Associate Professor
James Davis

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Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership


Personal details

Positions

Associate Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership

Keywords

Entrepreneurial education, STEM education, Science education, Curriculum and pedagogy, Sociology of emotions and cognition in education, Gamification of teaching and learning, Qualitative methodologies

Research field

Curriculum and Pedagogy, Specialist Studies in Education

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
  • Graduate Diploma Education (Queensland University of Technology)
  • BNurs (Hons) (Queensland University of Technology)
  • BCom (University of New South Wales)

Professional memberships and associations

Queensland College of Teachers; Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy; Australasian Science Education Research Association; Australian Teacher Education Association.

Teaching

James is currently unit coordinator for:

  • EUB154 - Foundations of Science
  • EUB010 - Real World STEM Education
  • EUB452 - STEM Investigation Project
  • EUB009 - Teachers as Leaders and Entrepreneurial Thinkers
  • EUN223 -  Curriculum  & Pedagogy: Innovation
  • Professional Development: A Future Learn MOOC: Teaching Entrepreneurial Thinking
  • Professional Development: Innovative Thinking for Teachers and School Leaders

Teaching Awards

  • 2022 - Faculty Learning & Teaching Award Commendation for Entrepreneurial Education in ITE
  • 2019 - Faculty Evidence Based Practice Award
  • 2018 - Faculty Real World Teaching Award

Experience

Publications

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Supervision

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Current supervisions

  • Understanding Teachers' Enactment of Values and Knowledge through Indigenous Games in School Science Education
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor Alberto Bellocchi
  • Gamification in a non-tech environment: the effects of students performance, Intrinsic motivation, and attitudes toward Statistics
    PhD, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor Hitendra Pillay
  • Emancipatory entrepreneurship capabilities for migrant youth: Educational responses to human social capital development in second generation immigrants to Australia
    Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor Hitendra Pillay
  • Secondary school leadership in disrupting times: the role of entrepreneurship in leading contemporary learning organisations
    Professional Doctorate, Associate Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Chris Blundell, Professor Hitendra Pillay
  • Assessing the Level of Financial Literacy Among Philippine Science High School Students Scholars: Baseline for Financial Literacy Initiatives
    Professional Doctorate, Mentoring Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Dr Charisse Farr
  • Utilizing Salient Features of an Informal or Outdoor-Based Learning in Designing Secondary Physics Lessons
    Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Associate Professor Alberto Bellocchi