Mr Greg Parry

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 2108  
Mobile: 0409 290 027  
Email: g.parry@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO2.376  

 

Availability

Mondays (PM) and Tuesdays (PM) - Joondalup office (2.376)
Friday - Mt Lawley (staff area building 10).

Current teaching:

  • Economics (ECF1110)
  • Economics for Planning and Development (ECF3602)
  • Business Economics (MBA5717)

Background

Greg Parry came to ECU in 1998 after 20 years as a secondary teacher and 4 years in the Curriculum Council of Western Australia. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Campus Director of Curtin University in Sydney and in 2011, he was an Academic Consultant in the Centre for Learning and Development (CLD) at ECU.

Responsibilities:

In Greg's current role he is the unit controller for Business Economics (MBA5717) and Economics for Planning and Development (ECF3602). 

Staff qualifications:

  • B. Ec (UWA) 
  • Dip. Ed. (UWA)
  • M. Ec (UWA)
  • M. Ed. Man. (UWA)

Professional memberships:

  • Economics Society of Australia; Economics Teachers’ Association of WA (life member)

Awards and recognition:

  • 2007 - Faculty of Business and Law Teaching Award

Research

Research interest:

My current areas of interest in research include Economics Education; small business economics and local area economic development.

Recent publications:

Books (commercial):

  • Parry, G., & Kemp, S.(2007). Pathways in Economics. Tactic Publications 6th ed.
  • Parry, G., & Kemp, S.(2008). Exploring Macroeconomics. Tactic Publications 8th ed.
  • Parry, G., & Kemp, S.(2011). Discovering Economics. Tactic Publications 2nd ed.
  • Parry, G., & Kemp, S.(2012). Investigating Macroeconomics. Tactic Publications 2nd ed.
  • Hakes, R., & Parry, G. (2000). Study Guide for Gans, Gans, King and Mankiw: Principles of Macroeconomics. 

Book chapters:

  • Parry, G., & Reynoldson, C. (2005) Creating an authentic learning environment in economics for MBA students. In Authentic Learning Environments in Higher Education (eds Herrington and Herrington). Hershey. Information Science Publishing. 

Conference papers:

  • Parry, G. (2011). Authentic, collaborative, active: a case study from a business strategy unit. Paper presented at Improving University Teaching Conference, Bieleveld University Germany. July 21-23.
  • Parry, G. (2011). Learning domains, authentic learning and creativity. Paper presented at Education in a Changing Environment Conference, University of Salford, UK. July 6-8.
  • Parry, G. (2011). Strategies for developing oral communication skills in the classroom. Paper presented at Teaching and Learning Conference, Edith Cowan University, February 1-2.
  • Parry, G. (2008). Business Edge. A transformative perspective. Paper presented at eCulture November 2008. Edith Cowan University.
  • Parry, G. (2007). E-Commerce and Innovation in a Club Environment: Improving Member Services in Australian Golf Clubs. Paper presented at the EBRF (Research Forum to Understand Business in Knowledge Society) conference, September 25 -27 University of Jyväskylä, Finland. 
  • Parry, G. (2003) Evaluating the use of the Web by print firms.4th International WeB Conference Perth 2003. 
  • Parry, G., Reynoldson, C. & Pospilsil, R. (2003). Creating a project-based online learning environment for MBA economics students. HERDSA Quality Conversations proceedings July 2002 p. 520-528.
  • Parry, G. (1999) Using knowledge of learning preferences to encourage active learning. Annual Teaching Economics Conference, University of Western Australia. June 1999.