Dr Colin Stewart is a lifelong media educator. He was one of the pioneering textbook authors in Australian education, which was itself an early adopter of explicit screen literacy in classrooms. Colin helped expand media literacy from the general English subject classrooms to a stand-alone subject, supported by production experiences for students. He holds a doctorate in media curriculum and taught senior secondary Film, Television and New Media and related junior media subjects for more than 40 years. He has tutored pre-service media teachers at two universities. He authored textbooks for high school students in the UK and Australia, including Nelson Film, Television & New media for QCE (2025, 2024, 2018) QCE Film, Television & Media | Cengage Australia et al, Victorian Certificate of Education-New Ways and Meanings (2014), Media and Meaning (2008) with Marc Lavalle and Adam Kowaltzke, and Media : new ways and meanings / Colin Stewart, Adam Kowaltzke | Catalogue | National Library of Australia. With Roger Dunscombe, he is the author of ""A view of literacy through media arts" in More Than Words Can Say, Julie Dyson, editor (2019).
Darren
Colin’s work in mentoring experienced teachers to become published authors is also a gracious legacy. Post retirement, He has another book for the 2025 developments in new and traditional media, AI, institutions and representations.
QCE Film, Television & Media | Cengage Australia
Darren
In his school roles, Colin was always selflessly supportive of staff and creativity. He brought my industry experience into the academic realm, using the practical knowledge collegially and added layers of intellectual understanding to get students into an inquiring mindset. When I suggested a yr.9 subject analysing fake news in 2015, Colin was again ready to support me. He showed that students were worthy of investing in professional equipment in the VHS era, and adapted production technology right through the 2020s-leading to many careers. .