Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   A/Prof. Peter Hubber

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Position Associate Professor
Email peter.hubber@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education
Phone +61 3 924 46408
Campus Burwood
Location M 1.15
Role and profile Course Coordinator of BSc/BTeach
Education school representative on Academic Progress & Discipline Committee (APDC)
Chief Warden
Teaching responsibilities Secondary Science Curriculum Units: ESS444/744 and ESS415/ESS755
Research interests The Role of Representation in Teaching and Learning Science
ICT in Science Education
Current research projects Primary Science Specialist Professional Learning and Research program (2011-2012) Campbell, C., Chittleborough, G., Hubber, P., Tytler, R., Barraza, L., Jobling, W., Cripps Clark, J. & Herbert, S. ($145k)

Evaluation of National Partnerships (Teacher, Quality, Supply & Retention) Initiatives for the Victorian School Workforce Project (2011-2013). Doerke, B. Tytler, R., Halse, C., Doig, B., Gale, T., Moss, J., Hickey, C., Kostogriz, A., Hanewald, R., Blake, D., Hubber, P., Campbell, C., Morrisey, A., Walker-Gibbs, B., Kortman, W., Marshall, A., Long, M., Preston, B. & Kline, J. ($295k)

Australian Interest and Recruitment in Science (IRIS) study [survey of first year students enrolled in STEM courses in Australia](2011) Lyons T., Quinn Frances, Rizk, N., Anderson, N., Hubber, P., Tytler, R., Kenny, J., Sparrow, L., ($50k)

ICT Innovation Fund Project: ICT in Everyday Learning: Teacher Online Toolkit 2011-2012:Victorian Information Technology Teachers Association, the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, the History Teachers’ Association of Australia, Deakin University (Hubber, P. sole representative) and Macquarie University. $825,000

Australian Research Council 2011-2013:Exploring quality primary education in different cultures: A cross-national study of teaching and learning in primary science classrooms. Tytler, R., Hubber & Chittleborough, G. (Deakin University) and researchers from Edith Cowan University, WA, National Taiwan Normal University & Freie University Berlin $310,000.

Deakin University Faculty of Arts and Education small grants for teaching and learning: An exploration of the use of new video technologies in school partnership settings, to enhance science teacher education practices, 2010-2011. Chittleborough, G., Hubber, P, Jobling, W. & Cripps-Clark, J., $5,000.

Delivery of the Switched on Secondary Science Professional Learning Program (SOSSPL) 2010-1011 Hubber, P. (project leader), Chittleborough, G., Tytler, R. Campbell, C., Jobling, W. & Barraza, L. $148,302.

Design of the Switched on Secondary Science Professional Learning Program (SOSSPL) 2010: Hubber, P. (project leader) , Chittleborough, G. Tytler, R. Campbell, C., Jobling, W. & Barraza, L. $39,620,

Australian Research Council 2007-2010: The role of representation in learning science, Russell Tytler, Vaughan Prain, Bruce Waldrip, Peter Hubber
Qualifications BSc(Ed) Melb
BEd Latrobe
PhD Latrobe
Memberships Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA)
Science Teachers Association of Victoria (STAV)
European Association of Research in Learnin and Instruction (EARLI)
Conferences Hubber, P. & Chittleborough, G. (2012). Empowering teachers through a professional learning program that focussed on a representation intensive pedagogical approach, in Unknown (ed.), NARST 2012: Re—Imagining Research in 21st Century Science Education for a Diverse Global Community: Proceedings of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching annual international conference, NARST, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Tytler, R. & Hubber, P. (2012). Learning science through engaging with its representational practices, in Unknown (ed.), AERA2012: Non Satis Scire – to know is not enough: Proceedings of the 2012 American Educational Research Association Meeting, American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada, April

Hubber, P. & Chittleborough, G. (2011). A professional learning program based on a representation intensive pedagogical approach. Paper presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) conference, Adelaide, July.

Tytler, R. & Hubber, P. (2011). Learning science through representational generation/negotiation. Paper presented at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) conference, Lyon, France, December.

Hubber, P. & Chittleborough, G. (2011). A professional learning program based on a representation intensive pedagogical approach. Paper presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) conference, Adelaide, July.

Tytler, R. & Hubber, P. (2011). Learning science through representational generation/negotiation. Paper presented at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) conference, Lyon, France, December.
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Additional URLs

SOSSPL - Switched on Secondary Science (drupal web site)

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22nd April 2013