Area of Research

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Expertise & Experience

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• Self-concept formation
• Tertiary level teaching styles and strategies
• Outcomes-based education
• Student-centred learning styles
• Curriculum design
  

Professor Richard Berlach Teach.Cert, BA, BEd, LTh, MDiv, PhD, MACE, MISTE

Professor Berlach holds qualifications in education, psychology, and theology. He has tertiary experience in numerous areas including learning theory; student motivation; pedagogical skill acquisition; self-esteem in the classroom milieu; pastoral care and religious education.

Davie and Berlach, 'Using Wikis to Facilitate Communication for Rural, Remote, and At-risk Practicum Students', Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, Vol. 6 (1), 2010

• Online learning
• Self regulation
• Middle years schooling
• ICT integration
• LAMS
• Learning design

Dr Chris Campbell
EdD, BEd (Honours), Ass Dip Sports Sc

Dr Campbell has been involved in a ARC Linkage Grant investigating middle years students’ capacity for self regulation and has been successful in getting seven other research grants. Her skills in implementing and trialling new technologies are documented in over 20 publications in which she describes using online tools in educational settings, including LAMS, Second Life and Assistive eXtra Learning Environments.

The role of the Internet in the primary school classroom: From a teaching and learning perspective.

• Educational leadership
• Service learning
• Student leadership
• Social justice

Assoc Prof Shane Lavery BA, BLitt, BEd (Hons), MA, MEd, EdD

Assoc Prof Lavery has 25 years of experience in secondary education where he has held the positions of Religious Education Coordinator, Year 12 Coordinator and Deputy Principal.  He is published in the fields of service-learning and student leadership.

‘Religious Educators Promoting Servant Leadership’, Religious Education Journal of Australia, 2009

• Early childhood
• Sociology of childhood
• Young children and families
• Early childhood education

Dr Cynthia a' Beckett
DipKT, Grad Dip Ed St, BA (Hons) PhD

Dr a' Beckett is an experienced early childhood teacher and an advisor for early childhood teachers. She has twenty years experience as an academic in early childhood education programs.

‘Imaginative education explored through the concept of Playing in the In-between’, in Imagination and Education: Imaginative practice, imaginative inquiry Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010

• Religious education
• Spirituality education
• Values education

Dr Chris Hackett
BA, BEd, MREd, PhD

Dr Hackett has published articles on Religious Education in the Australian Journal of Religious Education and presented at conferences on the formation of RE teachers and the spirituality of young people. Since 2007, he has represented the university sector on the Curriculum Council’s Assessment, Review and Moderation (ARM) Panel for the Course of Study, Religion and Life.

'The Role of Experiential Content Knowledge in the Formation of Beginning RE Teachers', Journal of Religious Education, Vol. 58 (1), 2010