Dr Geoff White - Researcher Profile

Biography

Geoff’s background is in residential adolescent care, juvenile    justice, high school biology teaching, university science teacher    education and, more recently, health professional education. His    learning and teaching activities have focused upon how to cater for    learner diversity, curriculum design and innovative teaching    strategies. He has particular interests in loss and grief education,    the development of engaging and challenging learning environments    and effective teaching in general. Geoff has conducted research in    intensive care nursing education, national organ donation education    and has managed a variety of program evaluation studies in the    education and health domains. His current research activities are    are focused on the use of lectures for promoting student engagement    and higher order thinking.

Research & Supervision Interests

• Teaching development
• Health professional education

Qualifications

PhD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1998

MEd Studies

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1985

DipEd

Institution: Unknown

Year awarded: 1977

BAppSci

Institution: Unknown

Year awarded: 1975

Publications

Book Chapters

Nicholson, P., White, G., 2005, Real-life learning in higher education: embedding and modelling the effective use of ICT, in Information and Communication Technologies and Real-Life Learning: New Education for the Knowledge Society, eds van Weert, Tom. and Tatnall, Arthur., Springer, New York USA, pp. 123-130.

Nicholson, P., White, G., 2002, A framework for facilitating higher-order strategic thinking in online management development, in Information Systems - The E-Business Challenge, eds Traunmulle, R., Kluwer, New York NY USA, pp. 199-207.

Nicholson, P., White, G., 2002, Teaching for quality learning online: a layered design model for higher-order thinking, in Networking the Learner: Computers in Education, eds Watson, Deryn. and Andersen, Jane., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Massachusetts USA, pp. 49-58.

Journal Articles

White, G.D., Kiegaldie, D., 2011, Gen Y learners: just how concerned should we be?, Clinical Teacher [E], vol 8, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 263-266.

White, G.D., 2011, Interactive lecturing, Clinical Teacher [E], vol 8, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 230-235.

White, G., 2011, Mental load: helping clinical learners, Clinical Teacher [E], vol 8, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 168-171.

Craig, S., Braitberg, G., Nicolas, C., White, G., Egerton-Warburton, D., 2010, Assessment and feedback in emergency medicine training: Views of Australasian emergency trainees, Emergency Medicine Australasia (Print) [P], vol 22, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 537-547.

Craig, S.S., Braitberg, G., Nicolas, C., White, G., Egerton-Warburton, D., 2010, Assessment and feedback in emergency medicine training: views of Australasian emergency trainees, EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia [E], vol 22, issue 6, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 537-547.

Bearman, M.L., Ajjawi, R., Jolly, B.C., White, G.D., 2010, From theory to practice, Clinical Teacher [P], vol 7, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 223-224.

Bearman, M.L., Ajjawi, R., Jolly, B.C., White, G.D., 2010, From theory to practice, Clinical Teacher [E], vol 7, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 223-224.

White, G., 2003, Intensive care nurses' perceptions of brain death, Australian Critical Care, vol 16, issue 1, Cambridge Print, Perth WA Australia, pp. 7-14.

Conference Proceedings

Kiegaldie, D.J., White, G., 2004, The virtual patient: - development, implementation and evaluation of an innovative computer simulation for postgraduate nursing students, Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2004, 21 June 2004 to 26 June 2004, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Norfolk USA, pp. 2906-2913.

Other

White, G.D., 1998, Intensive care nurses' perception of brain death.

Teaching Commitment

EDF1303 Learning & Educational Enquiry 1: Tutor

EDF1304 Learning & Educaiton Enquiry 2: Unit Coordinator (Berwick) & tutor

EDF5807 Theory & Practice of Learning & Teaching: Chief Examiner, Unit Coordinator (Berwick) & tutor

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Community-campus partnerships in Australian medical education: extending placements beyond the ward and waiting room..

Supervisors:

Holt, T (Main), White, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Impact of colour blindness.

Supervisors:

White, G (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Motivations for career choice, work environments and health outcomes of nurses.

Supervisors:

Richardson, P (Main), Watt, H (Associate), White, G (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

TBA.

Supervisors:

Harris, A (Joint), White, G (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

To investigate why VCE Biology teachers teach the way they do..

Supervisors:

White, G (Main), Loughran, J (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

What comprises a life meaning witha degree of sufficiency necessary to provide young people with a resilient sense of well being.

Supervisors:

Harris, A (Joint-co), White, G (Joint).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Keast, J.

Program of Study:

. 2009.

Supervisors:

White, G (Main).

Student:

Mcmahon, M.

Program of Study:

. 2009.

Supervisors:

White, G (Main).