Malcolm Preston SkilbeckAO (22 September 1932 –17 June 2022) was an Australian British educator who worked in international educational policy analysis,curriculum,tertiary and secondary education,the teaching profession and educational innovation. Some of this work was done with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) [1]and the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). [2][3]
Born on 22 September 1932 in Northam,Western Australia,[4] Skilbeck was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.[5][6] he received his B.A. from University of Sydney,his M.A. from the University of Illinois,and Ph.D. from the University of London. He published many papers,articles,books and reports on academic issues such as curriculum theory and development,educational policy and youth training,in the secondary and tertiary sectors. He authored the books Loving and Studying Nature:Celebrating the Earth Through History,Culture and Education (2021),School Based Curriculum Development (1985);The Vocational Quest (1994);and The University Challenge:A Review of International Trends and Issues with Particular Relevance to Ireland (2002) [7];co-authored the Curriculum Reform and the influential survey Industry-university partnerships in the curriculum:trends and developments in OECD countries (1996)[8]. His significant contributions included his work done in Ireland. [9]
With his first wife,Elizabeth (nee Robbins),he had four children,Ruth,Clare,Paul and Lucy;and with his second wife,Helen Connell,he had one child,Brigit. Skilbeck died at the age of 89 on 17 June 2022.[11][12]
Deputy Director for Education of the Directorate for Education,Employment,Labour and Social Affairs in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris [20]
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