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Associate Professor Karen Murcia

Associate Professor Karen Murcia

Associate Professor Karen Murcia

Associate Professor

Telephone: (61 8)  9370 6176  
Email: k.murcia@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML17.151  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD, Murdoch University, 2007 .
  • Master of Education, Murdoch University, 1998 .
  • Grad.Dip.in Education(Sec.), Western Australian Institute of Technology, 1986 .
  • Bachelor of Applied Sciences, Western Australian Institute of Technology, 1985 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Teachers' Implementation of AccessNano: A Case Study in Lower Secondary Science Classrooms,  Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research,  CRC - Grant(**),  2010,  $9,078.
  • Enhancing Classroom Discourse in Primary Science,  Edith Cowan University,  Grant - Industry Collaboration,  2009,  $48,439.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Hackling, M., Smith, P., Murcia, K., (2011), Enhancing classroom discourse in primary science: The puppets project. Teaching Science, 57(2), 18-25, Deakin, ACT.
  • Murcia, K., (2010), Multimodal representations in primary science: what's offered by interactive whiteboard technology. Teaching Science, 56(1), 23-29, Australia.
  • Hackling, M., Smith, P., Murcia, K., (2010), Talking science: Developing a discourse of inquiry. Teaching Science, 56(1), 17-22, Deakin, ACT, Australia.
  • Murcia, K., Haigh, Y., Norris, L., (2010), Learning from community service: Engaging Australia Tanzania Young Ambassadors with Sustainability. Issues in Educational Research, 20(3), 276-293, Australia.
  • Murcia, K., Sheffield, R., (2010), Talking about science in interactive whiteboard classrooms. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(4), 417-431, Australia.
  • Murcia, K., (2009), Re-thinking the development of scientific literacy through a rope metaphor. Research in Science Education, 39(2), 215-229, Australia, DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9081-1.
  • Murcia, K., McKenzie, S., (2009), Finding the way: Signposts in teachers' development of effective interactive whiteboard pedagogies. Australian Educational Computing, 24(1), 23-29, Frankston VIC.
  • Murcia, K., (2009), Science in the news: An evaluation of students' scientific literacy. Teaching Science, 55(3), 40-45, Deakin ACT.
  • Murcia, K., (2008), Teaching for Scientific Literacy with an Interactive Whiteboard. Teaching Science, 54(4), 17-21, Deakin ACT.
  • Murcia, K., (2008), Teaching Science Creatively: Engaging Primary Teacher Education Students With Interactive Whiteboard Technology. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 3(3), 46-52, Melbourne.
  • Murcia, K., (2007), Science for the 21st century: Teaching for scientific literacy in the primary classroom. Teaching Science, 53(2), 16-19, Australia.

Conference Publications

  • Murcia, K., (2009), Interactive pedagogies and improved learning outcomes: Are we there yet?. Interactive pedagogies and improved learning outcomes: Are we there yet?, online, Perth.
  • Murcia, K., (2009), Interactive Whiteboard Pedagogies in the Primary Science Classroom. Live it! Love it! Learn it! Curriculum conference 2009, 9p., Perth, Western Australia.
  • Murcia, K., (2009), Multimodal representations of science: What affordances are offered by interactive whiteboard technology. Multimodal representations of science: What affordances are offered by interactive whiteboard technology, 78, Singapore.
  • Sheffield, R., Murcia, K., (2009), Interactive whiteboard technology: What are teachers' beliefs and concerns about discourse in their classrooms. Interactive whiteboard technology: What are teachers' beliefs and concerns about discourse in their classrooms, 1842-1869, Singapore.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Education,  The Impact Of Student Created Slowmation On The Teaching And Learning Of Primary Science.