Carol Mutch

Carol Mutch
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Greymouth
AwardsMcKenzie Award
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury, University of North London, Griffith University
Thesis
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland, Balmacewen Intermediate School, Heaton Normal Intermediate School, Christchurch College of Education, University of Canterbury, University of Canterbury College of Education

Carol Anne Mutch (born 1953) is a New Zealand academic, and is Professor of Critical Studies in Education at the University of Auckland, specialising in disaster management and recovery in educational settings, and the role of schools during crises.

Academic career

Mutch comes from the West Coast of New Zealand, and is one of six children.[1][2] Her father was a coal miner, and Mutch was aware of the 1967 Strongman mine disaster growing up.[2]

Mutch completed a Bachelor's degree at the University of Canterbury in 1974, before beginning her career teaching in Canterbury and Otago primary schools.[1] She then moved into teacher education at the Christchurch College of Education, and gained a master's degree in educational studies at the University of North London in 1994 and a PhD ten years later titled Context, Complexity and Contestation in Curriculum Construction: Developing Social Studies in the New Zealand Curriculum at Griffith University.[3][4]

After the Christchurch College of Education was merged with the University of Canterbury in 2007, Mutch moved into a policy advisor role at the Education Review Office (ERO).[1][5] Mutch then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor in 2021.[2] As of 2024 Mutch is the Education Commissioner for the New Zealand National Commission of UNESCO.[6]

Mutch shared an office in the PGC Building in Christchurch through her work for ERO. The building collapsed, killing 18 people and injuring others, in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.[1][7] Mutch was not in the building at the time, but the disaster led her to focus on researching how teachers and schools cope with catastrophes such as earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, pandemics, and shootings, and how they recover afterwards. She has conducted research across the Asia Pacific region, including education responses to the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the 2011 Japan tsunami, bushfires in Victoria, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She has become known in some circles as Dr Disaster.[8][2] Mutch believes that during disasters teachers act as first responders, counsellors and crisis managers, but that they rarely receive recognition for those roles, or enough resources or training to carry out those roles properly.[8][2] Mutch's other research focuses on educational policy and practice, curriculum development, and social education such as citizenship education.[4][1]

Honours and awards

Mutch has received a number of university awards. In 2016 she was awarded the Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision award in the Faculty of Education awards at Auckland, followed by the 2020 University of Auckland Research Excellence Medal, and the 2023 University of Auckland Research Impact Award.[9]

In 2005, Mutch received the American Educational Research Association's Critical Issues in Curriculum Special Interest Group's Early Career Award.[1]

In 2013 Mutch was made an Honorary Life Member of the Pacific Circle Consortium, an honour which is awarded for those with 25 years of service to the organisation.[10] The Pacific Circle Consortium also awarded Mutch the 2011 Peter Brice Award for Intercultural Understanding, and the 2019 Arthur R King Jnr Award for Curriculum Innovation.[4][11]

Mutch was appointed a life member of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education in 2018, and in the following year was the winner of the association's McKenzie Award for excellence in educational research in New Zealand.[4][12][13]

Personal life

Mutch is married to a former journalist, and her son is a warzone journalist.[2]

Selected works

Scholia has a profile for Carol Mutch (Q115628699).

Books

  • Jennifer Tatebe and Carol Mutch (editors) Understanding enduring ideas in education: A response to those who 'just want to be a teacher' (2017) NZCER Press ISBN 978-1-98-854208-9[14]
  • Carol Mutch, Optimising your academic career: Advice for early career scholars. (2017) NZCER Press ISBN 978-0-947509-75-0[15]
  • Carol Mutch, Doing Educational Research: A Practitioner's Guide to Getting Started (2 editions) (2005 & 2013). NZCER Press ISBN 978-1-927151-92-1[15]
  • Jean Rath and Carol Mutch (editors). Emerging critical scholarship: Navigating the doctoral journey. (2014) Cambridge Scholars Press ISBN 978-1-4438-5702-4[16]
  • Carol Mutch, Leua Latai, Jacoba Matapo, Felicia Ward (editors) Talanoa Fogafala: hear our voices: a poetry and art collaboration between the National University of Samoa and the University of Auckland. (2019) University of Auckland. ISBN 9780473469900 paperback, ISBN 9780473469917 hardback[17]

Journal articles

  • Carol Mutch (December 2015). "Leadership in times of crisis: Dispositional, relational and contextual factors influencing school principals' actions". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 14: 186–194. doi:10.1016/J.IJDRR.2015.06.005. ISSN 2212-4209. Wikidata Q124254782.
  • Carol Mutch (2 January 2014). "The role of schools in disaster preparedness, response and recovery: what can we learn from the literature?". Pastoral Care in Education. 32 (1): 5–22. doi:10.1080/02643944.2014.880123. ISSN 0264-3944. Wikidata Q124254786.
  • Carol Mutch (March 2015). "The role of schools in disaster settings: Learning from the 2010–2011 New Zealand earthquakes". International Journal of Educational Development. 41: 283–291. doi:10.1016/J.IJEDUDEV.2014.06.008. ISSN 0738-0593. Wikidata Q124254781.
  • Lisa Gibbs; Carol Mutch; Peter O'Connor; Colin MacDougall (January 2013). "Research with, by, for and about Children: Lessons from Disaster Contexts". Global Studies of Childhood. 3 (2): 129–141. doi:10.2304/GSCH.2013.3.2.129. ISSN 2043-6106. Wikidata Q61310494.
  • Carol Mutch; Elizabeth Gawith (2 January 2014). "The New Zealand earthquakes and the role of schools in engaging children in emotional processing of disaster experiences". Pastoral Care in Education. 32 (1): 54–67. doi:10.1080/02643944.2013.857363. ISSN 0264-3944. Wikidata Q124254785.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Carol Mutch | New Zealand Council for Educational Research". www.nzcer.org.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Professor Carol Mutch: teaching by heart - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ Mutch, Carol Anne (2004). Context, Complexity and Contestation in Curriculum Construction: Developing Social Studies in the New Zealand Curriculum (PhD thesis). Griffith University. hdl:10072/365398.
  4. ^ a b c d University of Auckland. "Professor Carol Mutch". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ^ "About the College - College of Education, Health and Human Development - University of Canterbury - New Zealand". Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Dr Carol Mutch". New Zealand National Commission of UNESCO. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ^ Walton, Steven (19 February 2021). "PGC building collapse: A tragedy and a search into night for survivors". Stuff. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Dr Disaster and the schools of tomorrow - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Teaching excellence - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  10. ^ Pacific Circle Consortium. "About Us - Honorary Members (21)". Pacific Circle Consortium. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  11. ^ Pacific Circle Consortium (October 2022). "Awards". Pacific Circle Consortium. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  12. ^ "McKenzie Award". NZARE. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  13. ^ "People » NZARE". NZARE. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Understanding enduring ideas in education: A response to those who 'just want to be a teacher' | New Zealand Council for Educational Research". www.nzcer.org.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Carol Mutch | New Zealand Council for Educational Research". www.nzcer.org.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Emerging Critical Scholarship in Education: Navigating the Doctoral Journey - Cambridge Scholars Publishing". www.cambridgescholars.com. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  17. ^ National Library of New Zealand. "Book: Talanoa Fogafala". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2024.