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Dr Sandy Smith

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5374
Email: sandra.smith@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO8.404  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-7733

Sandy is a Lecturer and Home Economics Coordinator in the School of Education.

Currently teaching

  • EDU1010 - Becoming a Teacher (Home Economics tutorials)
  • CUR3211 - Integrating Curriculum with practice (Home Economics)
  • PPA4311 - Assistant Teacher Program (Home Economics)
  • CUR4210 - Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation (Home Economics)
  • CUR6210 - Curriculum Enrichment for the Major Secondary Specialisation (Home Economics)

Unit coordinator

  • HOS2500 - Food Service Management
  • CSC1175 - Textiles and Clothing 1
  • CSC3275 - Textiles and Clothing 2

Both teaching and coordinating:

  • HEE2312 - Home Economics Curriculum 1
  • HEE2313 - Home Economics Curriculum 2
  • HEE2113 - Food Knowledge and Appreciation
  • HEE6711 - Home Economics Education Specialisation
  • HEE6712 - Secondary Home Economics Education

Background

Sandy is the coordinator of Home Economics. She is passionate about Home Economics education, having extensive experience in both curriculum and teaching related to this subject, as well as associated Technologies units throughout Western Australia. Sandy has previously executed professional development sessions for teachers in Home Economics and Technologies Learning Areas for Schools, Sectors, Curriculum Council, HEIAWA and ECU, including metropolitan and regional areas of WA. She continues to do this at ECU, both on and off campus.

Sandy is a past president of the Home Economics Institute of Australia, WA (HEIAWA) division in 2020, and worked as an Executive member for HEIAWA for five years previously. Since 2016 she works with the King and Amy O’Malley Trust, and has often been the State Chair for WA.

Professional associations

  • Home Economics Institute of Australia, Western Australia, HEIAWA (Member)

Awards and recognition

  • 2021 - School of Education Research Award: Best collaboration across disciplines, joint winner with Dr Donna Barwood and Dr Julie Boston

Research areas and interests

Sandy is currently completing her PhD titled: Western Australian Home Economics Teachers’ perceptions of the function and relevance of Home Economics in the 21st Century: An exploratory study.

Her research centres on: Home Economics curriculum, pedagogy and teacher delivery in classrooms.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2024.
  • Master of Research Practice, Edith Cowan University, 2020.
  • Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TAFE WA, 2011.
  • Cert III in Commercial Cookery, TAFE WA, 1999.
  • Graduate Diploma of Education, Western Australian CAE, 1989.
  • Bachelor of Applied Science Home Economics, Curtin University of Technology, 1988.

Research Outputs

2023

Journal Articles

  • Miller, M., Barwood, D., Devine, A., Boston, J., Smith, S., Masek, M. (2023). Rethinking Adolescent School Nutrition Education Through a Food Systems Lens. Journal of School Health, 96(10), 891-899. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13351.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Miller, M., Barwood, D., Furfaro, M., Boston, J., Smith, S., Masek, M. (2021). Identifying Differences in Nutrition-Related Learning Interests of Adolescent Students. Journal of School Health, 91(4), 277-284. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12997.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Barwood, D., Smith, S., Miller, M., Boston, J., Masek, M., Devine, A. (2020). Transformational game trial in nutrition education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 45(4), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2020v45n4.2.

Research Projects

  • Transformational games: A way to engage adolescents in nutrition education? , Healthway (WA Health Promotion Foundation), Health Promotion Research - Exploratory Research Grants, 2016 ‑ 2018, $56,634.
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