Adjunct Professor
Stephen Ritchie
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Professor Stephen Ritchie is now the Dean of Education at Murdoch University (s.ritchie@murdoch.edu.au). He continues to hold an adjunct appointment in the School of Curriculum. He has authored numerous research publications on topics related to- teaching and learning science in classrooms and laboratories
- teacher learning/change
- leadership dynamics within school science departments.
Current projects focus on
- writing for scientific literacy
- socioscientific issues
- emotions and identities of beginning science teachers in practice
- emotions in learning and teaching.
Steve was the Editor-in-Chief of Research in Science Education (2008-2012). Professor Ritchie was the coordinator (2010-2012) of the Professional Doctorate program in Education (EdD) at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
classroom transactions, curriculum leadership, emotions and professional identities, engaging learners, science education, scientific literacy, socio cultural studies, teacher learning, transforming practice, writing science
Discipline
Education Systems, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Specialist Studies in Education
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (James Cook Uni. of North Qld)
- MAppSc (Curtin University of Technology)
- BEd (Kelvin Grove C.A.E)
Teaching
- Science Education Curriculum Studies 1 (MDB031, MDP459)
- Doctor of Education (EDR701, EDR702/1, EDR702/2).
Selected publications
- Ritchie S, Tobin K, Sandhu M, Sandhu S, Henderson S, Roth W, (2013) Emotional arousal of beginning physics teachers during extended experimental investigations, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 50 (2), pp. 137-161.
- Tomas L, Ritchie S, Tones M, (2011) Attitudinal impact of hybridized writing about a socioscientific issue, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48 (8), pp. 878-900.
- Bellocchi A, Ritchie S, (2011) Investigating and theorizing discourse during analogy writing in chemistry, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48 (7), pp. 771-792.
- Ritchie S, Tobin K, Hudson P, Roth W, Mergard V, (2011) Reproducing successful rituals in bad times: Exploring emotional interactions of a new science teacher, Science Education, 95 (4), pp. 745-765.
- Roth W, Ritchie S, Hudson P, Mergard V, (2011) A study of laughter in science lessons, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48 (5), pp. 437-458.
- Ritchie S, Tomas L, Tones M, (2011) Writing stories to enhance scientific literacy, International Journal of Science Education, 33 (5), pp. 685-707.
- Ritchie S, (2009) The World of Science Education: Handbook of Research in Australasia, Sense Publishers.
- Ritchie S, (2007) Research collaboration: Relationships and praxis, Sense Publisher.
- Aubusson P, Harrison A, Ritchie S, (2006) Metaphors And Analogies In Science Education, Springer Press.
- Ritchie S, Tobin K, Roth W, Carambo C, (2007) Transforming an Academy through the Enactment of Collective Curriculum Leadership, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 39 (2), pp. 151-175.
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Stephen, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Research projects
- Title
- Eventful Learning in Quality Pre-service Science Teacher Education
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP120100369
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Science Teacher Education; Emotional Arousal; Emotional Climate; Eventful Learning; Classroom Interactions
- Title
- Emotional Learning in Socioscientific Issues for Enhancement of Scientific Literacy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP110200368
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Scientific literacy; Imaginative Engagement; Emotions and Emotional Climate; Socioscientific Issuse
- Title
- Emotional Transitions: Exploring Professional Transitions Of Science Teachers
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0984394
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Teacher education; Science teaching; Cultural historical activity theory; Identities; Emotions
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Professional Growth Through Working Together: A Study of Reciprocal Benefits For Teacher and Education Advisor Through Classroom-based Professional Development (2011)
- Merging Fact with Fiction: A Study of Year 9 Students' Developing Scientific Literacy through the Writing of Hybridised Scientific Narratives on a Socioscientific Issue (2010)
- Using concept mapping to scaffold learning for students who experience learning difficulties in science classes (2010)
- Learning in the Third Space: A Sociocultural Perspective on Learning with Analogies (2009)
- Teaching and Learning in a Context-Based Chemistry Classroom (2009)