Rate My Professor Kevin Lowe

Lowe's research centers on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, with a focus on sustainable improvements through community and school partnerships, curriculum and pedagogy development, and school policies. He leads the Aboriginal Voices project, which conducts systematic reviews of research across key schooling areas to develop new pedagogic frameworks, and the Culturally Nourishing Schooling project, aimed at transforming educational experiences for Indigenous students via enhanced leadership, pedagogy, community engagement, and student aspirations. Notable publications include editing Assessing the Evidence in Indigenous Education Research: Implications for Policy and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023), co-authoring Re-awakening Languages: Theory and Practice in the Revitalisation of Australia’s Indigenous Languages (Sydney University Press, 2010), and book chapters such as 'Indigenist policy analysis: The Uluru Statement from the Heart as a road map towards recognising Indigenous sovereignty in Indigenous education' (Routledge, 2024) and 'The Benefit of Indigenous Cultural Programs in Schools' (Springer, 2023). Lowe has received awards including the Equity Award – Public Service Medal (2003), Silver Award – NSW Premier’s Public Sector Award (2008), Colin Marsh Award from the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (2013), and AARE Best Paper Award (2018). He has secured grants such as an ARC Discovery Indigenous grant ($330,000, 2020) and NSW Department of Education Strategic Funding ($583,000, 2020).