Robyn Ann Ewing

Robyn Ann Ewing AM^[1] (born 1955)^[2] is an Emerita Professor in Teacher Education and the Arts at the University of Sydney.^[3] She is a co-director of Creativity in Research, Engaging the Arts, Transforming Education, Health and Wellbeing (CREATE) Centre.^[4]

In the 2015 Australia Day Honours, she became a member of the Order of Australia, "For significant service to tertiary education through academic and administrative roles, to professional organisations, and to the arts''.^[1]

In her early career, she wrote^[5][6] under her married name of Robyn Cusworth,^[2] and under this name she earned her doctorate in 1995 from Sydney University with a thesis entitled The framing of educational knowledge through newstime in junior primary classrooms.^[7]

Much of her work centres on early childhood education, and the contribution drama can make to a person's literacy, imagination,^[5] and development.^[8][9] Her commitment to drama in education has led to her working with many theatre groups, including the Sydney Theatre Company, the Australian Theatre for Young People, Barking Gecko theatre, and Big Sky Stories.^[10]

Career

Ewing earned a BA Hon (1976) in primary teaching^[10] and joined Sydney University's Faculty of Education, in 1989.^[10]

Selected Publications

Edited Books

• (2022) Learning How to Make Meaning in Primary Classrooms
• (2022) Reflective Practice in Education and Social Work Interdisciplinary Explorations
• (2023) Teaching: Dilemmas, Challenges and Opportunities | 7th Edition ISBN 9780170462136
• (1997) (as Robyn Cusworth) Beyond the script: Drama in the Classroom

Articles

• Robyn Ann Ewing; Jo Padgham (21 January 2025). "Learning to be literate and the importance of fairness and equity: Touchstone 1" (PDF). Qualitative Research Journal. 25 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1108/QRJ-10-2024-0262. ISSN 1448-0980. Wikidata Q136676594.
• Robyn Ewing; Carole Miller; Terry Locke (2014). "Editorial: An Arts-led English and literacy curriculum" (PDF). English Teaching: Practice and Critique. 13 (2): 1–4. ISSN 1175-8708. Wikidata Q136676636.
• Robyn Ann Ewing; DAVID LANGLEY SMITH (May 2003). "Retaining quality beginning teachers in the profession" (PDF). English Teaching: Practice and Critique. 2 (1): 15–32. ISSN 1175-8708. Wikidata Q136676614.