Associate Professor
Peter Hudson
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Mentoring, Leadership, STEM, Early-career teachers, Science education, TESOL
Research field
Education Systems, 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)
- MEd (Charles Sturt University)
- BEd (University of New England)
- Dip Teach (Northern Rivers Coll.of Adv.Ed)
- AMACEA
- TESOL
Professional memberships and associations
- STEM 2010 – co-initiator and convenor for the inaugural STEM in Education conference held at QUT.
- STEM 2012 – convenor for the STEM in Education conference held in Beijing.
- STEM 2014 – STEM in Education committee for conference to be held at the University of British Columbia.
- Teaching Science – Editorial Board consultant (1998-2013)
- EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education – Editorial Board (2009-2013)
- MACE – Member of Australian Council of Educators (2004-2013)
- ATEA – Australian Teachers Education Association (2003-2013)
- ACEA - Australian Council of Educational Administrators (2000-2005)
- AARE – Australian Association of Research in Education (2000-2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
- PEPE – Practical Experiences in Professional Education (2005-2009)
- JSTE – Member of Journal of Science Teacher Education (2004, 2007)
- MERGA – Member of Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (2007)
Teaching
- Assisting HDR students in their research
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Core teaching in university settings includes:
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Leadership
- Science education
- Earth science and astronomy
- Mathematics education
- TESOL education
- Professional studies
Publications
- Hudson, P., English, L., Dawes, L., King, D. & Baker, S. (2015). Exploring links between pedagogical knowledge practices and student outcomes in STEM education for primary schools. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(6), 134–151. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84641
- Hudson, P., (2014). Feedback consistencies and inconsistencies: Eight mentors' observations on one preservice teacher's lesson. European Journal of Teacher Education, 37(1), 63–73. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61694
- Hudson, P., (2014). Understanding preservice teachers' development of pedagogical knowledge practices when co-teaching primary science to peers. Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 37(1), 44–66. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80086
- Hudson, P., (2013). Curricula integration. Learning to teach in the primary school, 248–268. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/64224
- Hudson, P., (2013). Developing and sustaining successful mentoring relationships. Journal of Relationships Research, 4, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61695
- Bai, L., Millwater, J. & Hudson, P. (2013). Factors that influence Chinese TEFL academics' research capacity building: An institutional case study. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 22(2), 119–126. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57331
- Hudson, P., (2013). Strategies for mentoring pedagogical knowledge. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 19(4), 363–381. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61700
- Hudson, P., Usak, M. & Savran-Gencer, A. (2009). Employing the five-factor mentoring instrument: analysis mentoring practices for teaching primary science. European Journal of Teacher Education, 32(1), 63–74. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/27544
- Hudson, P., (2007). High-impact Teaching For Science. Teaching Science, 53(4), 18–22. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/44564
- Hudson, P. & Skamp, K. (2005). Development of an Instrument: Mentoring For Effective Primary Science Teaching. Science Education, 89(4), 657–674. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8820
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- The Teacher Education Done Differently (TEDD) project with the Mentoring for Effective Teaching (MET) program won a national program award from the Office of Learning and Teaching in 2013 and a national citation award in 2012.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Emotional Transitions: Exploring Professional Transitions Of Science Teachers
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0984394
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Teacher education; Science teaching; Cultural historical activity theory; Identities; Emotions
- Title
- Implementing Engineering Experiences In The Middle School
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0989152
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- engineering education; problem solving; mathematics curriculum; science curriculum; middle school
- Title
- Developmental engineering education in the primary school
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP120200023
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Engineering Education; Mathematics Curriculum; Science Curriculum; Problem Solving; Primary School
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Knowledge transfer through dual degree programs: Perspectives from Indonesian universities (2014)
- A Higher Education Quality Assurance Model for Small States: The Maldives Case Study (2013)
- Using Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (Chat) to Study the Relationship between School Leadership and Organisational Change (2013)
- Leadership Practices of Kuwaiti Secondary School Principals for Embedding ICT (2012)
- Enhancing Research Productivity of TEFL Academics in China (2010)
- Grade A Taipei Junior High School Principals' Self-reported Leadership Practices (2010)
- An Evaluation Framework for Educational Reform Projects for Teacher Quality Improvement in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Egyptian Education Reform (2009)