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. Preparing young people to meet contemporary challenges requires an updating of the way we do teaching and learning in schools and universities. Not changing is not an option, but effective change requires teachers, students, educational leaders and policy makers to engage in educational problem solving that is creative and builds on the personal capacities of all involved. With this focus on future oriented learning, Simon is interested in innovative pedagogies including embodied... Read more
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. Preparing young people to meet contemporary challenges requires an updating of the way we do teaching and learning in schools and universities. Not changing is not an option, but effective change requires teachers, students, educational leaders and policy makers to engage in educational problem solving that is creative and builds on the personal capacities of all involved. With this focus on future oriented learning, Simon is interested in 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.
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 Industry, Science, Energy & Resources, 05/11/2014 - 31/05/2018
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
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2018 |
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9
3
4
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2016 |
4
4
1
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2014 |
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12
14
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2012 |
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10
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2020 |
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2019 |
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2018 |
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2018 |
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9
3
4
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2018 |
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2017 |
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2017 |
5
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2017 |
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2016 |
4
4
1
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2016 |
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5
2
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2016 |
7
7
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2015 |
10
8
1
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2015 |
Open access
10
8
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2014 |
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12
14
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2012 |
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10
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2020 |
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2019 |
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2019 |
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2015 |
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2010 |
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External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Central Michigan University | UNITED STATES |
Charles Darwin University | AUSTRALIA |
Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Nuertingen-Geislingen University | GERMANY |
Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
University of Bologna | ITALY |
University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
University of Liverpool | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
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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Designing and enacting transformational professional learning environments | 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 |
Meeting future innovative technology talent needs through collaborative team-based competitive playful learning a case study of the impact of the world robot olympiad | Current |
Professional design and development of principal preparation programs to ensure capability to undertake the increasing complexity of the role of a principal | Current |
STEM engagement in primary schools: the impact of problem context on critical and creative thinking | Current |