Director, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato
My research interests straddle science, technology and STEM education across the school years, with a strong focus on innovative approaches to education in these disciplines. I am proud to be Director of the award-winning Science Learning Hub - Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao and Principal Investigator for On2Science: Multiple affordances for learning through participation in online citizen science. I was formerly Director of Education for the Centres for Asia-Pacific Excellence, including leading the development of teachapac.nz.
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