Dr Lisa O’Keeffe is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education in Education Futures at the University of South Australia, having also worked in the Irish and UK contexts. She has previously taught mathematics at both second and third level to a wide variety of students in both the Irish and UK contexts and has coordinated a successful national blended learning project for Professional Development of in-service teachers in Ireland. Her work has been recognised with national and university teaching and research awards, including a AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2021), and a MERGA Early Career Research Award in 2016.
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About me
Dr Lisa O’Keeffe is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education in Education Futures at the University of South Australia, having also worked in the Irish and UK contexts. She has previously taught mathematics at both second and third level to a wide variety of students in both the Irish and UK contexts and has coordinated a successful national blended learning project for Professional Development of in-service teachers in Ireland. Her work has been recognised with national and university teaching and research awards, including a AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2021), and a MERGA Early Career Research Award in 2016.
Lisa’s research is focused on ways we can better understand, and improve, the mathematical experiences of all students, both within and beyond the mathematics classroom and has two key themes: enhancing access to quality mathematical experiences and improving teacher practice in mathematics. She is currently working on three projects:
Dr. O’Keeffe has published in Mathematics education and teacher education journals and has presented her research internationally in several countries, including Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and South Korea.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Limerick
Graduate Certificate in Mathematics The Open University
Bachelor of Science University of Limerick
Mathematics Textbook Analysis, Pre-Service Teachers of Mathematics, Mathematical Language and Analysis, Numeracy
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Exploring Homework Policies and Practices, and their Impact on Family Life: An Institutional Ethnography in Three Countries, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 15/07/2024 - 30/11/2026
Sound Scaping: A preliminary exploration of noise and its impact on student learning in situ, Australian Acoustical Society - Education Grant, 01/12/2019 - 30/03/2022
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
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7
4
1
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| 2020 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
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17
11
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| Year | Output |
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| 2023 |
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| 2021 |
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1
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| 2020 |
2
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| 2012 |
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| Year | Output |
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| 2024 |
Open access
2
2
5
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| 2024 |
Open access
1
1
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| 2024 |
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| 2024 |
Open access
2
1
43
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| 2023 |
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| 2023 |
Open access
3
2
97
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2021 |
Open access
7
4
1
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| 2021 |
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| 2020 |
Open access
3
3
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| 2020 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
Open access
17
11
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| 2019 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2017 |
Open access
6
4
21
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| 2016 |
Open access
8
7
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| 2015 |
14
10
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| 2014 |
Open access
14
15
1
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| 2013 |
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| 2011 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2023 |
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| 2023 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2016 |
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| 2014 |
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| 2024 |
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| 2023 |
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| 2023 |
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| 2023 |
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| 2021 |
OKeeffe, L & White, B 2021, CESA-UniSA STEM Project, UniSA, Australia.
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2011 |
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Reports:
O’Keeffe, L. Barry, G., Colton, J., Farmer, L. & White, B. (2023). Researching learning spaces: A cross-disciplinary collaboration. Final Report. University of South Australia.
O’Keeffe, L., White, B., Zeegers, Y. & Leonard, S. (2021). CESA STEM Learning Initiative, school-based projects. Final Report, Catholic Education South Australia.
White, B. & O’Keeffe, L. (2019). Data Analysis and Evaluation of the Years 7 and 8 STEM Collaborative Inquiry Project. Final Report, Department of Education, South Australia.
Paige, K., Caldwell, D., Elliot, K., O’Keeffe, L., Osborne, S., Roetman, P., Lloyd, D. & Comber, B. (2018). Fresh water literacies: Transdisciplinary learning for place and eco justice, Final report, University of South Australia, Australia. ISBN: 10.13135/2384-8677/2773.5.
O’Halloran, K., Tan, S., Sheffield, R., Mallet, D., Aubusson, P., Berry, A. & O’Keeffe, L. (2018). Encouraging and mapping student engagement through 360-degree video annotation and data analytics. Final Report, Curtin University.
Research
Mathematics Textbook Analysis, Pre-Service Teachers of Mathematics, Mathematical Language and Analysis, Numeracy
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Catholic Education Office | AUSTRALIA |
| Catholic Education South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Department of Education | PHILIPPINES |
| Dublin Institute of Technology | IRELAND |
| Government of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Mount Burr Primary School | AUSTRALIA |
| Norwood International High School | AUSTRALIA |
| Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| South Australian Department of Education and Child Development | AUSTRALIA |
| St Francis Xavier University | CANADA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Bologna | ITALY |
| University of Limerick | IRELAND |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| WSP Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
2021 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student LearningAustralian Award for University Teaching |
2021 |
MemberMathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
2018 |
MemberMathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
2017 |
Early Career Research AwardMathematics Education Research Group Australasia |
2016 |
Early Career Research AwardMathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
2016 |
MemberNational Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning (NCE-MSTL) |
2016 |
MemberAdults Learning Mathematics (ALM) |
2016 |
MemberBritish Educational Research Association (BERA) |
2016 |
MemberMathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
2016 |
MemberMathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
2015 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Measuring students¿ mathematical resilience to inform teacher practice in the middle years | Current |
| Minding the gap: strategies for differentiating mathematics instruction in the middle years | Current |
| STEM Education: Teachers' Attitudes Towards Online Resources in Australian Classrooms and the Impact on Adolescent Girls' Motivation for STEM Education | Current |
| Teachers' engagement with numeracy across the curriculum | Current |
| Engaging primary children in citizen science: a practitioner inquiry into pedagogy that works | Completed |
| Just ask us: a study of middle-primary school teachers¿ mathematics pedagogy in rural South Australia | Completed |
| Promoting spatial reasoning in makerspaces: a design-based research project exploring the role of epistemic cognition in enriching teachers' pedagogical reasoning | Completed |
| Years 9 and 10 measurement and geometry: a comparative study of curriculum and proficiency levels in mathematics textbooks in South Australia and Singapore | Completed |
