Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Rachel Sheffield
School of Education, Faculty of Humanities
Curtin University PO Box U1987 Bentley [email protected] 089266 2163 |
Qualifications |
Employment History |
2001-2004 Doctor of Philosophy
Edith Cowan University Facilitating Teacher Professional Learning: Analysing the impact of an Australian Professional Learning Model. Assessment of science teachers’ experiences, beliefs and classroom practice during the implantation of a model to change teachers practice using a case study approach 1994-1996 Master of Education Edith Cowan University 1990 Graduate Diploma of Education Edith Cowan University 1987-1989 Bachelor of Science (Microbiology) University of Western Australia |
2015 Senior Lecturer (Science Education)
School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University 2012 Lecturer (Science Education) School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University 2005-2011 Lecturer (Science Education) Faculty of Arts and Education, Edith Cowan University. 2006-2008 Research Fellow Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant: Teaching and learning science, mathematics and technology in integrated middle school contexts. Principal Investigators Professor John Wallace, Professor Leonie Rennie, Professor John Malone and Professor Grady Venville, SMEC, Curtin University. 2004 - 2007 Lecturer (Science Education) Murdoch University & Edith Cowan University. 1996-1998 Secondary Teacher (Science & Mathematics) Presbyterian Ladies College, Perth. 1993 - 1995 Secondary Teacher (Science & Mathematics), Year Coordinator John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Perth. 1991 - 1992 Secondary Teacher (Science) Western Australian Department of Education. |
Teaching Awards and Fellowships
2017–Present Curtin Academy Fellow
Curtin University
2017 Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom
2016 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®) STEM Award
Promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics in tertiary education
2016 Office of Learning and Teaching National Citation
Australian awards for university teaching presented for: approaches to teaching and the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn
2016 Australian Executive Endeavour Fellow
Fellowship awarded to: collect, curate and digitise teaching artefacts in Lao People's Democratic Republic and develop connections between Laotian teachers and Australian teachers focusing on science
2015 Curtin University First Year Program Award
Common First Year Team
2015 HERDSA Fellow
Fellowship of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2014 Curtin University Excellence and Innovation in Teaching
Individual Teaching Award
2014 Curtin University Humanities, Teaching and Learning
Individual Teaching Award
2014 Curtin University Humanities, First Year Program Award
Common First Year Team
Curtin University
2017 Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom
2016 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®) STEM Award
Promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics in tertiary education
2016 Office of Learning and Teaching National Citation
Australian awards for university teaching presented for: approaches to teaching and the support of learning that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn
2016 Australian Executive Endeavour Fellow
Fellowship awarded to: collect, curate and digitise teaching artefacts in Lao People's Democratic Republic and develop connections between Laotian teachers and Australian teachers focusing on science
2015 Curtin University First Year Program Award
Common First Year Team
2015 HERDSA Fellow
Fellowship of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2014 Curtin University Excellence and Innovation in Teaching
Individual Teaching Award
2014 Curtin University Humanities, Teaching and Learning
Individual Teaching Award
2014 Curtin University Humanities, First Year Program Award
Common First Year Team
Teaching Grants
2017 Australian Technology Network Grant ($136,000) (O’Halloran, Tan, Sheffield, Aubussen, Mallet, Berry, & O’Keefee)
Encouraging and mapping student engagement through 360 degree video annotation and data analytics
2017 Australian National Commission for UNESCO 2016–2017 Grants Round ($14,000) (Koul, Sheffield, Blackley, & Balzer)
Cross-nation capacity building in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) education
2017 Linking Science Educators Program (LSEP) Grant ($5,000) (Koul, Sheffield, & Blackley
Using a makerspace approach to create a science community of practice (COP) for teachers and pre-service teachers in India
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
2016–2017 Australia–Indonesia Institute Grant ($19,000) (Sheffield, Koul, & Blackley
Awarded to take the makerspace in STEM experience to the Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia
2015 Curtin University Teaching Excellence Development Fund (TEDF) ($12,832.60) (Sheffield, Blackley, Maynard, Koul, & Walker)
Creating communities in STEM makerspace
2015 Curtin University Teaching Excellence Development Fund (TEDF) ($19,962) (Bennett, Blackley, & Sheffield)
Developing pre-service teacher identity
2014 Curtin University Teaching Excellence Development Fund (TEDF) ($9,400) (Dobozy, Sheffield, & Walker)
TPACK implementation for collegial peer review in common first unit of unit learning design
2013 Curtin University eScholar Program ($10,000) (Sheffield & McIlvenny)
Transforming learning with technology, pedagogy and sustainability
Encouraging and mapping student engagement through 360 degree video annotation and data analytics
2017 Australian National Commission for UNESCO 2016–2017 Grants Round ($14,000) (Koul, Sheffield, Blackley, & Balzer)
Cross-nation capacity building in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) education
2017 Linking Science Educators Program (LSEP) Grant ($5,000) (Koul, Sheffield, & Blackley
Using a makerspace approach to create a science community of practice (COP) for teachers and pre-service teachers in India
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
2016–2017 Australia–Indonesia Institute Grant ($19,000) (Sheffield, Koul, & Blackley
Awarded to take the makerspace in STEM experience to the Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia
2015 Curtin University Teaching Excellence Development Fund (TEDF) ($12,832.60) (Sheffield, Blackley, Maynard, Koul, & Walker)
Creating communities in STEM makerspace
2015 Curtin University Teaching Excellence Development Fund (TEDF) ($19,962) (Bennett, Blackley, & Sheffield)
Developing pre-service teacher identity
2014 Curtin University Teaching Excellence Development Fund (TEDF) ($9,400) (Dobozy, Sheffield, & Walker)
TPACK implementation for collegial peer review in common first unit of unit learning design
2013 Curtin University eScholar Program ($10,000) (Sheffield & McIlvenny)
Transforming learning with technology, pedagogy and sustainability
Service and Leadership
Professional Service and Leadership
Internal (Curtin University) Professional Service and Leadership
2018 ‘Inspiration before Perspiration’ - Showcasing innovative scholarship of learning and teaching (iSoLT). An academic conversation facilitated by the Curtin Academy
2017–2018 Summative Peer Review
2014–2018 Peer Teaching Review and reflection of teaching with a focus on technology
2014–2018 Open Door Teaching Collaborating with colleagues to showcase teaching pedagogy
2014–2018 Workshop Presenter Curtin Learning and Teaching, Festival of Learning
2017 Athena SWAN Program (addressing gender equity) Curtin University
2015 Workshop Presenter Teaching Staff Retreat, Faculty of Health Science
Creation of a teaching philosophy and digital portfolio presentation (Sheffield & Flavell)
2015 Workshop Presenter Faculty of Health Science Demonstration of the creation of a digital portfolio (Sheffield & Flavell)
Modelling key skills and supporting creation of personal digital portfolio
2014 Teaching and Learning Presenter Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia Technological tools in the classroom space (Sheffield)
2014 Teaching and Learning Presenter Bentley Campus, Open Your Mind Series
Teaching large classes in collaborative learning spaces, self-directed learning in groups in the classroom (Sheffield)
2014 Teaching and Learning Committee Advisory Role School of Education Issues relating to teaching and learning
2014 Presenter SELT Day Providing support for new assessment technology to promote effective assessment (Howell & Sheffield)
External Professional Service and Leadership
2015–2018 Co-convenor of Significant Interest Groups (SIGs) in STEM Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2015–2018 Formation of Significant Interest Groups (SIGs) in STEM Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
2007–2018 Board Member (Primary Science Committee Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA)
2014–2018 Editorial Advisory Committee, Teaching Science Journal
Australian Science Teachers’ Association (ASTA)
2014–2018 Reviewer International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (IJISME)
2017 International Webinar International Society of Technology Education (ISTE)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Professional Learning Network
2017 Invited Keynote Speaker The Digital Curriculum Conference, The University Western Australia
Let’s DREAM: Delivering a sustainable approach to building a digital technologies story through a long term, action research approach to professional learning (Sheffield & Moro)
2017 Reviewer Educational Media International
2017 Reviewer Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE)
2017 Mentor, Alumni Professional Development Program (APDP) Supported the Alumni Engagement Strategy of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Australia Awards in Indonesia (AAI); Mentee: Dr Yuli Rahmawatiunj
2017 Panel Member, Delphi Panel, Technology in Teacher Education Competencies (TETCs)
Development Project Research supported by SITE, ISTE, CAEP, NTLC, and promoted by the Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (USA); participated in six rounds of feedback. Research team: Teresa S. Foulger, Kevin Graziano, Denise Schmidt-Crawford, and David Slykhuis
2017 Invited Speaker West Australia Network of Dissemination (WAND), Western Australian Teaching Awards Workshop
Developing your teaching award nomination with a focus on evidence and impact
2017 Co-convenor of the International Science, Mathematics, Technology, Education (SMTE) Conference
Co-convened with the Universiti Malaysia, Sabah
2016 HERDSA Fellowship Assessor Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2016 Chairperson International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) 17th Maker Projects Research Strand
2015 Nominated for Australian of Year South Perth
2015 Invited Keynote Speaker Future Science conference of the Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA)
What could E in STEM be?
2015 Co-convenor of the International Science, Mathematics, Technology, Education (SMTE)
Conference Co-convened with the Universitas Negeri, Jakarta
2015 Conference Panel Member Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME)
2015 Conference Reviewer Conference of the International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
2015 Guest Editor, Special STEM Edition International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (IJISME)
2007–2010 Board Member Science Teachers’ Association Western Australian (STAWA)
2005–2010 Editor, SCIOS Journal Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA)
2007–2010 Editorial Board, SCIOS Journal Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australian (STAWA)
2007 Convenor Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE) Conference
2007 Convenor Australasian Science Educational Research Association (ASERA) Conference
Community Service, Leadership and Volunteering
2018 Teacher Reference Group UNESCO WA
2018 Board Member Campbell Primary School, Canning Vale, Perth
2016 - present Member Belmont Rotary Club
2003–2016 MemberMill Point Rotary Club
2013 Secretary Mill Point Rotary Club
2009–2011 International Director Mill Point Rotary Club
2010–2011 Board Member Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) Western Region
2009–2016 Chairperson Global Hand Charity Inc.
2011–2012 Board Member Lab without Walls Inc.
2010 Federal Government Award for International Volunteer Service
2008 Project Participant Volunteer Interplast™
Internal (Curtin University) Professional Service and Leadership
2018 ‘Inspiration before Perspiration’ - Showcasing innovative scholarship of learning and teaching (iSoLT). An academic conversation facilitated by the Curtin Academy
2017–2018 Summative Peer Review
2014–2018 Peer Teaching Review and reflection of teaching with a focus on technology
2014–2018 Open Door Teaching Collaborating with colleagues to showcase teaching pedagogy
2014–2018 Workshop Presenter Curtin Learning and Teaching, Festival of Learning
2017 Athena SWAN Program (addressing gender equity) Curtin University
2015 Workshop Presenter Teaching Staff Retreat, Faculty of Health Science
Creation of a teaching philosophy and digital portfolio presentation (Sheffield & Flavell)
2015 Workshop Presenter Faculty of Health Science Demonstration of the creation of a digital portfolio (Sheffield & Flavell)
Modelling key skills and supporting creation of personal digital portfolio
2014 Teaching and Learning Presenter Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia Technological tools in the classroom space (Sheffield)
2014 Teaching and Learning Presenter Bentley Campus, Open Your Mind Series
Teaching large classes in collaborative learning spaces, self-directed learning in groups in the classroom (Sheffield)
2014 Teaching and Learning Committee Advisory Role School of Education Issues relating to teaching and learning
2014 Presenter SELT Day Providing support for new assessment technology to promote effective assessment (Howell & Sheffield)
External Professional Service and Leadership
2015–2018 Co-convenor of Significant Interest Groups (SIGs) in STEM Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2015–2018 Formation of Significant Interest Groups (SIGs) in STEM Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
2007–2018 Board Member (Primary Science Committee Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA)
2014–2018 Editorial Advisory Committee, Teaching Science Journal
Australian Science Teachers’ Association (ASTA)
2014–2018 Reviewer International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (IJISME)
2017 International Webinar International Society of Technology Education (ISTE)
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Professional Learning Network
2017 Invited Keynote Speaker The Digital Curriculum Conference, The University Western Australia
Let’s DREAM: Delivering a sustainable approach to building a digital technologies story through a long term, action research approach to professional learning (Sheffield & Moro)
2017 Reviewer Educational Media International
2017 Reviewer Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE)
2017 Mentor, Alumni Professional Development Program (APDP) Supported the Alumni Engagement Strategy of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Australia Awards in Indonesia (AAI); Mentee: Dr Yuli Rahmawatiunj
2017 Panel Member, Delphi Panel, Technology in Teacher Education Competencies (TETCs)
Development Project Research supported by SITE, ISTE, CAEP, NTLC, and promoted by the Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (USA); participated in six rounds of feedback. Research team: Teresa S. Foulger, Kevin Graziano, Denise Schmidt-Crawford, and David Slykhuis
2017 Invited Speaker West Australia Network of Dissemination (WAND), Western Australian Teaching Awards Workshop
Developing your teaching award nomination with a focus on evidence and impact
2017 Co-convenor of the International Science, Mathematics, Technology, Education (SMTE) Conference
Co-convened with the Universiti Malaysia, Sabah
2016 HERDSA Fellowship Assessor Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
2016 Chairperson International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) 17th Maker Projects Research Strand
2015 Nominated for Australian of Year South Perth
2015 Invited Keynote Speaker Future Science conference of the Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA)
What could E in STEM be?
2015 Co-convenor of the International Science, Mathematics, Technology, Education (SMTE)
Conference Co-convened with the Universitas Negeri, Jakarta
2015 Conference Panel Member Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME)
2015 Conference Reviewer Conference of the International Academic Forum (IAFOR)
2015 Guest Editor, Special STEM Edition International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (IJISME)
2007–2010 Board Member Science Teachers’ Association Western Australian (STAWA)
2005–2010 Editor, SCIOS Journal Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA)
2007–2010 Editorial Board, SCIOS Journal Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australian (STAWA)
2007 Convenor Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE) Conference
2007 Convenor Australasian Science Educational Research Association (ASERA) Conference
Community Service, Leadership and Volunteering
2018 Teacher Reference Group UNESCO WA
2018 Board Member Campbell Primary School, Canning Vale, Perth
2016 - present Member Belmont Rotary Club
2003–2016 MemberMill Point Rotary Club
2013 Secretary Mill Point Rotary Club
2009–2011 International Director Mill Point Rotary Club
2010–2011 Board Member Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) Western Region
2009–2016 Chairperson Global Hand Charity Inc.
2011–2012 Board Member Lab without Walls Inc.
2010 Federal Government Award for International Volunteer Service
2008 Project Participant Volunteer Interplast™