Associate Professor
Bronwyn Ewing
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Biography
I am an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the QUT School of Teacher Education and Leadership, course coordinator for the Masters of Teaching (Primary) program and Leader of the STEM Education Research Group operationalised through the Faculty of Education. I mentor Higher Degree Research students through the following specialisations:- Social justice and mathematics education
- Youth Justice, education and disability
- Special education, technology and mathematics education
- Culturally responsive pedagogy and mathematics education
- Indigenous Education Policy
Research interests: Problems of education failure for low socio-economic, Indigenous and special needs children and young people.
I study the problem of education failure with a specific focus on pedagogy and mathematics. I use a transdisciplinary frame of study for my work and anchor most of it in theoretical approaches that emphasise pedagogical, contextual and multi-sensory influences on individual learning. I often use mixed-method designs and am most intrigued by studies that lend themselves to application in real and lived settings of the population at hand. My research falls into several broad categories:
- Unlocking the learning potential of incarcerated low SES and Indigenous young people
- Multi-sensory and multi-representational teaching and learning in special schools in Queensland
- Learning Together: Bringing prisoners and students together for peer learning about crime and justice
Challenges to learning can be encountered in pedagogy and contextual factors. Current topics include:
- Pedagogical influences on students marginalised from mathematics learning
- Multi-sensory learning for students with intellectual disability
- Teaching mathematics using virtual reality and drones
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Keywords
Juvenile Justice Education, Mathematics Education, Special Education, STEM Education
Discipline
Education Systems, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Other Education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University)
- BTch(Hons) (Southern Cross University)
- BTch (Southern Cross University)
Teaching
QUT, School of Teacher Education and Leadership
- Leader STEM Education Research
- Course Governance Committee Member
- Course Coordinator: Master of Teaching (Primary)
- Coordinator EUB111: Primary Mathematics Curriculum Studies 1 (ED49 1st Year) UG
- Coordinator EUB002: Numeracy and examining barriers for learners. (ED 39, 49, 59) UG
- Coordinator EUN202 Mathematics and Numeracy 2 PG
Experience
For over 10 years, I have worked closely with organisations in the public, private and community sectors on a range of collaborative research projects which progress mathematics education and social justice for children, young people and adults in a range of contexts. I am working with the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women, Queensland and the Department of Education Training Queensland on a project which addresses the mathematics learning needs of young people in youth detention to unlock and improve their learning potential. This research builds on earlier industry grants that investigated primary and secondary teachers’ mathematics pedagogy. Another current research project with the Department of Education and Training Queensland involves strengthening teachers’ pedagogy to improve mathematics learning of students with intellectual disability. This project also builds on previous projects that focused on the teaching and learning of mathematics in special schools in Queensland. I consulted and worked with the Department of Education and Training Queensland on the development of the “How to Teach Mathematics” web resource which provides training and support resources for beginning and experienced teachers. I have conducted national and international seminars about mathematics education, teaching and learning including Education Queensland, Department of Education and Training Queensland, Department of Education and Training Victoria, the Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland. I am Academic Chair for the International Center for Research Development (Sri Lanka) Asia-Pacific Conference on Education, Teaching & Technology.
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Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Bronwyn, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- I was on the STEM International Committee for this conference which was successfully held at QUT in November 2018. This year I have been nominated to be on the STEM International Committee for UBC in Canada.
- Type
- Assessor, Examiner or Supervisor Role
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- I have assessed Discovery and DECRA projects because of my demonstrated expertise in mathematics education in mainstream and special schools.
- Type
- International Collaboration
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia is a leading Queensland university and is a national leader in collaborative industry research and teaching. Greenwich Public Schools ( GPS), Greenwich, CT, USA is a K-12 public school district dedicated to excellence and committed to preparing students to function effectively in an interdependent global community. QUT and GPS wish to enter into a relationship to:¿explore research and/or collaboration in the areas of mathematics education and personalised learning;¿explore opportunities for international exchange for QUT academic staff and GPS teachers (e.g. through a Fulbright Scholarship); and ¿explore international teaching opportunities for pre-service teachers.The parties have entered into this Letter of Intent to promote and facilitate the establishment of such a relationship. The parties will ensure the above collaboration complies with all the appropriate regulations of the participating
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- I was invited to present key findings from ARC Indigenous Discovery project IN150100045: Unlocking the learning potential of incarcerated and low SES young people. The reason being is that currently there are 8 schools for young people who are disengaged from education across Queensland and 5 new schools are currently being built for this purpose. This invitation has set up an ongoing relationship with ISQ and involves these specific schools.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- I was asked to give a keynote on Mathematics teaching and learning in Special Education 25-26 January 2018 at KASETSART UNIVERSITY, Bangkok, ThailandThis presentation emerged from my research study: Project number: 2017001108 - Building and sustaining successful learners of mathematics in Special Schools in Queensland: Enhancing maths teachers' pedagogy with Pine Rivers Special School.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Invited keynote at Eduteach Conference at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada because of the significance of the research with special schools, mathematics teaching and learning.
Research projects
- Title
- Unlocking the Learning Potential of Incarcerated and Low SES Young People
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- IN150100045
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Indigenous; Education; Incarcerated; Mathematics; Pedagogy; Numeracy; Indigenous Youth; Low SES Youth
- Title
- Skilling Indigenous Australia: Effective Numeracy Learning For Employment By Regional And Remote Indigenous Students In Vocational Education And Training Courses
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0989663
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Indigenous; Mathematics; Vocational Education and Training; Postsecondary Education; Indigenous Empowerment; Numeracy
Supervision
Current supervisions
- The Collective Impact of Closing the Gap
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Grace Sarra, Professor Benno Torgler - A STUDY OF STEM SUPPORT FOR LEARNING PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Chrystal Whiteford - The maths pipeline: From school to home An exploration of parental engagement in their childrens mathematics education at home during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Grace Sarra, Dr Chrystal Whiteford - How well do adolescent, illiterate refugee students perform in mathematics?
Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Karen Dooley, Dr Chrystal Whiteford - Two-Way Dialogue on Akatyerr (Desert Raisin) in a Female Indigenous Middle Years Class: Towards Cultural Inclusivity in Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogic Practice
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Chrystal Whiteford - Drones as interactive tools for students with intellectual disabilities (ID): Their effect on student achievement in geometry
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Chrystal Whiteford - School-based coaching: examining literacy learning for secondary mathematics teachers.
Masters by Research, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Deborah Henderson, Dr Lisa van Leent
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Addressing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Education: A Critical Analysis of Indigenous Education Policy (2018)
- Literacy in Mathematics in Preservice Education (2016)
- Two-Way Strong: A Study of Vertebrates Using Queensland Indigenous Knowledges and Montessori Linnaean Materials to Engage Indigenous Secondary School Students (2015)
- How is Leadership Understood and Enacted within the Field of Early Childhood Education and Care? (2006)