About Us
The School comprises Australia's largest concentration of mathematics, science and technology educators. We work with students to provide future teachers with strong theoretical and practical grounding in mathematics, science and technology education. We believe that it is paramount that all students be considered valuable resources and be afforded the opportunity and support needed to reach their full potential.
Academic staff in the school have a strong record in competitive research grants, published research, consultancies, and actively supervise postgraduate students in masters and doctoral programs through the Centre for Learning Innovation .
The School's research has focused on areas such as:
- Learning environments which promote enhanced student numeracy outcomes
- Developing indigenous education workers to support mathematics learning in their community
- Sustainable mathematics education capacity building
- Reshaping relationships to enhance mathematics learning outcomes for rural and remote indigenous students
- Mathematical modelling in the early years
- Impact of web-based distributed learning communities on learning
- Mentoring and primary science teaching
- Integrating science and mathematics with sustainable living
- Learning and teaching science through the co-creation of eco-mysteries
- From scientist to science teacher: transitions in professional practice, identity, and beliefs about science and science teaching
- Learning from diagrams and visual representations, concept mapping, spatial learning and biotechnology
- ICT and changing pedagogical practices
- Measurement of ICT integration in the classroom
- Orientation to science by high performing students
- Mathematical and scientific investigations and inquiry based learning
- Blending technologies such as the Internet, games, data-loggers, and robots in learning activities to achieve higher student engagement