Dr Yvonne Zeegers

Adjunct Lecturer UniSA Education Futures

email Yvonne.Zeegers@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

teacher professional learning
student and teacher questioning

I am Program Director for MBET, the School of Education's Undergraduate Program (Early Childhood, Primary, and Primary-Middle Pre-service teachers).

I teach Science curriculum and Design and Technology curriculum courses for Pre-service teachers (PSTs) at the undergraduate and graduate entry level.

UniSA Education Futures

Focused on developing education professionals, UniSA Education Futures contributes to innovation in education practice through quality teaching, learning and research excellence.

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Research

Highlights

Teacher Professional Development

Science education

Teachers' and Students' Questioning skills

Education for Sustainability

Research

Outputs

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, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2023	Zeegers, Y, O'Keeffe, L & White, B 2023, 'Inquiry-based teaching and STEM education', in R Tierney, F Rizvi & K Ercikan (eds), International Encyclopedia of Education: Fourth Edition, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 96-102.
2011	Clark, I & Zeegers, Y 2011, 'Education for sustainable development: improving curriculum design in higher education', in P Roetman & C Daniels (eds), Creating sustainable communities in a changing world, Crawford House Publishing, Australia, pp. 225-232. Open access

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2019	Zeegers, Y & Elliott, K 2019, 'Who's asking the questions in classrooms? Exploring teacher practice and student engagement in generating engaging and intellectually challenging questions', Pedagogies: An International Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 17-32. Open access 8 6
2018	Panizzon, D, Geer, R, Paige, K, O'Keeffe, L, Schultz, L, Zeegers, Y & Brown, L 2018, 'Exploring the 'hard facts' around STEM in Australia: females, low socioeconomic status and absenteeism', International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 30-44. Open access
2017	Geer, R, White, BM, Zeegers, YP, Au, W & Barnes, A 2017, 'Emerging pedagogies for the use of iPads in schools', British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 490-498. Open access 46 42
2016	Paige, K, Zeegers, Y, Lloyd, D & Roetman, P 2016, 'Researching the effectiveness of a science professional learning programme using a proposed curriculum framework for schools: a case study', International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 149-175. 2 7
2015	Clark, IF & Zeegers, Y 2015, 'Challenging students' perceptions of sustainability using an Earth Systems Science approach', Journal of Geography in Higher Education, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 260-274. 17 15
2013	Zeegers, Y & Clark, IF 2013, 'Students' perceptions of education for sustainable development', International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 242-253. 82 70
2012	Paige, K, Lloyd, D, Zeegers, Y, Roetman, P, Daniels, C, Hoekman, B, Linnell, L, George, A-L & Szilassy, D 2012, 'Connecting teachers and students to the natural world through Operation Spider: an aspirations citizen science project', Teaching Science, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 13-20. Open access
2012	Zeegers, Y & McKinnon, H 2012, ''Does a spider have fur?' A teacher's journey in building the confidence to blend the English language learning of ESL students with inquiry-based science', Teaching Science, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 7-13. Open access
2012	Zeegers, Y 2012, 'Curriculum development for teacher education in the Southern Philippines: a simultaneous process of professional learning and syllabus enhancement', International Journal of Educational Development, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 201-213. 8 5
2012	Zeegers, Y, Paige, K, Lloyd, D & Roetman, P 2012, ''Operation Magpie': inspiring teachers' professional learning through environmental science', Australian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 27-41. Open access 9 5
2010	Paige, K, Lawes, H, Matejcic, P, Taylor, C, Stewart, V, Lloyd, DG, Zeegers, Y, Roetman, P & Daniels, C 2010, '"It felt like real science!" How Operation Magpie enriched my classroom', Teaching Science, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 25-33. Open access

Conferences

Year	Output
2013	Zeegers, Y & Clark, I 2013, 'Redesigning pedagogy to challenge students' perceptions of sustainability', HEA STEM: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2013: Where practice and pedagogy meet, Higher Education Academy, pp. 173-177. Open access
2008	Zeegers, YP 2008, 'Involving Stakeholders in the Development of a model for an Extended Practicum in the Philippines', in Tania Aspland, 2008 Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, Australian Teacher Education Association.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Catholic Education Office	AUSTRALIA
Department of Education and Children's Services	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
SA Department for Education and Child Development	AUSTRALIA
Scotch College	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Editorial Board Member Bukidnon State University	2018
Member South Australian Science Teachers Association	2018
Member Australasian Science Education Research Association	2018
Member Australian Science Teachers Association	2018
Member South Australian Science Teachers Association	2017
Member Australian Science Teachers Association	2017
Member Australasian Science Education Research Association	2017

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Science Curriculum

Design and Technology Curriculum

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Investigating teachers¿ experience of being ¿mobile smart¿ at the zoo to enhance conservation education	Completed
Learning to teach English in Philippine elementary schools: types of knowledge pre-service teachers need	Completed

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