Prof. Russell Tytler |
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| Position | Chair in Science Education | |
| russell.tytler@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | School of Education | |
| Phone | +61 3 522 72376 | |
| Campus | Geelong | |
| Location | G ic3.512 & B M1.09 | |
| Role and profile |
Professor of Science Education Coordinator of the 'Re-imagining futures in Science, Technology, Environmental and Mathematics (STEME) research group, Deputy Director of the CREFI Strategic Research Centre Convenor, Science and Environmental Education Teaching and Learning Group, Hub coordinator, SiMERR Victoria |
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| Teaching responsibilities |
Unit chair for the 'Scholarship of Teaching' and 'Research in the Scholarship of Teaching' units of the Graduate Certificate of Higher Education. Supervisor or associate supervisor for a number of PhD students in science, mathematics and environmental education. |
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| Research interests |
Russell Tytler convenes the very active STEME research group. He has been involved over many years with system wide curriculum development and professional development initiatives. He was principal researcher for the School Innovation in Science project which developed a framework for describing effective science teaching, and a strategy for supporting school and teacher change. That work has been influential more widely in Victoria and nationally. He has researched and written extensively on student learning in science, and science investigations. His recent research interests include student reasoning in science, learning and literacy in science, public understanding of science, teacher and school change, and curriculum policy and development. He has strong international links, having held visiting professor positions in Europe and Asia. He is currently involved in a number of teacher and school change initiatives, including the linking of school and community in introducing more authentic and contemporary science into the curriculum. His recent call for a ‘re-imagining’ of science education has been influential on curriculum policy in Australia. Recent Refereed Publications http://www.deakin.edu.au/~tytler/web-paper.php Science Education Resources http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/education/sci-enviro-ed/ |
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| Current research projects |
Australian Research Council 2011-2013: Exploring quality primary education in different cultures: A cross-national study of teaching and learning in primary science classrooms. Russell Tytler, Peter Hubber, Dr Gail Chittleborough (Deakin University), Prof Mark Hackling, Dr Karen Murcia (Edith Cowan University), Professor Chao-Ti Hsiung Taipei University of Education, Prof Sharon Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Prof Joerg Ramseger, Free University Berlin, and Prof Georg Breidenstein, Martin Luther University Halle Australian Research Council 2008-2001: An investigation of causal relations between complex classroom practices and science learning using high capacity new research technologies and multiple theory testing, David Clarke, Russell Tytler Australian Research Council 2007-2009: The role of representation in learning science, Russell Tytler, Vaughan Prain, Bruce Waldrip, Peter Hubber Department of Transport and Regional Services 2005- : Science, ICT and Mathematics Education in Rural and Regional Australia, Victorian Hub Coordinator |
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| Service to the University, discipline or community |
Chair, steering committee for the national STELR project of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, funded by DEEWR and the Victorian DEECD. 2007 – Steering committee for the national Science by Doing initiative of the Academy of Science, funded by DEEWR. 2008- Member of the Victorian Ministerial Advisory Committee for Mathematics and Science Education, 2008- Member of Steering Group of the Geelong Specialist Science and Mathematics Centre (DEECD funded), 2008 – Member of the management board of the International Centre for Classroom Research at the University of Melbourne, 2008 – |
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| Awards |
DUSA Postgrad. Assoc. Education Supervisor of the Year 2004 DUSA Postgrad. Assoc. Education Academic of the Year 2005 |
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| Qualifications | BSc(Hon)MSc BEd MEd Melb., PhD Monash | |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Additional URLs | Re-Imagining futures in Science, Technology, Environmental and Mathematics Education | |
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22nd April 2013