Associate Professor Wendy Nielsen is a science educator with research interests in science teaching and learning, in particular, how educational technology can be used to support student learning and teachers teaching about science. Grounded in sociocultural theories of learning and multimodalities as means to produce and represent understanding, Dr Nielsen leads an ARC Discovery Project called “The Quality of Learning as Students Create Digital Explanations of Science”. The study is examining tertiary science learners’ production of these media products as artefacts of learning but also the pedagogy behind how instructors use this in assessing science learning. Further examinations will consider how creating a digital explanation helps these students develop communications knowledge and skill.
Other research interests include supervising teacher knowledge, preservice and in-service teacher education, doctoral pedagogy and mathematics education. Dr Nielsen has supervised HDR and Honours students in a range of areas including science teaching and learning, mathematics pedagogy in preservice teacher education, conceptual knowledge development, educational leadership, professional learning for teachers and environmental education.
Dr Nielsen has authored or co-authored over 50 journal publications and book chapters, including one edited book. As of April, 2018, her Google Scholar profile listed more than 825 citations and an h-index of 14, her SCOPUS h-index is 9, and her Web of Science h-index is 8. She completed masters and doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia and was a high school science and mathematics teacher in British Columbia and California prior to graduate studies. She has been a Faculty member at the University of Wollongong since 2009.
Year | Title |
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2020 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Education Strategic Research Fund |
2015 | Funding Scheme: Grant |
2012 - 2014 | Funding Scheme: Insight Development Grant |
2011 | Funding Scheme: Insight Development Grant |
2010 | Funding Scheme: Competitive Grants Program |
Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
Degree | Research Title | Advisee | |
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Doctor of Philosophy | Exploring semiosis in Australian tertiary students representation of science within a systemic functional linguistics framework | Turney, Annette | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Investigating the Impact of Mandatory Accreditation on New South Wales Teachers' Lives and Work | Hsu, Ching-Wen | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Investigating Online Social Interactions in Blended Learning Environments: A Case Study of a Saudi Arabian University | Alaraj, Saleh | |
Doctor of Philosophy | An exploration of the relationship between pre-service teachers' beliefs about Mathematics and their responses to students' mathematical error making | Sacco, Thalia | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Developing Nursing Students Knowledge in Breastfeeding | Bowdler, Suzy | |
Doctor of Education | Characteristics of Integrated primary STEM | Ciftci, Alper | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Investigating science teachers' perceptions, goals and challenges in delivering science lessons in COVID learning environments: A case study of Lebanese schools | Rajab, Rayane |
School of Education
University of Wollongong
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
Associate Professor Wendy Nielsen is a science educator with research interests in science teaching and learning, in particular, how educational technology can be used to support student learning and teachers teaching about science. Grounded in sociocultural theories of learning and multimodalities as means to produce and represent understanding, Dr Nielsen leads an ARC Discovery Project called “The Quality of Learning as Students Create Digital Explanations of Science”. The study is examining tertiary science learners’ production of these media products as artefacts of learning but also the pedagogy behind how instructors use this in assessing science learning. Further examinations will consider how creating a digital explanation helps these students develop communications knowledge and skill.
Other research interests include supervising teacher knowledge, preservice and in-service teacher education, doctoral pedagogy and mathematics education. Dr Nielsen has supervised HDR and Honours students in a range of areas including science teaching and learning, mathematics pedagogy in preservice teacher education, conceptual knowledge development, educational leadership, professional learning for teachers and environmental education.
Dr Nielsen has authored or co-authored over 50 journal publications and book chapters, including one edited book. As of April, 2018, her Google Scholar profile listed more than 825 citations and an h-index of 14, her SCOPUS h-index is 9, and her Web of Science h-index is 8. She completed masters and doctoral studies at the University of British Columbia and was a high school science and mathematics teacher in British Columbia and California prior to graduate studies. She has been a Faculty member at the University of Wollongong since 2009.
Year | Title |
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2020 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Education Strategic Research Fund |
2015 | Funding Scheme: Grant |
2012 - 2014 | Funding Scheme: Insight Development Grant |
2011 | Funding Scheme: Insight Development Grant |
2010 | Funding Scheme: Competitive Grants Program |
Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects |
Degree | Research Title | Advisee | |
---|---|---|---|
Doctor of Philosophy | Exploring semiosis in Australian tertiary students representation of science within a systemic functional linguistics framework | Turney, Annette | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Investigating the Impact of Mandatory Accreditation on New South Wales Teachers' Lives and Work | Hsu, Ching-Wen | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Investigating Online Social Interactions in Blended Learning Environments: A Case Study of a Saudi Arabian University | Alaraj, Saleh | |
Doctor of Philosophy | An exploration of the relationship between pre-service teachers' beliefs about Mathematics and their responses to students' mathematical error making | Sacco, Thalia | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Developing Nursing Students Knowledge in Breastfeeding | Bowdler, Suzy | |
Doctor of Education | Characteristics of Integrated primary STEM | Ciftci, Alper | |
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) | Investigating science teachers' perceptions, goals and challenges in delivering science lessons in COVID learning environments: A case study of Lebanese schools | Rajab, Rayane |
School of Education
University of Wollongong
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia