Edward Peter Errington

Edward Peter Errington is an Australian higher-education scholar best known for advancing scenario-based learning (SBL) and role-play pedagogies that cultivate professional identity and graduate attributes across disciplines. Affiliated with James Cook University, he has spent more than three decades researching, writing and teaching about near-world simulations as vehicles for authentic professional preparation.

Education:

• PhD, University of Wollongong, 1985 – thesis on teacher belief systems and drama education outcomes.

Research Interests:

Errington’s work sits at the intersection of educational innovation and professional formation. He investigates how carefully crafted scenarios can bridge academic knowledge and workplace practice, thereby fostering graduate employability, reflective practice and ethical professional identity. His scholarship spans teacher education, health education, environmental education and psychology, consistently advocating active, experiential and cross-disciplinary pedagogies.

Publication Trends:

Across 47 works, Errington has produced seminal books such as Preparing Graduates for the Professions Using Scenario-Based Learning (2010) and Developing Scenario-based Learning: practical insights for tertiary educators (2003). His articles map the evolution from early drama-focused role-play studies to large-scale interdisciplinary projects embedding graduate attributes into curricula via scenario methodologies.

Advising & Collaborative Projects:

While individual student names are not catalogued, Errington repeatedly co-authores with colleagues (Caltabiano, Ireland, Nickson, Sorin, Mackay) on institution-wide teaching-development grants and community-engagement initiatives, indicating substantial collaborative supervision and leadership in curriculum-reform projects.