highly skilled Head Of Art and Design/Secondary teacher of Visual Arts and Design and Technology and the MIC of STEAM I have a demonstrable track record in the production and delivery of a wide range of content-rich and student-centered learning experiences, utilising a diversity of ICT tools. As a result of my extensive experience, I have strong communication, leadership and digital literacy skills and have an ability to quickly establish rapport with colleagues and students at all levels within a school to gain a positive outcome. I offer a wealth of expertise as a teacher and mentor. Through my PhD Research and STEAM leadership, I have implemented a transdisciplinary learning that integrates traditional and digital technologies for students to be prepared for their future beyond a 21st century classroom. As an experienced high school teacher, recent PhD graduate (2025) and practicing Artist, I have immense knowledge and practical skill that I can draw upon to support me in successfully undertaking any position that I gain, and be of benefit to Scots. In addition to my 20+ years of experience as a teacher and researcher, I have had the opportunity to work in the Arts industry and I have showcased my own art in exhibitions around the world. I have been active in developing new initiatives at The Scots College as outlined above and I would seek to work collegially with the Head of Art and Design and staff to review and refine current programs and seek to bring our pedagogies into a collaborative and mutually beneficial paradigm. Including raising the profile our department including an Artist in Residency Program, Art Gallery in the new John Cunningham Student Centre as well as advocate for an inclusion of a Design makers space. These professional experiences have enabled me to extend my knowledge base and skill level, which I am able to utilise in my teaching practice to enhance the learning experience for my students. My areas of strength include

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• Teacher Accreditation Number 285227
• Working with Children Check WWC0653959E
• VADEA Member and Advisor (VADEA)
• Visual Arts and Design Education Association (VADEA)
• Association for Educational Research Member (AARE)
• Association for Visual Pedagogies Member (AVP)
• International Association of Education through Art (Insea)
• Philosophy of Education Society Australasia (PESA)
• Academia Member
• Research Gate Member
• VIVA First Aid and Resuscitation Training

• 2022 Mental Health First Aid Certificate
• 2020 VIVA First Aid and Resuscitation Training Completed in 2020
• 2018 Diploma of Film and Games Foundations
• 2018 City Desktop After Affects Essentials
• 2018 AIT Unity for Teachers
• 2017 AFTRS Virtual Reality
• 2013 Academy class Autodesk masterclass
• 2012 Teaching media studies controlled assessment GCSE

• Www.michaelwhittington.com
• INPUT | INTELLECT | EMPATHY| LEARNER | RESPONSIBILITY

• Whittington, M. (7-10 Dec 2025.) Ethical encounters in Visual Arts Classroom (VAC) learning: Materiality and The Plane of Empathic Knowing (PoEK), (Conference presentation), PESA Conference Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia
• Whittington, M. Davis, R. (21-25 July 2025). Art Making Workshop: Material Entanglements, Soft Skills and Co-creation (Workshop). InSea Conference. Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. https://www.inseaconference.com
• Whittington, M. (21-25 July 2025). Unexpected Territories: The Entangled Learner, War Worlds and Empathic Knowing, (Conference Presentation). InSea Conference. Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. https://www.inseaconference.com
• Whittington, M. (17–18 August 2024). Empathic worlding and material entanglements. (Conference Paper), The University of Newcastle Conference, Newcastle, Australia
• Whittington, M. (17-21 June 2024). Making with. (Conference Presentation), CSEA/SCEA Conference NSCAD, Halifax, Canada.
• Whittington, M. Davis, (May 2024)The Zoom machinic in postdigital learning ecologies: An exploration of educators' experiences via three case studies. In “You're muted”: Performance, precarity, and the logic of Zoom. (Conference Presentation). VADEA Conference, Sydney Grammar School, Australia
• Whittington, M. (7-10 December 2023) Being in a 21st Century Visual Arts Studio and ‘Becoming’ empathic: parents talking about their boys artworks and ethical understandings (Conference Presentation), PESA Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Whittington, M (1-4 September 2023) Empathy and Material Practice: Measuring Empathy in a Critical Participatory Arts Based Research Project for Boys, (Conference Presentation), Insea Conference, University of Kannakale, Turkey
• Whittington M Association of Visual Pedagogies Conference, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 2023
• Whittington, M. (2022, December 8-10). Traversing the liminal spaces of digital artistic practice for the development of empathy: A critical participatory arts based research case study with adolescent boys in a secondary visual arts classroom [Conference presentation]. PESA Conference 2022: 50th Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Hybrid Conference. https://pesa.org.au/conference
• Grushka K., Buchanan R., Whittington M. & Davis R., (2022, November 7-December 1). 'A new normal? Visual Arts educators in conversation about postdigital classrooms, online learning, and real-world experiences' [Conference presentation]. AARE 2022 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
• Whittington M. Start, Stop! Rethink and Start again! Collecting data during Covid (Presentation), Research Connections Conference, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Whittington M. & Davis R., (May 2022). 'A new normal? Visual Arts educators in conversation about postdigital classrooms, online learning, and real-world experiences' [Conference presentation].VADEA. ACCOR Stadium Sydney, Australia
• Whittington M. (September 2021) You feel therefore we do too! An approach to embedding the Adolescent Measurement of Empathy in Boys Education, (conference Presentation). SSTAR Conference, The University of Newcastle
• Whittington M. Minute Thesis (2021), (presentation), The University of Newcastle
• Whittington M. (July 2020) Roundtable presentation, SSTAR Conference, The University of Newcastle