Mr Gregory Lancaster - Researcher Profile

Biography

I have worked in both private and government secondary schools as a teacher of senior physics, mathematics and ICT for 25 years and more recently as a physics preservice teacher educator.

Research & Supervision Interests

Physics education with a focus on researching inquiry based activities and pedagogy which assist in developing a strong conceptual understanding of key physics ideas at a secondary level.

Qualifications

MASTER TEACHING

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

DIPLOMA EDUCATION

Institution: LaTrobe University

Year awarded: 1978

SCIENCE

Institution: LaTrobe University Bundoora

Year awarded: 1977

Publications

Books

Loughran, J.J., Berry, A.K., Clemans, A., Lancaster, G.R., Long, M.G., 2008, Feasibility study: Establishing a national centre for pedagogy, Teaching Australia - Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, Canberra, Australia.

Book Chapters

Lancaster, G.R., 2010, Section 4: Trialling new ways with laboratory work, 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. 47-49.

Lancaster, G.R., 2006, Teaching motion to girls: Why do they love to hate it?, in Looking Into Practice - Cases of Science Teaching and Learning, eds John Loughran, Amanda Berry, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 89-91.

Conference Proceedings

Lancaster, G.R., Cooper, R., 2012, Team teaching evaluating benefits and challeges for teachers in a senior college, 43rd Annual ASERA Conference, 27-30 June 2012, Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA), Australia, p. 54.

Corrigan, D., Mitchell, I., Lancaster, G., Isaacs, M., 2010, Leading innovative in the classroom: Professional learning in primary science., 2nd World Congress if the International Council of Associations of Science Education, 28 June - 2 July 2010, ICASE, Estonia, p. 1.

Corrigan, D.J., Mitchell, I.J., Lancaster, G.R., 2008, Sustaining a disperse network of science teacher researchers, Proceedings of the XIII IOSTE Symposium, 21-26 September 2008, Palme Publications and Bookshops Ltd. Co., Turkey, pp. 171-178.

Mitchell, I.J., Lancaster, G.R., Corrigan, D.J., 2007, Sustaining a dispersed network of teacher researchers, ASERA 2007, 11 July 2007 to 14 July 2007, Australasian Science Education Research Association Ltd, Perth WA Australia, p. 49.

Corrigan, D., Berry, A., Lancaster, G., Loughran, J., 1998, Camp, Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) 98, Darwin, 9 - 12 July, 1998, ASERA, Darwin NT Australia, pp. 1-36.

Berry, A., Corrigan, D., Loughran, J., Lancaster, G., 1998, Teaching Science in the Outdoors: A Camp for Preservice Science Teachers, Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Science in Informal contexts, Canberra, Aust. 5 - 7th August 98, Questacon - The National Science & Technology Cent, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 66-76.

Other

Corrigan, D., Lancaster, G., 2010, Primary Science Matters. Leading Change in the Classroom. Primary Science Professional Learning Program Final Report, Faculty of Education, Monash University for Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Australia, pp. 1-16.

Lancaster, G.R., 2009, Section 4: The Purpose of Prac Work (section introduction), Section introduction in 'Looking Into Practice: Cases of Science Teachers' Professional Growth' (Volume 1), Faculty of Education, Monash University and The Catholic Education Office - Archdiocese of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia.

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.