Paul Parkinson (Scouting)

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Paul Parkinson OAM of Brisbane, Australia served^[when?] as the Regional Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM),^[1] Scouts Australia National Commissioner for Adult Training and Development. He is,^{[as of?]} as well, Principal of the Scouts Australia Institute of Training (SAIT).^[2]

Parkinson started Scouting as a Cub, gaining his Queen's Scout Award in 1968, and the Baden-Powell Award in 1976. He became Deputy Chief Commissioner, Queensland Branch.^[when?] He was awarded the Silver Kangaroo by Scouts Australia in 2004, and in 2009 (from the Scout Association of Malaysia) the Pingat Perkhidmatan Cemerlang.

Parkinson earned a Master of Environmental Education degree, and is ^[when?] completing Doctoral studies associated with self-regulatory learning practices in adults. He is a Lecturer (academia) in Science Education at the Mount Gravatt Campus of Griffith University, in Brisbane. He has had national involvement in the development of science curriculum, and of science education.