Dr Senka Henderson

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


Personal details

Positions

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

Keywords

Self-efficacy and classroom readiness, Science Pedagogy, Secondary Science Teacher Education, STEM Education, Context-based Learning, Emotions, Middle School Science, Science and Drama, Initial Teacher Education, Socioscientific Issues

Research field

Curriculum and pedagogy, Specialist studies in education

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

Qualifications

  • PhD (Central Queensland University)
  • Master of Science (Pharmacology) (University of Zagreb)
  • Graduate Diploma Education (Queensland University of Technology)
  • Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (University of Zagreb)

Professional memberships and associations

Queensland College of Teachers

Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Associate Fellow (Indigenous), Higher Education Academy

Science Teachers' Association of Queensland (STAQ)

Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA)

Teaching

Senka is currently teaching in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and Masters of Teaching (Secondary) courses.

She  has taught or is currently teaching the following units:

  • EUB235: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment: Junior Secondary Science
  • EUN123: Curriculum and Pedagogy: Junior Secondary Science
  • EUN241: Curriculum and Pedagogy: Senior Secondary Biology
  • EUN242: Curriculum and Pedagogy: Senior Secondary Chemistry
  • EUN243: Curriculum and Pedagogy: Senior Secondary Earth Science
  • EUN244: Curriculum and Pedagogy: Senior Secondary Physics
  • EUN245: Curriculum and Pedagogy: Senior Secondary Psychology
  • EUB107: Introduction to Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment (Secondary)
  • EUB224: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1: Science
  • EUB420: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment: Innovation
  • EUN120: Curriculum and Pedagogy 1: Foundation
  • EUN121: Curriculum and Pedagogy 2: Planning
  • EUN122: Curriculum and Pedagogy 3: Assessment
  • EUN221: Curriculum and Pedagogy 4: Senior A
  • EUN222: Curriculum and Pedagogy 5: Senior  B
  • EUN223: Curriculum and Pedagogy 6: Learning Project
  • EUZ636: Designing for Connected STEM Understanding

Experience

Publications

QUT ePrints

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/s10.henderson

Awards

Supervision

Current supervisions

  • The Way UP is THROUGH': Understanding the Philippine Science High School Learners' Transition to Top-tier STEM Universities
    Professional Doctorate, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor Hitendra Pillay
  • Exploring pedagogical approaches to develop early childhood students' knowledge of the nature of science
    Professional Doctorate, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor Reece Mills, Associate Professor Alberto Bellocchi
  • Parents' Choice of the Montessori Educational Approach to Early Childhood Education: A Comparative Study between Australia and Bhutan
    MPhil, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Rebecca English

The supervisions listed above are only a selection.