Dr Stephen Keast - Researcher Profile

Biography

Stephen is an experienced science teacher educator working in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia for the past 8 years. His research interests include; self-study, teachers researching their own practice, articulating teacher educators pedagogical knowledge, quality science teaching, understanding teachers’ views of scientific literacy and values in science. He teaches in science teacher education and focuses on researching his own practice in ways that informs his practice for the benefit of his preservice teachers. Stephen is also interested in the professional learning of science teachers and works in professional development programs to improve science teaching in Australia using the knowledge gained from his research interests.

Research & Supervision Interests

Research interests include, pedagogy of teacher education, teacher professional wisdom, teacher research, science teaching, Slowmation and ICT in the classroom.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2011

BSC

Institution: La Trobe University

Year awarded: 2005

GRAD DIP ED

Institution: La Trobe University

Year awarded: 2005

MED (RES)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Books

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A.K., Brandenburg, R.T., Clemans, A., Keast, S., Parr, G.B., Riley, P.J., Robb, D., Tudball, E.J. (eds), 2010, Leading professional learning: A case book of practice, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S. (eds), 2010, Looking into Practice. Cases of Science Teachers' Professional Growth. Volume Two., Monash University and The Catholic Education Office, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Clemens, A., Berry, A.K., Blaise, M., Keast, S., Loughran, J.J., Parr, G.B., Riley, P.J., Robb, D. (eds), 2009, Leading Professional Learning: Willing to Lead, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S. (eds), 2009, Looking into Practice. Cases of Science Teachers' Professional Growth, Catholic Education Office and Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne.

Forgasz, H., Barkatsas, A., Bishop, A.J., Clarke, B.A., Keast, S., Seah, W.T., Sullivan, P.A. (eds), 2008, Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia, Sense Publishers, The Netherlands.

Book Chapters

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2012, Articulating our values to develop our pedagogy of science teacher education, in Self-Studies of Science Teacher Education Practices, eds Shawn M. Bullock and Tom Russell, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 65-83.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2011, Developing the knowledge base of preservice science teachers: Starting the path towards expertise using slowmation, in The Professional Knowledge Base of Science Teaching, eds Deborah Corrigan, Justin Dillon and Richard Gunstone, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 259-277.

Loughran, J., Berry, A., Clemans, A., Keast, S., Miranda, B., Parr, G., Riley, P., Tudball, E., 2011, Exploring the nature of teachers' professional learning, in Navigating in Educational Contexts: Identities and Cultures in Dialogue, eds Anneli Lauriala, Raimo Rajala, Heli Ruokamo and Outi Ylitapio-Mantyla, Sense, Rotterdam, pp. 93-102.

Keast, S., 2010, Introduction to this volume: Looking into practice, sharing professional wisdom, in Looking into Practice. Cases of Science Teachers' Professional Growth, eds Amanda Berry and Stephen Keast, Monash University and The Catholic Education Office, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-3.

Keast, S., 2010, Section 2: Creating time for thinking and for teaching, in Looking into Practice. Cases of Science Teachers' Professional Growth, eds Amanda Berry and Stephen Keast, Monash University and The Catholic Education Office, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 24-25.

Keast, S., Berry, A.K., 2009, Looking into practice, sharing professional wisdom: Introduction to this volume, in Looking into Practice. Cases of Science Teachers' Professional Growth. Volume 1, eds Amanda Berry and Stephen Keast, Catholic Education Office and Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 5-7.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2009, Section 6: Working from Student Ideas, in Looking into Practice. Cases of Science Teachers' Professional Growth, eds Amanda Berry and Stephen Keast, Catholic Education Office and Faculty of Education, Monash, Melbourne, pp. 107-108.

Forgasz, H., Barkatsas, A., Bishop, A.J., Clarke, B.A., Keast, S., Seah, W.T., Sullivan, P.A., 2008, Review of mathematics education research in Australasia 2004-2007, in Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2004-2007, eds Helen Forgasz, Anastasios Barkatsas, Alan Bishop, Barbara Clarke, Stephen Keast, Wee Tiong Seah, Peter Sullivan, Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 1-7.

Keast, S., 2007, Risk taking, in Looking into Practice. Cases of Science Teaching and Learning. Volume 2, eds John Loughran, Amanda Berry, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 113-115.

Keast, S., 2006, Mentoring through cases, in Looking Into Practice - Cases of Science Teaching and Learning, eds John Loughran, Amanda Berry, Faculty of Education, Monash University and the Catholic Education Office - Archdiocese of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 93-96.

Keast, S., Loughran, J., Mitchell, I., 1999, Science teaching and learning 1, in Science extended professional development and research project, Victoria. Department of Education, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Journal Articles

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A.K., Cooper, R., Keast, S., Hoban, G., 2012, Foreword: Preservice teachers learning about teaching for conceptual change through slowmation, Asia Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching [P], vol 13, issue 1, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po Hong Kong, pp. 1-28.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, Doing the opposite leads to success, Teacher [P], vol March, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 28-29.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, Independent learners, Teacher [P], vol April, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 22-23.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, Linking for learning, Teacher [P], vol May, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, p. 22.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, Make the links, Teacher [P], vol August, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 20-21.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, One step backward, two steps forward, Teacher [P], vol October, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 20-21.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., Berry, A., Loughran, J., Hoban, G., 2010, Slowmation as a pedagogical scaffolding for improving science teaching and learning, Brunei International Journal of Science and Mathematics, vol 2, issue 1, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei, pp. 1-15.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, Teaching, and really teaching, Teacher [P], vol September, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 24-25.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, What is it that teachers know?, Teacher [P], vol November, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 18-19.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2010, Who is science for?, Teacher [P], vol July, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 24-25.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2009, Animated, Teacher [P], issue December, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 48-49.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2009, Another string to your bow, Teacher [P], vol December, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 18-19.

Cooper, R., Keast, S., 2009, Beyond belief: developing science teacher education, Issues [P], vol September, Control Publications Pty Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 44-47.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2009, Critical incidents, Teacher [P], issue March, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 40-41.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2009, Fishing for the right answers, Teacher [P], issue January/February, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 42-43.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2009, Less control = better learning?, Teacher [P], issue May, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 42-43.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2009, Less is more?, Teacher [P], vol October, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 18-19.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2009, Planning to learn, Teacher [P], issue April, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 42-43.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2009, Risk: not so very hard, after all, Teacher [P], vol November, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 20-21.

Keast, S., Cooper, R., 2009, Thinking about thinking, Teacher [P], vol Jan/Feb, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 22-23.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2008, A double bonus, Teacher, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 36-39.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2008, Confronting your demons, Teacher, issue 193, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 50-51.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2008, Reflect and learn, Teacher, issue 190, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 36-37.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2008, Reframing practice, Teacher, issue 194, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 39-41.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2008, Risky business, Teacher, issue 192, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 40-41.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2008, Salt and purpose, Teacher, issue 195, ACER, Camberwell Vic Australia, pp. 38-39.

Berry, A.K., Keast, S., 2008, The tangles of teaching, Teacher, issue 196, ACER, Camberwell, Vic Australia, pp. 40-41.

Conference Proceedings

Corrigan, D., Cooper, R., Keast, S., 2010, Expert science teachers notions of scientific literacy, Proceedings of ASERA 2010, Australasian Science Education Research Association, Australia, p. 32.

Corrigan, D., Cooper, R., Keast, S., King, D., 2010, Expert teachers notions of scientific literacy, Proceedings of the STEM in Education Conference 2010, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Education, Australia, p. 26.

Cooper, R., Keast, S., 2010, Science education: On course with our course, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 19-22 January 2010, SMTE, Taiwan, p. 78.

Cooper, R., Keast, S., 2008, Linking the goals of teacher education with the challenges of teaching preservice teachers, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Self-Study of Teacher Education Practice, 3 August 2008 to August 2008, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls USA, pp. 77-81.

Keast, S., Berry, A.K., 2008, What can science learning and teaching look like when you work from students' prior ideas and beliefs?, Proceedings of the XIII IOSTE Symposium on the use of science and technology education for peace and sustainable development, 21-26 September 2008, Palme publications and bookshop, Sihhiye-Ankara, Turkey, pp. 140-145.

Claes, J., Keast, S., 2005, "I don't understand this gibberish!" charting, through teacher research, parallel teacher/student progress toward long-term learner success, AARE 2004 Conference Papers, 29 November 2004 to 2 December 2004, AARE, http:www.aare.edu.au/confpap.htm, pp. 1-12.

Joseph, D., Keast, S., 2005, Professional development: The singing ear sees and does, Australian Society for Music Education Inc. XV National Conference Proceedings, 3 July 2005 to 7 July 2005, Australian Society for Music Education, Parkville Vic Australia, pp. 134-140.

Keast, S., 2003, Julia's journey: teacher research in the primary mathematics classroom, Innovating, Networking, Opportunity: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Assocation of Australasia, 06/07/2003 - 10/07/2003, MERGA, Australia, pp. 468-475.

Keast, S., 2001, Identifying testable teacher beliefs through teacher-led professional development, Numeracy and Beyond, 30/06/2001 - 04/07/2001, MERGA, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Wilson, C.S., Flack, J., Osler, J., Daly, S., Keast, S., 1999, A drover's dog could have taught me maths, Mathematics across the ages, Monash University, Melbourne 2 - 3/12/99, Mathematical Association of Victoria, Brunswick Vic Australia, pp. 41-45.

Keast, S., 1999, Learning Styles in Mathematics Classrooms, International conference on mathematics education into the 21st century: societal challenges, issues and approaches, Cairo, Egypt, 14-18/11/99, Third World Forum, Egypt, pp. 52-58.

Keast, S., 1999, Learning styles in secondary mathematics classrooms, Making the Difference, Adelaide, Australia, 4 - 7 July, MERGA, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 291-297.

Keast, S., 1998, Gender Issues and Single-sex Maths Classes, Mathematics Exploring All Angles, Melbourne, 3 - 4th Dec 1998, Mathemaatics Association of Victoria, Brunswick: Australia, pp. 220-229.

Other

Mitchell, I.J., Lancaster, G.R., Bull, L., Berry, A.K., Corrigan, D.J., Gunstone, R.F., Keast, S., Loughran, J.J., 2006, Engaging Students in Secondary Science. An ASISTM Project 2006, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton Victoria.

Keast, S., 2004, Turning alienation into involvement, Presented at the PEEL Conference, 19/08/04 to 20/08/04, Melbourne VIC, PEEL Publishing.

Keast, S., 1998, The effectiveness of single sex mathematics at Murtoa Secondary College.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

An analysis of video stories as a means of sharing teacher knowledge and practice..

Supervisors:

Loughran, J (Main), Keast, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Apple iPad 2 in science classrooms.

Supervisors:

Keast, S (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Teacher presence.

Supervisors:

Keast, S (Main).