Simon Leonard is an Associate Professor of STEM Education and the Professorial Lead for Industry Engagement and Career Development at UniSA: Education Futures. His research investigates the use of pragmatic adaptive leadership, and expansive models of teacher professional learning to enable the scalable and sustainable application of the science of learning in schools. Simon has been a CI on over 20 industry-linked research projects with a combined budget of over $9 million. His professional roles have included Head of School of Teacher Education, Academic Coordinator for Indigenous Higher Education Pathways, and Head of Senior School at a large regional secondary school.
Simon is a member of C3L — the Centre for Change and... Read more
About me
Simon Leonard is an Associate Professor of STEM Education and the Professorial Lead for Industry Engagement and Career Development at UniSA: Education Futures. His research investigates the use of pragmatic adaptive leadership, and expansive models of teacher professional learning to enable the scalable and sustainable application of the science of learning in schools. Simon has been a CI on over 20 industry-linked research projects with a combined budget of over $9 million. His professional roles have included Head of School of Teacher Education, Academic Coordinator for Indigenous Higher Education Pathways, and Head of Senior School at a large regional secondary school.
Simon is a member of C3L — the Centre for Change and Complexity of Learning.
About me
Date | Title |
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23/06/2023 |
Every school can be great - ABC Regional , https://www.abc.net.au/northandwest/programs/mornings/sa-mornings/102492750 |
16/06/2023 |
Thinking about a micro-credential - The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/thinking-about-a-microcredential-course-4-things-to-consider-first-207619 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Wollongong
Graduate Diploma of Education Charles Sturt University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
SA Academy for Gender Equity in STEM - Careers & Mentoring, DISER-National Careers Institute Partnership Grants, 02/05/2022 - 05/10/2023
National Careers Institute Partnership Grants Round 2, Cwth Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, 07/11/2021 - 07/08/2023
Investigating the impact of a multi-level multi-scale model of data informed professional learning to support whole-of-college change: An establishment project, Trinity College Gawler, 28/02/2020 - 28/02/2021
Excellence and Equity in Maths: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Achievement and Tertiary Aspirations in Mathematics, Cwth Dept of Education, Skills & Employment, 05/11/2014 - 31/05/2018
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 |
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2022 |
Open access
12
7
3
|
2021 |
Open access
9
6
|
2018 |
Open access
37
19
4
|
2016 |
11
9
1
|
2012 |
Open access
17
|
Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
1
|
2020 |
Open access
|
Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
2
|
2023 |
Open access
2
1
2
|
2023 |
Open access
6
|
2023 |
1
2
|
2023 |
Open access
4
4
|
2022 |
Open access
12
7
3
|
2022 |
1
1
4
|
2022 |
Open access
1
5
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2021 |
Open access
5
5
3
|
2021 |
Open access
|
2021 |
Open access
5
2
19
|
2021 |
Open access
9
6
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2019 |
Open access
|
2018 |
Open access
|
2018 |
Open access
37
19
4
|
2018 |
Open access
|
2017 |
Open access
|
2017 |
5
3
3
|
2017 |
Open access
|
2016 |
11
9
1
|
2016 |
Open access
7
3
|
2016 |
21
15
3
|
2015 |
14
10
1
|
2015 |
Open access
17
10
|
2014 |
Open access
16
16
|
2012 |
Open access
17
|
Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2019 |
Open access
|
2019 |
Open access
|
2017 |
Open access
|
2015 |
Open access
|
2010 |
Open access
|
Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
|
2021 |
Open access
|
2021 |
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2018 |
Open access
|
2017 |
|
2017 |
Open access
|
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Catholic Education South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Central Michigan University | UNITED STATES |
Charles Darwin University | AUSTRALIA |
Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Nuertingen-Geislingen University | GERMANY |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
Trinity College Gawler | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Bologna | ITALY |
University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
University of Connecticut | UNITED STATES |
University of Liverpool | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Turin | ITALY |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Editorial Board MemberEducational Design Research Journal |
2018 |
Invited 'Lezione Magistrale'University of Bologna |
2018 |
Keynote address4th Annual Conference on Education in Muslim Society, Jakarta, 25 October, 2018 |
2018 |
Annual John P. Keeves LectureSouth Australian Institute for Educational Research |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberEducational Design Research Journal |
2017 |
Invited lectureSocial Ventures Australia Thought Leaders Gathering |
2017 |
Keynote: Designing beyond S.T.E.M.: Public policy, public science and the learning sciencesAustralian Council for Education, Adelaide |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Association for Research in Education (AARE) |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberEducational Design Research Journal |
2016 |
Invited presentation: Public Science and the emergence of STEMSouthern Cross University |
2016 |
Educator in ResidenceQuestacon, the National Science and Technology Centre |
2015 |
Student Satisfaction Working PartyUniversity of Canberra |
2015 |
Academic Board MemberUniversity of Canberra |
2012 |
Committee MemberACT National Partnerships Teacher Education |
2012 |
Academic Board MemberUniversity of Canberra |
2011 |
Committee MemberACT National Partnerships Teacher Education |
2011 |
Curriculum Advisory CommitteeACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies |
2011 |
Member of AIATSISAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
2011 |
Research Advisory CommitteeAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) |
2011 |
Admissions CommitteeUniversity of Canberra |
2009 |
Program Steering CommitteeDepartment of Environment Indigenous Natural Resource Management, ACT Government |
2009 |
Admissions CommitteeUniversity of Canberra |
2008 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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A complexity approach to educational change: Expansive ethical systems and the Trinity Education Model | Current |
A complexity approach to educational change: Expansive ethical systems and the Trinity Education Model | Current |
Developing Creativity as a Key Industry 4 Competency | Current |
Exploring the influencers and influences on middle school students career self-efficacy: a theory of change approach | Current |
How can virtual reality be used to visualise, experience and enhance different learning processes and concepts in education settings such as; design thinking, and Maths and indegenous knowedge systems | Current |
STEM engagement in primary schools: the impact of problem context on critical and creative thinking | Current |
Student well-being: The development and evaluation of an individualised ultralight feedback system | Current |
The Networks, Associated Practices, and Value Creation of Social Learning Amongst Teachers Engaged in Practitioner Research | Current |
Promoting spatial reasoning in makerspaces: a design-based research project exploring the role of epistemic cognition in enriching teachers' pedagogical reasoning | Completed |