Rate My Professor Mark Tyler

Dr Mark Tyler serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, a position he has held since January 2012. He is also associated with the Griffith Institute for Educational Research. Previously, from 2009 to 2011, he was a Lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland's Faculty of Education. Tyler's academic credentials comprise an Associate Diploma of Rural Communications (ADRC), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Graduate Diploma in Adult Vocational Education (GDAVE), Master of Education Studies (MEd St), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Southern Queensland.

His research specializations lie in the domains of professional, continuing, and vocational education and training (VET). Key academic interests include teacher identity within VET, workplace learning, continuing professional development for VET practitioners, critical spirit in educators, workplace mentoring, collaborative concept mapping, academic wellbeing amid neoliberal pressures, and the engagement of older adults with information and communication technologies. Tyler engages in international collaborations, such as with researchers from the University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus, and the University of Nantes, France, exploring the impacts of neoliberalism on academic agency and wellbeing.

Tyler has produced 51 publications, garnering 370 citations. Prominent works include the 2024 article "Retaining teachers and trainers in vocational education and training (VET): motivating career-changers to remain as VET educators"; the 2023 chapter "Inclusive and Quality Education in Australia: The Need for Coordinated Policy Action" and article "School-wide positive behavioural support in remote Australian schools: challenges in implementation"; the 2021 article "Constructing a professional identity in VET: teacher perspectives" and NCVER report "Attracting industry experts to become VET practitioners: a journey, not a destination" (with Darryl Dymock); and the 2017 NCVER report "Continuing professional development for a diverse VET practitioner workforce" (with Darryl Dymock). Additional contributions cover topics like maintaining industry and pedagogical currency in VET (2019), influence of rewards on higher vocational education curriculum reform in China (2018), and motivation of older adults in ICT use (2020). His research informs VET policy, practitioner training, and lifelong learning initiatives in Australia and beyond. Tyler was part of the Arts, Education and Law Group team awarded the Research Excellence Award in 2016.