Ian Robinson (rationalist)

[1] He was educated at Ivanhoe Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated with honours in philosophy.

Subsequently, he has been a tutor in philosophy at the University of Melbourne, a lecturer in philosophy of education at Coburg Teachers' College, leader of the Curriculum Project Team (Primary) for the Victoria Ministry of Education and manager of the Music and Writing Department at Chisholm Institute, from which he retired in 2010.

He has been editor of Farrago, MUM, National U, Chalkface and the Australian Rationalist, and written many articles and books.

"Everything I'm afraid you've been teaching children and haven't wanted to know about", Curriculum and Research Bulletin, Vol.

Key Group: Empowering Teachers to Change, Melbourne, BLIPS, 1987, (with Nick Alexopoulos).

"The Loch Ness Monster Bites the Dust," The Australian Rationalist, No 26, March, 1991.

Learning Mathematics: A Resource Kit for Teachers, Collins Dove, 1992, (with Hilary Hollingsworth).

"Campion's champion says that myth is The Piano's forte", The Age, Friday 25 March 1994, p. 13.

[Short listed for 1996 Aurealis Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards] "The Myth of the Mandate".

"Bruce Doull: No Frills, No Fuss" in Stephanie Holt & Garrie Hutchinson (eds): Footy's Greatest Players, Coulomb Publications, 2003.

"How I was Mistaken for a Korean Athlete because of my Bad French" in Garrie Hutchinson (ed): Best Sports Writing of 2004, Black Inc, 2004.