Associate Professor Kate Wilson
PhD (Physics), Monash University
BSc. hons, Monash University
Grad Dip Ed. (teaching) University of Canberra
A/Prof Kate Wilson convenes and teaches Engineering Mechanics (ZEIT1503).
Kate is an Education Focussed academic, and a member of the UNSW Scientia Education academy. She has聽a PhD in physics from Monash University, and has done research in computational physics and condensed matter physics, but most of her research has been on student learning and experience. 聽
Her current research interests include聽student learning, pedagogy聽and curriculum development.聽聽
In particular:
聽聽聽聽聽 learning of physics concepts
聽聽聽聽聽 the transition from school to university
聽聽聽聽聽 identifying and supporting "at risk" students
聽聽聽聽聽 gender differences in performance on assessment
Kate is coauthor of an undergraduate physics textbook and four high school physics textbooks, and has also contributed to texts on chemistry and biology.
She is a past director of the Australian Science Olympiads Physics Program and聽member of the Sydeny University Physics聽Education Research group, where she she聽worked on the Workshop Tutorial Project.
Kate has worked on three discipline based ALTC/Carrick/CUTSD funded projects looking at physics education in Australian Universities. 聽聽
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Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy