Projects per year
Personal profile
Supervision interests
STEM Education, Science teacher learning and development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Educator learning and development, Self-study of Teacher Education Practices, Teacher Research.
Research interests
Amanda's research focuses on teacher knowledge development and how that knowledge is shaped and refined throughout teachers' professional life span. In particular, Amanda's work is directed towards two significant educational issues: the preparation of high quality science teachers and the work and learning of university science teacher educators. Amanda has a strong international profile in the field of science teacher education and is considered a leading scholar in research on science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Amanda's work in PCK is highly cited and includes journal articles, Handbook chapters and books. She has been involved in many research projects focusing on innovations designed to address the quality of teacher professional learning and enhance science teaaching and learning in schools and universities.
Amanda is currently editor of the journal, Studying Teacher Education: A journal of self-study of teacher education practices, and Associate Editor of Research in Science Education.
Biography
Amanda is a former secondary science teacher whose interest in students' science learning and the relationship between teaching and learning led her into a career in academia. Amanda gained her Masters in Education at Monash University (1997) through a study of the developing pedagogy of four preservice science teachers. Her PhD, also completed at Monash University (2005), extended her investigation of teacher learning through a longitudinal study of her own professional knowledge development as a biology teacher educator. Her study conceptualised a network of tensions that influence teacher educators' learning about their practice. Her 'tensions' work has been taken up and applied in the work of educators internationally. Alongside studies of teacher educator professional knowledge development, Amanda has worked with colleagues at Monash University and internationally, investigating the specialised expertise of science teachers, using the construct of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). Through an extensive program of research, Amanda and her colleagues have developed specific tools for uncovering and representing science teachers' PCK that have been utilised by educators and researchers worldwide.
After her initial appointment at Monash University (1999 – 2011) as a lecturer in biology/science education and classroom practice, Amanda took up a position at ICLON Graduate School of Education at Leiden University, the Netherlands (2012 – 2015) where she continued her research in science teacher knowledge as well as leading the ICLON bilingual teacher education program (World Teacher Program). In 2016, she returned to Australia, taking up a position as Professor of Education at RMIT University. In November 2017, Amanda was appointed to the Faculty of Education at Monash University as Professor of STEM Education.
Research area keywords
- Science Teacher Education
- pedagogical content knowledge
- Teacher Education
- Teacher Professional Learning
- Self Study
- STEM education
- Professional Knowledge of Practice
- Transforming teaching and learning
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Projects
Engaging science students' hearts and minds: Researching science teachers' professional learning in the development of contemporary understandings of scientific literacy
Loughran, J., Berry, A., Corrigan, D., Keast, S. R. & Mitchell, I.
Catholic Education Melbourne, Australian Research Council (ARC)
19/03/09 → 25/12/11
Project: Research
National Centre for Pedagogy and National Clearinghouse for Educational Research Study
Loughran, J., Berry, A. & Clemans, A.
16/10/07 → 31/07/08
Project: Research
Renewal of Science Continuum Archive
Corrigan, D., Berry, A., Smith, K., Cooper, R. & Carpendale, J.
Department of Education and Training (VIC)
22/06/20 → 21/10/20
Project: Research
Elucidating practices to assist EAL learners to acquire specialised science vocabulary
Filipi, A., Berry, A., Nguyen, M. H., Kerwick, A. & Parlanti, S.
1/01/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Research Output
Signposts, profits, and pitfalls in teaching and learning self-study research: a conversation
Lunenberg, M., Berry, A., van den Bos, P., Geursen, J., Hagebeuk, E., de Heer, A., Radstake, J., van Rijswijk, M. & Tuithof, H., 2018, Teaching, Learning, and Enacting of Self-Study Methodology: Unraveling a Complex Interplay. Ritter, J. K., Lunenberg, M., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Samaras, A. P. & Vanassche, E. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 163-172 10 p. (Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices; vol. 19).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Taking a Long Hard Look at the Work of the Teacher Educator
Russell, T. & Berry, A., 2 Sep 2017, In : Studying Teacher Education. 13, 3, p. 239-240 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Learning to Be a Teacher Educator
Russell, T. & Berry, M., 2 Jan 2017, In : Studying Teacher Education. 13, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
Characterising integrated content-language pedagogies of global perspectives teachers in Dutch bilingual schools
van Kampen, E., Meirink, J., Admiraal, W. & Berry, A., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Language, Culture and Curriculum. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Demographic predictors of senior secondary participation in biology, physics, chemistry and earth/space sciences: students’ access to cultural, social and science capital
Cooper, G. & Berry, A., 2 Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Science Education. 42, 1, p. 151-166 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
Monash Research Accelerator Award
Berry, Amanda (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Research Excellence for an Early Career Researcher
Berry, Amanda (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
UnPaCKing Teachers knowledge: research traditions and trajectories from PCK and TPACK
John Loughran (Contributor), , Jan van Driel (Contributor), , Judith Harris (Contributor), , Amanda Berry (Contributor), , Michael Phillips (Contributor), & Rebecca Cooper (Contributor)
16 Nov 2017
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
Students with lower socio-economic status go to uni at a higher rate
Grant Cooper & Amanda Berry
8/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
LOW SES STATUS IS THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO STEM PARTICIPATION
27/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment