Dr Alison Campbell

Personal Website: http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/bioblog

Contact Details

• Calling +64 7 838 4466  then enter the extension
• Direct dialling +64 7 838  then extension (for extensions starting with 4)
• Direct dialling +64 7 858  then extension (for extensions starting with 5)
• Emailing username@waikato.ac.nz
• Using the campus map to locate their room

Research Interests

About Alison

Check out Alison's Blog.

"I've set up this blog in response to comments from secondary school biology teachers, especially those preparing students for Scholarship Biology examinations. I hope to use it as a way of encouraging critical thinking, looking at scientific papers that are relevant to the Level 3 curriculum and to Scholarship, and fielding questions that you may come up with."

Students Supervised

PhD Students

Buntting, Cathy (2006).  Improving learning and teaching in introductory Biology courses.

MSc Students

Winder, Stacey (2002).

Expertise

The disparate fields of animal behaviour and science education, with a particular interest in students' understanding of the language of science; gaps in student knowledge (and how to bridge them); and attitudes to the theory of evolution.

Recent Publications

• Campbell, A. (2011) Using pseudoscience to teach science
  Refereed Journal Articles - NZ Science Teacher
• Campbell, A., Otrel-Cass, K. (2011) Teaching evolution in New Zealand's Schools- Reviewing changes in the New Zealand science curriculum
  Refereed Journal Articles - Research in Science Education
• Otrel-Cass, K., Cowie, B., Campbell, A. (2009) What determines perseverance in studying science?
  Refereed Journal Articles - Journal of Institutional Research
• Campbell, A., Kunnemeyer, R., Prinsep, M. (2008) Staff perceptions of higher education science and engineering learning communities
  Refereed Journal Articles - Research in Science & Technological Education

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