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Associate Professor David Hastie

Honorary Associate Professor of Education

Biography

David is an Honorary Associate Professor with Alphacrucis University College.

He is the former Deputy Vice President, Development, at Alphacrucis. This is a strategic role in establishing school partnerships, teacher recruitment pathways, research, advocacy and thought leadership. Previously he was Education Strategist for the Anglican Schools Corporation (ASC). David is committed to strategically growing Australian student outcomes across multiple schools, school systems and tertiary sectors, by enhancing learning outcomes and school culture, many schools at a time. His PhD (Macquarie) examined the effects of religious schooling in Australia. He is the Executive Director of NECSTEP (National Education Cross Sector Teacher Education Pilot), has served on the NSW Council of Deans of Education, and has published widely in academic and broadsheet media, education and religious sector media, and presented extensively at education conferences. He has also written numerous policy and Parliamentary submissions, including being called as a witness to its public hearings. David has also served in a range of other teaching and education management roles in NSW rural and urban schools since 1997.

David is a member of the Teaching School Hubs (NECSTEP) and Faith-Based Education research clusters.

Qualifications

PhD (Macquarie University), English Teaching in NSW Protestant Schools. A study of religious effect. – 2016

B.A. (Hons, 1st) (University of Sydney), Radical Politics in the Late Roman Republic – 1992

  • Research Publications

    Book Chapters

    • Forthcoming
      • Rayner, C., Westraad, S., Hastie, D., Van De Mortel, S., Clemens, E., Beitsch, A., & Heckathorn, B.. It takes a village to raise a teacher: Formation of future Christian school educators through the Teaching School Hub model In , Education for hope (pp. ). National Institute of Christian Education.
    • 2017
      • Hastie, D. (2017). An unexpected shift in the Australian educational social contract In Collier, J., Goodlet, K., & Goerge, T., Better learning: Trajectories for educators in Christian schools (pp. ). Barton Books.
    • 2014
      • Hastie, D. (2014). Transforming the curriculum: English In Goodlet, K., & Collier, J. (eds.), Teaching well: Insights for educators in Christian schools (pp. ). Barton Books.
    • 2012
      • Hastie, D. (2012). English teaching in Anglican schools In Frame, T., Ministry in Anglican schools: Essays and reflections (pp. ). .

    Journal Articles

    • 2018
      • Hastie, D. (2018). Should we ban books in schools? Arguments from the public history of Australian school text censorship.. English in Australia, 53 (3). | External link
    • 2017
      • Hastie, D. (2017). Teacher and institutional self-censorship of English texts in NSW Protestant schools. English in Australia, 52 (1), 36-45.
      • Hastie, D. (2017). Religious education and the challenge of pluralism. International Journal of Christianity and Education, 21, (1) 85-86.
      • Hastie, D. (2017). The Latest Instalment in the Whig Interpretation of Australian Education History: Catherine Byrne's JORH Article “Free, Compulsory and (not) Secular”. Journal of Religious History, Volume 41, (3). | External link
    • 2012
      • Hastie, D. (2012). Satanic portals and sex-saturated books: Parent complaints about English texts in NSW protestant schools. English in Australia, 49, (1) 63-71. | External link
      • Hastie, D. (2012). In search of holy transcripts: Approaches to researching religious schools. Journal of Education and Christian Belief, 16 (1). | External link
    • 2010
      • Hastie, D. (2010). The retreat from Critical Literacy in the new Australian English Curriculum. Journal of Christian Education, 53, (1).

  • Internal and External Grants

    • 2024
      • Collaborative Research Grant, $5000, AC

  • Presentations

    • 2024
      • The Church and the Schools in Sydney: Legacy and Leadership (2024), Annual Moore College Lecture, Sydney, 06 Jun 2024
    • 2019
      • Training ‘On Country, For Country’. Local Teacher Training Through Clinical Training Clusters As A Solution To Community Disadvantage (2019), European Educational Research Association (EERA): 'Education in an Era of Risk – the Role of Educational Research for the Future', Hamburg, 03 Sep 2019
      • (transcript) Public hearing evidence at House of Representatives standing committee on Employment, Education and Training's inquiry into the status of the teaching profession (2019), House of Representatives standing committee on Employment, Education and Training's inquiry into the status of the teaching profession, Sydney, 05 Mar 2019
    • 2018
      • Submission 50 House of Representatives standing committee on Employment, Education and Training's inquiry into the status of the teaching profession (2018), Parliament of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 20 Dec 2018
      • Submission 84 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee's inquiry into legislative exemptions that allow faith-based educational institutions to discriminate against students, teachers and staff (2018), Parliament of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 22 Nov 2018
      • Submission 84 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee's inquiry into legislative exemptions that allow faith-based educational institutions to discriminate against students, teachers and staff (2018), Parliament of Australia, Canberra, ACT, 22 Nov 2018

  • Engagement Publications


    Books
    • 2018
      • Hastie, D. & Greenwood, K. (eds) (2018). THRIVING IN COMMUNITY. A Christian Schools Australia Curriculum Guide in response to Element 6 of the National Safe Schools Framework. Christian Schools Australia.
    Popular Articles
    • 2021
      • Hastie, D. (2021). Alan Tudge's Healthy Ambition. Crucis, . | External link
      • Hastie, D. (2021). Teaching history and civics in Australian schools: What has the National Curriculum Review rectified, and what has it neglected?. ABC Religion & Ethics, . | External link
    • 2020
      • Hastie, D. (2020). It’s time to rebuild the apprenticeship system. The Australian, June 16, 2020.
    • 2019
      • Hastie, D. (2019). Here's a plan to create more inspirational teachers. The Australian, February 21, 2019.
      • Hastie, D. (2019). Trade deal opens up a niche export market. The Australian, May 29, 2019. | External link
    • 2018
      • Hastie, D. (2018). The battle for Christian schools. Eternity, November 28, 2018. | External link
      • Hastie, D. (2018). Labor risks voter whirlwind with attack on faith-based schools. The Sydney Morning Herald, December 6, 2018. | External link
      • Hastie, D. (2018). School war has unraveled our national story. The Sydney Morning Herald, August 5, 2018. | External link
    • 2014
      • Hastie, D (2014). Big secularism or the Australian sprawl? Why Marion Maddox is wrong about Christian Education. ABC Religion and Ethics Online, April 28, 2014. | External link
      • Hastie, D. (2014). Liberty and equality: Australia's history of schooling that Marion Maddox doesn't tell. ABC Religion & Ethics Online, May 28, 2014. | External link
    • 2012
      • Hastie, D. (2012). Unbending public system renews faith in religious schools. Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, The Age, National Times.com.au and WAToday.com.au, July 23, 2012.
      • Hastie, D. (2012). Put ideology to one side for a moment and look at the work chaplains do. Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times, The Age, Canberra Times, National Times.com.au, August 10, 2012. | External link
    • 2011
      • Hastie, D. (2011). Why the great narratives must be passed on. Sydney Morning Herald, Brisbane Times, The Age, National Times.com.au, The Times of India, November 4, 2011.
    Other Publications
    • 2019
      • Hastie, D., Hutchinson, M., & Jensen, N. (2019). Response to the National Regional, Rural and Remote Education Strategy (NRRRES). | External link

  • Professional Memberships

  • Teaching

    ENG101 Literature from the Classical period to the 17th Century
    ENG102 17th – 19th Century Literature in English
    ENG201 20th – 21st Century English Literature
    ENG301 Literary Criticism and the History of Western Thought
    EDU124 Australian Indigenous and Multicultural Education
    EDU125 Australian Indigenous Education

  • Supervision

    • Current
      • Wilkes, J, Christian Approaches to Special Education: The Relationship Between Religious Belief and Attitudes Towards Inclusion. (PhD thesis)
      • Norman, M, The value of religious education (SRE and GRE) to a multicultural Australia (PhD thesis)