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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 schools and arts organisations including the Sydney Theatre Company, the Australian Theatre for Young People, Barking Gecko theatre, and Big Sky Stories. [10]
Ewing earned a B.Ed Hon (1976) in primary teaching [10] and taught in several schools before joining Sydney University's Faculty of Education, in 1989. [10]
