Kylie Trask-Kerr

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Dr Kylie Trask-Kerr (Kylie Kerr) is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher, and Head of Discipline (Postgraduate Education) in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. She began her career as a secondary teacher of Philosophy, English, Politics and History in the early 2000s before moving into education research. Her research interests include the philosophy of education, humanities education, critical thinking, ethics, and the role of education in human flourishing.

Kylie’s PhD, completed at the University of Melbourne, used qualitative methods to critically examine the philosophical underpinnings of positive education practices, including adolescent beliefs about success, the good life, and the purposes of schooling. She has subsequently explored the nature of resilience, the value of humanities education and its contribution to flourishing, moral education, the teaching of controversial issues in schools, and the transformative role of education in nurturing global flourishing.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Head of Discipline, Postgraduate Education, Australian Catholic University
  • 2024–present
    Senior lecturer , Australian Catholic University
  • 2020–2024
    Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
  • 2016–2020
    PhD Researcher, University of Melbourne
  • 2000–2015
    Secondary Teacher (Philosophy/History/English), Independent Schools/DET

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Melbourne, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2016 
    University of Melbourne, Master of Education
  • 1999 
    University of Melbourne, Graduate Diploma in Education
  • 1998 
    University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Arts

Publications

  • 2025
    What kind of society does the resilient subject need? Exploring the role of resilience interventions in education, Critical Studies in Education
  • 2024
    Positive education, Aristotelian eudaimonia, and adolescent notions of the ‘good’ life, The Australian Educational Researcher
  • 2023
    Controversial issues in the Australian educational context: dimension of politics, policy and practice, Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
  • 2019
    Positive education and the new prosperity: Exploring young people’s conceptions of prosperity and success, Australian Journal of Education
  • 2019
    A Deweyan positive education: psychology with philosophy, Oxford Review of Education

Professional Memberships

  • Philosophy of Education Society Australasia (PESA)

Contact Kylie for

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  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision