Associate Professor
International Development at RMIT University
Australia
Roberto (Robbie) Guevara is an Associate Professor in International Development at RMIT's School of Global, Urban and Social Studies.
- Blog
- Interview conducted on Adult Education in Asia Pacific during CONFINTEA VI, December 2009, Brazil
- VET and Life Skills for Global Citizenship Forum organised at RMIT with Adult Learning Australia
Interests/Expertise:
Robbie’s main research interest and supervision areas are popular and community environmental education in the Asia-Pacific region; Education for Sustainable Development; HIV-AIDS education; community and sustainable tourism; participatory action research; international aid and development; community development; local and global sustainability and global citizenship.
- 3 PhD completed, 1 ongoing
- 3 Masters Minor Thesis (International Development), completed
- 1 Masters Minor Thesis (International Development), ongoing
Recent research/consultancy:
- Teaching in the Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) and Master of International Development programs
- Supervision of international internships, international field projects, Masters and PhD research students
- Study tour leader, International Perspectives in Community Development (Philippines)
Recognitions, positions, memberships:
- Vice-President (Asia), International Council of Adult Education (ASPBAE), 2011–present
- President, Asian South Pacific Association of Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), 2009–present
- Member and previous Journal Editor, Victorian Association for Environmental Education (VAEE)
- Member, Action Research Issues Association (ARIA) Melbourne Victoria
- Member, Action Learning, Action Research Association (ALARA)
- Member, International Association of Community Development (IACD)
- Member, Adult Learning Australia (ALA)
Selected publications:
- Noguchi, F.,Guevara, J.,Yorozu, R. (2015). Communities in Action: Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development In: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Hamburg, Germany
- Guevara, J. (2014). Education for resilience: adult and community education response to a context of crises In: Lifelong Learning in Europe, , 1 - 6
- Wheeler, L.,Lang, J.,Gow, B.,Guevara, J.,Smith, J. (2014). Conversations in school: Community learning partnerships for sustainability In: Knowledge in Action: University-Community Engagement in Australia, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Guevara, J. (2013). Embedding learning and research in development practice In: Educating for Global Citizenship: A Youth-led approach to learning through partnership, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Australia
- Wierenga, A.,Guevara, J.,Beadle, S. (2013). Youth-led learning In: Educating for Global Citizenship: A Youth-Led Approach to Learning Through Partnership, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Australia
- Guevara, J. (2013). Conclusion: Learning through global citizenship In: Educating for Global Citizenship: A Youth-led approach to learning through partnerships, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Australia
- Fien, J.,Guevara, J. (2013). Skills for a green economy: Practice, possibilities and prospects In: Skills development for inclusive and sustainable growth in developing Asia-pacific, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands
- Guevara, J. (2013). The silence around education for sustainable development must be broken In: Adult Education and Development, 80, 109 - 112
- Smith, J.,Wheeler, L.,Guevara, J.,Gough, A.,Fien, J. (2012). Conversations on school-community learning partnerships for sustainability (a guidebook) In: Australian Research Council (Linkage Project LP0989314), Melbourne, Australia
- Guevara, J. (2012). Progressive contextualisation: Developing a popular environmental education curriculum in the Philippines In: Learning and Mobilising for Community Development : A radical tradition of community-based education and training, Ashgate Publishing, Surrey, England
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