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AProf Geoffrey Giddings

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    • Role:
    • Sessional Academic
    • Department:
    • School of Education
    • Location:
    • SMEC 205
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 7381

Geoff Giddings, has over the past decade, held the positions of Head School of Curriculum Studies (1987-94) and Postgraduate Co-ordinator (1988-96). Within the Department of Education, Geoff teaches research methodology and curriculum subjects mainly to postgraduate students and supervises a number of Masters and Doctoral students.

Research Interests

  • Innovative practices in science and technology education;
  • Evaluation in educational and community settings;
  • Classroom, school and workplace environment instruments;
  • Motivation in educational and training settings;
  • Assessment and evaluation in practical (laboratory/workplace) settings;
  • Cutural determinants in learning.

Memberships

  • Member, American Education Research Association (AERA);
  • Member, National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST);
  • Member, NARST Committee on International Issues;
  • Member, Australian Science Teachers Association.

Publications

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Pelliccione, L, Broadley, T, and Giddings, G. 2011. Transforming teaching practice through virtual classrooms: a study of staff and student views of synchronous learning. 7th Annual International Conference on Education, 07/07/2011. Samos Island, Greece: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
  • Giddings, G, Pelliccione, L, and Dixon, K. 2008. The Use of ePortfolios for Multipurpose Assessment. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education 2008 19th International Conference, 03/03/2008. Las Vega, Nevada, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Giddings, G, Dixon, K, and Pelliccione, L. 2005. A pre-service teacher education initiative to enhance reflection through the development of e-portfolios.. ASCILITE 2005 Balance, Fidelity, Mobility: Maintaing the Momentum?, 04/12/2005. QUT, Brisbane, Queensland: Department of Teaching and Learning Support Services, QUT.
  • Pelliccione, L, Giddings, G, and Dixon, K. 2004. Internal and External Students' Views of Online Learning: The Reconstruction of Personal Meaning. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, 21/06/2004. Lugano, Switzerland: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  • Harris, M, Giddings, G, Cavanagh, R, and Reynolds, P. 2004. Understanding what principals value about leadership, teaching and learning: A philosophical approach. AARE: Repositioning Education Research, 28/11/2004. Melbourne, Australia: AARE Inc..
  • Cavanagh, R, Reynolds, P, Giddings, G, and Harris, M. 2004. Understanding what principals value about leadership, teaching and learning: A philosophical approach.. AARE 2004 - Positioning Educational Research, 28/11/2004. Melbourne: AARE.
  • Harris, M, Cavanagh, R, Dellar, G, Romanoski, J, and Giddings, G. 2003. Application of the Rasch model and traditional statistics to develop a measure of primary school classroom learning culture. Educational Research, Risks, & Dilemmas, 01/12/2003. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Research in Education.
  • Harris, M, Romanoski, J, Dellar, G, Giddings, G, and Cavanagh, R. 2003. Development of a Rasch model scale to measure student information and communication technology learning self-reported outcomes, behaviours and attitudes. Educational Research, Risks, & Dilemmas, 01/12/2003. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Research Education.
  • Giddings, G, and Pelliccione, L. 2001. Information and Communication Technologies: Case Studies of Change across an Australian University. 2nd International Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning Higher Education, 01/06/2001. Samos, Greece: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.