Adjunct Professor
Jim Watters

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Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership


Personal details

Positions

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership

Keywords

Aspects of mathematics learning - problem solving, Higher Education, Inquiry based learning., Science education, Science teacher education, education of gifted and creative children, primary science education, professional development of teachers, teaching science., technology education

Research field

Curriculum and pedagogy, Education systems

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020

Qualifications

  • PhD (Griffith University)
  • MEd(Hons) (University of New England)
  • GDEd (University of Canberra)
  • BSc(Hons) (University of Queensland)

Professional memberships and associations


  • 2006 - present: Chair - Funding Committee - Non-State Schools Accreditation Board
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)
  • Australasian Science Educators Research Association (ASERA)
  • European Science Educators Research Association (ESERA)

Teaching

Teaching areas

  • Primary and Secondary Science Curriculum
  • Gifted Education
  • Higher Education.
  • Research methodology

Experience

Publications

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/j.watters

Awards

Selected research projects

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.