Dr Adam Bertram - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr. Adam Bertram is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education. Adam's teaching commitments include preparing undergraduate and graduate students for teaching in primary and secondary schools. Before becoming a lecturer, Adam taught science, mathematics and physics for eight years at the high school level at an independent college in Victoria. During this time, he began his doctoral thesis. Adam's thesis explored the development of science teachers' specialist knowledge of teaching through developing and articulating their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK - the knowledge of teaching content in a particular way for a particular reason). This led Adam to become interested in teacher knowledge and teacher development research, particularly within the realm of science education. For his work on PCK, he has been invited to present and conduct workshops with teachers nationally and internationally. Adam's current research includes teacher development, PCK, science education and ICT education. I am keen to supervise honours, Masters or Ph.D. students in any areas of primary/secondary education research, either via off campus learning or on campus in the Gippsland and Clayton regions. Please email me to express your interest.

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Research & Supervision Interests

Research areas:

• Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK)
• Teacher knowledge and development
• Science education, with a particular passion for Physics education
• ICT education

Current and completed research projects:

• Pedagogical Reasoning (PR) in pre-service and beginning teachers
• Developing pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in pre-service Physics teachers
• Exploring the impact of a teacher's PCK on their students' critical thinking and reasoning skills
• Teachers’ pedagogical reasoning behind their use of ICT

Current Supervision:

• PhD: Effectiveness of technology on student learning in Saudia Arabian schools.
• PhD: Educational blogs and Learner cognitive style, on their Academic Achievement in English Language
• PhD: E-learning implementation barriers at higher learning institutions.
• PhD: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' engagement with technology: A Saudi Arabian perspective.
• MEd: Approaches to teaching fluid physics to physics learners.
• MEd: Cybersafety in online educational environments.
• MEd: Enhancing knowledge of effective school leadership.
• MEd (Minor): Sustainable School Garden Programs.
• MEd (Minor): Faculty Members Perceptions of Using Smart Whiteboard for Teaching Mathematics in Hail University, Saudi Arabia.

Keywords

Teacher education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science education, Pre-service teacher education

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2010

MASTER OF EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2007

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2001

BACHELOR OF EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2001

Publications

Journal Articles

Bertram, A.R., 2012, Getting in touch with your PCK: a look into discovering and revealing science teachers' hidden expert knowledge, Teaching Science [P], vol 58, issue 2, Australian Science Teachers Association, Deakin ACT Australia, pp. 18-23.

Bertram, A., Loughran, J., 2012, Science teachers' views on CoRes and PaP-eRs as a framework for articulating and developing pedagogical content knowledge, Research in Science Education [E], vol 42, issue 6, Springer Netherlands, Netherlands, pp. 1027-1047.

Bertram, A., 2004, The celestial sphere, Lab Talk [P], vol 48, issue 1, Science Teachers' Association of Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 26-28.

Bertram, A., 2003, The plethoric planisphere, Teaching Science [P], vol 50, issue 1, Australian Science Teachers Association, ACT Australia, pp. 45-46.

Conference Proceedings

Bertram, A.R., 2012, Exploring PCK development of novice teachers in pre-service teacher education:can it be done?, The Australian Teacher Education Assoiciation(ATEA) 2012 Conference:Conference Handbook & Abstracts: Going for Gold! Reshaping teacher education for the future, 01 July 2012 to 04 July 2012, Australian Teacher Education Association, Australia, p. 25.

Bertram, A.R., 2012, Exploring pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) with pre-service physics teachers, 43rd Annual ASERA Conference: Promoting Science Education and Science Education Research in all context and at all levels of Education, 27 June 2012 to 30 June 2012, Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA), Australia, p. 32.

Bertram, A., Waldrip, B., 2012, Technology as a tool for teaching and learning:secondary teachers' views, American Educational Research Association 2012 Annual Meeting Program Non Satis Scire To Know Is Not Enough, 13 April 2012 to 17 April 2012, American Educational Research Association, Washington DC USA, p. 273.

Bertram, A., 2011, Practising science teachers' views on cores and its impact on their professional knowledge of practice, Ebook Proceedings of the ESERA 2011 Conference, 5 September 2011 to 9 September 2011, ESERA European Science Education Research Association, Lyon France, pp. 14-17.

Bertram, A., 2011, Science teachers' views on CoRes and PaP-eRs and the impact on their practice, Annual ASERA Conference Promoting Science Education and Science Education Research in all context and at all levels of education, 29 June 2011 to 2 July 2011, Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA), Adeliade SA Australia, p. 32.

Other

Bertram, A., 2012, Examining the use and value of CoRes and Pap-eRs, Understanding and Developing Science Teachers' Pegagogical Content Knowledge, Sense, Rotterdam The Netherlands.

Bertram, A., 2010, Enhancing Science Teacher's Knowledge of Practice by Explicitly Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge.

Bertram, A., 2006, Exploring Physics Teacher's Understanding of Light and their Claimed Pedagogies.

Teaching Commitment

• EDF1305
• EDF4005
• EDF1127
• EDF1304
• EDF4007
• EDF4314

Activities

Affiliations with research centres

Member of Centre for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
Faculty of Education, Monash University

Member of Research in Educational Issues Network (REIN)
Monash University, Gippsland Campus

Member of Science Education Research Group
Faculty of Education, Monash University

Member of Teacher Education Research Group
Faculty of Education, Monash University

Editorships of academic journals

Editorial internship (9 months) with Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (APJTE)
(Feb to Nov 2012).
Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA)

Invitations to meetings, seminars, plenary sessions, or exhibitions

Invited workshop - Are you a PCK savvy science teacher?
Gippsland Secondary Science Educators Conference, July 18, 2012
Gippsland Access and Participation Project

Invited workshop on CoRes and PCK (2012).
South Africa, 23-27 January 2012
Monash University / University of Witwatersrand

Manuscript refereeing

Regular reviewer for AERA's annual meeting
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Regular reviewer for NARST's annual conference
National Association for Research In Science Teaching (NARST)

Regular reviewer
RISE (Research In Science Education)

Professional organisation memberships

Member
Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA)

Member
Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL)

Member
Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA)

Member
Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA)

Member
European Science Education Research Association (ESERA)

Member
National Association for Research In Science Teaching (NARST)

Member
Science Teachers' Association of Victoria (STAV)

Member
Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)