School of Education

Lecturer

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2016.
• Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration, Curtin University of Technology, 2002.
• Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education), Curtin University of Technology, 1998.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Towards ensuring a STEM workforce: Engaging industry to inspire and foster real‐world STEM teacher learning,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration Scheme - 2016 Open Round,  2016 - 2017,  $136,805.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Slater, E., Burton, K., McKillop, D., (2020), Reasons for home educating in Australia: who and why?. Educational Review, 2020(article in press), 1-19, DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2020.1728232.
• Slater, E., Main, S., (2020), A measure of classroom management: Validation of a pre-service teacher self-efficacy scale. Journal of Education for Teaching, NA(NA), 16, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2020.1770579.
• Salimpour, S., Bartlett, S., Fitzgerald, M., McKinnon, D., Cutts, R., James, R., Miller, S., Danaia, L., Hollow, RP., Cabezon, S., Faye, M., Tomita, A., Max, C., De Korte, M., Baudouin, C., Birkenbauma, D., Kallery, M., Anjos, S., Wu, Q., Chu, H., Slater, E., Ortiz-Gil, A., (2020), The gateway science: A review of astronomy in the OECD school curricula, including China and South Africa. Research in Science Education, 2020(Article in press), 1-22, Netherlands, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11165-020-09922-0.
• Chubko, N., Morris, J., McKinnon, D., Slater, E., Lummis, G., (2020), Digital storytelling as a disciplinary literacy enhancement tool for EFL students. Educational Technology Research and Development, xx(xx), xx, Unites States, DOI: 10.1007/s11423-020-09833-x.
• Chubko, N., Morris, J., McKinnon, D., Slater, E., Lummis, G., (2019), SOLO taxonomy as EFL students' disciplinary literacy evaluation tool in technology-enhanced integrated astronomy course. Language Testing in Asia, 9(1), Article no.19, DOI: 10.1186/s40468-019-0095-6.
• Morris, J., Slater, E., Fitzgerald, M., Lummis, G., Van Etten, E., (2019), Using local rural knowledge to enhance STEM learning for gifted and talented students in Australia. Research in Science Education, 2019(article in press), 1-19, Netherlands, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11165-019-9823-2.
• Chubko, N., Morris, J., McKinnon, D., Slater, E., Lummis, G., (2019), Engaging adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL students in digital storytelling projects about astronomy. Issues in Educational Research, 29(4), 1107-1130.
• Slater, E., (2018), The identification of gifted children in Australia: The importance of policy. TalentEd, 30(1), 16p., Australia, University of New England.
• Slater, E., Howitt, C., (2018), Teacher perceptions of a pilot process for identifying intellectually gifted 6- and 7-year-old children in the classroom. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 27(1), 5-20, Sydney, Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented , DOI: 10.21505/ajge.2018.0002.
• Slater, E., Morris, J., McKinnon, D., (2018), Astronomy alternative conceptions in pre-adolescent students in Western Australia. International Journal of Science Education, 40(17), 2158-2180, United Kingdom, Routledge, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1522014.

Conference Publications

• Salimpour, S., Bartlett, S., Fitzgerald, M., Cutts, R., James, CR., Miller, S., Danaia, L., Cabezon, S., Faye, M., Baudouin, C., Birkenbauma, D., Anjos, S., Wu, Q., Slater, E., (2018), Robotic Telescopes and Student Research in the School Curriculum around the OECD countries., 33-40.

Research Student Supervision

Assistant Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Digital storytelling as an astronomy disciplinary literacy enhancement approach for adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL students
• Doctor of Philosophy,  The use of ICT by science teachers in middle secondary science education in the himalayan kingdom of bhutan