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Associate ProfessorChristine Preston

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Research projects & supervision summary

Project Opportunities

Title: Science and Mathematics Education

Summary of opportunity:

 

Christine Preston has a unique teaching background having taught science in NSW schools at both the secondary and primary level. She has experience as a science teacher education lecturer in early childhood, primary and secondary science. Between 2004-2021 Christine continued to teach kindergarten science in a Sydney school to maintain current field experience.

Her current research interests are: primary children’s interpretation of scientific diagrams, teaching and learning science using toys, early years science, effective science education practices for preservice and inservice teachers, and use of representations in science education including embodied learning.

 

Opportunity synopsis:

 

Research interests

Research on teaching and learning

  • Science
  • Teacher education and professional learning
  • Early years science

Keywords: children's interpretation of science diagrams, primary science, early years science, preservice teacher education, STEM education.

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Computational Thinking in Primary Schools: Readiness Resources and Reality
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring the formative assessment practices of rural primary schoolteachers in Papua New Guinea: Development of a culturally responsive rubric
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    From Sequence to programming: Investigating Sequencing as a Cognitive Foundation for Young Children's Computational Thinking
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Embodied Learning-based Robot Programming Approach For Developing Young Children’s Computational Thinking
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Impact of Professional Learning on STEM Self-efficacy of Primary Teachers
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Uniting science learning with environmental stewardship through citizen science in Australian schools
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    ​​Teachers’ Professional Development in Interdisciplinary Education for Sustainability