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Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the effectiveness of teacher preparation courses in raising students’ understanding of the nature of science using the SUSSI survey

Research paper thumbnail of Traveling with and through your backpack: a personal reflection on the infrastructure of science education

Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2008

In this paper I respond to Ajay Sharma's Portrait of a Science Teacher as a Bricoleur: A case stu... more In this paper I respond to Ajay Sharma's Portrait of a Science Teacher as a Bricoleur: A case study from India, by speaking to two aspects of the bricoleur: the subject and the discursive in relation to pedagogic perspective. I highlight that our subjectivities are negotiated based on the desires of the similar and competing discourses we are exposed to, and the political powers they hold in society. As (science) teachers we modify our practices based upon our own internal arbitrations with discourses.

Research paper thumbnail of An invitation to dialogue: Gadamer, hermeneutic phenomenology, and critical environmental education

Canadian Journal of Environmental Education ( …, 2003

This paper invites you, the reader, to co-produce meaning around the possi-bilities and limitatio... more This paper invites you, the reader, to co-produce meaning around the possi-bilities and limitations of what Gadamerian philosophy and hermeneutic phenomenology holds for environmental education research. Gadamerian philosophy and hermeneutic phenomenology is ...

Research paper thumbnail of Relations between science education and environmental (science) education

Research paper thumbnail of Science reform or science conform: Problematic epistemological assumptions with/in Canadian science reform efforts

Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2003

Griffith Research Online.

Research paper thumbnail of Relations between science education and environmental (science) education

Conference Presentations by A. Sammel

Research paper thumbnail of THE iGUIDE PROJECT – REFLECTIONS ON GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE iDREAM CHALLENGE

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in our region (South East) represent 8.5% of all A... more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in our region (South East) represent 8.5% of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in Queensland state schools (February, 2014 data collection, DETE). Whilst many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education projects are geared towards rural and remote, this project captures a significant cohort of students in urban and urban fringe areas. The identified region accounts for some of the lowest socioeconomic areas in and around Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Two schools from our catchment have been profiled in the low SES National Partnership schools. The i-GUide project describes best practices and lessons learnt from Griffith University's involvement with School communities within this South East Queensland region participating in Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment's iDream Challenge. The iDream Challenge was designed to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives within schools. As stated at the iDream homepage: I DREAM Challenge continues to support the implementation of Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspective in Schools (EATSIPS) by building student capacity to achieve their dreams, by working in teams to develop skills such as resilience, persistence, creativity, confidence, goal setting and team building while participating in challenges with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. (https://idream.eq.edu.au/) For 4 years, two academics from Griffith University's Education and Professional Studies organised the Science and HPE challenge for the iDream project. Students were given specific challenges (questions) and were asked to create an audio and visual resource linking to South Eastern Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in response. This presentation will discuss the findings of the i-GUide project that explores best practices and lessons learnt from iDream challenges set by Griffith University, and each school's response.

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the effectiveness of teacher preparation courses in raising students’ understanding of the nature of science using the SUSSI survey

Research paper thumbnail of Traveling with and through your backpack: a personal reflection on the infrastructure of science education

Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2008

In this paper I respond to Ajay Sharma's Portrait of a Science Teacher as a Bricoleur: A case stu... more In this paper I respond to Ajay Sharma's Portrait of a Science Teacher as a Bricoleur: A case study from India, by speaking to two aspects of the bricoleur: the subject and the discursive in relation to pedagogic perspective. I highlight that our subjectivities are negotiated based on the desires of the similar and competing discourses we are exposed to, and the political powers they hold in society. As (science) teachers we modify our practices based upon our own internal arbitrations with discourses.

Research paper thumbnail of An invitation to dialogue: Gadamer, hermeneutic phenomenology, and critical environmental education

Canadian Journal of Environmental Education ( …, 2003

This paper invites you, the reader, to co-produce meaning around the possi-bilities and limitatio... more This paper invites you, the reader, to co-produce meaning around the possi-bilities and limitations of what Gadamerian philosophy and hermeneutic phenomenology holds for environmental education research. Gadamerian philosophy and hermeneutic phenomenology is ...

Research paper thumbnail of Relations between science education and environmental (science) education

Research paper thumbnail of Science reform or science conform: Problematic epistemological assumptions with/in Canadian science reform efforts

Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2003

Griffith Research Online.

Research paper thumbnail of Relations between science education and environmental (science) education

Research paper thumbnail of THE iGUIDE PROJECT – REFLECTIONS ON GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE iDREAM CHALLENGE

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in our region (South East) represent 8.5% of all A... more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in our region (South East) represent 8.5% of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in Queensland state schools (February, 2014 data collection, DETE). Whilst many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education projects are geared towards rural and remote, this project captures a significant cohort of students in urban and urban fringe areas. The identified region accounts for some of the lowest socioeconomic areas in and around Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Two schools from our catchment have been profiled in the low SES National Partnership schools. The i-GUide project describes best practices and lessons learnt from Griffith University's involvement with School communities within this South East Queensland region participating in Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment's iDream Challenge. The iDream Challenge was designed to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives within schools. As stated at the iDream homepage: I DREAM Challenge continues to support the implementation of Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspective in Schools (EATSIPS) by building student capacity to achieve their dreams, by working in teams to develop skills such as resilience, persistence, creativity, confidence, goal setting and team building while participating in challenges with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. (https://idream.eq.edu.au/) For 4 years, two academics from Griffith University's Education and Professional Studies organised the Science and HPE challenge for the iDream project. Students were given specific challenges (questions) and were asked to create an audio and visual resource linking to South Eastern Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in response. This presentation will discuss the findings of the i-GUide project that explores best practices and lessons learnt from iDream challenges set by Griffith University, and each school's response.

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