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Dr Robin Groves

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    • Role:
    • Senior Lecturer
    • Department:
    • School of Education
    • Location:
    • Education 209
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 2174

Robin is the Program Coordinator for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and is also the Unit Coordinator for the units in teaching and learning processes for all secondary undergraduate and Graduate Diploma students. He has previously had extensive experience in teaching, educational administration and project management in Australia and overseas.

Research Interests

Professional growth and sharing knowledge; effective teaching and learning; classroom management; professional teaching standards; moral dispositions in teaching; learning styles and multiple intelligences; and, science education, including concept development in science and teaching based on constructivism.

Methodological expertise:
Naturalistic inquiry; qualitative methods; non-formal interviews and group processes; writing as inquiry; using video and multimedia as research tools; and action research

Memberships

  • Immediate Past President of the International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE);
  • Australian Association for Research in Education(AARE);
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA);
  • Australian College of Education (ACE);
  • Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL);
  • Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA).

Publications

Books (Authored, Research)

  • Groves, R. 2009. Talking about teaching. Teachers' learning in a professional development context.. Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Groves, R. 2010. An Australian national science curriculum to meet the needs of all Australians. Curriculum Perspectives 30(1): 53-56.
  • Welsh, B, and Groves, R. 2010. The high school experience: What students say. Issues in Educational Research 20(2): 87-104.
  • Wallace, J, Groves, R, and Louden, W. 2001. Spinning a Web (Case) Around Professional Standards: Capturing the Complexity of Science Teaching. Research in Science Education. 31(2): 227-244.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Pelliccione, L, Groves, R, kuzich, S, and O'Hare, S. 2010. Building team capacity: sustaining quality in assessment and moderation practices in a fully online unit. Australian Technology Network (ATN) Conference 2010: Assessment - Sustainability, Diversity and Innovation, 18/11/2010. Sydney, Australia: University of Technology, Sydney.
  • Groves, R, and Wallace, J. 2007. The Importance of Moral Dispositions in Teaching Science. 2007 World Conference on Science and Technology Education, 08/07/2007. Perth, Western Australia: Science Teachers' Association of WA.