Research projects and grants
We're renowned for conducting innovative research projects and making a significant contribution to the educational outcomes and health and wellbeing of children, young people and adults from diverse backgrounds and circumstances.
Current externally funded projects
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Primary teachers' adaptive expertise in interdisciplinary maths and science
This project aims to improve theoretical and practical understandings of the nature and development of teachers’ adaptive expertise in interdisciplinary mathematics and science in primary education.
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Conceptual PlayLab
Fleer’s Conceptual PlayLab aims to test ground-breaking play-based models for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics to young children.
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Exploring problem-based learning in school-based STEM education
The aim of this project is to generate research-informed principles of practice for a Problem Based Learning (PBL) model of school-based Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) Education.
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Q Project
The Q Project is an Australian first study to investigate how research evidence is used in schools, and how to support educators to better use that evidence as part of their work.
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Leading Virtual Learning Teacher Course
This project is a world first in developing and implementing a curriculum diagnostic system based on the emerging psychometric field of Epistemic Network Analysis.
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Learning through languages: Plurilingual pedagogy in the English classroom
A small-scale professional learning and research project to guide teachers and schools to work with a plurilingual approach.
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Challenging Homophobia in Rugby Union
Research to examine homophobia within the context of the culture of rugby union.
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Informal sport as a health and social resource for diverse young people
This research investigates the contribution of informal sports participation to the well-being of diverse young people and considers how governments, sport and health agencies can support this participation.
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Australian teachers’ ethical dilemmas regarding climate change in the midst of ecological crisis
This project examines the ethical dilemmas teachers may encounter when teaching about climate change, and devise responses to those dilemmas.
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Setting up for success: reengaging young parents with education
A project to identify ways to provide education to young parents who have discontinued their formal education.
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A novel transformational model for school food education in Pacific coastal communities
This scoping study will inform the design of a novel model of community engaged food education in the Pacific.
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Islamic Schooling in Australia and Indonesia: A Collaborative Documentary Film
This project explores the similarities, differences, challenges, and educational successes of two Islamic schools, one in Melbourne, Australia and another in Semarang, Indonesia.
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Quasi-experimental research on Home Based Parenting Education Program
A project to assess the effectiveness of the Home Based Parenting Education Program in Nepal.
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Data-smart schools: enhancing the use of digital data in secondary schools
This project aims to investigate the use of digital data in schools to identify ways to improve its capture and use.
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Kids co-designing sustainable and healthy environments
A project to develop an online toolkit that local councils, early childhood centres, and/or schools can use to engage children and young people in co-designing healthy and sustainable environments.
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Family Violence Prevention in Victorian Muslim Communities
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Building Babies Brains (Bfor3) and Literacy Acquisition for Pre-Primary Students (LAPS) 2020 Project
A project to evaluate Bfor3 and LAPS programs, and to help design teacher professional learning program and classroom teaching approaches to facilitate implementation.
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M-cubed: Money, meaning and maths for learners with cognitive disability
Project to develop an assessment tool for evaluating the effectiveness of programs targeting money skills for learners with cognitive disability.
Completed projects
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Dynamic Leadership in Early Childhood
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School leadership amid the pandemic
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Zoos Victoria Fighting Extinction School Impact Project
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Dropping out or opting out? Examining girls and women’s participation in sport
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Parent Report Card Survey 2019-2020
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Getting Evidence Moving in Schools
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Respectful relationships in early childhood professional learning
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Vocational institutions, undergraduate degrees: distinction or inequality
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Researching Curriculum Renewal
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Evaluation of the Gender Equality in Victorian Sport and Recreation Program Design Principles
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High Impact Teaching Strategies (HITS) Resources Catalogue
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Mathematics and Fractions and Decimals Online Interviews Review
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Engaged Exchanges: Teaching and integrating inquiry learning in online environments
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Numeracy across the curriculum research project
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Mental Wellbeing in Community Sports Club - Healthway
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The internationalization of Australian Independent Schools: The influence of Confucian Heritage Culture on Pedagogy
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Evaluation of the Let's Count E-Learning Pilot Program for The Smith Family
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Extending Mathematical Understanding for all
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Teachers' knowledge and practice in developing students' multiplicative thinking in Years 3 & 4 2018
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Connected2Learning - Thinking Outside the Square
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Building an evidence-base for using Minecraft: Education Edition as an educational tool
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Developing Leadership Language in Education Leaders
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Developing a conflict resolution theoretical framework for principals, leaders, teachers and whole school staff
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Teacher knowledge and practice of geometry in Kindergarten to Year 6
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Turning inquiry experiences into robust learning: Exploring the potential of structured mathematics learning sequences
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External Evaluation of Explore Learning Sites Critical and Creative Thinking Collaborative Inquiry Project
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Teachers' knowledge and practice in developing students' multiplicative thinking in Years 3 & 4 2017
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Teachers' knowledge and practice in developing students' multiplicative thinking in Years 3 & 4 2016
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Numeracy@Home: Enhancing the capacity of parents to support the learning of their children
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Are Islamic Schools in Indonesia Educating for or Against Religious Extremism
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Pacific Indicators for Disability Inclusive Education (Pacific INDIE) project
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Using pedagogical reasoning to explicate expert practice that aligns with national teaching standards
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Pathways to work engagement, wellbeing and positive teaching among mid-career teachers: The role of personal and workplace resources
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An investigation into the relations between imaginary situations and scientific abstractions in preschool digital play
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Making a digital difference? An investigation of new technologies in secondary schools
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Affective imagination in science education: exploring the emotional nature of scientific and technological learning and engaging children and teachers
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Elite independent schools in globalising circumstances: a multi-sited global Ethnography
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Conceptual play: foregrounding imagination and cognition during concept formation in early years science education
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Peopling educational policy: realising the new Australian English and mathematics curricula