White, Richard Thomas

Positions summary

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Associate Professor in Faculty of Education, 1971-1977. Professor of Educational Psychology, 1981-1994; Dean of the Faculty of Education, 1994-1999; Pro Vice-Chancellor and Director Monash University London Centre, 2000-2001; Emeritus Professor 2002.

Biography

Richard Thomas White was born in 1935 at Williamstown, Victoria. He graduated from Wesley College. He received a Bachelor of Science in 1955, a Diploma in Education in 1956 and a Bachelor of Education in 1958, all from the University of Melbourne. He taught in high schools from 1957 until 1967 when he was seconded to the Victorian Universities and Schools Examination Board. In 1969 he resigned from the Education Department and began research at Monash on the learning of physics for his PhD which he received in 1972. Prof. White was appointed lecturer in 1971, senior lecturer in 1972 and Associate Professor in 1977. He became the first Monash graduate to be appointed to one of the university's chairs when he became Professor of Educational Psychology in 1981. He was Dean of the Faculty of Education from 1993 to 2000. He served as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Director Monash University London Centre from 2000 to 2001. Professor White is an authority on learning and teaching. He has been active in curriculum development and the promotion of research in South-East-Asia. In 1982 Prof. White was president of the Australian Association for Research in Education and he is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

Papers

Correspondence 1972-1999
Arranged in categories i.e. Dean of Education, General, Internal, Overseas etc. together with files of correspondence with individual educators.

Subject files 1970-2008
Files related to committees, occasional addresses, conference presentations, and Prof. White's involvement with Australian Science Education Research Association. Also includes personal papers and a memoir of his time with the faculty (1969-1999).

See also
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia: Emeritus Professor Richard White