Simon Leonard is UniSA's Associate Professor of STEM Education. His research focuses on understanding how the innovative approaches to teaching and learning needed in STEM — and other learning areas — can be adopted in sustainable and scalable ways. With a view to preparing young people to meet the contemporary challenges of a complex world, Simon’s research looks at how teachers and schools can better implement innovative pedagogies including embodied learning, experiential learning, computational thinking, blended learning and gamification.
Simon is a member of C3L — the Centre for Change and Complexity of Learning, which resarches human and artificial cognition and knowledge processes.
About me
Simon Leonard is UniSA's Associate Professor of STEM Education. His research focuses on understanding how the innovative approaches to teaching and learning needed in STEM — and other learning areas — can be adopted in sustainable and scalable ways. With a view to preparing young people to meet the contemporary challenges of a complex world, Simon’s research looks at how teachers and schools can better implement innovative pedagogies including embodied learning, experiential learning, computational thinking, blended learning and gamification.
Simon is a member of C3L — the Centre for Change and Complexity of Learning, which resarches human and artificial cognition and knowledge processes.
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 - 04/08/2023
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. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
5
5
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| 2018 |
Open access
21
9
4
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| 2016 |
8
8
1
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| 2014 |
Open access
13
15
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| 2012 |
Open access
13
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
1
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2021 |
1
1
3
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| 2021 |
Open access
5
4
2
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| 2021 |
Open access
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| 2021 |
Open access
2
2
18
|
| 2021 |
Open access
5
5
|
| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
21
9
4
|
| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
3
3
5
|
| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2016 |
8
8
1
|
| 2016 |
Open access
6
2
|
| 2016 |
15
12
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| 2015 |
11
9
1
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| 2015 |
Open access
14
10
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| 2014 |
Open access
13
15
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| 2012 |
Open access
13
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
Open access
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| 2010 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
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| 2021 |
Open access
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| 2021 |
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| 2020 |
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| 2018 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2017 |
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External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian National University | 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 |
|---|---|
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 |
|---|---|
| Developing Creativity as a Key Industry 4 Competency | Current |
| Developing Creativity as a Key Industry 4 Competency | Current |
| Developing transformative competencies through middle school career awareness programs | Current |
| Exploring the impact of the Personal and Social Responsibility pedagogical model on the development of physical literacy and positive self-efficacy in physical education | 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 |
| Improving geometry: The potential of digital technology in enhancing the enactment of the mathematics proficiencies | Current |
| STEM engagement in primary schools: the impact of problem context on critical and creative thinking | Current |
| Student wellbeing through artificial intelligence | Current |
| The Networks, Associated Practices, and Value Creation of Social Learning Amongst Teachers Engaged in Practitioner Research | Current |
| Understanding the impact of improved self-regulation on self-efficacy in mathematics and science | Current |
