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Dr Amanda Berry

Job title: Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:  B.Ed. (Melb) M.Ed.St (Monash) Ph.D. (Monash)
 
Location:Clayton, building 6, room 330
Phone:+61 3 990 59118
 
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Fax:  +61 3 990 52779

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Teaching commitment

Research Interests

Science education, particularly biology education and conceptual change. Laboratory work in science education; pedagogical content knowledge; approaches to science teaching to facilitate students' meaningful understanding of science concepts. Self-study, teacher education, practicum and supervision and the professional development of teacher educators.

Professional Associations

  • AERA
  • ASERA
  • BERA
  • ISATT

Supervision

Evaluation of a program to enhance affective learning in junior secondary classes

Student teachers entering beliefs about science teaching

What's special about small schools? Study of a small school environment

Student attitudes towards science learning

Professional Learning of Science Teachers

Science Education for refugee students: Teachers perspectives

Understanding and Improving the Quality of Classroom Discussion: A self-study

Publications

Some recent publications

Books:

Berry, A.(2007). Tensions in teaching about teaching: Developing practice as a teacher educator. Dordrecht: Springer.

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A., & Mulhall, P. (2006). Understanding and Developing Science Teachers Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam. The Netherlands.

Edited books:

Berry, A., et al., (2008). Professional dilemmas: Cases of leading professional learning. Melbourne: DEECD.

Berry, A., Clemans, A., & Kostogriz, A. (Eds.)(2007). Dimensions of Professional Learning: Professionalism, practice and identity. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam. The Netherlands.

Chapters in Books:

Berry, A., & Crowe, A. (accepted, September, 2008). Many miles and many emails: Using email as a methodological tool in self-study to refine and reframe practice. (Invited chapter in M. Heston and D. Tidwell (Eds.); Self-study Methodology; Springer self-study series)

Van Driel, J., & Berry, A. (accepted, March, 2008). The Teacher Education Knowledge Base: Pedagogical Content Knowledge. (Invited chapter in, the International Encyclopedia of Education 3rd edition; B. Magaw, P.L. Peterson, E. Baker; (Eds.); Elsevier.)

Loughran, J., Berry, A., Mulhall, P., & Woolnough, J. (2006). Understanding and valuing the development of pedagogical knowledge in science teacher education. In I. Eilks & B. Ralle (Eds.), Towards Research-based Science Teacher Education (pp. 65 - 76). Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag.

Berry, A & Scheele, S. (2007). Professional Learning Together: Building teacher educator knowledge through collaborative research. In, A.Berry, A.Clemans, A.Kostogriz (Eds.). Dimensions of Professional Learning: Professionalism, practice and identity. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam. The Netherlands.

Crowe, A., & Berry, A. (2007). Teaching Prospective Teachers about Learning to Think like a Teacher: Articulating our Principles of Practice. In, T. Russell and J.Loughran (Eds.), Enacting a Pedagogy of Teacher Education: Values, Relationships and Practices.Routledge.

Berry, A; Loughran, J. & Muhall, P. (2006). Values associated with representing science teachers pedagogical content knowledge. In Corrigan,D., Dillon, J., & Gunstone,R. (Eds.), Values in Science Education, Dordrecht: Sense Publishers.

Berry, A. K. & Loughran, J. J. (2005). Teaching about teaching: the role of self-study. In Claudia Mitchell, Sandra Weber and Kathleen O'Reilly-Scanlon (Eds) Just Who Do We Think We Are? Methodologies for Autobiography and Self-Study in Teaching (pp. 168-180). London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Loughran, J. J, Berry, A. K. & Tudball, E. J. (2005). Developing a culture of critique in teacher education classes In Garry F Hoban, (Ed) The Missing Links in Teacher Education Design. Developing a Multi-linked Conceptual Framework (pp. 193-208). Dordrecht. The Netherlands: Springer.

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A., & Tudball, L. (2005). Collaborative Learning in Teaching about Teaching. In Kosnik et al (Eds.) Making a difference in teacher education through self-study: Studies of personal, professional, and program renewal. Dordrecht: Springer.

Berry, A. (2004). Self-study in Teaching about Teaching. In Loughran, J.J., Hamilton, M. L., LaBoskey, V & Russell, T (Eds.) International Handbook of Self-study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices. Dordrecht: Kluwer publishing.

Berry, A., & Loughran, J.J. (2004). Teaching about Teaching: the role of self-study. In Sandra Weber, Claudia Mitchell & Kathleen O'Reilly-Scanlon (Eds.) Just Who Do We Think We Are? Methodologies for Self-Study in Teacher Education. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Refereed Journal articles:

Berry, A. (2008). Reconceptualising Teacher Educator Knowledge as tensions: Exploring the tension between valuing and reconstructing experience. Studying Teacher Education.

Berry, A., Loughran, J., & van Driel., J., (2008). Revisiting the roots of Pedagogical Content Knowledge. International Journal of Science Education 30 (10), 1271 -1280.

Loughran, J., Mulhall, P., & Berry, A. (2008). Exploring Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Teacher Education: A Case Study. International Journal of Science Education. 30 (10), 1301 -1320.

Loughran, J., & Berry, A. (2005) Modelling by Teacher Educators. Teaching & Teacher Education. 21(2), 193-203.

Berry, A. (2004). Confidence and uncertainty in teaching about teaching. Australian Journal of Education, 48 (2), 149-166.

Berry, A. (2004). Making the private public: Giving preservice teachers access to their teacher educators thinking via an electronic journal. Didaktisk Tidskrift Nordic Journal of Teaching and Learning. 14:1,17-24.

Loughran, J.J., Mulhall, P., &. Berry, A. (2004). In Search of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science: developing ways of articulating and documenting professional practice. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 41: 4, pp.370-391.

Mulhall, P., Berry, A., & Loughran, J.J. (2003). Frameworks for representing science teachers pedagogical content knowledge. Asia Pacific Forum on Science Teaching and Learning. 4 (2), 1 25. http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v4_issue2/mulhall/

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A., Gunstone, R.F., & Mulhall, P. (2003). Teaching and testing about the nature of science: Problems in attempting to determine students perceptions. Asia Pacific Forum on Science Teaching and Learning. 4 (1), 1 19. http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v4_issue1/loughran/