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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

• Exploring Quality Primary Education in Different Cultures:A Cross National Study of Teaching and Learning in Primary Science Classrooms ,  Deakin University,  Grant - ARC - Discovery,  2011,  $57,553.
• 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)

Book Chapters

• Murcia, K., (2012), Integrating digital technologies into the contemporary science classroom. Issues and Challenges in Science Education Research: Moving Forward , 225-243, Dordrecht, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3980-2.

Journal Articles

• Masek, M., Murcia, K., Morrison, J., (2012), Getting serious with iPads: The intersection of game design and teaching principals. Australian Educational Computing, 27(2), 34-38, Frankston VIC.
• 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.
• Murcia, K., Sheffield, R., (2010), Talking about science in interactive whiteboard classrooms. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(4), 417-431, 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., (2009), Science in the news: An evaluation of students' scientific literacy. Teaching Science, 55(3), 40-45, Deakin ACT.
• 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., (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., (2008), Teaching for Scientific Literacy with an Interactive Whiteboard. Teaching Science, 54(4), 17-21, Deakin ACT.

Conference Publications

• Masek, M., Murcia, K., Morrison, J., Newhouse, P., Hackling, M., (2012), Learning in transformational computer games: Exploring design principles for a nanotechnology game. AARE 2012 Conference Proceedings & Program, 1-12, Sydney.
• 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.
• 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.

Research Student Supervision

Co-principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Enhancing Teachers' Knowledge For Using Multiple Representatives In Teaching Chemistry In Nigerian Senior Secondary Schools.

Associate Supervisor

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