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STEM Education Research Centre (SERC) – becoming CASE
After a decade of STEM education research excellence, SERC is joining forces with the Centre for Sustainable Communities to create the Centre for Advanced Studies in Education (CASE) at the University of Canberra. CASE brings together our two leading centres to expand our capacity and deepen our impact. With the same commitment to STEM education, CASE will tackle contemporary educational challenges. Launching in 2026 – click the link in the banner of this site to view the CASE website.
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Government Partnerships for Development (GPFD)
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Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA)
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Processing graphics
Processing graphical information in digital environments: Visuospatial…
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
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Samsung schools project
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Dr Holly Tootell achieves Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
We are very proud to announce that Dr Holly Tootell, a member of our STEM Education Research Centre (SERC) academic staf
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As part of the newly funded ARC Discovery project Spatial intervention: An enduring model to build mathematics achieveme
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SERC team awarded a 2023 Discovery Grant from the Australian Research Council to develop longitudinal spatial interventions
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Tom Lowrie, Associate Professor Ilyse Resnick, Dr Tracy Logan, and Dr Sitti P
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Meet the SERC team
Tom is the Director of SERC. He was appointed as one of the University’s Centenary Professors in 2014.
Tom has an established international research profile in the discipline area of mathematics and STEM education. His concentrated and sustained (over 20 years) body of work has focused on the extent to which primary-aged students use spatial reasoning and visual imagery to solve mathematics problems and the role and nature of graphics in mathematics assessment.
More recently, Tom’s research has expanded to include students’ use of digital tools and dynamic imagery to solve problems and developing spatial curriculum for primary and secondary classrooms.
Centenary Professor & Director Tom Lowrie
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Tracy is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Canberra. She is a qualified primary school teacher who is currently lecturing to undergraduate pre-service teachers in the discipline of mathematics and STEM education.
Tracy completed her PhD at the University of Canberra, with her thesis focused on sustaining mathematics educational research through secondary data analysis – utilising a sophisticated framework that analyses both quantitative and qualitative data.
Tracy’s research focuses on mathematics education and, specifically, her work aims to better understand how students’ spatial reasoning is critical for success in mathematics (particularly in digital environments) and how spatial reasoning skills can be improved through targeted teaching.
Associate Professor & Deputy Director Tracy Logan
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Sitti has a PhD in the uses of the Internet for teacher professional development and mathematics teaching and learning.
She has worked on research projects in collaboration with the World Bank and has led a four-year project funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to promote mathematics education in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
Research interest includes the use of technology to enrich mathematics learning, mathematics lesson design, and effective teacher professional development (with or without technology).
Assciate Professor Sitti Patahuddin