Buckley-Walker, Kellie Dr.
Lecturer
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Faculty of Social Science - School of Education
Overview
Research Overview
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Dr. Kellie Buckley-Walker’s area of interest is assessment in education, with a particular focus on classroom based assessment. Her experience as a classroom teacher and educator of pre-service teachers has increased her interest in how classroom teachers design, analyse and interpret classroom based assessment tasks and data. Specifically her research interests involve:
Data and assessment literacy
Teacher’s data analysis skills
Validity in classroom assessment
Teacher educationAs an Early Career Researcher she has been involved in a number of research projects including:
ARC Linkage grant entitled “Multiliteracy testing: a criterion-referenced tool to assess secondary students’ multiliteracy learning within a technology-rich, multimodal domain.”
Early Career Research grant through the faculty of social sciences entitled “Investigating the data literacy skills of in-service teachers”.
Higher Equity Participation and Partnership Program funded project entitled “Designing and implementing an evaluation framework for a ‘whole of institution’ approach to the ‘transition, retention, completion and transition out’ of equity cohorts”.
A self-funded research project entitled “Collaborative Practices in Assessment Design”
Available as Research Supervisor
Publications
Selected Publications
Presentations
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Presentation
- Investigating the data literacy skills of in-service teachers, Speaker, Australian Educational Researcher Association 2018
- Framing a model to assess multiliteracy, Speaker, Canadian International Conference on Education 2017
- The proof of the o-MLit is in the testing, Speaker, Excellence in Professional Practice 2015
- Experiences of caregiving and identity in family recovery, Speaker, 19th International Congress of Personal Construct Psychology 2011
- Experiences of Caregiving and self-discrepancy in carers/family recovery, Speaker, Creating Synergy Conference 2010
Funding
Other Research Activities
- ARC- Discovery Project - "How the 'learning lives' of professionals are changing with the digital evolution of work" Chief Investigator (3) 2020 -
- Collaborative practices in Assessment Design Co-investigator 2018 - 2020
- Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) - Designing and implementing an evaluation framework for a ‘whole of institution’ approach to the ‘transition, retention, completion and transition out’ of equity cohorts. Chief Investigator 2018 - 2020
- Faculty of Social Sciences Early Career Researcher Grant - Investigating the data literacy skills of in-service teachers Sole Investigator 2017 - 2019
Supervision
Available as Research Supervisor
Potential Supervision Topics
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Classroom-based assessment.
Data and/or Assessment Literacy
Validity of classroom based assessments
Teaching Activities
- Pemulwuy Learning Community Professional Development - Implementing Assessment for Learning Keynote speaker 2019
- Data Analysis in Schools Instructor 2016
Advisees
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Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) Self-determination behaviours of adolescent students with ASD in Saudi Arabia: A multiple case study Aba Alkhayl, Saleh
Service
Reviewer Of
- Australian Educational Researcher (Academic Article) 2019
- Australian Journal of Psychology (Academic Article) 2017
Contact Or Provider For Service
- Staff Development in Assessment practices Training Service
Background
Education And Training
- Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, School of Psychology, Exploring changes in identity in family recovery processes 2013
- Bachelor of Psychology in Psychology, Psychology 2007
- B.E. in Education, University of Wollongong, Education 1992
Awards And Honors
Teaching Overview
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Kellie has had 15 years teaching experience in NSW secondary schools. While teaching part-time she completed her Bachelor of Psychology and then left teaching to complete her PhD in Psychology. While completing her PhD she tutored in a variety of Undergraduate Psychology courses (including Quantitative methods in Psychology, Design and Analysis and Personality) and Post-graduate Education courses (including Behaviour & Learning and What is learning). Currently Kellie coordinators, lecturers and tutors in subjects in the Undergraduate Education and the Masters of Teaching, and Masters of Education programs – 'Foundations of Human Development and Behaviour'; ‘Assessment in the Secondary context’; and, 'Leadership of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment'. Currently, Kellie is the Academic Program Director for the Masters of Teaching (Primary) program.
Contact
Full Name
- Dr. Kellie Buckley-Walker
Mailing Address
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Northfields Ave
Building 67, room 327
Kieraville
NSW
2522
Australia
Geographic Location
Identity
Orcid Id
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4405-3345 (confirmed)
Overview
Research Areas
Research Overview
-
Dr. Kellie Buckley-Walker’s area of interest is assessment in education, with a particular focus on classroom based assessment. Her experience as a classroom teacher and educator of pre-service teachers has increased her interest in how classroom teachers design, analyse and interpret classroom based assessment tasks and data. Specifically her research interests involve:
Data and assessment literacy
Teacher’s data analysis skills
Validity in classroom assessment
Teacher educationAs an Early Career Researcher she has been involved in a number of research projects including:
ARC Linkage grant entitled “Multiliteracy testing: a criterion-referenced tool to assess secondary students’ multiliteracy learning within a technology-rich, multimodal domain.”
Early Career Research grant through the faculty of social sciences entitled “Investigating the data literacy skills of in-service teachers”.
Higher Equity Participation and Partnership Program funded project entitled “Designing and implementing an evaluation framework for a ‘whole of institution’ approach to the ‘transition, retention, completion and transition out’ of equity cohorts”.
A self-funded research project entitled “Collaborative Practices in Assessment Design”
Publications
Selected Publications
Presentations
-
Presentation
- Investigating the data literacy skills of in-service teachers, Speaker, Australian Educational Researcher Association 2018
- Framing a model to assess multiliteracy, Speaker, Canadian International Conference on Education 2017
- The proof of the o-MLit is in the testing, Speaker, Excellence in Professional Practice 2015
- Experiences of caregiving and identity in family recovery, Speaker, 19th International Congress of Personal Construct Psychology 2011
- Experiences of Caregiving and self-discrepancy in carers/family recovery, Speaker, Creating Synergy Conference 2010
Funding
Other Research Activities
- ARC- Discovery Project - "How the 'learning lives' of professionals are changing with the digital evolution of work" Chief Investigator (3) 2020 -
- Collaborative practices in Assessment Design Co-investigator 2018 - 2020
- Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) - Designing and implementing an evaluation framework for a ‘whole of institution’ approach to the ‘transition, retention, completion and transition out’ of equity cohorts. Chief Investigator 2018 - 2020
- Faculty of Social Sciences Early Career Researcher Grant - Investigating the data literacy skills of in-service teachers Sole Investigator 2017 - 2019
Supervision
Potential Supervision Topics
-
Classroom-based assessment.
Data and/or Assessment Literacy
Validity of classroom based assessments
Teaching Activities
- Pemulwuy Learning Community Professional Development - Implementing Assessment for Learning Keynote speaker 2019
- Data Analysis in Schools Instructor 2016
Advisees
-
Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) Self-determination behaviours of adolescent students with ASD in Saudi Arabia: A multiple case study Aba Alkhayl, Saleh
Service
Reviewer Of
- Australian Educational Researcher (Academic Article) 2019
- Australian Journal of Psychology (Academic Article) 2017
Contact Or Provider For Service
- Staff Development in Assessment practices Training Service
Background
Education And Training
- Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, School of Psychology, Exploring changes in identity in family recovery processes 2013
- Bachelor of Psychology in Psychology, Psychology 2007
- B.E. in Education, University of Wollongong, Education 1992
Awards And Honors
Teaching Overview
-
Kellie has had 15 years teaching experience in NSW secondary schools. While teaching part-time she completed her Bachelor of Psychology and then left teaching to complete her PhD in Psychology. While completing her PhD she tutored in a variety of Undergraduate Psychology courses (including Quantitative methods in Psychology, Design and Analysis and Personality) and Post-graduate Education courses (including Behaviour & Learning and What is learning). Currently Kellie coordinators, lecturers and tutors in subjects in the Undergraduate Education and the Masters of Teaching, and Masters of Education programs – 'Foundations of Human Development and Behaviour'; ‘Assessment in the Secondary context’; and, 'Leadership of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment'. Currently, Kellie is the Academic Program Director for the Masters of Teaching (Primary) program.
Contact
Full Name
- Dr. Kellie Buckley-Walker
Mailing Address
-
Northfields Ave
Building 67, room 327
Kieraville
NSW
2522
Australia
Geographic Location
Identity
Orcid Id
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4405-3345 (confirmed)
