Brett Shipton

Biography

Prior to being employed as a lecturer at CSU, Brett Shipton was a member of the NSW Police for 15 years. Brett's policing background was in general duties policing, highway patrol and education at the NSW Police College. During his policing career at the college he specialised in driver training and traffic related policing. He left the NSW Police Force in 2001 and worked as an Education Officer in corrective services and as a teacher of justice studies and training at Queensland TAFE. Brett has been in his present position with Charles Sturt University since 2006. He has a Bachelor and Masters of Education (Adult Education) and a Graduate Diploma in Management. During Brett's time with CSU he has specialised in teaching police powers and researching the use of student-centred learning approaches in police education. He is currently part of a CSU and NSW police force team implementing problem-based learning into the police recruit training program. Brett is undertaking a PhD examining the conceptions of and approaches to teacher development by police educators. This research is based on a phenomenographic methodology, with the intentions of providing a better understanding of how police educators can expand their understanding of teaching and learning practices.

Research Interest

Policing