Staff profile

Mr Brendon Munge

Associate Lecturer, Physical & Outdoor Education Course Convenor, Faculty of Education First Year Coordinator

Faculty of Education

Outdoor and Environmental Education

Ironbark Centre: 2.16, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Outdoor Education) Honours, La Trobe University (2006), Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, La Trobe University (2010)

Membership of professional associations

Victorian Outdoor Education Association: Board Member 2010 - Ongoing. President June 2011 - Ongoing. HERDSA. Australian Geographic Society.

Area of study

Outdoor education
Physical education

Teaching units

OED2BE Bush Environments, Subject Coordinator

OED2FEC Field Experience C Long Walk, Subject Coordinator

OED1AOL  Outdoor Living and Travel Skills, Subject Coordinator

OED1SRA Sport & Recreation A, Subject Coordinator

OED1SRB Sport & Recreation B, Subject Coordinator

Recent publications

Refereed Articles

Munge, B. (2009). From the outside looking in: A study of Australian employers' perceptions of graduates from outdoor education degree programs. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 13(1), 30-38.

Conference Presentations

Munge, B., Doolan, L. & Sutherland, S. (2011 September). Providing structure and promoting personalised learning within an 18 day wilderness walk: Following a PebblePad pathway. Paper presented at the 2011 Association for Learning Technology Conference: Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate. University of Leeds, England. http://altc2011.alt.ac.uk/talks/22284

Austin, L., Doolan, L., Donnison, S., Munge, B. & Mclean, A. (2010). ePortfolios for learning: Assessment and lifelong learning. Paper presented What does it take to transform a life through learning? La Trobe University 3rd Annual Teaching and Learning Colloquium. Melbourne Australia.

Seaton, K., Yager, Z. & Munge, B. (2010). Adaptive strategies for formative assessment and feedback: Using technologies, stages and partial marking. Paper presented What does it take to transform a life through learning? La Trobe University 3rd Annual Teaching and Learning Colloquium. Melbourne Australia.

Munge, B. (2010). Duty of care: Do we care enough or have we gone to far? Paper presented Outdoor Education Australia 16th Annual National Conference, Perth WA, Australia

Munge, B. (2008). A discussion on the employment characteristics of outdoor educators and outdoor leaders in Australia: The issue of what do we need versus what we want. Paper presented The Confluence: International Outdoor Recreation and Education Research Conference. Christchurch, New Zealand

Munge, B. (2007). A study of Australian employers’ perceptions of graduates from the Bachelor of Arts (Outdoor Education) at La Trobe University. Paper presented at Sustaining our spirit of place. 15th National Outdoor Education Conference, 20-23 September 2007, Ballarat, Australia.

Munge, B. (2006) An introduction to the study of Australian employers’ perceptions of graduates from the Bachelor of Arts (Outdoor Education) at La Trobe University. Paper presented at Victorian Outdoor Education State Conference Melbourne Australia and The Value of Outdoor Education. Outdoor Education Association of Queensland State Conference. Marrapatta, Australia

Articles

Müller, G., & Munge, B., (2006). GPS, GIS, WWW and the Big River: Technology and teaching in the bush. Part 2. Journeys, Journal of the Victorian Outdoor Education Association.

Book Chapters

Munge, B. & Doolan, L. Planning for a field trip: Pebbles on the path to the Long Walk in Sutherland, S., Brotchie, J. & Chesney, S. (2011). Pebblegogy: A guide to effective practice. Telford, UK: Pebble Learning Ltd.

Current Research

Multi stage and Multimodal Feedback - Improving student learning through innovative feedback methods. Collaborative work with Dr Zali Yager Faculty of Education La Trobe University

E Portfolios and mulitmodal feedback - Developing trends in online formative assessment

Outdoor Education and Culturally and Linguisticall Diverse Communities: Identifying the body of knowledge