20042024

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Personal profile

Biography

Mihye is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, specialising in innovative educational strategies that deepen students' understanding of scientific concepts and reasoning. Her research emphasises dialogic teaching and the integration of visual tools, including student-generated diagrams, immersive Virtual Reality, and generative AI, to create more engaging and effective science learning experiences.

Mihye has successfully led international, multidisciplinary research teams, funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), significantly contributing to advancing students' collaborative problem-solving and scientific thinking.

Her work supports not only students but also teachers, doctoral students, and early career researchers, fostering a research environment that is both supportive and growth-oriented.

Supervision interests

  • Enhancing students' scientific sense-making through explanatory diagrams
  • Designing and implementing collaborative VR experiences to visualise science concepts
  • Leveraging Gen-AI to support and enahnce science learning
  • Promoting students' conceptual understanding of science through dialogic teaching
  • Faciliating creative and critical thinking skills in science education 

Monash teaching commitment

  • EDF5127 Teaching secondary science (Chemistry)
  • EDF5137 Teaching secondary science (General Science)
  • EDF5610 Interacting with research in education context
  • EDF5611 Investigating education issues in global contexts
  • EDF5613 Research approaches in education
  • EDF5614 Research project in education

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education

Education/Academic qualification

Education, PhD, Issues in inquiry-based science education seen through Dewey’s theory of inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Award Date: 21 Dec 2009

External positions

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University

2024 → …

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Science Education (IJSE)

2023 → …

Advisory Board Member, Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP)

2023 → …

Research area keywords

  • Virtual Reality (VR)
  • Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Representation
  • Creative Pedagogies

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